Return-Path: Received: from atl4mhob17.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.57] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5204942 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 10 Sep 2013 05:01:36 +0200 Received: from atl4webmail16 ([10.30.71.173]) by atl4mhob17.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r8A3ENPK030893 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2013 23:14:23 -0400 Received: from 203.192.166.174 (chris@chriszwar.com [203.192.166.174]) by atl4webmail16 (Netsol 11.2.30) with WEBMAIL id 8202; Tue, 10 Sep 2013 03:14:22 +0000 From: "Chris Zwar" To: "After Effects Mail List" Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Normal Message-ID: X-Mailer: Network Solutions Webmail, Build 11.2.30 X-Originating-IP: [203.192.166.174] X-Forwarded-For: [(null)] X-Authenticated-UID: chris@chriszwar.com Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 03:14:22 +0000 Subject: Re: [AE] still image template MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I'm currently working on a 100 year anniversary project, so I have 100 ye= ars of photos to go through! This is more of a suggestion rather than a template, but I have found it = invaluable to go through and resize all the assets to the same dimensions= first. This means that when images are swapped around - which clients l= ove to do - the composition doesn't fall apart because the new photo is a= different size and shape from the previous one. It does mean that you have to choose a master / global size and aspect ra= tio to work with, but it's a way of minimising problems later on. If you= 're working to 16x9 then that's a good ratio to start with, or 5:3, etc e= tc (in my project everything is revealed in circles, so I'm cropping them= all down to squares). If you have a project that has lots of portrait a= nd landscape photos then it means you are making the scaling / positionin= g / cropping decisions before you start but this really does save headach= es later on. I generally just create a master composition at my chosen size, import al= l the images with the same duration (1 second), then sequence them. Then= I just work through them all, fitting their width or height to the compo= sition size and adjusting the position in the frame to suit. This is als= o a good opportunity to do a rough grade on each image to make them more = consistent. If this is either a big project, or had lots of images, then I do recomme= nd this approach because it makes it so much easier to work with lots of = images when they're all the same size to begin with. -Chris -----Original Message----- From: mpo@michaeloreilly.com [mailto:mpo@michaeloreilly.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 12:17 PM To: 'After Effects Mail List' Subject: [AE] still image template I am doing a corporate video that showcases over 50 years of technology, and they have 50 years worth of images. What should be a kinda fun exercise is not since I have very limited time to work on this. I'd like to automate this as much as possible, and just buy a template into which I can plug many of these images. The images need to be as quic= k as the images in this video (I realize that this video is just good old fashioned work and style, but I will gladly trade that if I can get some template that has some elegance to it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DVWdFqKPua28 Can people recommend template sites ? I know there are many out there, bu= t it is as difficult as choosing the music from a stock music library - there are so many to slog through. thanks Michael O +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to