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David Johnson
COW member since November 9th 2002 from Earth

510 Posts

System Details: 1 Mac with full Final Cut & Adobe Suites
3 Win machines with full Adobe Suites
(details change too frequently to list here)
tons of other media software including full Sony & TechSmith Suites and various plugin sets for Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Photoshop & various audio applications

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My Recent Posts:

Re: a sheepish request by David Johnson on Nov 23, 2009 at 12:14:07 pm
Re: Text Question by David Johnson on Nov 22, 2009 at 7:07:18 pm
Re: Text Question by David Johnson on Nov 22, 2009 at 3:14:11 pm
Re: Incorrect Duration for Imported Audio by David Johnson on Nov 22, 2009 at 2:17:42 pm
Re: I can't work out why some renders take longer than others? by David Johnson on Nov 22, 2009 at 2:05:55 pm
Re: zoom without pixelation by David Johnson on Nov 21, 2009 at 3:12:56 pm
Re: Working with long movie imports in After Effects by David Johnson on Nov 21, 2009 at 2:33:05 pm
Re: Mac to PC (iMovie to CS3) by David Johnson on Nov 14, 2009 at 8:49:28 pm
Re: help with converting to vector files by David Johnson on Nov 14, 2009 at 6:28:02 pm
Re: codec comparison by David Johnson on Nov 14, 2009 at 5:07:18 pm
Re: After Effects CS3 by David Johnson on Nov 14, 2009 at 4:43:53 pm
Re: a "shooting-a-tv-screen" effect by David Johnson on Nov 14, 2009 at 4:39:21 pm
Re: after effects can't continue, after effects has crashed, (0:42) by David Johnson on Nov 13, 2009 at 12:57:45 am
Re: Here Dave,... by David Johnson on Nov 12, 2009 at 11:32:28 pm
Re: Can I reveal missing files, in project window.... by David Johnson on Nov 10, 2009 at 1:04:38 pm
Re: DV Cam novice by David Johnson on Nov 10, 2009 at 1:02:08 am
Re: Solid Movement Help by David Johnson on Nov 9, 2009 at 11:40:54 pm
Re: Video flame border help by David Johnson on Nov 9, 2009 at 12:54:14 pm
Re: after effects can't continue, after effects has crashed, (0:42) by David Johnson on Nov 7, 2009 at 4:08:35 pm
Re: Animation Codec? by David Johnson on Nov 5, 2009 at 10:51:31 am

My Tagged Posts

Re: after effects can't continue, after effects has crashed, (0:42)
by David Johnson on Nov 7, 2009 at 4:23:26 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Unfortunately, 0:42 in particular is one of the most unexplained errors I've ever encountered in AE. I haven't seen it in quite a while, but the few times that I did it was always after I had made some significant...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Sumit Mehta

Re: Free After Effects Template
by David Johnson on Sep 20, 2009 at 2:29:14 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Nice work. You might also want to post this in the "COW - Free Stuff" forum....

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Gyorfi Szilard

Re: How to manage 2 or more editors working simultaneously on single project
by David Johnson on Aug 14, 2009 at 8:39:43 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
As Dave said, you assign sections to various animators as separate projects. I'd also strongly recommend a team lead responsible for coordinating everything and bringing together the master project. The coordination part is very important in two main ways: [1] To make...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Dave Johnson

Re: Replace entire PSD file in AE
by David Johnson on Aug 11, 2009 at 1:53:50 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
There may be a better way if I thought about it longer, but having done this many times as a deadline crunch time approach, I know it works reliably ... Basically just name a copy of all the PSDs the same...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Dave Johnson

Re: Replacing footage - making clip independent -- NOT globally changed
by David Johnson on Aug 7, 2009 at 9:21:36 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
The way Dave & Adolfo explained are definitely the best ways ... I'll just add another option that's useful with tons of layers and/or versions. It's much harder to explain than to do so it's actually very easy with good...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Dave Johnson

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Paper Floating
by David Johnson
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An example of a US $100 bill floating in the air using Zaxwerks 3D Flag and native AE Turbulent Displace. This isn't the final composite, which has additional motion and multiple bills with variations of the effect (and, obviously, without the watermark)....
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