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Replacing Footage With Pixel Accuracy in After Effects or FCP
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
Say you need to replace low-res footage with a new, high-res version while maintaining pixel accuracy.
First, create a new layer. Stack the new footage of top of the old.
In Final Cut, right-click on the top layer and choose Composite Mode>Difference. In After Effects, use the layer’s drop-down Mode menu.
Your footage will take on an inverted [...]
Navigating the After Effects Timeline
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
One of the more fundamental challenges I’ve faced learning After Effects is how to navigate the timeline. While I can fly in Final Cut, I tend to putter about in AE. One of the obvious reasons for this is that the key strokes are so wildly different.
To help me through this new terrain, I compiled [...]