Video tutorials for After Effects CS4 (and some still relevant from CS3)

I just added a post to my blog about some new video tutorials that we posted (and some old ones that are still relevant):
video tutorials for After Effects CS4 (and some still relevant from CS3)

Thanks Todd!

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Problems with Tutorials for After Effects CS5

I just recently downloaded After Effects CS5. I got the whole creative suite from being an IU student. I was watching the video tutorials for After Effects and when discussing importing files they talk about exercise files. I've looked all over and I can't find these files. Does anyone know how I can get them or where they're located? I'm running windows 7.

Mylenium may be right about which assets the tutorials were referring to, but I have no idea what tutorials you're talking about. We can't know what exercise files you're referring to if you don't telling us what tutorials you're talking about. There are many thousands of tutorials about After Effects, on dozens or hundreds of websites.
The best people to ask about the location of exercise files are the people who made the specific tutorials.
Keep in mind that a lot of tutorial makers (like Lynda.com) put some of heir tutorials online for free, and they sell subscriptions to the rest. Part of the subscription benefit is that you get access to the exercise files.

Reinstall of CS3 keeps asking for after effects cs4

i'm trying to reinstall CS3 and midway through the installation process, it asks me for after effects cs4. i don't own after effects cs4. i've installed trial versions and then uninstalled them using the uninstaller. please help -- adobe tech support refused to help because cs3 isn't supported. they sent me here. =(
thanks,
-kevin

You may want to run the clean up tool: http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cs5clean.html
Bob

Where are the "exercise files" referenced in the video tutorial for After Effects?

Where are the "exercise files" referenced in the video tutorial for After Effects? A search yielded no results.

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After Effects CS4 and converting to a lossless format

I posted in the Adobe Premiere forums about an issue I was having with my renders. If you want to read it then you can check it out with the url below.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2622969#2622969
What I have figured out is that After Effects does not like my AVCHD files I get from my camera. (They are h.264 in an ,m2ts file type and not mp4)
The issue is that I get "echos" or skips when I render something in After Effects or render with Media Encoder via dynamic link and Premiere Pro CS4.
What I am not familar with is the types of files that many of you who are more expereinced than I am use for After Effects when you need to convert to a lossless format (or one as close as you can get to being "lossless."
I was wondering if someone could recommend the kinds of files I should be converting to and if you have a good method of converting them. Not that I want people to discuss other software here, but if you do not use Adobe programs to convert, then what kinds of files do you convert to?
In other words, where do you recommend I begin reading or researching this because a lot of companies sell conversion programs. I currently have one that I paid for but it does not do the job I need it to do for HD. I would like to keep it as close to HD quality as possible.
FYI I generally will do video work with some effects and green screen work in After Effects. My output is video. If you have any other questions about my process, then please do not hesitate to ask me. Other than that, I appreicate anyone's guidance.

Yeah, AE does not like video files with interframe compression. It processes video in a completely different way than a non-linear editing program like Premiere does. My friend Dave LaRonde from the friendly forums at CreativeCOW.net explains it this way:
If the footage you imported into AE is any kind of the following -- footage in an HDV acquisition codec, MPEG1, MPEG2, mp4, m2t, H.261 or H.264 -- you need to convert it to a different codec.
These kinds of footage use temporal, or interframe compression. They have keyframes at regular intervals, containing complete frame information. However, the frames in between do NOT have complete information. Interframe codecs toss out duplicated information.
In order to maintain peak rendering efficiency, AE needs complete information for each and every frame. But because these kinds of footage contain only partial information, AE freaks out, resulting in a wide variety of problems.
You have experienced this delightful problem for yourself.
There are several different file formats that people use. Uncompressed AVI is one as is Quicktime with the animation codec. However, lately folks seem to prefer Quicktime with the PNG codec (not a PNG sequence). It produces a significantly smaller file size, but is still effectively lossless.
You can use the Adobe Media Encoder to export it out of Premiere to use in AE.

Severe audio problems in After Effects CS4 and MXF and more...

