After Effects output to monitor

[Walter Soyka]

1. Replace Mojo DX with AJA or BMD board and upgrade Avid to v6 for open hardware support

2. Cubix expansion chassis

3. Upgrade to a computer with more slots

4. Profile your computer monitor and use color management within AE

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
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[Stig Olsen]

Hi Walter,

I am in MC6 and I guess you understand that replacing Mojo DX with any of those boxes is not a proper solution in any way.

Mac only has 4 slots if you dont expand with Cubix, with a cost of a new Z800.

There is not a solution for us to work with the computer monitors.

Have anyone tested this? – https://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/dviextender/

[Walter Soyka]

Sure, I understand — but your problem is that you fundamentally want to stick 5 cards in a 4-slot box. Any solution is going to involve compromise.

Assuming you want broadcast monitoring for color-accurate work, you can either use a supported video I/O card, or use color management with a high-quality, well-profiled display.

The DVI-SDI device you link to will still appear as a computer monitor to the system.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
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[Stig Olsen]

Ok thank you.
Its not for color control, but for more detailed VFX work on ungraded material.

Stig

[Walter Soyka]

[stig olsen] “Its not for color control, but for more detailed VFX work on ungraded material.”

You can tear the comp panel off and drag it onto a second computer display. Cmd- will maximize the panel to the screen size.

If that’s what you’re after, then the DVI/SDI adapter would work, but it is limited to standard video resolutions. If you’re working at 1920×1200 or higher (recommended, since the panel itself will still occupy some screen space) you’ll need regular ol’ DVI.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events

[Stig Olsen]

Ok I did not think about that.
What is ol’ DVI? Do I need more slots to use that?

[Walter Soyka]

[stig olsen] “What is ol’ DVI? Do I need more slots to use that?”

Sorry — good ol’ (shortened from good old) is an American colloquialism for the simple, tried, and true.

I was just referring to connecting a second monitor to the second DVI output on your Radeon 2600.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events

[Jay Lloyd]

sorry to interrupt, I have been trying to get AE to output to external monitor.
I have a decklink studio card install in an Mac Pro and a sony pvm 2541, they are connected via SDI.
There is no 1080 25p settings, so I use 1080 50i. But the monitor is flickering very badly.
Any solution??

[Lexi Rosy]

I would recommend checking KVMSwitchTech. They offer a wide range
of DVI Extender solutions. I have used a few of their DVI over Cat5
units and they worked well for my application.