AE or PP CS4

David LeGroin · February 27th, 2010, 09:43 AM

I was wondering if anybody has come up with an efficient way to perform fast cuts of different clips to create a very quick sequence that would sync with a drum roll or anything like that. I think it could be done by rendering each clip out as image sequences then importing them and placing one-by-one...but is there a better way?

Gregory Gesch · February 27th, 2010, 06:59 PM

Hi David. In After Effects place each clip as a layer, the add Effects/Strobe Light to all the layers (except the last one if you don't want black sections) set Strobe to Make Layer Transparent then play with the strobe timings on each of the layers to turn off or on at whatever speed/duration you like. Hope that helps.

David LeGroin · February 28th, 2010, 07:28 PM

Thats a pretty slick way of doing it. With some tweaking I think this might work perfectly. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

Daniel Bates · February 28th, 2010, 08:02 PM

If you go the image sequence way in AE, you can import the images into a comp and sequence the layers with any duration and overlap you choose.

February 27th, 2010, 09:43 AM	#1
David LeGroin New Boot Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Palm Beach, FL Posts: 23	AE or PP CS4 - quick cuts? I was wondering if anybody has come up with an efficient way to perform fast cuts of different clips to create a very quick sequence that would sync with a drum roll or anything like that. I think it could be done by rendering each clip out as image sequences then importing them and placing one-by-one...but is there a better way?

February 27th, 2010, 06:59 PM	#2
Gregory Gesch Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: 114	Hi David. In After Effects place each clip as a layer, the add Effects/Strobe Light to all the layers (except the last one if you don't want black sections) set Strobe to Make Layer Transparent then play with the strobe timings on each of the layers to turn off or on at whatever speed/duration you like. Hope that helps.

February 28th, 2010, 07:28 PM	#3
David LeGroin New Boot Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Palm Beach, FL Posts: 23	Thats a pretty slick way of doing it. With some tweaking I think this might work perfectly. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

February 28th, 2010, 08:02 PM	#4
Daniel Bates Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: Daegu, Korea Posts: 180	If you go the image sequence way in AE, you can import the images into a comp and sequence the layers with any duration and overlap you choose.