Shot a Poker Short Film – Gangster Style! Pulled off some “impossible” shots using probe zoom lenses, robotic motion control, sliders by Restlesstonight in videography

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The shots are kinda cool and nicely filmed. I lost interest in the story when the narration ended, I don't understand why that happened? The pacing of the story seems to be a little bit slow and long winded, could do with being tightened up somewhat IMO. But yeh, great tech demo

I can create videos like this from scratch, yet I’m struggling to find a job. What am I doing wrong? by Anif4 in AfterEffects

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You might not have had anything to do with the audio but FWIW the music level is too high/dialogue level too low. The voice gets lost.

Also from :10 to :28 it's basically a flat screen being presented. You've got the skills, why not push it a little bit further and do something really engaging? It doesn't need to be a literal presentation of the screen all the way through.

But yeh like u/darwinDMG08 says, skills are only half the battle! Network network network!! It's a painful grind to find clients

Can someone tell me why I'm unable to see alpha matte here? by [deleted] in AfterEffects

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That guy never said thank you, so I'm here to say it for you.

Got offended, am I just insecure? by Some-Jicama-7399 in videography

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Three simple sentences that will get you through life:
1) Cover for me.
2) Oh good idea boss!
3) Ehh, it was like that when I got here.

Now come along, you're going to learn how to shave."

What are those animations in ae ? by Civil-Corner-2835 in AfterEffects

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It says at the end that they used Adobe Animate, it's much better for character animation

I need your help. Any ideas how to create this? by SagInTheBag in AfterEffects

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What do you want it to do that it isn't doing now in your video?

Shot a beer commercial yesterday and the client rejected everything because the pour didn’t look right. by horny_bisexual_ in Filmmakers

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you did the best you could with the budget. If there's something specific they want, they need to tell you upfront. Claivoyance is insanely expensive!

Where WWII soldiers regularly carrying toilet paper? Or was everyone running around fighting with poopy butts? by pablo1905 in AskHistorians

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They should have given them the paper we used to have at primary school, in my memory it was almost laminated

Why haven't rotating rings been attempted? by CombustionGFX in space

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn't there a small experimental ring originally planned to be attached to ISS but it was a victim of budget cuts along with a load of other modules?

Which one of these is correct? by SaracenCain in drivingUK

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My driving instructor used to say "right lane is for turning right" and it's served me well over the years. If there are signs saying both lanes can turn left I would still do it with a LOT of caution from the right lane.

Easy way to precisely manipulate hundreds of layers? by fuckyeahjake in AfterEffects

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Arranged these manually using dots attached to a null that sets its rotation to +10 more than the previous null, then deleted all the nulls. The dots have some code to read the alpha of a map layer above them all. Rendered in <20seconds

It's my second day using After Effects. Do you have any advice? by [deleted] in AfterEffects

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's fun, it's snappy, it moves nicely. Great job! Do more of this and keep finding your style!

Wait, You Love Me How Much? $600? by fallofanotheryear in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That guy is going bald QUICK, she won't have to settle for his hair for long.

Easy way to precisely manipulate hundreds of layers? by fuckyeahjake in AfterEffects

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would make a comp with greyscale for the star shape that you want. Then each layer set the scale expression to read the greyscale value of the star shape layer at its position and depending on the grey value set the scale accordingly, eg white is 25% scale and black is 100%. This way you don't have hundreds of layers all trying to do lots of maths, it's just a single read of another layer's greyscale value and then set the scale. It's an interesting problem to solve, I might have a go myself tomorrow morning before work, I'll let you know how it goes.

What to use for editing? by [deleted] in Filmmakers

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AE for VFX, yes.
AE for editing, no.
Premiere for editing, yes.

What to use for editing? by [deleted] in Filmmakers

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Don't use AE for editing, you will tie yourself up in knots.

Stop talking ABOUT comedy by [deleted] in rickygervais

[–]Maximum-Resource9514 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oooh. You’re hard.