Fade Presets

I would like to see a master 'Fade' slider after applying a develop preset.
This master 'Fade' slider, like the one used in Photoshop, could be used to back off the preset effect until the right amount is blended with the photo, instead of having to tweak the preset one slider at a time.
It takes too much time to look for which sliders were used and changed in a preset.
thank you
b2r

Solution for fading preset.........
1. Make a virtual copy.
2. Apply preset.
3. Select original, plus the one with preset applied.
4. Select 'Edit in Photoshop, Open as Layers', and the 2 files open in Photshop as layers Move preset effect to top layer.
5. Fade preset layer to preferred amount.
6. 'Save' file, and the new file automatically appears in Lightroom. (If you do 'Save As', you have to import the new file
into Lightroom'.
(Thanks to Julianne Kost's video tutorials for this procedure.)
......b2r

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Film Fades

Andrew Kramer of Video Copilot has created a couple of film-like fade presets for After Effects. You can see more about these at the link below.
http://www.videocopilot.net/presets/film_fade_transition/
As something of a cinephile, I really like the way Andrew's fades more closely resemble the way celluloid looks when doing it optically. But it was something of a pain going into AE to create that look for every single fade in my project, even with the new "Replace with AE Comp" goodnes of CS4. I wanted to see if I could recreate that same look in Premiere.
I succceeded. Andrew's Film Fades are now available directly within Premiere. Just download the Presets below.
(One note of instruction. The Title Fade is based on a standard 5 second title. If you apply it to a longer title, you will have to adjust the end set of keyframes.)

First: Thanks to Jim for bringing film fade into Premiere.
Second: For those who don't have After Effects or Premiere CS4 (or only have PPro CS4 for MAC), here's a starting point, the *direct* translation (AE to PPro) on what Andrew Cramer did in AE:
In PPro:
1. Apply the effects Levels and Tint to the clip you want to fade in.
2. Figure out how long time you want the fade to be.
3. At the time you want the fade to end, set keyframes, without changing any settings, for the following: Opacity (an effect that's always there), under Levels: "(RGB) Black Input Level" and "(RGB) White Input Level", and finally, under Tint: the "Amount to Tint".
4. Go to the start of the clip and set the following values:
For Opacity: 0%
For "(RGB) Black Input Level": 186
For "(RGB) White Input Level": 54
For "Amount to Tint": 35
5. Select all keyframes (at least start and end for each effect), right click on the last one and select Continuous Beziere.
For Fade Out, just set keyframes (unchanged values) for where you want the fade to start, and then put in the above values for where you want it to end (reverse procedure you may call it).
Now, I tested this in PPro 1.5, and one thing I noticed was that Tint doesn't have the same impact in PPro as in AE. Maybe I should try the same thing in PPro CS3, but not right now.
I wonder if maybe Dennis could do a test or two to see if the Tint effect works the same way in AE and PPro.
Anyway, as stated, the procedure above is a starting point.
Dag
PS! One could always play with the keyframe handles in order to make the speed-curves as one wants.

Hi all.When pressed play and make some changes in loop (eg fade in fade out) are very slow to implement, and also the loops from the library are very slow to play, corrects the somewhat self so is the Logic??

hi all.When pressed play and make some changes in loop (eg fade in fade out) are very slow to implement, and also the loops from the library are very slow to play, corrects the somewhat self so is the Logic??

