AE outputing help at DVinfo.net

Jim Ioannidis · February 25th, 2003, 10:21 PM

hey guys

I'm trying to outout my after effects work to my camera thru firewire.

Now under Edit > Preferences > Video Preview i only have 1 option and it's "Desktop Only" and I believe I should have FireWire as an option too.

any help would be awesome.

thanx

Rob Lohman · February 26th, 2003, 10:12 AM

AE doesn't know about camera's and firewire cards. It doesn't
care. It is simply a program that you load media into, manipulate
it and then output media again. How you get that media to where
you want it to go it basically "your problem".

So after you are done with your composition in AE simply output
back to AVI DV at full quality and load that up in your NLE (Premiere
for example). Then use the print to tape feature to dump it back
to tape.

There was a plugin available for AE that outputs AE's monitor
over firewire so you can use a camera, DV deck or DV bridge
to view the signal you are working with on a TV/monitor.

Mike Rehmus · February 26th, 2003, 12:04 PM

AE is not realtime so an output capability doesn't do you any good if you are trying to record to tape.

I have the Canopus output driver for AE. It really helps compared to the computer monitor display.

FWIW
Canopus also makes an output driver for Photoshop that allows one to see the image on a NTSC monitor. That too is very useful.

Jim Ioannidis · February 26th, 2003, 01:57 PM

i have been outputting my stuff into an NLE program and then getting it on tape but I have it right here in my Creating Motion Graphics book

"A recent addition to after effects is a feature that lets you have the comp echoedout through Firewaire to a DV device"

and they say it is done by doing the steps i listed above.
I was just wondering if this has worked for anyone else.

Rob Lohman · February 27th, 2003, 06:15 PM

I have never heard or seen this, Jim. Not to say it isn't there.
But seeing the lack of responses to this thread, I'm thinking no-
one else has either.

Have you tried to do a newsgroup search over at Google Groups?

Steve Leone · February 28th, 2003, 05:48 PM

I believe that there is an output plugin for AE that comes packaged with the Parhelion Card by Matrox....3 head card and plugin, run about $379...I have seen the Storm plugin in action and if you have the ram and horsepower, it works really well.

Jeff Donald · February 28th, 2003, 07:19 PM

When they say echoed out I believe they are referring to Echo Fire, and AE plugin. SyntheticAperture is the mfg. and they make other interesting software for video.

February 25th, 2003, 10:21 PM	#1
Jim Ioannidis Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 60	AE outputing help hey guys I'm trying to outout my after effects work to my camera thru firewire. Now under Edit > Preferences > Video Preview i only have 1 option and it's "Desktop Only" and I believe I should have FireWire as an option too. any help would be awesome. thanx __________________ www.downfallproductions.com

February 26th, 2003, 10:12 AM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	AE doesn't know about camera's and firewire cards. It doesn't care. It is simply a program that you load media into, manipulate it and then output media again. How you get that media to where you want it to go it basically "your problem". So after you are done with your composition in AE simply output back to AVI DV at full quality and load that up in your NLE (Premiere for example). Then use the print to tape feature to dump it back to tape. There was a plugin available for AE that outputs AE's monitor over firewire so you can use a camera, DV deck or DV bridge to view the signal you are working with on a TV/monitor. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 26th, 2003, 12:04 PM	#3
Mike Rehmus Wrangler Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vallejo, California Posts: 4,049	AE is not realtime so an output capability doesn't do you any good if you are trying to record to tape. I have the Canopus output driver for AE. It really helps compared to the computer monitor display. FWIW Canopus also makes an output driver for Photoshop that allows one to see the image on a NTSC monitor. That too is very useful. __________________ Mike Rehmus Hey, I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel!

February 26th, 2003, 01:57 PM	#4
Jim Ioannidis Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 60	i have been outputting my stuff into an NLE program and then getting it on tape but I have it right here in my Creating Motion Graphics book "A recent addition to after effects is a feature that lets you have the comp echoedout through Firewaire to a DV device" and they say it is done by doing the steps i listed above. I was just wondering if this has worked for anyone else. __________________ www.downfallproductions.com

February 27th, 2003, 06:15 PM	#5
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I have never heard or seen this, Jim. Not to say it isn't there. But seeing the lack of responses to this thread, I'm thinking no- one else has either. Have you tried to do a newsgroup search over at Google Groups? __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 28th, 2003, 05:48 PM	#6
Steve Leone Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 116	AE Output I believe that there is an output plugin for AE that comes packaged with the Parhelion Card by Matrox....3 head card and plugin, run about $379...I have seen the Storm plugin in action and if you have the ram and horsepower, it works really well. __________________ Omens carry only as much weight as we choose to assign them.

February 28th, 2003, 07:19 PM	#7
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	When they say echoed out I believe they are referring to Echo Fire, and AE plugin. SyntheticAperture is the mfg. and they make other interesting software for video. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors