Also wanted to add followup question - i've seen it suggested to create all the audio using a single file in audacity. I use audacity a lot for editing, but can't think of an efficient way to mix it all as one file to sync with the animation without very laborious effort. For instance, I have backgr...

I'm having a problem with my audio when rendering my animation. A few of the audio layers completely drop out when I render, whereas they appear and sound great when I'm using the AS playback before rendering. Additionally, a few other layers that do appear have a TON of static over them, where othe...

Thanks for the reply :) Can you give me some more information about compositing programs? Is there one you prefer (preferably free)? Any more specific instructions would be greatly appreciated. I'm really getting a handle on doing some great animations in AS but I'm still a newby at exporting and re...

Say I have a very complicated background scene and it doesn't matter to me if I insert an image to use, or drawing something similar out as a vector in AS using LOTS of points. When rendering, which option will end up causing larger file sizes and slower rendering?

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Can anyone help me figure out the differences among the AVI codecs or pick the best one? Everyone recommends using quicktime instead- but I'm on a PC and it seems impossible to go from AS to a DVD if I'm rendering in quicktime. Or...would it be better to render as a quicktime mov file, then use some...

Hello...So here's my problem. I used the sequencer timeline tool in ASP v.7 to have two of my characters begin dialog at 42 seconds into the short. I then completed a whole bunch of animating beyond that timeframe. Now I've decided I need them to start talking before the 42 second mark. When I put i...