Hey there Logic Pro21,
It sounds like you are seeing some odd performance issues with Logic Pro X. I recommend these troubleshooting steps specifically from the following article to help troubleshoot what is happening:
Logic Pro X: Troubleshooting basics
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5859
Verify that your computer meets the system requirements for Logic Pro X
See Logic Pro X Technical Specifications.
Test using the computer's built-in audio hardware
If you use external audio hardware, try setting Logic Pro X to use the built-in audio hardware on your computer. Choose Logic Pro X > Preferences > Audio from the main menu and click the Devices tab. Choose the built in audio hardware from the Input Device and Output Device pop-up menus. If the issue is resolved using built-in audio, refer to the manufacturer of your audio interface.
Start Logic with a different project template
Sometimes project files can become damaged, causing unexpected behavior in Logic. If you use a template, damage to the template can cause unexpected results with any project subsequently created from it. To create a completely fresh project choose File > New from Template and select Empty Project in the template selector window. Test to see if the issue is resolved in the new project.
Sometimes, issues with the data in a project can be repaired. Open an affected project and open the Project Information window with the Project Information key command. Click Reorganize Memory to attempt to repair the project. When you reorganize memory, the current project is checked for any signs of damage, structural problems, and unused blocks. If any unused blocks are found, you will be able to remove these, and repair the project. Project memory is also reorganized automatically after saving or opening a project.
Delete the user preferences
You can resolve many issues by restoring Logic Pro X back to its original settings. This will not impact your media files. To reset your Logic Pro X user preference settings to their original state, do the following:
In the Finder, choose Go to Folder from the Go menu.
Type ~/Library/Preferences in the "Go to the folder" field.
Press the Go button.
Remove the com.apple.logic10.plist file from the Preferences folder. Note that if you have programmed any custom key commands, this will reset them to the defaults. You may wish to export your custom key command as a preset before performing this step. See the Logic Pro X User Manual for details on how to do this. If you are having trouble with a control surface in Logic Pro X, then you may also wish to delete the com.apple.logic.pro.cs file from the preferences folder.
If you have upgraded from an earlier version of Logic Pro, you should also remove~/Library/Preferences/Logic/com.apple.logic.pro.
Restart the computer.
Isolate an issue by using another user account
For more information see Isolating an issue by using another user account.
Reinstall Logic Pro X
Another approach you might consider is reinstalling Logic Pro X. To do this effectively, you need to remove the application, then reinstall Logic Pro X. You don't have to remove everything that was installed with Logic Pro X. Follow the steps below to completely reinstall a fresh copy of Logic Pro X.
In the Finder, choose Applications from the Go menu.
Locate the Logic Pro X application and drag it to the trash.
Open the Mac App Store
Click the Purchases button in the Mac App Store toolbar.
Sign in to the Mac App Store using the Apple ID you first used to purchase Logic Pro X.
Look for Logic Pro X in the list of purchased applications in the App Store. If you don't see Logic Pro X in the list, make sure it's not hidden. See Mac App Store: Hiding and unhiding purchases for more information.
Click Install to download and install Logic Pro X.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

Problem with built-in animation text presets

Hi,
I just started my first job with AE.
I want to make a very simple thing: animate text (to be precise, just 3 short words) with one of the excellent built-in effects, which was shipped with the product.
However I realized, that the final result of the effect, what I choosed from the list, is differs from the one that how I've seen it in the Adobe Gallery site.
So I tried other effects too (Flash, Blue Flash), and the outcome with AE is not the same, I would say it's on a complete different level.
For example, Pulse Exposure text effect seems to be a very complex thing on the website, while in AE it makes only fade-in and out to my text: no contour around the letters; characters also not growing, and shrinking, so it lacks almost all of the fancy features, that how the effect shows on the website.
Can you please help me where is the problem? Thanks.

Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
It's CS4.
I'm using SerpentineDBol.ttf font.
Your question 'How do you format the text?' I can not answer. I only do very basic things. I followed Lee Brimelow's video tutorial. Open new composition, 640 x 240, 25fps, 30s. Then I type three words, put in the middle. Choose character (font type), size. Then apply Effects & Presets -> Animation Presets -> Text etc. I apply the effect with 'drag & drop', RAM Preview first, then Play and that's all. But mine is not the same...
Only double-click U (or keep pushing long) makes anything, simple click nothing. This should be the animation properties menu. But this submenu is not covered in this video, so I didn't touch it.
I can see all the frames, I think it's the green bar, which is created when I first click on RAM Preview, isnt' it? Sometimes it's a short or full length green bar, depends on the effect what I choose. I'm playing with different setups for two days, I tried switching to other font type, but I always get low quality result, can't have the same effects like on the website gallery.
Where can I enable motion blur preview?
Thanks & Cheers,

Is there a way to create an RGB curve preset in ACR that WON'T affect separate R G B curve settings?

