Return-Path: Received: from mail-vc0-f172.google.com ([209.85.220.172] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5057542 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 02 May 2013 16:55:47 +0200 Received: by mail-vc0-f172.google.com with SMTP id hx10so564631vcb.17 for ; Thu, 02 May 2013 08:04:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=xGCpCvFHnJi/4x0vlDbYvDBW2Egk56PRqU2xCQh15TE=; b=WTGDADsYvtigZmsnREgiKoYdXJqDm0rOss/8GlKyO7KfI/ZRUNw4l00TY36GtHAkHe 87AOOoAMW3/TSkkjOVnc1rDwuZWxOZRRrFQS4UH4MUlcBRd+r4P+a9ao0XOoNePwF2jc jL3iuLs7VTb5zFSOszmaBWpfb2FSsqw1Ko8go9QEK4loLXDuJgDsiApOnKTSDCrpGKdn F+SX/gFpEngmJZQ9BHv1PfBXnZ+pX/PzxK1zN7iBk7NM88fZiH3pWJVu3vHGtX02W/xZ pnDeGJ8VcKAMVmF2lu8tyUOk9e3ySuAi8geMo+6NZ2Cq78ZD9fwKCghZGUZQgPjLZ14z PmsA== X-Received: by 10.220.194.5 with SMTP id dw5mr1260323vcb.47.1367507062622; Thu, 02 May 2013 08:04:22 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.58.172.7 with HTTP; Thu, 2 May 2013 08:04:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Nathan Shipley Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 08:04:02 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] keylight first frame glitch To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c1bbf2b212c304dbbd8c08 --001a11c1bbf2b212c304dbbd8c08 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Using CS6? Usually the first thing I suggest our artists try when things like this happen is to clear the disk cache. AE > Preferences > Media & Disk Cache > Empty Disk Cache. ... I've seen watermarked frames from unregistered plugins persist in the cache, fonts that weren't activated, etc. etc. And if AE doesn't think it needs to update that frame in the disk cache, it will persist between sessions. May not be your problem, but something to try! - Nathan On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Teddy Gage wrote: > Ditto that Eric. You have to watch the rotobrush key spans pretty > carefully. That was a big problem on a previous job. But now come to think > of it we used a lot of keylight on that project as well. > > Mike, I typically pull the key with keylight, set output as a matte, > duplicate the layer and use it as a luma matte. This kills most noise and > chatter. Maybe it would help with your frame issues? > > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk < > kirkproductions@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Knock on wood....never experienced that! I have however had a similar >> experience with the ROTO tool screwing up the first and last frame for some >> reason. >> >> >> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Mike Janson wrote: >> >>> anybody else experience this? first frame won't key out. soloing the >>> layer shows it's keyed properly & starting at second frame it looks fine - >>> i deleted effect and reset, same thing. nothing hidden below (like a green >>> layer) - weird! >>> >>> i split the clip into layers using magnum script. also getting phantom >>> masks but i think that might be because i went a bit copymask2layer crazy. >>> +---End of message---+ >>> To unsubscribe send any message to >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kirk Productions, Inc >> www.kirkproductions.com (recently updated!) >> kirkproductions@gmail.com >> IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/ >> >> > > > > -- > Animator & Editor > www.teddygage.com > Brooklyn > --001a11c1bbf2b212c304dbbd8c08 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Using CS6? =A0Usually the first thing I suggest our artists try when things= like this happen is to clear the disk cache. =A0AE > Preferences > M= edia & Disk Cache > Empty Disk Cache.

... I'v= e seen watermarked frames from unregistered plugins persist in the cache, f= onts that weren't activated, etc. etc. =A0And if AE doesn't think i= t needs to update that frame in the disk cache, it will persist between ses= sions.

May not be your problem, but something to try!
=A0- Nathan

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:48= AM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:
Ditto that Eric. You have t= o watch the rotobrush key spans pretty carefully. That was a big problem on= a previous job. But now come to think of it we used a lot of keylight on t= hat project as well.

Mike, I typically pull the key with keylight, set output as a matte, du= plicate the layer and use it as a luma matte. This kills most noise and cha= tter. Maybe it would help with your frame issues?


On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk <kirkproductions@gmail.com> wrote:
Knock on wood....never experienced that!=A0 = I have however had a similar experience with the ROTO tool screwing up the = first and last frame for some reason.


On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Mi= ke Janson <michaelmailing@yahoo.com> wrote:
anybody else experience this? first frame won't key ou= t. soloing the layer shows it's keyed properly & starting at second= frame it looks fine - i deleted effect and reset, same thing. nothing hidd= en below (like a green layer) - weird!

i split the clip into layers using magnum script. also getting phantom mask= s but i think that might be because i went a bit copymask2layer crazy.
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