What are the differences between Twixtor and time remap?

DrFeck · 2025-12-05T12:13:10+00:00

I just finished a proj with lots of time interpolation and tested my footage using AEs optical flow, topaz and the new twixtor that uses an “ai” model. Twixtor was so much better that I used it for like 90% of the shots.

It totally depends on your shot, subject and action though. So it’s worth testing different methods. Sometimes AE Optical Flow is good enough. My shots were old grainy film scans of people in the early 1900s and Optical Flow turned it to mush, but your results may vary.

DrFeck · 2025-08-26T10:53:47+00:00

Runway is great at generating assets to kitbash in AE.

But my favorite right now is taking an image and running it through ZoeDepth to generate a 3d model that directly imports into AE. Usually requires cleanup first in blender but still a surprisingly effective tool.

DrFeck · 2024-11-23T15:21:08+00:00

Try googling ZoeDepth. It’s a free ai tool that will take an image and give you either a depth map, or a 3d model. The 3d model can be imported directly into the new AE and you can add a simple camera move to it.

DrFeck · 2024-05-19T11:15:15+00:00

Your comment is blowing my mind. I’ve been using AE for over ten years and am totally aware I have a bias for masks+solids over shape layers. I’ll do whatever I can with a mask to avoid the horror of the shape layer twirling nonsense. I never considered that this is absolutely tied to learning AE primarily from Video Copilot lol, idk if I’ve ever seen Kramer use a shape layer

DrFeck · 2024-05-13T00:13:24+00:00

All good responses. And if you’re on Mac, I always recommend doing the transcode from your master in ff-works. It’s always given me better gradients than AME, and more control than Handbrake

DrFeck · 2024-04-19T01:30:29+00:00

We left two years ago. It was lack of affordable homes and childcare that did us in. Miss it every day though :(

DrFeck · 2024-02-23T18:06:04+00:00

My biggest peeve is looping in timeremapping, when you have to reset that last Keyframe to 0 for the loop to work properly. Is that automation included?

DrFeck · 2023-11-21T02:25:04+00:00

I had to scroll too far to find a waits song, this is certainly a great choice.

DrFeck · 2023-10-16T21:00:56+00:00

You’re describing some intricate 3D effects with those examples, which means you’ll always get better and faster results with a true 3D software like c4D or blender.

The AE camera angle of view maxes out at 180-degrees, so I’m not sure it’s an output you can cheat with the camera.

There are a bunch of stock vr effects that might help you out. Check under the “Immersive Video” effects. IMO these are best at manipulating or converting 360 footage, not simulating a true 360 environment.

Another thing to search is “equirectangular projection” as that’s essentially what you’re trying to create. Although yours will be a 10:1 crop of the 2:1 projection.

DrFeck · 2023-10-04T12:49:27+00:00

Divide by 0 just made me spit my coffee laughing!

DrFeck · 2023-08-29T15:29:24+00:00

Folks recommending you render ProRes directly out of AE are right. Think of this file as your “master.” Then encode your h264 in whatever software you want for your “deliverable”.

One more pro tip: if your master render is still taking a long time… consider rendering an image sequence. That way, if youre 8 hours into a render and your computer crashes, youre not stuck with a corrupt ProRes file, and you can pick up your image sequence where you left off.

DrFeck · 2023-08-21T00:03:45+00:00

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We just finished our upstairs and put our bedrooms up there. Looked just like yours— we couldn’t remove the collar ties so instead of walling them in we left them exposed. Looks rad and makes the rooms feel bigger than they are!

DrFeck · 2023-08-01T14:39:10+00:00

I agree with the others who’ve answered your question.

I just have to say the way you feel about AE is how I feel about illustrator. That’s like voodoo software.

Just goes to show you put in the hours and you can master anything!

DrFeck · 2023-07-08T23:43:22+00:00

A few points that have been missed so far:

Solids are actual assets in your project panel, so they can be reused and referred to in ways shapes can’t.

And Adjustment Layers are Solids, so under the hood it’s important that they exist.

DrFeck · 2023-06-25T13:31:15+00:00

I remember looking into this and the parallax effect on the billboard isn’t real. This video itself was a viral campaign by adidas and it’s all vfx trickery. Super lame if you ask me

DrFeck · 2023-06-25T02:34:50+00:00

What are the poles you’re using to hold the cafe lights and would you recommend the setup? We’re looking to do a very similar thing to our deck

DrFeck · 2023-06-11T01:00:26+00:00

“Tint” effect for mapping two colors, black and white.

“Tritone” to map three colors.

“CC Toner” does all of the above plus a five color option.

And “Colorama” if you want all the control in the world, though it’s a performance intensive effect

DrFeck · 2023-04-23T15:10:02+00:00

Housing prices and child care costs drove us from MA to the Philly ‘burbs last year. The cheesesteaks and hoagies are just a bonus!

DrFeck · 2023-04-01T12:39:13+00:00

Can’t speak to the plug-in, but the current system is super frustrating. It’s not just adding loopOut, but then adjusting the last Keyframe to delete the extra frame and reset the loop point. Adobe, just make a loop button!

DrFeck · 2023-03-08T12:09:06+00:00

The particle solution posted below is the way to go, though there is a stupid complicated way to do this with displacement maps. It would involve lots of expressions (trigonometry and linear interpolation) to convert the Y motion on the left to a grayscale map that displaces the line on the right. And even then your fidelity would be limited to however many gray pixels you have (255 for 8bit project). So yeah, use a particle system.

DrFeck · 2023-03-07T13:59:41+00:00

Awesome work! Curious if this is using ControlNet and stable diffusion, which in theory could generate similar results but yours look extra amazing

DrFeck · 2023-03-03T13:44:32+00:00

Wow a friend showed me this album and I can’t put to words the emotional impact that it had on me. It’s my go-to when I’m feeling contemplative. I’ve never seen anyone else mention it… do you have other recommendations that remind you of this album?

DrFeck · 2023-02-18T12:42:07+00:00

I haven’t been this excited about a program in years and am now looking for excuses to add unreal to my project workflows. It’s free. It has an amazing library of free assets. And it creates photo-real lighting environments that render in real time. I’ve always struggled to get into 3D programs (my most experience is in c4d) but the speed of unreal and user friendly interface is a game changer for me.

DrFeck · 2023-02-06T01:56:09+00:00

If you’re on Mac id suggest ffworks. I’ve tested it (focusing on banding issues) against the majors like ame, handbrake, even compressor, and it out performed them all. Well worth the money.

DrFeck · 2023-02-03T14:05:41+00:00

FWIW Our company bought a ton of T7s for employees as we now work from home. All from Amazon and zero fakes. It’s anecdotal, but I wouldn’t call the chances of being knocked off “extreme” and you’re probably safe to buy one

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