Number 27, your render is ready

[Jerry Hofmann]

Fraid not.

Jerry

Apple Certified Trainer

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Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D

[Neil Ryan]

Thought Not.

Dumb eh?
(I mean, at what point in the programming stage, did a rocket scientist say: “No, we don’t need to alert the user to the fact that their render is ready”???)

Add it to the wishlist …

[Jeremy Garchow]

Yep, that and a fog horn when compressor is finished would be nice as well.

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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 5.02 <> Kona 2
ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 4105 Fibre

[Eric Klassen]

Let’s throw a party with the After Effects people to mingle with the FCP people and maybe the idea will get across.

[Neil Ryan]

“Let’s throw a party with the After Effects people to mingle with the FCP people and maybe the idea will get across.”

Shades of my first High School dance, with all the boys on one side …!

[Miklos Philips]

Both of these features have been requested and on the wishlist from Apple YEARS AGO. I guess they really listen to users…

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Point Zero Pictures
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[Bouncing Account needs new email address]

Mr. Workaround sez:

I keep a small digital kitchen timer ($4-5 at Wal-Mart) next to my keyboard.

If its a longish render, I tap in the time (the timer has “direct entry) and it will beep at me at the end of the time set.

I know the “render thermometer” can be inaccurate, but if you wait a couple of minutes after it starts (again, if this is a long render) you can get a close idea.

I can take the timer with me so I can go grab a coke or make a phone call and be alerted when the render is (approximately) done.

[Bret Williams]

Or maybe it could just render in the background during unused computer cycles. Which is about 90% of the time the computer is on. Even the new Avid Liquid (formerly pinnacle) does this! It seems to me that a funciton like that would be about as hard to implement as autosave…. hmmm… if there have been no actions in 10 seconds, begin render all. Then, when a mouse moves or a key is clicked it would be the same effect as hitting cancel. How hard is that?

[Starman]

Could be a new Apple product. iClock.

Daniel Startek
Pscan Production Services

[Max Frank]

There are several countdown-alarm clocks on Versiontracker for free.

Wayne