Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 630)

624 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Markers and metadata
Last updated 12/21/2009
Clip Notes export settings
Export settings
Format QuickTime movie or Windows Media movie.
Preset Preset based on broadcast standard, data rate, aspect ratio, and quality.
Settings in the Clip Notes tab
Embed Video Embeds the rendered movie into the PDF.
Stream Video Posts the rendered movie to an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server and includes a link to the movie in
the PDF. The size of the PDF is smaller than it would be if you embedded the movie, but you and your reviewers must
have access to an FTP server that is also a web server.
Password Requires the reviewer to enter the password to open the PDF.
Instructions Instructions to reviewers. You can edit this field. The contents of this field will be presented to reviewers
in an Instructions dialog box when they open the Clip Notes PDF. If you leave this field empty, then the Instructions
dialog box will not be presented to reviewers.
Return Comments To E-mail address to which reviewers’ comments are sent upon export.
Add Clip Notes comments
1 Open the Clip Notes PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Professional, or Adobe Reader (version 7.0.5 or
later).
2 If prompted, specify your preference in the Manage Trust For Multimedia Content dialog box. If prompted for a
password, enter the password and click
OK. If prompted with an Instructions dialog box, read the instructions and
click OK.
Note: You can view the instructions at any time by clicking the View Instructions button .
3 Enter your name in the Reviewer Name field. This name will appear in your comments.
4 Navigate to frames and add comments to them:
• To navigate to a specific frame, use the media player’s playback controls.
• To move to another comment, choose it in the Go To menu, or click the Go To Previous Comment button or
Go To Next Comment button .
• To add a comment, click the Add Comment button and enter your comment.
• To save your comments, click the Save Comment button .
• To delete a comment, go to the comment, and then click the Delete Comment button .
Clip Notes prefixes your comment with the current reviewer name and timecode automatically. You can add your own
comment at the same frame as other reviewers; this is especially useful for responding to questions entered in the
comment field of a marker.
5 When you finish adding comments, click the Export button. The comment file is an XFDF file. (When this file is
imported into After Effects or Premiere Pro by the person who initiated the review, the comments appear as
markers.)
6 If prompted by your e-mail client software (such as Microsoft Outlook), edit and send the e-mail message that has
your Clip Notes comments file attached.