I'm currently try to create an RGB curve that produces a fade to the picture. Outside of this I would like to save it as a preset for just the MAIN RGB curve because I have images that have custom separate R G B curve settings. I can't seem to do this AT ALL. I've viewed the XMP data in text editor and the only adjustments that are there are for the main tone curve yet it STILL ends up flatten my separate R G B curve adjustments.
This doesn't seem to be an issue in Lightroom yet I can't get it to work in ACR. BTW I'm using PS CC 2014 with ACR 8.6. Any help would be MUCH appreciated. Is there some code I could input into the XMP text so that it would NOT do this?

Yes... this is possible in Lr... but doesn't seem possible in ACR for some strange reason.

How do I preset a title text style in Final Cut Pro X?

I want to use the same title stye again and again in Final Cut Pro X - font size, style, color.
Final Cut Pro is happy to have me "Save a Preset to Library", but then I never see it again. When I go to the dropdown menu, all I get is Apple's list of truly hideous fonts like 80s, Aqua Fade, Candy, etc.
I save my favorite style as "Basic" and that does nothing either - as soon as I add a new title and apply the "Basic" setting I get Apple's horrible Gil Sans again. What's going on?
Any tips on how to perform what should be a very simple operation? Have spent more than an hour on this now.

Well, Tom, I guess I'm just not as fortunate. Anyone else have any suggestions?

AE upgrade now presets don't work?

Hi adobe community,
Just recently upgrade my AE via the desktop ap (I have full CC) and now my animation presets won't work? I get an error box
( 0 :: 1 )
After Effects error: Can't import file "Fade Up Characters.ffx": unsupported filetype or extension
AE 14.1.1
I am trying to get the presets out of Bridge - do I need to also upgrade bridge? I can't see an upgrade for it on my desktop ap.
Any help would be great thanks
Pat

Phil, a specific bug was fixed in After Effects CC 2014.2 (13.2) that prevented application of animation presets from Bridge on any OS. I can confirm that this bug was fixed on both Mac OS and Windows.
You're likely seeing a different cause of the same problem. Two questions:
1. What version of Bridge is installed on your computer?
2. In Bridge, go to Preferences > Startup Scripts. In this dialog is After Effects CC 2014 listed, and is it enabled? If it is not present or enabled, that would explain the problem. A reinstall of Bridge and then After Effects will usually restore the proper scripts, though if you've already done so then I suspect that something may be failing with your install configuration. If you are using custom permissions on your student machines, that could be interfering with the script either being installed or initialized as expected. You'll probably want to contact technical support for help with that.
One further note: although browsing animation presets in Bridge provides a larger interface, it's not the recommended method. The Effects & Presets panel inside of After Effects is the recommended path for browsing and applying presets. Bridge does provide animated previews for the presets included with After Effects, not user-created presets; therefore it is of limited utility. The Effects & Presets panel is faster to use and easier to search.

Levels and pre-fader metering

In the past I had always presumed the channel fader controlled the volume level of a softsynth. I know now that it obviously does not. It simply acts as a "faucet," so to speak. Meaning that increasing the fader level simply allows more of the synth's signal to pass.
So my question is this: Understanding that it is the instrument itself which is actually generating the signal (and consequetly the db's) should I keep all my faders at 0.00 on my audio instrument tracks and adjust the instrument levels instead when I mix? It would seem to make sense.
And in keeping with this method, as far as automation is concerned, would I be correct in assuming track volume should be automated via the instrument level?
I'm trying to keep all of this in the context of how it would be done in a studio with "real" instruments. Where the volume level is the volume level and if you want it louder you play harder or you turn up your amp. You want it softer you play your instrument softer.
I should add that this whole question/conundrum came up after I started recording with pre fader metering enabled and was quite surprised to see just how easy it is to clip a track (remembering of course that as long as no clipping is occuring at the master output I'm NOT actually clipping).

