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Opening Adobe After Effects CS4 in CS3

by on Apr.22, 2010, under After Effects

Bit of a dodgey work around but as of yet, this is not possible from within the program (ridiculous really that they wouldn't include this ability).. I grabbed this from the following forum site: http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/949347 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've found a way of doing that. It's a rough way but worked for me. Just open with "TextEdit" or "NotePad" one project file from cs3 and the one you want from cs4. Copy Read more [...]
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After Effects – Masking

by on Apr.17, 2010, under After Effects

To mask, on a layer, click the pen tool. - make sure it's 'closed'. turn off roto bezier (*that make sit need to be close)... Click and drag if want but click points on it to create mask. Make sure it's 'closed'. Click and hold on the pen tool etc. like in photoshop to get the add and minus tools.. once finished, zoom right in and choose the general arrow and you can move and adjust all of the points to make sure they are as good as possible.. use the Ctrl key to allow you to manipulate Read more [...]
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After Effects 3D Cameras

by on Apr.17, 2010, under After Effects

In the Composition window, right click and choose new camera. accept defaults, then Ok. tick the boxes next to the layers in the cube to make them 3d layers. > drag select point of interest and position to key both > Hot key C - lets you scrub through - hitting c again and again might cycle through the pan, move etc. tools. > that's all while 'camera1' or your camera is selected. > if you choose 'custom view' you cna look at the scene. > this lets you move Read more [...]
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