Calling all veterans

OmniStrata · Post by **OmniStrata** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:06 am

GAH I should have reworded this...

I won't teach [step by step] how to cut and razor edit stuff and then move stuff around in premiere's timeline... blah blah [read the manual, it's called the F1 key...]

ONCE THEY GOT THAT, then if they ask me stuff that borders on "unexplainable..." [it's almost always, "how'd you do that?"]

I'd give them a VERY basic walkthrough. [what's neat is I tell everyone who asks the same damn thing... "Once you master motion and transparency, your creativity is limitless in the effects Premiere can provide before you move on to After Effects]

If you are already using After Effects, please teach me some custom stuff? ^_^

Sinkua · Post by **Sinkua** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:10 am

One thing I learned recently (through experience...and I felt like an idiot for not noticing it.) If you're using multiple track layers for different transparency settings, it's best to arrange them so that the one with the lowest opaquity percentage is on top. Main layer (100%) goes on bottom. Got layers with 75%, 30%, 50%, and 25%, too... stack 'em (from top to bottom) 25, 30, 50, 75, 100.

I had 3 clips overlapping (very briefly, and yes it looks rather clean, surprisingly), and I had 'em misarranged, so it looked like shit. I hit myself for overlooking such a simple detail afterwards.

OmniStrata · Post by **OmniStrata** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:17 am

ah hah!

whoever read that has learned something new!

[though I suck at multi layering :p]

Sinkua · Post by **Sinkua** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:24 am

OmniStrata wrote:ah hah!

whoever read that has learned something new!

[though I suck at multi layering :p]

A couple of months ago, I didn't even know how. Then my friend pointed out the little transparency slide-bar next to each track layer.

Devolution · Post by **Devolution** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 5:49 am

Zarxrax wrote:Hmmm... indeed the guides are getting so big its frightening. Perhaps a 'light' version would be a nice addition? Only telling the bare minimum of what you should do, no explanations, and plenty of pics for what buttons and settings and junk...

actually, in my spare time i've been working on an "idiots guide" style version of AD&E's guide.....it's slow going though :\ working midnights and trying to edit doesn't leave me much time to work on it. oh well ^^ i'll finish it eventually