Recent content by MAc.pal

Hi I'm supposed to make this map animation where I zoom in on the middle east and then Lebanon pops out and illuminates while the rest of the map fades away. What I need help on is the map's resolution—when i keep zooming in, it gets pixilated of course. What I wanted to do was zoom in on the...

how would I get this effect on text or images? <http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/bekindrewind/large.html> I'm referring to the effects on the text that reads, "When all the tapes got erased" The way the text looks like it's being slightly mirrored below it. How do you get that...

I know this* is a common technique in transitioning moods etc. cued by the soundtrack in movies. Could someone tell me how I could achieve this effect on sound that is done here (right before the two start talking, the party music does an echo/fade into the begining of their conversation)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1nDy1aS9oM I was wondering if anyone had an idea of how this was done. I know they used stop motion in the filming but the paper cut-out effect is pretty crazy Thanks, Mac

So I'm using a PAL Sony VX2000 for this project, and I'm happy about the resolution compared to the NTSC version of this camera, but I wanted to know about how I should compress it if its going to be viewed on an HD TV (720p) but also if it's going to be viewed on a progressive computer moniter...

Everytime I am rendering a composition (only12 seconds long) or even when I'm RAM previewing it, AE unexpectedly quits. I am using a new Mac Pro and it's AE 7, I'm rendering to an animation format at the highest quality. This didn't used to happen on my G4. Also the files that I've imported...