Return-Path: Received: from vms173003pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.3] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4850095 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:35:51 +0200 Received: from macbook-steve.home ([unknown] [71.107.35.71]) by vms173003.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0MAJ00A8H925QN40@vms173003.mailsrvcs.net> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:37:18 -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: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:37:17 -0700 Cc: steveo@practicali.com Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) Hi Steve I don't think I understand your answer. I am applying the filter to an = entire video clip having first converted the clip to a smart object. = When you refer to applying the filter to a single frame, I'm not = following you or perhaps should say I don't know to do that. When you = add I should select all, copy, and paste into a new image, I'm not = seeing the road to ending up with a file that I can open in or import = into After Effects. If it's possible for you to expand on what you're suggesting, I'd = appreciate hearing it. Thanks for taking the time to respond. On Sep 17, 2012, at 3:00 PM, After Effects Mail List wrote: >=20 > Subject: Re: [AE] Problem opening a psd file with video in After = Effects > From: Steve Oakley > Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:31:04 -0500 > Message-Id: <19CD984A-5FF3-4CAA-A6C9-D348BD99E6FC@practicali.com> >=20 > on the frame you just did the filter on. Select all, copy, new image =3D= > {enter}, paste, save as, done >=20 > S >=20 >=20 > ------------------------------ >=20 > From: Todd Kopriva > Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:37:19 -0700 > Subject: RE: [AE] Problem opening a psd file with video in After = Effects > Message-ID: = >=20 >> Are you saying something has changed in CS 6 to >> make his advice obsolete?=3D20 >=20 > Yes. >=20 > After Effects CS6 doesn't have this feature. In CS6, Photoshop changed = the =3D > way that it deals with video, and we didn't have time to adapt to that = chan=3D > ge.=3D20 >=20 >> On Sep 16, 2012, at 3:00 PM, After Effects Mail List wrote: >> =3D20 >>>=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=3D3D >>> ing and exporting from Photoshop as a QuickTime movie using the >> Animation c=3D3D >>> odec at highest quality, since that provides lossless compression. >>>=20 >>> ________________________________________ >>>=20 >>> ******************************************** >=20 >=20 > ------------------------------ >=20 > Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:45:42 +0200 (CEST) > From: "mylenium@mylenium.de" > Reply-To: "mylenium@mylenium.de" > Message-ID: = <226833086.119381.1347867942592.JavaMail.open-xchange@email.1und1.de> > Subject: Re: [AE] Problem opening a psd file with video in After = Effects >=20 > ------=3D_Part_119380_1153586604.1347867942524 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3DUTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >=20 > Enable the "Allow encoding with legacy QT CoDecs" option in the = respective > system control panel, if you haven't already. that aside, PS will = simply ne=3D > ver > be able to use some CoDecs due to how its own render pipeline works. = It's a > constant annoyance even to PS users... >=20 > Mylenium >=20 > [Pour Myl=3DC3=3DA8ne, ange sur terre] > ----------------------------------------- > www.mylenium.de >=20 > Stephen Mark hat am 17. September 2012 um = 08:15 > geschrieben: >> I'm confused about your answer, Todd. I was pretty much following = along w=3D > ith >> Richard Harrington's book "Photoshop For Video" and he described = transfer=3D > ring >> a video psd file to After Effects precisely the way I was attempting = to d=3D > o 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 = som=3D > e >> concepts -- takes time and yields a file way larger than I need. All = I ne=3D > ed is >> a file the size and resolution of the one I started with. Even if = renderi=3D > ng is >> now the only option in CS 6, why can't I access the other quicktime = codec=3D > s in >> my system? >>=20 >>=20 >> On Sep 16, 2012, at 3:00 PM, After Effects Mail List wrote: >>=20 >>>=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 = Effect=3D > s >>> 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 = re=3D > nder=3D3D >>> ing and exporting from Photoshop as a QuickTime movie using the = Animati=3D > on c=3D3D >>> odec at highest quality, since that provides lossless compression. >>>=20 >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: After Effects Mail List [AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of = St=3D > ephe=3D3D >>> 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 C=3D > S 6 =3D3D >>> filter to a potential background plate for a green screen shot. The = EXC=3D > AM f=3D3D >>> ootage (HD, 1920x1080, 24p) plays fine in Quicktime player and plays = in=3D > side=3D3D >>> Photoshop as well once imported. But after applying the filter -- = which=3D > al=3D3D >>> so plays properly in Photoshop -- and saving the composition as a = psd f=3D > ile,=3D3D >>> I then try to open the psd file in After Effects, I get an error = messag=3D > e t=3D3D >>> hat says "Quicktime is not installed or is too old of a version = (39::0)=3D > ." I=3D3D >>> have considered rendering the Photoshop comp as video, but I notice = tha=3D > t u=3D3D >>> nless I want an image sequence (which I don't) my export options are = li=3D > mite=3D3D >>> d to a couple of OT animation flavors or jpeg 2000. I see no place = in t=3D > he =3D3D >>> Photoshop render dialogue box to access Quicktime settings and = choose a=3D > noth=3D3D >>> er codec. (An Apple Pro Res proxy might work just fine, for = example.) S=3D > o I'=3D3D >>> m making this a Photoshop question because I think there's something = ab=3D > out =3D3D >>> Photoshop that is making the file unrecognizable to After Effects. = Afte=3D > r Ef=3D3D >>> fects does import a single frame of the image with the filter = applied. =3D > (Yes=3D3D >>> , I am converting the video to a smart object before applying the = filte=3D > r.) =3D3D >>> Any thoughts? >>> +---End of message---+