[Alex Kuzelicki]

Hey Shane,

Had blinkers on – thought that the “selected media” simply meant the list in the window and not the actual source media. And now (you’ve pointed it out) I see that “Eject” button sitting there right in front of my eyes.

You may laugh at my expense 🙂

Thanks for the help.

Appreciated,

ALEX

[Alex Kuzelicki]

Hey there,

Have just spent hours trying all sorts of ways to get this working. Simply put though – it doesn’t! Every single time, about half way through, it crashes.

Don’t think it’s a HDLog/Duel Adapter problem because I also tried it with the P2 Contents Manager Software and… same thing – halfway through it crashes my Mac.

Basically, the only way I can get at the footage is to drag and drop – which I’m told is not recommended, but is my only option right now. Also if you remove the Duel Adapter from the slot, you’ve got to restart the computer or it can’t see it again. How ridiculous.

I’ve always thought this P2 workflow was great but now it’s turning into a nightmare. Surely there’s some simple product out there that turns the (stupid) Mac express card slot into a PCMCIA… that works?

Sorry if I’m sounding negative. It’s the stress of having to walk on a fully-crewed set in a couple days time with a system that I can’t rely on.

Any more suggestions would be great. Thanks guys for your comments so far.

Appreciated,

ALEX

[Alex Kuzelicki]

Ahhhh.

Thank you, Russell.

So simple (like me 🙂

Appreciated a lot.

ALEX

[Alex Kuzelicki]

Hey Jeff,

Thanks for responding.

I’m probably just not explaining things very well. Basically, I click and make a point then when I click to make the next point (and hold the mouse button down) I don’t get a curve, I get one half of the handles only and the line makes a half straight/half curved shape – or sometimes it locks into just sharp angles (and won’t let me drag out any handles).

So weird. Just cannot understand what is going on here. Have been using Illustrator (in a limited way) for years and suddenly it’s just doing wacko things.

Hope you (or someone) might be able to help.

Thanks kindly,

ALEX

[Alex Kuzelicki]

Hey Callum,

Thanks for the excellent information. Went through the process you described and got my monitor back.

You rock!

Very much appreciated,

ALEX

[Alex Kuzelicki]

Problem solved.

It turned out that I had turned off Auto Select on the track I was trying to use Ctrl & V on. Der.

Thanks to you both. Help very much appreciated. Saved me lots of frustration.

Cheers,

ALEX

[Alex Kuzelicki]

I have just purchased a Mac Pro with and Io HD. Can anyone advise me on what would be the best type of internal hard drive to perches for HD editing? I’m planning on purchasing 2 X 1 TB internal drives.

Adam

Mac Pro
Mac OSX 10.5.3
Processor 2 X 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory: 8 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM

[Alex Kuzelicki]

Sorry, don’t have a link. It was on fxphd, which you have to pay to be a member of.

You could probably find something like it out there on the Internet though. Maybe with keywords like “Burn tool” and “Alpha Channel”, “Photoshop”.

ALEX

[Alex Kuzelicki]

Oh dear.

I really need communication lessons here.

Hey Dave. Thanks for the reply.

I do know how to use Bezier mask vertices (honest) but still can’t see how you can get that forked tongue as one path.

I’m not talking an ‘enclosed mask’ here, I’m talking an open-ended path. I know I can easily draw the shape of a forked tongue if I enclose the path but (from my limited experience with Trapcode Stroke) that won’t give me the tapered points I need for the tongue in 3D. It will be ‘too chunky’ if you know what I mean.

But if you just draw a line and apply Stroke you can get those nice tapered points… only I can’t draw a line with that extra fork, without making two masks – you just gotta take your pen off to make the forked bit.

Does that make sense… or am I just frustrating the hell out of you guys?

Thanks again,

ALEX

[Alex Kuzelicki]

Mmm. Thanks for the reply. You’ve made it obvious I didn’t explain things very well.

I’ll try again:

I want to make a forked tongue as one object. My plan is to make a Solid, draw a Path (in the shape of a forked tongue) and apply Trapcode Stroke to it – so I can animate it from there.

Problem is, you can’t draw a forked tongue as one Path. You can draw the main part (one line) but you need to draw that extra little fork – which is another line coming off the main one, which means you are forced to create another Path. There doesn’t seem to be any way to add that little fork without taking the pen off the Solid and adding it on (which instantly creates a new Path/Mask).

That’s why I asked if you could ‘weld’ points together – which I think you can do in Illustrator (ie. join two separate points together).

Actually, that’s making me wonder if I can go into Illustrator , make the Path there and bring it back into AE as one object. Must try it.

Anyway, hope that makes things more clear. If the Illustrator test doesn’t work I’m open for options – though maybe not the Welding Mask 🙂

Thanks again,

ALEX