Hi!
I've been experiencing a lot of problems lately with several CS4 products.
First, and the worst, is that there seems to be some severe audio bug in After Effects when handling mxf-files. I pre-cut a project in premiere CS4, shot with a Sony EX1, and then imported the project in After Effects CS4.
In premiere everything worked fine and I had all the audio. In AE however the audio matched with the MXF-files disappeared (Yes I had the import audio box checked). All other audio worked fine from the music tracks and so on, but the MXF-files (MXF for NLE) was completely blank, the waveforms were completely flat. I checked every option there is in AE regarding audio and tried enabling and disabling XMP ID's and so on. After a lot of tweaking and testing I understood that the problem was not with any settings anywhere, the MXF-files lacked audio even if I started a new project and just imported the MXF-file.
The problem seems to be connected to when importing from Premiere. My colleague was editing a similar project on his computer in After Effects without problems, and he started out fresh in AE (didn't pre-cut in premiere). However, we tried to move my project to his computer, to see if the problem was connected with incompability with my hardware or such, and he got the same problem as me when he opened the project. Waveforms on MXF-files were completely flat. Certain confirmation that the problem was not connected with my computer appeared when he later reopened his own project, that had worked fine before, and audio was now completely gone - waveforms flat. An hour later, by chance, his audio suddenly popped back.
I have experienced this problems in two different projects in different forms (but both pre-cut in premiere). In the first, audio disappeared while previewing but was there when I ctrl-scrolled and rendered (no I hadn't muted audio in the preview panel). In the second, audio was completely gone even when rendered.
In both cases I tried saving and restarting the computer, reimporting from premiere, starting a fresh after effects project and only importing the mxf-files, changing the project settings, fps fixed to the correct instead of auto, changing output audio mapping, changing XMP, and so on in every possible way and combination I could imagine.
At my company our suspicion is that After Effects flags mfx-files imported from Premiere in some wierd way, to strengthen and ensure compatibility between the two - regarding different audio tracks, settings and effects from premiere (and this is almost what you could suspect that the XMP ID is for, but as explained with or without doesn't change a thing regarding this). We have no problem with the pure MXF support for AE, as MXF-files work just fine in After Effects if you import them directly and have not imported them through premiere earlier (but after a file has been "flagged" you seem to be sc***ed)
Anyone else experiencing this? Or am I missing something huge?
As additional notes, the dynamic link function seems extremely buggy and both premiere both sometimes complains about "dynamic link already in use and only one connection blah blah" even though only one link is used, and even though you restart the projects, programs, computer, whatever.
In furher addition Adobe Media Encoder (which also seems to be using some sort of dynamic link offspring) is super-buggy and most codec formats either doesn't start to render or just renders partially and then the program hangs. The problem have a connection with a process named pproheadless.exe eating upp all the RAM (4gbs).
(My workstation has been working smoothly for one and a half years and I have had very little problems with CS3 and "just" AE CS4. I am cautious of updates, don't have spyware and use Quicktime 7.5 as 7.5.5 is superbuggy and people seems to have problems with 7.6 and it doesn't fix the gamma issues anyway.)
Sorry if this was a long post but the problem is compl

Dude, that's what these forums are all about. Everyone in here says they dont work for Adobe, but they all act like apologists for what is clearly a disaster of a software release. My complaints aren't as specialized as yours, just very basic, and I wont go into all of them, because the list is long, and includes nearly every program in CS4.
I'm going for a refund, either from the retailer or my credit card company. Releasing software like this is dishonest.

After Effects CS4 and OMF / AAF

My project's sound editor who I recently brought on board asked me for an OMF or AAF file from my film (that I'm editing together using After Effects CS4). I exported the OMF file for a clip that was about 15 seconds and the file was > 1GB!
My questions:
1) Is this typical? Seems like the sound editor shouldn't need anything this massive.
2) I couldn't find any exporting tool for AAF - is there a plugin to do this? Is this a smaller net resultant file?
He said there should be plugins for After Effects to export the kind of thing he needs, so I'm pretty sure these are possible.

