AE 7 – five months later

[Fred Matthews]

I have been wondering the same thing. I have considered getting the full upgrade of my Pro package at the same time but if there is no big deal to 7 then I can wait.

[Spiro]

Yeah, UI improvements + timeline improvements would be nice, but is it worth $200?

[Walter Biscardi]

I think the $200 is worth it, but then, that’s incredibly cheap as far as the things I spend money on here at our shop. Just the interface improvements alone were enough for me, much easier to go through the layers now and figure out where I’m at.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Director, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

Now Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Marco Solorio]

I agree with Wally. The upgrade was well worth the cost if you’re using it on a daily basis. The GUI is just soooooo right-on right now. It’s just so much more enjoyable to use, IMO.

Two things I wish it still had after all these years though…

– Ability to “node” layers. I.E., like the parent noodle tool, a node noodle that could link layers/effects to other layers. That way one plugin could affect selected layers. Woud be way more powerful than pre-comping and Adjustment Layers can be limiting. Seems like it would be easy to implement… like an Adjustment Layer, they can add a Node Layer. The layer doesn’t do anything unless it’s linked to another layer(s).

– Create clipping mask layers exactly as you can in Photoshop. *Exactly*

But other than that, AE7 rocks my world.

Marco Solorio  |  OneRiver Media

[Walter Biscardi]

[Dave LaRonde] “When you combine those two facts with AE 7’s alarming (and highly out of character) reputation of crashing and freezing up, I don’t feel that it’s worth the risk — and in the managers’ eyes, the expense — to push for an upgrade.”

I hadn’t heard this. We’ve been running it here since the week it was released and I can’t think of any crashes to date. Running on a Mac G5 Dual 2.0 and a Quad 2.5. It’s been every bit as stable as 6.5.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Director, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

Now Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Marco Solorio]

I’m with Wally. AE7 on OSX/G5 has been rock solid as AE6.5 was. That includes 24-hour renders going for days. It’s truly been a pleasure to use!

Marco Solorio  |  OneRiver Media

[Walter Biscardi]

[Marco Solorio] “That includes 24-hour renders going for days. It’s truly been a pleasure to use!”

Try 40 hours. At least it was 40 hours on the Dual 2.0. Then about 12 hours on the Quad. That’s what made me buy the Quad in the first place. I was going to hold out for the Intels, but what are you going to do….

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Director, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

Now Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Walter Biscardi]

[Dave LaRonde] “I’m sure you can’t. But then, you know what you’re doing, and you know that it pays to read.

I would imagine there are many folks out there who don’t read the installation instructions, ignore the readme files and install software on sheer intuition. Perhaps they’re the ones who are having problems. Or maybe these woes are limited to Windows.”

Honestly, all I did was install the software and forget about it.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Director, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

Now Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Marco Solorio]

[walter biscardi] “Try 40 hours.”

LOL, that’s what I meant… “24-hour renders going for days!!!“

Marco Solorio  |  OneRiver Media

[Matt Larson]

There has been one thing that has been driving me nuts since AE 7 came out: I can no longer RAM preview to my NTSC Monitor through the Aja Io at full frame rate. I talked to everyone I could at Adobe and Aja at NAB but with no luck. I called Aja, no luck. Changed all the settings in the preference pane, no luck.

I know someone here (I think La Ronde) had run across a similar situation, but the few posts I’ve started on this topic have stayed silent…

Works like a champ in AE 6.5, just not in 7. Strangely enough, RAM preview from AE 7 to NTSC monitor through KONA 2 works flawlessly.

Any suggestions are appreciated. MAC S 10.3.9, Dual 2.0 Ghz G5, AE 7, FCP 5.0.4, all the latest drivers and firmware