I don't know where all this "fader fear" is coming from.
In DSP terms, making something louder or quieter is simply a really simple DSP calculation. It doesn't matter whether you turn you softsynth down 3dB, or turn the fader down 3dB, the end result is exactly the same.
The faders are there for easy controlling of levels. It's why mixers were invented and designed this way.
I think these days someone reads a post on some esoteric audio forum about how their mix was so much better when they left the fader at 0dB in some obscure DAW back in the 90's, and translate that into "I must never use faders" or "I must never EQ" or "I must effectively work out my mix beforehand by my mic choice and positioning so all the signals magically combine into an artistic mix."
I'm trying to keep all of this in the context of how it would be done
in a studio with "real" instruments. Where the volume level is the
volume level and if you want it louder you play harder or you turn
up your amp.
You completely lost me here. Learning about gain staging is Elementary Audio Engineering Class 2 (the one afer the "what is a signal", and "what is a transducer").
You set the level of your recording device or mixer's input depending on the item you are recording, so the natural sound of whatever your source is corresponds to some nominal level for your recorder. It doesn't just magically happen on its own.
If you're recording an instrument that doesn't put out much sound level, you use the mic preamp to boost the signal to an appropriate recording level. And if you're recording Concorde taking off, you adjust your preamp, probably turning it down or padding the signal, again so it fits the range of your recorder.
Softsynths can put out a lot of level, and many preset designers don't pay much attention to volume levels in their patches. In addition, when you play a patch polyphonically, you're mixing together multiple signals (each of the notes you are playing) so you end up with higher levels still. It's good practice to pull down the output of the synth if it's too hot, but generally speaking, and avoiding getting into any "levels in Logic" complexities here, using the fader in Logic is exactly the same process.
Faders don't bite. Use 'em.

How do I fade to black in a slideshow?

It's been years since I've used Flash, so I'm a bit rusty.
But I am trying to use the slideshow presentation template and do
transitions between the slides, but I'm not getting the results I
want.
I'm putting in the preset behaviors for fade in and out, and
what I get is a crossfade. What I want is a fade to black, and a
fade up from black (a dip to black), and not a crossfade. Is there
a simple scripting way to do this that I can put on the
presentation (master) slide? If been playing with setInterval to
delay the transition but I can't get it to work. Thanks.

Add a "Fade Through Black" transition after your last clip.
For the volume fade, you can drag the Fade handles.
See this video for details. (Click on All New Audio Editing)
http://www.apple.com/ilife/video-showcase/

Auto Tune - customized feature (preset) request

The Auto Tune feature usually works quite good and is a real time saving feature. But on some sets of images the effect is too storng (for my taste). If we can have a 'preset' or ability to customize the strenth or effectiveness of the Atuo Tune (i.e. simlar to the FADE SHARPEN in Photoshop after applying the SHARPEN filter), it will be very helpful. This will be very helful especially when we are doing some batch develop with Auto Tune.

A manual auto-tone, that is...

Film Presets

I've packaged some basic Premiere Pro presets for everyone. It includes the old Film Fades from a ways back (the built-in Adobe version of the Film Fade doesn't really emulate a genuine film fade all that well), as well as some Letterboxing presets for both 16:9 and 4:3 media.
Unzip the file, and from the Presets bin do a Right Click>Import Presets...
The In/Out fades are based on the standard 1 second duration. If you need more or less, you'll have to adjust the keyframes.
The Title fade is based on the standard 5 second duration, so again longer or shorter titles will require a keyframe adjustment.
The Letterboxing presets are based on the Crop effect, after doing the math to determine how much should be cropped to get the desired result. The 16:9 options work equally well on SD or HD media. The 4:3 are obviously for SD only. The presets can be applied directly to a clip, to a nested sequence, or in CS6, to an Adjustment layer.
Enjoy.
[Edited by forum host - link converted to attachment, files have been virus-checked]

Hi Jim. I have downloaded your presets and used the letterbox in my videos, but it seems after a recent PP CC update the letterbox preset doesn't play nice with my timeline. I added the 2:35 letterbox to an adjustment layer and I have the adjustment layer over all the clips in my timeline. But for some reason the letterbox preset is causes my timeline to jump and stutter on certain parts especially on parts of the video that have dissolves. I know for sure its the preset because when I disable it, the video plays perfect, or if I remove a section of the adjustment layer with the preset the video plays fine. Can you assist on why this happens?