Hello, Scireja.
I think there is a very widespread but understandable confusion regarding the nature of two different kinds of OMF files.
From your description, it seems like you want to export an OMF exchange file, which is a common way to translate a video timeline into something you can take to a DAW application like Pro Tools for audio post, while keeping the audio edits as separate clips.
But the OMF export option in After Effects is for OMF essence files. These are video files, in the native wrapper Avid systems use when ingesting or capturing material. It's not a project with embeded clips, but just a video file.
After Effects can't export this kind of OMF exchage files directly. Premiere Pro does export such files, as this feature is more typical of editing applications. Please note that there could be good news: You have the ability to export an AE project as a Premiere Pro project, and once you have this converted project in PPro, you can then export it as an OMF exchange file.

Text document for After Effect Cs4

I never open the After Effects CS4 but it is amazing....
For the beginning, want to try Animatin Text but couldn't created the Text document.
when i created the Text from Photoshop and import to After Effects then it will show " transform" not " Text".
How can i create the Text document for After Effects....????
thanks for reading and little help Please

I do quite a bit of Text Animation in both AE and Premiere Pro, and just create my images in PS. In my case, I am working with SD (Standard Def) DVD Projects in NTSC-land, so I will use the New Image, and then choose the NTSC 720 x 480 Preset, choosing either the Standard 4:3, or Widescreen 16:9 w/ Guides, and then add my various Text Layers, per normal. The layout of my Text Layers will depend on what and how I want to animate my image. Then, I do a Save_As PSD, to be Imported into AE or PrPro. For animations I want the Layers, so I will choose Import_as_a_Sequence in PrPro, so that each Layer is a separate Clip.
In your case, the New Image Preset might differ, depending on exactly what your Frame Size is, in AE. Plan that out first, so that you match the AE Comp's specs. with your new Image.
If you are gong to TV, you might want to use the Title Safe and Action Safe Guides in that New Image, as they will help keep your Text within any overscan area for CRT TV's (and still some HD TV's).
Good luck,
Hunt

Best video card for After Effects CS5: nVidia's CUDA or Radeon's OpenGL?

I've searched all over the internet and I've found that both are companies are great. But I hear CUDA is important with CS5 (or at least Premiere). While ATI Radeon's OpenGL is very important for After Effect.
I do animation in After Effect. Very intense HD stuff with many effects and layers and I want it to run as smooth as possible, So I'm thinking Radeon 5850 (with my budget). BUT is Radeon's OpenGL more important than nVidia's CUDA?
What will make After Effects run the best it can; between say Radeon 5850 vs a comperable nVidia card like GTX 470.
What should I know about a video card to make After Effects rock?
THANK YOU SO MUCH for reading this, I really need an answer.

Adobe use OpenGL in AE and Photoshop (maybe other software too ?)
ATi card are cheaper for better perf :
- ATi Radeon 6870 : 180$ -- perf : 2800pts
- nVidia Geforce 550 Ti : 180$ --- perf: 1800 pts
I think people should buy ATi's card fi they only doing AE
of course I'm speaking for people who don't want to spend a lot of money on the GPU.

Problem Rendering - After Effects CS4 and CS5

Hello,
This problem happens on both my laptops, both of which are more than capable of running and rendering in after effects. When I render the video, it comes out verry choppy and slow. My specs are:
Dell Studio XPS 1645
Intel Core i7 820QM Quad Core @ 1.62 GHz
ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5730
8GB of DDR3 RAM
Dell XPS M1730
Intel Core 2 Duo Overclocked to 3.4GHz
NVIDIA 8800M GTX in SLi
8GB of DDR2 RAM
If the problem is with hardware, I'm going to have to wait for my new desktop in August.

I have this issue when I try to render a project and continue to do other work on my computer. It seems as you compete for CPU resources you do corrupt the rendered file. On my core i7 with 32gb of ram and 2 gforce gtx 480's hooked in an sli config, I dont have this problem since more resources are available than what my AMD Phenom II 980 with 16GB and no video card has.
Some of the effects and such are so cpu intensive that to get a good render you need to schedule the render before you leave the office, go to bed, etc. Basically, when you start the render, leave the computer alone and you will get a nice smooth file.
Also, I like to do my renders in Adobe Media Encoder.. you can import a project into it and allow this app to do the render.. seems to render faster than AE..
I know this what posted in October and I amreplying 5 months later but I figure this is good info for someone who finds this searching for a solution to the same problem.

