Comments on: Review: Action Essentials 2

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:42:24 +0000

Hi Silas, this will work fine in Premiere Elements 2.0. Remember, they are Quicktime movies, so as long as you have QT installed, you’ll be fine. Best wishes, John.

By: silas blatchley

silas blatchley — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:58:34 +0000

I have Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 will action essentials 2 work on it and are there any downsides

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:34:47 +0000

Hi Justin, Action Essentials is a collection of Quicktime movies. There is no installation as such, you simply insert the DVD and choose the movie you want to use, copy that to your computer and import it into After Effects… Best wishes, John Dickinson.

By: Dustin Thomas

Dustin Thomas — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:50:45 +0000

Ok, so I got Action Essentials 2 and installed it. But it went to a folder on my desktop. So I figured I would put it in my AE files under presets or something…it turns out that’s not what I need to do. Everytime I try to bring the files into AE, it says that they aren’t the right kind of files. They are all quicktime movie files. I’m very confused. I’m wondering if anyone can help me get these files to work with AE CS4. :/

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:26:38 +0000

Hi JG, these are region-free footage disks. Best wishes, John.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:21:12 +0000

That’s cool Adam. I’m about to use it again for the MILG7 teaser animations. Best wishes, John.

By: JG

JG — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:20:11 +0000

Does Action Essentials 2 work in the UK? Because I am aware that some DVD’s do not and only work is certain regions.

Thanks,
JG

By: Adam Jaffe

Adam Jaffe — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:40:42 +0000

Just got mine in the mail last week, along with Co-pilot’s Pro Scores…great products, great prices…can’t wait to make some great action sequences!

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:56:41 +0000

Hi Cody, perhaps try the support page on video copilot, I’m sure they’ll be able to help you. Best wishes, John.

By: cody

cody — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:18:11 +0000

i just received the 720p version and when i try to play the clips in after effects the clips flash as if some frames are missing. i copied the files onto my desket. then when it didnt work i took the files off my computer and tried it again but once again the same thing happened. please help me! PS. i have tons of hard drive available so the problem cant be lack of memory.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:45:09 +0000

Pretty killer product hey Leo! You’re welcome. John.

By: Leo

Leo — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:34:59 +0000

I got my DVD set today! WOOHOO! I’m lovin it!

Thanks again, JD!

Leo

By: John Michalec

John Michalec — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:46:25 +0000

Hey Illd, I didn’t know if this is what you meant by reinterpret the fps, but I figured I’d try to help. You can see which clips have high and low fps if you right click your footage in the Project window and go to

Interpret footage > Main

Here you will see under Frame Rate the exact fps. Again, sorry if I misunderstood your post, but hope this helps!

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:32:41 +0000

Thanks Leo, I like to keep my reviews short and tight, so I’m glad you found it worthwhile. I’m certain you’ll love the product! Best, John.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:28:34 +0000

Thanks LGFN, that’s exactly what I mean’t Best, John.

By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:38:20 +0000

Excellent review… I think the downsides are a small sacrifice when looking at the big picture. This collection is pretty impressive, especially for price (as you noted, JD). I will be ordering mine this week and start using it right away. Even though I don’t do a lot of FX, I do create a lot of trailer-like title sequences and this collection is awesome for atmospheres and title backgrounds, I love it.

Thanks for the awesome review, JD.

By: LGFN

LGFN — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:45:37 +0000

You have probably meant: there is “no” indication as to which clips… instead of “on” as written.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:01:53 +0000

Hi Dean, thanks for your input! Sounds like you have an attention to detail… and know something about bullet casings… should I be scared? Best, John.

By: Dean Doll

Dean Doll — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:36:24 +0000

This is a fantastic purpose-driven collection, and considering the price, a good deal too. What I find with other similar types of products is that you have to purchases one collection for fire, another one for smoke, and another one for atompsherics. It can be tremendous strain on the wallet for individuals to try and put together libraries of stock elements, so I appreciate Action Essentials 2 a lot.

The only nag I really had is that the spent shell casings should have a depression from the firing pin modeled into the primer.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:25:31 +0000

Hi Illd, Andrew suggests that it’s the ”compositors eye” that will pick which shots are which. you’d have to time remap the shot and see how the playback looked I guess. Perhaps Andrew will give us all some tips Best, John.

By: illd

illd — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:02:45 +0000

No offense on Mr. Kramer and VCP, but why didn´t they point that out (at least on the file list pdf). Finding this out with between over 400 clips is a lot of work for the users.

How would you do this anyway? Do we have to reinterpret the fps of the footage in AE or does it automatically recognise the highspeed videos?

I couldn´t find one so far with more than 23,98 fps. Somebodey had more luck?

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:30:06 +0000

Hi Illd, Andrew told me today that much of the footage was shot at high speed. The trick is to work out which ones Best, John.

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By: Boreale

Boreale — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:41:02 +0000

Like you, Illd, I got my copy 2 weeks ago !
I’ll look for those 60fps clips…

By: illd

illd — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:37:46 +0000

Hi JD,

thanks for the review. I got my copy 2 weeks ago and I would say it´s an no-brainer, too. I also miss some “real” highspeed footage. I am not 100% shure, but I remember that Andrew kramer says on one of the tutorials that there are some clips shot at 60fps but I had no time to serch them. Can anybody confirm that or was I dreaming?