Hi everyone,
What I would like to do :
An HD video where the actor manipulates animated object in the video, with text effects animated in and out at the appropriate times. I have done this before using Flash, however this time the project requires audio - and flash does not sync audio well.
So what I am doing:
I have the video in premier (3.5 minutes long). I opened the sequence as an after effect composition.
My problem : The after effect composition running my video is slow. scrubbing is slow, audio only comes up either as audio preview only, or ram preview only goes to 1000 out of 6000 frames or something.
I have no idea how to create my animated objects, animate them, sync their entry point with the video's audio and visual - when everything is lagged like this. I dont usually use after effect exactly because its this slow..but as I upgraded computers twice ever since I first had after effects - I'd think that it would have gotten faster. My current pc is faster than my macbook pro, which was faster then the original dell i had. I am starting to think I am doing this wrong - there is no way professionals edits a whole 2 hour movie this way - lagging audio, video and all.
I can speed this up by just starting a new after effect composition without my video, then combine them in premier. However, if I do this, i wouldnt be able to sync the animation with the movement.
Help?
Thanks...