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Title: Need some serious help with adobie after effects
Post by: mayhem on April 25, 2009, 02:16:31 pm

Oky im trying to edit / make a small 30 second Intro movie to go with my cab.

Now i have the ideas .. i have some cut clips ..

But for the life of me i cannot edit / adjust and make what i need .

So if any one is up for it i really really could do with some pro who can use adobe after effects or some thing like that who knows what there doing.

Any one interested please ...

Title: Re: Need some serious help with adobie after effects
Post by: Gatsu on April 26, 2009, 12:13:23 am

oddly enough Im in the same boat.

Im tempted to just try to use Flash to edit a animated intro and just output it to a video file.

After Effects is kinda time consuming to learn. But youtube has some good tutorials if you do some searching.

Title: Re: Need some serious help with adobie after effects
Post by: mayhem on April 26, 2009, 12:23:10 am

yeh i gone though a couple now even the adobe ones but to be honest im still confused lol ..

I dont think after effects is user friendly at all ... or it just hard to learn.

it would be good if i had a mate who new it but since i don't lim stuck.

Title: Re: Need some serious help with adobie after effects
Post by: BASS! on April 26, 2009, 04:22:58 pm

My girlfriend is an art student, and has tons of textbooks on pretty much all of the adobe products. I would love to help if you need some reading matereal. I have one in front of me named Flash + after Effects by chris jackson. I think she bought it originally for 75, now it is selling for 25 at:

http://www.amazon.com/Flash-After-Effects-Chris-Jackson/dp/0240810317/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240777265&sr=8-1

I think it may be time for kenswift to post a bit of a tutorial for the awesome effects he has worked out.

Title: Re: Need some serious help with adobie after effects
Post by: mayhem on April 29, 2009, 10:32:30 pm

hehe yeh i wish some one would. lol...

the idea i have and i have all the clips sort of half done is My logo on screen then a alien xenomorph pops in from the right and the logo looks at it and then runs off and then the screen goes black and a alien shoot forward at you ... the problem i have is masking it all off so it gives the effect i need lol ..

Title: Re: Need some serious help with adobie after effects
Post by: paulmarko on May 09, 2009, 06:44:33 pm

I'm pretty good with After Effects. (To a lesser extent, Flash)

If you'd let me know what you're looking for, I'm sure I could help you out.

Title: Re: Need some serious help with adobie after effects
Post by: Tarman on May 13, 2009, 08:50:15 am

Me too.  I do all kinds of video work with after effects.  What are you trying to do?