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Postby MystikSoulja » Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:13 pm

Here's what i did i had a clip i wanted to mask a video clip and i imported it into Photoshop and in the animation frame i edited the clip frame by frame and when i played it back in photoshop it was ok. I saved it as .psd and then imported the .psd it into After Effects because i wanted to edit with it but when i did it gave me a still image instead of a video clip with only the part i masked. Can anyone help me or suggest an alternative method to masking a video clip??
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Postby Hareoic » Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:38 pm

Is this Photoshop CS3 or Photoshop CS3 Extended?
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Re: Need help with photoshop cs3

Postby Pwolf » Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:55 pm

MystikSoulja wrote:Here's what i did i had a clip i wanted to mask a video clip and i imported it into Photoshop and in the animation frame i edited the clip frame by frame and when i played it back in photoshop it was ok. I saved it as .psd and then imported the .psd it into After Effects because i wanted to edit with it but when i did it gave me a still image instead of a video clip with only the part i masked. Can anyone help me or suggest an alternative method to masking a video clip??


What happens if you open the save psd? is it just a still?

You need to save it as an image sequence. Goto file->export->render video

select image sequence and you want a png or 32bit targa (to preserver alpha).


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Postby MystikSoulja » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:29 pm

yh it's just a still and i tried exporting it in a image sequence and it gives me whole load of fiels do i have to put them in order my self and stuff or is there another way that i can import it into after effects??
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Postby MystikSoulja » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:32 pm

Is this Photoshop CS3 or Photoshop CS3 Extended?


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Postby Vivaldi » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:40 pm

MystikSoulja wrote:yh it's just a still and i tried exporting it in a image sequence and it gives me whole load of fiels do i have to put them in order my self and stuff or is there another way that i can import it into after effects??

Exporting as an Image sequence means every single frame will have it's own Image. But if they're named something like "PIC_1, PIC_2, ect" It should be really easy to keep them all in order when you take it all into your editor.

Of course, if you've got AE, you could just do it all in program.
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Postby Pwolf » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:01 pm

MystikSoulja wrote:yh it's just a still and i tried exporting it in a image sequence and it gives me whole load of fiels do i have to put them in order my self and stuff or is there another way that i can import it into after effects??


I create a folder and put image sequence in there... when you go to import it into AE, select the first image in the sequence (ether 0 or 1) and then there should be a check box there that says "image sequence" click that and it will import it as a single object but contain all the frames in the sequence.
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Postby Pwolf » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:03 pm

ALSO! very important! before you do anything after you've imported it, right click the object and select interpret footage... set the frame rate of the original video otherwise it will be the default one.

I had this problem earlier this week and was wondering why my masked comp was shorter then the original... it was because AE thought it was 30fps when it should've been 24.


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Postby JaddziaDax » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:30 pm

doesn't AE have its own masking tool?
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Postby Pwolf » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:35 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:doesn't AE have its own masking tool?


Yea, but some times it's easier to do it in photoshop. Otherwise you have to deal with keyframes and shit.
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Postby JaddziaDax » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:47 pm

yea i sometimes do that with vegas >.>
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Postby MystikSoulja » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:37 am

I create a folder and put image sequence in there... when you go to import it into AE, select the first image in the sequence (ether 0 or 1) and then there should be a check box there that says "image sequence" click that and it will import it as a single object but contain all the frames in the sequence.


I done all that it comes out as a single object but the problem is it doesn't keep the transparency...
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Postby Pwolf » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:52 pm

MystikSoulja wrote:
I create a folder and put image sequence in there... when you go to import it into AE, select the first image in the sequence (ether 0 or 1) and then there should be a check box there that says "image sequence" click that and it will import it as a single object but contain all the frames in the sequence.


I done all that it comes out as a single object but the problem is it doesn't keep the transparency...


What are you saving the images as?
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Postby MystikSoulja » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:08 pm

I saved it as both png and psd but it doesn't keep the transparency ...??
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Postby DriftRoot » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:27 pm

If you're the one who asked for help via e-mail, I did respond and explain what to do, but you (if it was you) never replied to tell me how it was going soooo I will continue the conversation here because obviously it's not going well:

I haven't used CS3 (and probably never will) but I think you should narrow down where the problem lies. Is your video editor not interpreting transparent footage the way it should be? Are you not exporting the file properly? Are you not masking properly?

1. Make a transparent PSD file with some opaque areas and bring that into your video program. If it's transparency isn't being read, it's probably your video editor's settings that are suspect.

2. If the above works, make a mock masked PSD file (using the same method you used on the video footage to create transparency) and bring that single file into your video program. If it doesn't work, your masking method is probably the problem.

3. If the above works...read Adobe Help to make sure you're doing everything properly as far as exporting/importing image sequences goes and then check back here to report on your findings. ^_^
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