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After Effects - How do I create animated coding
Are there any tutorials on how to create animated 'coding', where it looks like code is being typed in? I want to do something similar to this: http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-1355773-stock-...
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Which Text falling and flipping animation preset or plugin is used in after effects
If you open this video on vimeo.
Then fast forward to 00:56 on the timeline you can see a text animation where the blocks of text appear like there are being flipped and falling. I want to know what ...
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How can I create this 3D text video presentation?
I don't have much clue about 3D modeling or Animation. I'm good at programming & Graphic designing though. Thing is I want to do something like shown in this 15second video:
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How to create a ragdoll effect on a human?
I make an action(combat) short-length film and I use After Effects and 3DS MAX to edit it.
I want to make a battle scene where the one guy hits another guy and the second one is thrown away like a ...
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Exam Question - end-to-end delay from video capture to video playout
Hi I'm preparing for my exam tomorrow and I've come across a 17 Mark question which seems trivially easy, so I think I'm missing a key point giving the rest of this exam is fairly difficult. The ...
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How to critique promotional videos?
I want to start producing short promotional videos for products, services, events, etc.
I figure the first thing to do is:
Know how to find examples of 3-5 minute promotional videos,
Learn how to ...
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kind of equipment used in this video
In the attached video, the camera films the crowd from above. How is this achieved? What kind of equipment is the camera equipped with?
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What are or where to find SDI record start/stop ancillary packet specification for Sony, Red or Panasonic
SDI video coming out of cameras can trigger the video recorder to start and stop via ancillary packets usually contained in the HANC space. I've found the ARRI specification for this packet in their ...
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Why is my video alternating between blurry and sharp?
I notice this on a regular basis while watching videos I've downloaded. The image will alternate pretty quickly between blurry and sharp and sometimes the effect is quite drastic. Below is an example ...
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Converting DVD to still images
I have a DVD. Its basically an hour long video that is just a collection of photos that rotate to a new photo every 5 seconds or so. What I am looking for is a program that will convert the entire ...
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Automated Commercial Recorder
I'm working on a project and one part of the project needs me to create an application that needs to record commercials from the TV shows.
Basically people skip commercials, but in my case I need to ...
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exporting .mov vr to multiple still frames
Ive got a quicktime VR in .mov format i need to strip the all still frames (in total there are 250) out of it and have them in as individual images, preferably pngs or jpegs.
I was looking at using ...
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Exported MOV from Flash Pro with alpha channel doesn't retain transparency
I have an animation I've exported from Flash Pro CS6 as a MOV file with an alpha channel (ignore stage), and I want to do some editing in AE CS6. When I go to import the MOV as Strait-Unmatted, I do ...
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Premiere Elements "Debug Event": Keyframe error
I have encountered a probable bug in Premiere Elements 10, and fortunately I've also found a workaround which is why I wrote my own answer below. But since I haven't been able to solve the underlying ...
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How do they create the AT&T Video Bill?
Last month I downgraded my AT&T UVerse service and this month I got my first bill -- including a custom video detailing all of my SPECIFIC charges. Custom animations, my own name, etc.
Apparantly,...
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Recreate basic AVCHD from MTS files
My dad has a Sony HXR-NX5E which writes its output to SDHC cards in AVCHD format.
Wanting to back up his video and not understanding the AVCHD structure, I originally got him to copy the contents of ...
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Command-line tool to split video at timepoints?
I have an hour-long video that I want to split into individual clips at arbitrary timepoints. I could do this by hand in iMovie, or even borrow a machine with Final Cut, but there are upwards of ...
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Can't export .mov with premiere pro cs5.5?
I'm trying to export a mpeg format sequence to .mov (I need it to be quicktime for a ceratin reason). When I choose the format, e.g. quicktime animation or quicktime H.264, It opens an 'encoding' ...
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Corrupt video when playing through JW Player
I have some files that when played in jwplayer the playback is corrupt.
The files are encoded to h.264 using FFMpeg and there is other files encoded in the same way that works.
At the moment we only ...
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For time-lapse videos, what software should one use?
I have the following starting position:
I have a GoPro Hero 2 and have done some timelapse series. I took them and stitched them together with the software that go pro provides. This all worked well.
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Camera setup for quick preview/editing
I'm setting up an educational lab which is going to have a number of cameras positioned around the room. Ideally, there would be one button somewhere which we could press to automatically start all ...
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Extract section from Premiere without re-compression
Is there a way to use premiere like the hundreds of other "cheap" video cutters out there?
I need a quick way to select a portion of video, for example our source footage is often 1h long, and we ...
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Tracking box to full viewport
Basically, I've recorded a video of gameplay on my DS console using a camcorder, and I want to:
Remove the shaky movement caused by me not having a tripod
Stretch the screen to cover the entire ...
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How do I.T. conferences record and synchronise video, audio and slides?
Our company has been recently encouraging knowledge sharing via fortnightly presentations (usually on Powerpoint) with respect to tools, technologies and development methodologies. We would also like ...
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Cheap solution for shooting with multiple (>2) cameras in sync (genlock or LANC?)
I'm doing research into natural phenomena in computer vision, and I'm looking for a method of shooting video from multiple camera angles. It's likely that the subject will move very erratically, ...
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How can I use my JVC as a webcam on my HP pavilion laptop?
