I’ve been using After Effects for some of the editing/filter effects on the video. Not knowing the program’s interface makes this time consuming but it’s coming along.
Although I’ll be using AF for some of the effects, I’m still going to be using Final Cut for the main video cuts and other edits for the finalized video. I’ll be rending out certain clips in AF and dropping them into FC to do the assemblage.
The video I have here posted is how the entire video will be transitioning from picture to picture. The quality is very pixelated, and I have a higher res video rending at the school overnight (its taking 4 1/2 hrs!!) Tomorrow I will post the better res video. I will be shooting the last of the photos this week/weekend and editing it thereafter.
Great progress–I can now see that sliding/morphing effect you were talking about… I can also see the two-points of view (especially in the back of the van–the simple switch from one seat to another is a nice way to cement it).
A trick that has worked well for me when it comes to video compression is taking my high-res video into Toast on the Macs. There is an icon that looks like a pair of hands holding an old-time off-air plate… This portion of Toast compresses your video via H264 without a lot of the color-loss that would happen if you did the H264 directly out of AE. No need to re-invent the wheel–just use whatever works!