Fade Bullets on Text Build

I'd like to do something that I THINK is obvious and simple, but cannot find a way to do it (without a lot of extra objects, positioning, etc...)
I can easily build a paragraph by bullet points
I can easily assign individual builds (in or out) for each bullet
HOWEVER, what I'd like to do is fade (opacity, I guess) each previous bullet point as the next bullet point appears. Essentially, either (a) individual actions for each bullet point (not apparantly supported) or (b) a FADE to X% in the out-going build.
Anyone solve this?

If you give the paragraph a build, and select "By Highlighted Bullet" in the Delivery dropdown menu, the previous bullets will be faded by a preset amount. However, there is no user control over the degree of fade, and no other type of action is assignable.

Presets in Logic Headache

Okay, why is that when you copy and paste a preset it loads volume data, but when you save it and then reload it, it does not! People always say logic does everything to the optimum before shipping it, but something this simple just seems so half a**'d.
A feature that I wish that would be inplemented is undo and redo volume data... also When you click on a region it should automatically bring you the the channel strip of that region... During long sessions, it is very easy to mess up fader automation.

That's novel… what is it exactly you want? You mean someone else's expertise at selecting plug-ins? Interesting idea. It might even work if it was restricted to Logic's own facilities.
Have you tried Google?

I don't want 'Automatic audio fade' for each clip

hmm, well, I like it but some member at my German board noticed, that any new clip has its (short) audio-fade-in.
You can set to 'Manual/0 sec' ... but for each clip, not as a 'preset' for all.
any expert any idea, which internal plist to edit to set that 'fix' to a 0-sec-fade?
haven't found any ...

AppleMan1958 wrote:
but you could always COPY .. then PASTE ADJUSTMENTS/AUDIO ADJUSTMENTS.
that PASTE ADJUSTMENTS is one of the most under-estimated features of iM09 .. !
EXCELLENT advice, S.!

How to remove effect presets from a clip?

I'm learning how to use Premiere Elements 8 from Adobe's official Help document.
I'm currently working through Chapter 10, "Applying effects", section "Working with effect presets" -> "Apply an effect preset".
The Help document doesn't tell how to remove an effect preset you had applied.
I've tried to follow the instructions for removing regular effects, but they don't seem to work in the case of presets.
How can i remove effect presets from a clip?

I suspect it's actually a standard PE terminology that i'd better get acquainted with.
I wanted to address this part separately. Actually, "workflow" is more of a video, or at least NLE term, and is not specific to PrE.
As for terminology, this ARTICLE might prove useful.
As I attempt to point out, some of these terms might be applied slightly differently, depending on the exact program used. As a for instance, PrE 8 has moved all of the Export options to Share. I still write "Export/Share" in case a PrE 2 through 7 user reads it. Terms can change. Also, Avid might call one common operation by one name, and Final Cut Pro use a different one.
For me, I had to learn some new terms. I can from a film background. Terms were changed with video. For instance, my old Fade-to-Black is now Dip-to-Black in most NLE's. First time that I typed Fade-to-Black, everyone came back with "huh???"
I read a lot of books on general editing of both video and audio. Some authors use different programs, and though the core theories are the same, their terminology can be rooted in their program of choice.
Also, with regards to audio, many still use a lot of the terminology from the analog days, and keep them, because analog is still part of the workflow in most productions - think of the mics, for instance. There is generally less analog left in video, unless someone needs to telecine film to digital, or transfer VHS tapes to digital. More of the total workflow is all in digital, so my old film school terms have faded.
One of the things that I attempt to do is differentiate exaclty what I am talking about. If I type video, I mean video in general. If I type Video, I am talking about the video Assets in a Project. Notice that Assets is also capatilized, as that is a term from the NLE and is specific to all things, SFX, Video, Audio, etc. used. Sometimes I slip up. I use project to mean the whole thing, and Project to mean the setup in the NLE, that will result in either a .PREL, or .PRPROJ file from my Adobe editors. Does this make sense?
Good luck,
Hunt

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