Interesting contrast

[Michael Szalapski]

Considering that your issue was something caused by the Boris Plugin’s update, it seems like Todd’s response was not inappropriate. He asked for a bug report so that he could work with Boris to find the solution. The issue was not with After Effects at all, but with the plugin so the only thing Todd could do was to work with Boris.
Often work can continue on a project with an effect missing while the rest of the comp is put together while the technical teams work on fixing issues with a plugin and fix it in time for the product to go out. Turning off the plugin and submitting a bug report is exactly what I would do.
I’ve been around these forums for a while and I’ve seen Todd do some amazingly helpful things for many, many people. I would want him in my corner any day.
Keep in mind, Todd is on these forums during his free time. (Had you contacted Adobe support and recieved such a brief response, I would understand a mild feeling of frustration.)

The Boris guy sounds great. I would want both he and Todd in my corner working with me to resolve my problem (which is what Todd suggested.)

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[Walter Soyka]

Randy, I think that it’s really wonderful that you’ve highlighted Boris’s outstanding support here. They should be publicly recognized for their efforts.

That said — and please don’t take this personally — I find it very frustrating when someone publicly maligns an employee who is passionate about their product, and who is trying to help outside traditional support channels. Posts like this discourage companies and their employees from participating here. I, for one, would hate to see Adobe employees like Todd and Dennis leave.

This specific bug belonged to Boris, not Adobe. Todd’s suggestion to file a bug report so that an Adobe engineer can start working with Boris may have been terse, but he was describing how to approach this problem on the Adobe side. Boris has great support, and I don’t want to take anything away from that — but they should be working hard to help a customer when their product fails.

Todd is a huge asset to the After Effects community. He has worked tirelessly improving AE’s documentation and support, reaching out on Adobe’s behalf to the community of users, and even contributing to new features in AE. I’m very glad that he spends some of his time here trying to help.

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[Randy Bernhardt]

Michael-

The bug was caused when CS5 updated. So is that a Boris bug? I think not. I’m not knocking Todd, I’m simply showing a direct contrast in customer support between 2 companies. If there is anything to be learned here it is don’t become complacent.

Randy Bernhardt
https://www.postop.tv

[Michael Szalapski]

Sorry, from the content of your post, I’d assumed it was a Boris update you were talking about. In any case, I still think Todd’s response was appropriate. Filing a bug report lets Adobe know there’s a problem so they can fix things and lets them start the process of troubleshooting with Boris.

– The Great Szalam
(The ‘Great’ stands for ‘Not So Great, in fact, Extremely Humble’)

No trees were harmed in the creation of this message, but several thousand electrons were mildly inconvenienced.

[Randy Bernhardt]

Walter-

The issue was created when updating CS5 not Boris, so how does that become a Boris bug? Maligns is pretty strong language, this is simply a direct comparison in their responses. I’m sure Todd has done some amazing things for Adobe’s AE, after all he is an employee. In your entire response the only thing that makes sense is that “he’s trying to help”. Maybe he should try a little harder. There is a lesson to be learned here.

Randy Bernhardt
https://www.postop.tv

[Randy Bernhardt]

Bug reports don’t meet hard deadlines. Never have, never will. That’s why I came here for a solution and I found one with Peter’s dedication.

Randy Bernhardt
https://www.postop.tv

[Randy Bernhardt]

Huh?

Randy Bernhardt
https://www.postop.tv

[Todd Kopriva]

You said that Peter had you install a new driver that fixed the problem. Would you tell us all what that driver was, so that we can all benefit and better help others who encounter this same problem?

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