So I have a JVC Everio GZ-MG360BU handycam and a HP Pavilion DV2000 Laptop.
The JVC has three ports - USB, A/V and DC (for charger).
My lap has a S-Video port (Is it an input or output port?)
How ...
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Help with playback stutter in Sony Vegas Pro 11
I've got 2 DSLRs in my kit, a Nikon D7000 and a Nikon D3S, for 1080i and 720p respectively. I experienced stuttering playback with footage from both cameras, and figured it was something with Nikon's ...
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Encoding 1080p for DVD - Pr 5.5
When I encode my 1080 sequence using the MPEG2-DVD preset I get a slight letterbox effect on either side of the frame. Does anybody know if there is any way around that, or if that is just-the-way-it-...
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How to avoid problems when filming in a bath house
I'm going to cover a concert early June inside a bath house. I've visited the location and it's both quite hot and humid. The plan is to bring in at least three video cameras and have them running ...
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What are the minimum camera characteristics required to record a movie for cinema?
What are the minimum characteristics required for a camera to project a movie taken by it on a standard cinema screen? I mean anything that affects the quality of the picture seen on the screen. What ...
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Audio and Frames Not in Sync in RAM Preview
Asked this question before... having same problem.
When I go to the RAM preview of After Effects, the audio of the video will play on sync for a while, then will get screwy. Sometimes the audio will ...
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Video clip is smaller dimensions than project. How to change the color of extra space?
I may be asking the question in an unclear way, because I come from an audio and graphics background. Apologies in advance. Hope this is makes sense...
My Final Cut Pro X project is 960x720, and I'm ...
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Audio Not Playing on Imported Video Files
I a currently editing a video and imported a .avi movie into my After Effects project. I went to check the RAM preview, but there was no sound. I checked the audio preview and there still was no audio....
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Replicated circles are blurry in Motion
I'm animating a circle in Motion. I'm using the Sequence Replicator and the Scale setting to make the circles become larger towards the end.
When I do that however, the circles get blurry, much like ...
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Problems with rendering a Windows Movie Maker video
I've used Windows Movie Maker plenty of times before and I've never had a problem with it... until now. I went to choose the "save to my computer" option so my video would render and after it was ...
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.Mov file corrupted after QuickTime Exporting for web
I recently attempted to export a large video file to the web through QuickTime Pro in hopes of uploading it to my web storage account and put on my website. However, when I encoded this .mov file, ...
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How to delete an edit in Final Cut Pro (un-blade)
I want to be able to "undo" the blade tool, in effect merging clips
together. How can I do this?
(Answered another question without noticing it was for Final Cut X, not FCP 7, but here is the ...
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Checking duration of a marker-created subclip in Final Cut?
I just went through a long video clip in Final Cut 7, adding a marker as the speaker went into the next bullet point of his talk. I'm supposed to convert the clip into video podcasts less than 10 ...
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Display clip length on timeline in Avid MC 6?
How can I display the length in seconds/frames on the timeline? I know this is possible but couldn't figure this out.
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Rearange order of audio tracks in Premiere
Let's say I have the following arrangement of my audio tracks:
x ----------
y ----------
z ----------
and I want to have them arranged this way instead:
x ----------
z ----------
y ----------
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What is/are the best free tool/tools for editing my videos?
I need to complete 4 specific tasks on my videos.
Stabilize.
Crop to Anamorphic
Convert resolution up or down to 720p
Convert to mp4 (H.264)
Can someone point my in the right direction to the best ...
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What's the best before editing format to convert to?
I am making a production for my companies trade show booth. We're going to be running 2 40" inch TVs one cycling a few videos of our products in production and one cycling through a bunch of product ...
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Are there any downloadable samples of 48 fps video?
I would like to compare 24fps to 48fps video, but haven't been able to find any video samples.
Does anyone know of such samples? Being able to compare the same video at several framerates would be ...
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What should I look for in a video capture device from a Satelite Reciever to PC?
i wish Audio-Video Production is correct Q&A site for that question.
I have a Satelite Reciever and i want to watch the broadcast on my Laptop, i will not use my TV anymore.
I have two options to ...
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How do I remove audio from all files in a directory with ffmpeg?
I have a directory full of short video clips in .AVI format, and I want to remove the audio from all of them. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.
I tried this command:
find -name '*.avi' -exec ffmpeg -i {} -an -...
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How can I use FFmpeg to lower the quality of H264 video but keep it in H264 format?
I'm a complete noob to video editing, so forgive me if I ask for something ridiculous.
I'm getting video clips from a set top recorder box. The clips are AVI files:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames ...
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Tool for cutting and joining multiple parts of a video
I need a tool that allows to make multiple selections in a video and make a new video by joining all of that selections. The tool should allow to save the project, so that I could close the program, ...
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What is the point of the ethernet plug: SoundCraft Si Compact 32?
After searching the internet, I can't find out what the ethernet plug for the mixer is for. Can you use it to remote control the mixer from a computer? Or what is it for?
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What are some things to know and learn about the Canon 550D (T2i) when shooting movies?
I am working on using our 550D for shooting movies. What are some things I need to know and learn about the 550D before shooting with it?
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Import Audio Markers or Cues to Audition CS5.5
I want to import Cues from an external source (CUE-File or mp4chaps Simple Chapter Text file) to Audition, or even better yet, permanently stick them to WAV files.
Looking through old documentation ...
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