Return-Path: Received: from vms173009pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.9] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4848812 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:14:30 +0200 Received: from macbook-steve.home ([unknown] [71.107.35.71]) by vms173009.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0MAH009HTDEIPA00@vms173009.mailsrvcs.net> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:15:54 -0500 (CDT) Subject: RE: [AE] Problem opening a psd file with video in After Effects MIME-version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Stephen Mark In-reply-to: Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:15:53 -0700 Cc: kopriva@adobe.com Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: <53F621EA-AB18-49EB-B12E-3FCCC1AFA686@verizon.net> References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) I'm confused about your answer, Todd. I was pretty much following along = with Richard Harrington's book "Photoshop For Video" and he described = transferring a video psd file to After Effects precisely the way I was = attempting to do it. Are you saying something has changed in CS 6 to = make his advice obsolete? Exporting as an animation file -- especially = since I'm merely testing some concepts -- takes time and yields a file = way larger than I need. All I need is a file the size and resolution of = the one I started with. Even if rendering is now the only option in CS = 6, why can't I access the other quicktime codecs in my system? On Sep 16, 2012, at 3:00 PM, After Effects Mail List wrote: >=20 > From: Todd Kopriva > Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:14:21 -0700 > Subject: RE: [AE] Problem opening a psd file with video in After = Effects > Message-ID: = >=20 > After Effects CS6 does not recognize video layers in PSD files. >=20 > If you want to get the video content into After Effects, I recommend = render=3D > ing and exporting from Photoshop as a QuickTime movie using the = Animation c=3D > odec at highest quality, since that provides lossless compression. >=20 > ________________________________________ > From: After Effects Mail List [AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of = Stephe=3D > n Mark [mark.2ain@verizon.net] > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 2:06 PM > To: After Effects Mail List > Subject: [AE] Problem opening a psd file with video in After Effects >=20 > I am editing some Sony EXCAM footage and decided to apply a Photoshop = CS 6 =3D > filter to a potential background plate for a green screen shot. The = EXCAM f=3D > ootage (HD, 1920x1080, 24p) plays fine in Quicktime player and plays = inside=3D > Photoshop as well once imported. But after applying the filter -- = which al=3D > so plays properly in Photoshop -- and saving the composition as a psd = file,=3D > I then try to open the psd file in After Effects, I get an error = message t=3D > hat says "Quicktime is not installed or is too old of a version = (39::0)." I=3D > have considered rendering the Photoshop comp as video, but I notice = that u=3D > nless I want an image sequence (which I don't) my export options are = limite=3D > d to a couple of OT animation flavors or jpeg 2000. I see no place in = the =3D > Photoshop render dialogue box to access Quicktime settings and choose = anoth=3D > er codec. (An Apple Pro Res proxy might work just fine, for example.) = So I'=3D > m making this a Photoshop question because I think there's something = about =3D > Photoshop that is making the file unrecognizable to After Effects. = After Ef=3D > fects does import a single frame of the image with the filter applied. = (Yes=3D > , I am converting the video to a smart object before applying the = filter.) =3D > Any thoughts? > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to >=20 > ------------------------------ > +---End of digest messages---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > End of After Effects Mail List Digest #14843 > ********************************************