I am trying to import some videos to test some effects in AE out. But whenever I import the videos they are cut down to about 2 minutes and some seconds. I wanted to import the whole video which is about 22 minutes. Is there any way I can import the full length? or is it meant to cut down like that?
What codec are the videos compressed with. Is after effects reading the framerate on the videos correctly? Is the composition you are putting them in long enough to show the whole clip?
Generally you don't want to be importing a full episode into After Effects, because its just a huge hassle to try and do anything with. Much easier to import only the clips you need.
I'm using mjpeg and the compositions are definitely long enough. I'm not sure if after effects is reading it right.
But yea, I'll take your advice and use clips. But if i was to import a piece of footage the get done adding the effects, what codec should i use to move it back into premiere and do editing?
I've this problem before in Premiere. Oddest thing. I opened up Premiere and half of my files had been cut down to a few minutes. The files that weren't affected were the ones that had segments of it on the timeline. I renamed all of my imported files and then re-imported them and then they worked with no problem.
The video information on Adobe AFter Effects says that it's only around 2 minutes long. I think bashar is probably right although i am able to move in many of the full length videos only to have them all cut odwn to somewhere from 2-3 min. I have 1.5 Gb of DDR2 RAM though.
AE has cut down long clips on me before too, so i think it's something AE just does. Regarding RAM... AE likes to attempt to load up everything it can into RAM or pagefile (up to the total amount of RAM you have). If it doesn't think it can, it simply won't try to do more. I'd open AE up to check, but my install DVD is corrupted in the AE segment of the installer.
I know there are times when I would import a fuill episode into AE and it would cut off the last couple minutes or so. This was usually related to a framerate interpretation issue I think... but I've never experienced clips being cut down to only around 2 minutes. I would hesitate to say its a ram thing though, because simply opening a video file doesn't really take a lot of ram.
Yea, true, the only thing i can think of doing now, is dividing the episode into many clips, and qyll, I tried renaming them and it didn't work, but thanks for the help.
You really shouldn't be working with episode-sized video clips in AE anyways. These files open in other programs and load into your NLE properly, right?