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Hey everyone. I'm hoping I'm just
overlooking something, but here's my situation.
I'm in a second project file that I'm working on for a client,
This project is related to a previous one, but they are different,
so I have different project files for each. I need to import the
previous project and grab some comps I made in there, out of it.
Some static design comps and illustrations using shape-layers that
I don't have as external files anywhere.
So I go to Import>File and choose the AEP file I need to bring
in. I do this sometimes, and normally, I'll just scrap the other
comps I don't need and just grab out what I do.
So first off, in the "import as:" drop-down box of the import
dialog, I only have the option of "Footage". In CS5, it used to
change to "Project" but I don't have that option here.
When I try to import the AEP file, I get the following error
message...
After Effects error: Failed to connect to Adobe Premiere Pro
Dynamic Link. ( 86 :: 1 )
I have not installed Premiere Pro, as I don't really have a use
for it in my current workflow. I'm using Creative Cloud on
Windows 7 Pro SP1 All Adobe apps I have installed are updated to
the latest. (Ae, Ps, Ai, Au)
Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to have Premiere Pro
installed just to be able to import an AE project into another
project?
Not sure what to do at this point, and I need those comps.
Both files are AE CS6 compliant (the older one was a CS5 file that
I opened, and saved out to CS6) No release specific or legacy
plugins were used, so the original project is just a native CS6
project now.
Hope someone can help me out here. Thanks in advance,
///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com/
On 8/21/2012 4:30 PM, Brian Maffitt wrote:
That is a stunning piece of motion graphics. Well done, and kudos
to Ariel!
Holy Schnikeez.. this is an
awesome piece by Ariel Costa / Blinkmybrain
https://vimeo.com/47684693
Lloyd?, you picked a winner with this guy.. Geez that's
fun to watch and very well designed. Very inspiring.
///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com/
On 8/21/2012 3:39 PM, Byron Nash wrote:
I'm with Robert, I don't get the Match Source
on anything but what he listed. This is for both Mac &
Windows.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 2:39 PM,
Glen Tubbesing <gtubbesing@gmail.com>
wrote:
Just
a heads up for everyone. Make sure you put that extra
'u' in studio in Robert's link. I didn't the first
time and got a 404 error.
Glen Tubbesing
Caples Productions
Las Vegas, NV
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at
10:03 AM, Robert Kjettrup <robert@stvmayday.dk>
wrote:
that sounds weird...
Am i overlooking something really
simple here that i have wanted in AME all
these years?
Are you seeing "match source" as an
option for all quicktime codecs when
entering the "export settings" dialog box?
Is there really a difference in the win
and mac versions of AME?
I use FFMPEG and "Another GUI" as a frontend
to generate Prores files, and it seems to
work ok, no FCP user i have delivered to has
complained yet :-)
It doesn't make Prores output possible
through any regular programs you have to
do this extra step to convert the files,
maybe Adobe could include FFMPEG as an
encoder engine in AME someday :-)
Only problem with this workflow is i
can't get ffmpeg to encode excact colors
in the Prores if my input file is a YUV
file, it only seems to work 100% correct
with RGB encoded input files, but maybe
there is some obscure ffmpeg setting
that i can't figure out how to use.
Heres a link to any windows user who
doesn't know this small program:
Robert Kjettrup / Grafiker / STV
Mayday
Mobil: 25 18 95 16
Mail: robert@stvmayday.dk
2012/8/21
Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
That
you're on Windows may explain
it.
I have read of a method
to encode to ProRes on
Windows, but it requires a
third-party app, and some
hoop-jumping, IIRC. So, I
presume even with this
software installed, you
wouldn't see ProRes as an
export option in AME, Ae or
Pr.
What about AVI? Isn't
that available as a Match
Source option?
I just tried Avid
Meridian Compressed, as an
experiment, as a Preview
option, and Match Settings
works for Export there, too.
I'm on Mac, BTW.
On Aug 21, 2012,
at 10:54 AM, Robert
Kjettrup wrote:
hmmmm....
i just checked
here again.... i
only get the
"Automatic (based
on source)" option
on the different
properties on the
following formats:
MPEG2 Blu-ray
MPEG2-DVD
H.264 Blu-ray
(Legacy)
FLV
F4V
...the two last
there is only the
framerate that you
can take from
source, but it
automaticly takes
the size from
source, then you
have to check a
box to force it to
resize. Another
inconsistency in
AME.
I am on a
windows machine so
i don't have
access to the
Prores encode
presets, but none
of my quicktime
codecs has the
option to use the
source attributes.
?
Robert Kjettrup /
Grafiker / STV
Mayday
Mobil: 25 18 95 16
Mail: robert@stvmayday.dk
2012/8/21
Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
Robert,
I use ProRes
as a Preview
format, and
Match Source
Attributes is
available to
me.
Byron, to
your OP, once
you change
anything,
you're not
matching
source
attributes any
longer. So,
there's your
answer.
It's easy
to make
presets. Just
pick an export
format that
contains the
codec you
want, modify
anything else,
and save it.
Presets
sort
alphanumerically,
so that's
something I
keep in mind
when naming
them. Putting
the most used
ones at the
top saves a
bit of time.
Consistent
naming methods
keep
everything
grouped
nicely, and
minimize my
searching for
the one I
want.
On Aug
21, 2012, at
10:02 AM,
Robert
Kjettrup
wrote:
Hi
I
think it is
only mpeg2
that has the
"match source
attributes"
setting, which
is a shame
since it could
be nice to
have in every
format... AME
could use a
good cleanup
in making the
settings for
the different
formats more
alike. Some
has bitrate in
Kbps others in
more useful
Mbps, some has
a framerate
setting, some
don't.
And
the
"Filters"tab
should just be
removed and
replaced with
a effectpreset
independent of
the
encodesettings,
so you could
add different
effects to a
clip, like add
black
leadin/leadout,
adjust volume,
apply a LUT,
timecode
burnin, etc...
Robert
Kjettrup /
Grafiker / STV
Mayday
Mobil: 25 18
95 16
Mail: robert@stvmayday.dk
2012/8/21
Byron Nash <byronnash@gmail.com>
Sorry for the
OT, I haven't
been able to
find an answer
to this and
usually assume
if this list
doesn't know,
it's the end
of the road.
;-)
Some of
the presets in
Adobe Media
Encoder(CS6
here) have
"Match Source
Attributes"
for the size,
frame rate,
etc.. I would
like to make
some presets
that convert
footage to
other formats
without
changing the
size and frame
rate. I see no
way to set
values to
"Match
Source" when
making a
preset. Looks
like I would
have to create
presets for
every size I
might run
into. Has
anyone found a
good
workaround for
this?
Thanks,
Byron
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