I will answer the question sheet before proceeding to my questions.
What version of After Effects? ---- CS6, latest update.
Have you installed the recent updates? ---- Yes, I did.
What operating system? ---- Win 8 x 64
What kind(s) of source footage? ---- I have been using AFX for two days now, I still have no idea about what this is.
If you are getting error message(s), what is the full text of the error message(s)? ---- No.
What were you doing when the problem occurred? ----
Has this ever worked before? ----
What other software are you running? ---- Adobe AFX
Do you have any third-party effects or codecs installed? ---- No.
Tell us about your computer hardware: 3.1Ghz, 2nd Generation I3 Intel Processor, GPU: GeForce GTX 460 1GB x256 bit GDDR5 - 4gb of RAM
Do you have any third-party I/O hardware? ---- No.
Are you using OpenGL features in After Effects? ---- No idea.
Does the problem only happen with your final output, RAM preview, or both? ----
Are you using Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously multiprocessing? ---- I would but it says I do not have enough RAM memory, I thought 4GB are enough though.
What is the exact sequence of steps that you are taking? ----
I am creating a video explanation of Seismic Waves for my Physics Class. I am using Camtasia Studio 7 to "stick" everything I do in AFX.
I have some kind of "main frame" where I created a nice effect running in the right part of the screen, in the left side I left enough space to present the things that the video will go through. I want each of my four videos with seismic waves to appear there, along with a text, one by one. I want one video to fade in, stay there like 2-3 secounds and then fade out, the next one to fade in, stay 2,3 sec and fade out and so on. (note: It doesn't have to fade actually, but I just gave it as an example). This would be like some kind of preview, and the next things, since I do not handle all the effects yet, I could do in Camtasia.
The biggest problems I encounter are with the video in video thingy, since I don't know how to make the videos to appear and disappear at a certain time, nor the framing and the fading.
Thank you.