After Effects CS4 and AME CS6

I have AE cs4 and am needing to export to windows media player. When I choose that option in AE I get a crash error <5188> <ae.blitpipe> <2> rect t:39.000000 l:15.000000 w:1213.000000 h:768.000000
I have the final video as an avi and tried to use AME cs6 to encode it but do not have the option like others have mentioned on here. Does AE cs4 and AME cs6 not work together? I'm running windows XP 64 and I am not in a position to purchase Premier and my boss would rather not upgrade my windows or after effects. I would like to know what my options are.

Todd_Kopriva wrote:
64-bit Windows XP is not a supported operating system for any version of After Effects. That may be part of your problem.
That is unfortunate, maybe I can get my boss to upgrade me.
In the mean time we decided to use WinX for the encoding. If it were up to me I'd much rather go all Adobe.

Any suggestion about what would be the best GPU (non quadro) for After Effects CS4

I going to build a pc and need advice on what graphic card to use with after effects cs 4.
I have experiece with opengl problems due to graphic card no perfecly compatible with adobe applications and
I would really like to have som ideas on what card to buy.. I dont want to spend money for the high priced quadro cards...
Ive just read the thread of somebody in another forum who stated that the Nvidia GeForce GTX260 has been certified by Adobe to be fully compatible with CS4 ? Right now I own Geforce GTX275 and that card have many minor opengl issues.
Thank you.

Hi again , and as always , thank you for your fast responses.
You wrote something about changing the pci bus timing, I am not sure how to do that, what I know is that my card is set to 16X.
I never changed anyting when I installed the card.
Maybe It could be a os issue... have you tested your card in windows 7 or windows xp. It may be stupid running a new os as windows 7.

Good website for After Effects templates and stock footage in UK?

Hello all,
Can anyone recommend a good websites for downloading AE templates and stock footage in the UK please. I see plenty of gt American companies/ websites but I am reluctant to use templates and videos that are mastered in 29 frames and not 25 frames (UK).
Many Thanks
Joel Watt

Session timeouts.... I really do think it's the server. AE doesn't care for specific network stuff, it's all just volumes/ drives to the program. To avoid these issues, you would have to shorten the refresh cycles on your server availability broadcasts or the "keep alive" cycles on the connection/ session settings themselves. I'd know how to do it on Win Server, but I have no clue with regards to XServe configuration. Still, certainly some simple console commands and a restart of the server software should be able to take care of the matter.
Mylenium

Can I use nvidia geforce gtx 650 2gb video card for after effects?

Hi I saw the list of graphics cards that are compatible with after effects... and am wondering if the nvidia geforce 650 2 gb would work?
I realized all the graphics cards have cuda cores, the gtx 650 2 gb isnt on the list but it has 384 cuda cores?
Is it compatible?
GTX 650 2g:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133474

If it's not on the system requirements list, then After Effects won't use it for GPU acceleration of the ray-traced 3D renderer. Read this page for details about what this means:
http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2012/05/gpu-cuda-opengl-features-in-after-effects-cs6. html
Be sure to read the note marked 'Important'.

After Effects Cs4 And Windows 7

Is cs4 incompatible with windows 7?
i installed it all successfully and when i try to run the program, the liscense agreement pops up and i click agree, then i just get the error sound and the program never starts up
I do run it as a administrator
and other adobe programs seem to work just fine on my pc
By the way, i have the trail version of cs4

Have you checked your graphics card settings and driver? Most such failures are related to the GPU sniffer producing nonsense results due to the drivers still being Betalized. Also try to manually turn off some of the fancies for Aero and such. I'm not sure, since I'm staying away from W7 for the time being (just got a new core7i with Vista 64 and not feeling adventurous), but you may also need to work your way through that changed media handling stuff and Quicktime. I tend to think there is certainly some "legacy" switch for DirectDraw CoDecs in the control panel somewhere. Just a few random thoughts on the matter, of course, but may be a starting point.
Mylenium

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