• Adobe After Effects

  Crash on Fractal noise – at least it’s consistent

  Posted by Bob Cole on October 4, 2008 at 2:42 am

  Platform/software: MacPro AE 8.0.2, CS3
  Comp: DV, 6 seconds
  Layer 1: DV Quicktime video clip
  Layer 2: Solid, 2000×1500 pixels
  layer 2 has Fractal noise applied and zooms from 100% to 20%
  layer 2 has transparency set to about 25%
  Layer 3: Solid, 720×480 pixels (blue)

  (The idea is to combine layers 2 and 3 to simulate a cloudy sky. Eventually, I’ll be luma keying out the white sky in Layer 1 so the fake sky shows through from Layers 2 and 3. But I get this crash even before applying any keying effects to Layer 1.)

  Consistently, when I move the cursor toward the end of the timeline, AE crashes. This happens even when I turn off the Fractal effect in Layer 2.

  I’ve restarted the computer, tried setting the comp to 1/2 quality instead of full.

  I guess I can try making my fake sky in PS and avoid Fractal Noise, but I’m wondering why this is happening.

  Where can I get more information on this problem?

  Thanks!

  Bob C

  Bob Cole replied 17 years, 11 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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