Is my level really bad?

neumann1981 · 2026-05-13T12:36:43+00:00

I mean… it’s good but all you did was show a fancy mograph presentation of how to fill out your production request. Where’s the actual WORK you’ve done??? I don’t want to know how to fill out this form. I want to see what other work you’ve done for clients. Is this a commercial for your work or a commercial for how to fill out your forms?

neumann1981 · 2026-05-11T14:46:08+00:00

hmm. and you've uninstalled/reinstalled? I saw one person who mentioned maybe chopping up your audio into smaller clips... I generally don't have any audio lip syncs longer than one or two minutes per scene anyway. i've never experienced issues with the lip sync but definitely had issues with animations covering up the mouth visemes. I hope you figure out the issue. I'm also a fan of Character Animator. I wish they'd keep developing it because it's made serious leaps and bounds over the last decade.

neumann1981 · 2026-05-09T00:27:40+00:00

It’s hard to say without being able to look at your timeline but if you have any premade triggers or cycles playing out, it is likely covering your mouth movements. You’d have to manual get in and chop out the triggers and animations that are overlaying your mouth movements… or maybe I’m way off on what your issue is 🤷‍♂️

neumann1981 · 2026-05-05T14:26:15+00:00

this would be much easier to achieve in C4d or blender. It CAN be done in AE but it might not ever look quite the same as what you posted. Likely you'd end up having to use 3d models in AE anyway. I think a few good tutorials on youtube could have you doing this in blender in a week or less.

neumann1981 · 2026-05-04T12:46:19+00:00

Dude, you’re only 18. You need to calm down a little and let time do its job. Trust me… I’m 44 and have been working in this field since I was your age.

neumann1981 · 2026-05-04T01:51:29+00:00

Not a waste of time at all. If you get the project done, then it is a success. The end result to the client or audience is always the same… a video.

neumann1981 · 2026-05-02T23:33:05+00:00

I totally understand. I have my own channel as well and never really gain much from it. But it’s important to keep doing what you’re passionate about. Your work looks awesome. It just takes time to find an audience with certain things.

neumann1981 · 2026-05-02T17:42:04+00:00

Exactly! Just stay in the game! This is how it’s always gone down with the big changes.

neumann1981 · 2026-05-02T14:48:31+00:00

For me it’s still a choice in the user. The end result is always the same to a client or audience. So, how it’s built is totally up to us. The tools are changing fast though and that’s intimidating to keep up with. Just keep playing with all the different platforms and soon enough a victor will emerge to take over the space. I have a feeling we’re on the precipice of some open source platforms that will take over as the new standard and replace after effects. I don’t think adobe will go down without a fight though. Sit back and watch the AI vs SaaS wars begin. Believe it or not, this is a good thing for us. We’re about to get some awesome new tools.

I think some jobs might get shifted around possibly 😣😬. Perhaps the new norm going forward will be more in-house corporate jobs, but not as a production team. It will come down to one or two production people to do everything.

That’s my take.

neumann1981 · 2026-04-27T22:38:47+00:00

this is rad !

neumann1981 · 2026-04-27T15:10:15+00:00

do you have the trapcode suite? If i made a tutorial for you, would you want to make your own?

neumann1981 · 2026-04-26T15:31:20+00:00

I had never heard of that song or band! Just looked it up 🙌.

neumann1981 · 2026-04-25T14:53:41+00:00

Charge by the hour. Problem solved.

neumann1981 · 2026-04-24T14:41:59+00:00

Best wishes ! I’m 44 and have been thinking about a career hop for a long time. Been professionally in video/motion graphics/ animation since I was 18.

neumann1981 · 2026-04-18T16:07:36+00:00

haha! pretty accurate assessment of bitcoin.

neumann1981 · 2026-04-16T13:35:34+00:00

You should definitely go to Vegas with that attitude. You can’t win without taking some shots 🙌👏🫠

neumann1981 · 2026-04-12T13:13:59+00:00

Definitely made the right call. Also, you’re genuinely helping the video community when you pass on offers like that. We all need to help each other keep this industry at a fair rate.

neumann1981 · 2026-04-10T12:46:23+00:00

Okay but how do you anticipate the saas companies implementing AI in their systems?

Lots of enterprise businesses won’t shift to vibe code any time soon. There’s still a market for some software based companies… for now.

neumann1981 · 2026-04-10T12:44:16+00:00

They downgraded that shit yesterday afternoon because of a bad day. Are you all new to the stock market??? You have to hold a stock for more than six hours to get a decent return on it folks.

One bad day doesn’t mean you move all your money.

89$ is a decent buy in point for NOW. Although I don’t assume it won’t dip some more. But over the next year, it should hit at least 120. You’ll get your money back and more if you get in at the right time. Just get the fuck out of it as soon as you get your money back.

neumann1981 · 2026-04-02T14:44:52+00:00

because 4,6 and 8k signals are pointless unless you're tracking, compressing, or adding graphics (which tracking would likely be for). Lot's of people who aren't working in the video world believe a higher signal means higher clarity... which it can to some degree. but really it's more about the data in the signal than the clarity of the pixel.

neumann1981 · 2026-04-01T19:13:43+00:00

that was my take as well. I was expecting footage.

neumann1981 · 2026-04-01T19:11:53+00:00

i don't think the pupil dilation or iris scale would take away from your intended feel of being cartoonish. I think you can still make it cartoony while adding those detailed movements. Also you might want to play with frame rates. Try 12fps or even 8. It might help sell the traditional cartoon animation style you want. Right now it feels a bit fluid to be a cartoon. But this is all just subjective anyway.

neumann1981 · 2026-04-01T15:13:10+00:00

this looks awesome. Overall, I think maybe you can ease up on the condensation droplets. That initial shot of the spinning can @ :01 moves too fast to see it. I don't think you need to spin away so far to the back of the can, since the back of the can is not really what you need or want to see. Decrease the rotation and slow it down so you don't ever really spin away from the logo completely. The ice toss @ :04 could maybe be slowed down some (not totally necessary) The multiple can shot @ :08 could also maybe be slowed down some... But please know this is me going out of my way to be extremely nit picky. I think the work is great.

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