![]() If I have a sentence or phrase that I want to emphasize I'll almost always design a cut. Take a look at some really good documentaries and you'll see what I mean. Visual storytelling usually works better if you have cuts. Two minutes is pushing it but if you absolutely have to have one shot for the whole thing then that is what you have to do. NLE is a nonlinear editor like Premiere Pro. This is great information and very helpfull for me! Thank you so much, Rich! What exactly are you refering to when you say " you can't possibly see how it will edit together"? I´m done with the first 40 seconds and am very pleased so far with the result. "It's just way too much work and you can't possibly see how it will edit together." I´m not sure how I could cut that up into small 10-seconds precomps. I will have to check that out.īut my film is a single scene with a camera moving around without a single cut. "I strongly suggest you break that comp up into shots and then edit the shots together later in an NLE." The entire film will be around 2 minutes. "I would guess the one in question is at least 10 minutes long" ![]() ![]() Yes! This is how I thought for a second that After Effects suddenly didn´t work, which annoyed me alot before I found the solution. "It is a good practice to stack the layers in your comp the same order you would stack things on a stage. It's just way too much work and you can't possibly see how it will edit together. I would never create a 10-minute marching across Europe sequence for a documentary in a single comp. More than 90% of my comps are under seven seconds. Ideally, AE comps should be limited to a single shot or a short sequence that you can't edit in any other way. You'll get the project done in less time and it will be thousands of times easier to make corrections and adjustments. I strongly suggest you break that comp up into shots and then edit the shots together later in an NLE. I would guess the one in question is at least 10 minutes long. It looks to me like your comps are very long. It is a good practice to stack the layers in your comp the same order you would stack things on a stage. Scale it back or look for another way to get the look you are trying to create.Just got a chance to look at your screenshots and my first guess would have been that the shadow catcher was in exactly the same position as another layer and needed to be moved up a pixel or the layer order needed to be changed. If you can see that drop shadow, it’s probably too much (and does indeed suck). (Remember all the long shadow text not too long ago?) Heavy text effects can make a design look dated, so be careful unless that is the look you are going for.Īnd remember that subtlety works in your favor. The problem with text effects is that these “trends” come and go quickly. And the best part? No a single “enhancement” to the text. The University of Essex goes bold with a thick typeface on a darker video background that almost jumps out of the design. You have to plan all the elements precisely to ensure that elements work together and bold typefaces, or dark on light, or light on dark combinations are the most readable. The lack of using a text effect can be more difficult than adding techniques to aid readability or amp up the contrast. With enough contrast in shape, size and color, text elements and the background have a natural separation. Sometimes the best text effects are using no effects at all. It also has a retro feel and works best with thicker typefaces.Īll you have to do to maximize the impact is to pick a typeface that matches the tone of the projects messaging. A layered shadow creates an almost three-layer/three-dimensional effect.This works best with thick stroke or slab typefaces. The hard edge shadow (pictured above) has a distinct retro feel that adds a second layer behind the text.Other common – and highly usable – drop shadow techniques include options that are made to be seen, such as a hard edge shadow or a layered shadow. Seldom are these settings appropriate and often look amateurish. Whatever you do, don’t click the drop shadow button in design software and just apply the defaults. Drop shadows are most often used in this way as a soft element to create separation or to add just a hint more contrast between text and background elements. This “invisible” drop shadow style is something you probably see as the designer when you add the technique to text, but it shouldn’t be recognizable to the common user. A drop shadow technique is best deployed as an element to help create depth between text and background layers. The best drop shadow is one that you don’t even see.
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