This is the first thing I learned how to do in Adobe After Effects.
I found it difficult at first but after some practice and a few tutorials I
got it down,sort of. I had a lot of trouble getting the exporting down without/out
it having serious amounts of distortion and frame jumping. I tried for awhile
and finally got it down, knowing how frustrating it can be I decided to write
a tutorial with pictures to help people just learning it. You might need some
knowledge of editing programs, specifically Adobe Premiere before attempting
this.
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1: When you open After effects, right click in the Untitled project and
select ‘New Composition..’ |
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| Step 2: The New Composition
dialogue box will appear. If you are select the settings I have pictured
below. |
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| Step 3: Now click ok,
the timeline, and preview monitor will show up. Now right click in the Untitled
Project window and select ‘Import>file’ and select the file
that you would like to ramp |
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| Step 4: Drag your clip
into the timeline. Double click on the clip and another box will appear
so that you can set the Mark In, and Mark Out points. Do this then close
the box. |
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| Step 5: Drag the work
area to just behind the end of your clip as pictured below. |
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| Step 6: Drag the time
view window bracket to the left until the clip covers the majority of the
visible timeline as pictured below. |
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| Step 7: Now click Layer>Enable
Time Remapping |
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Step 8: Now place
keyframes where you would like to start slowing down the clip, for this
one I slowed it down just before the skater popped. Do this by positioning
your edit line where you would like the key frame and clicking this box.
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| Step 9: Now place a
keyframe where you would like the motion to become normal again, just as
or just before the skater lands. |
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| Step 10: Now highlight
the keyframe where the skater lands, AND the key frame at the end of the
clip by shift clicking on both. Drag them to the right, this will stretch
the time in between the first keyframe and the middle keyframe. The line
in between them will drop. |
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| Step 11: Drag the clip
farther to the right so that the out point is at the right point. Now is
where you begin to slow down the slowmo, if that makes sense. You want to
click the circles that I have circled in red. Drag them slightly down and
towards the center as pictured. This should create a smooth curve, play
with them until you get it right, then click 'RAM preview' and see your
creation, you will get frame jitters and such right now, don't worry about
those until exporting. |
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| Step 12: Now that you
have the motion to your satisfaction, it is time to export so that you can
use it in your wonderful editing creations for your friends to gawk at and
the people on digitalskate.net to joke on. Click Composition>Add to Render
Que |
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| Step 13: Now comes
the fun part. Select Composition settings. The below Pictured dialogue box
will appear, select ALL the settings pictured. |
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| Step 14: Now select
Output settings and enter the below pictured settings. Don't forget to click
'Format Options' and select Microsoft DV |
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| Step 15: Select 'Output
To:' and set a destination for your video |
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| Step 16: Click Render,
wait for it to finish, then watch your wonderful creation. |
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