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Comment on tips and tricks for maya by Justin

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:16:24 +0000

Yeah, I would. If you just render out a "flattened" version as one ima sequence you just don't have the same level of control of how things end up looking. If you render as separate passes you can make out certain parts of reflections or shadows easier. You could just keep updating your 3d file and try to get it to match, but from a time standpoint it's much easier to just make the little finesse tweaks in after effects or some other compositing program. Keep in mind too that things rarely look perfect straight from 3d. Composiing can make or break a project and having all the control you can is the best option. If you're worried about managing a lot of files look into using openEXR format. I'll group all you passes into one file. I'll post a tutorial about this soon.

Comment on tips and tricks for maya by Nnamdee

Nnamdee — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:36:40 +0000

Hey justin. Just tot I should ask you this quickly.
When you model and texture a character in Maya and ur done with every other stage but rendering. Do you need to render out all the passes for that CG element?

I read an e book that says CG stuff never looks real when com posited with real footage if we just render out the finished model once. Please tell me if I am right on this.

Comment on use AE to render from premiere by Justin

Justin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:52:37 +0000

Thanks for sharing! I'll check that out.

Comment on use AE to render from premiere by Joe

Joe — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:37:34 +0000

CS5 Media Encoder has improved.

So an easier method than what you described in the video is to export your prem pro project as AAF. then Import the AAF into AAE CS4

There is also a huge advantage in the AAF method. Import a Prem Pro edit into AAE and you'll see what I mean. You have a neat looking edit in the AAE time line.

You can also just open your prem pro project using AAE.

Try both methods, I'm sure you'll see the benefits of AAF

Comment on use AE to render from premiere by Justin

Justin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:23:22 +0000

Glad it was helpful!

Comment on use AE to render from premiere by facundo

facundo — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:11:17 +0000

Thanks a lot for this, i was almost crazy going from premiere to AE, 28 times per project!!
Great tip & tutorial!

Comment on tips and tricks for maya by Justin

Justin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:13:44 +0000

I'm glad it was helpful.

Comment on tips and tricks for maya by Alfons

Alfons — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:08:03 +0000

You are a Blessing. This saves so much time, I was about to read the entire instruction manual and follow step by step. However, this made my day.

Comment on first reel eva’! by Justin

Justin — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:43:33 +0000

Thanks. Took a lot longer to make than I was expecting.

Comment on better particle control by Justin

Justin — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:43:12 +0000

should be fixed now. Thanks for the heads up.