• Boris FX Particle Illusion

  clip sometimes freezes in SE

  Posted by Buford on October 23, 2007 at 2:11 am

  Hello,

  I hope this is a simple question. When I import a clip into the background (have SE), it will go along fine and then suddenly freeze. Why does it do that? I hope someone here can help me. Thanks in advance for any help. btw, I have a Mac, plenty of disk space.

  Buford replied 18 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Alan Lorence

  October 23, 2007 at 11:44 am

  So you add the clip to a new project (that contains no emitters), then “play”, and it freezes at some point? Does it require you to force-quit particleIllusion? How long is the clip?

  Test with NO emitters in the project.

  Alan.

  http://www.wondertouch.com
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  Buford

  October 23, 2007 at 11:39 pm

  Hello Alan,

  thanks for writing back! I’m such a newbie that I don’t know how to turn off the emitters. My clips are only 20 to 30 seconds long. I also don’t usually push play but rather use the guideline tab at the bottom and move it to where I would like to start adding effects (is that bad?). I don’t need to force-quit the program. In fact, I can still add effects although the background clip is frozen. It seems to stop/freeze at around 300 to 400 frames(?). Is this the “stage width” in preference?

  Also…sometimes it plays in real time and other in slow motion – why?

  How do you turn off the emitters? Also, in preferences…is it better to work in “general” or “openGL”.

  Is there a glossary I can get my hands on? LOL

  Again, thanks for helping!

  Buford

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