[Andy George]

Hi Arvin,

Here is a link showing you how to set up a watch folder in compressor using
droplets and some apple script.

https://www.macworld.com/article/54083/2006/11/compressor_watch_folder_tip.html

I also dock common droplets in my finder, which makes it really easy to drag
and drop from wherever you are browsing.

-Andy

[Andy George]

Try switching to adaptive resolution. At the bottom of your comp
preview is a little icon that looks like a lightening bolt and says
“fast preview” when you hover over it. Click this and select adaptive resolution.

or you can do this from the menu:

After effects>preferences>preview

-Andy

[Andy George]

Danny,

Have you seen this one?
https://allbetsareoff.com/products/crowd-control/

-Andy

[Andy George]

Thanks Chris!

-Andy

[Andy George]

Christopher,

Sounds like your rendering it correctly.

Sometimes FCP misinterprets your footage with Alpha Channels. In FCP select the
clip and go to Modify>Alpha type>Straight.

-Andy

[Andy George]

Tripp,
Do you have Multiprocessor enabled? If you turn it off before ram
previewing it will perform a lot snappier.

-Andy

[Andy George]

Hi Dan,

Im guessing that your setup is not fast enough to play the rendered file
in quicktime without dropping frames.

Your going to need 2-3 drives in a performance raid or something just as fast
to be able to play a lossless quicktime that large.
I assume that’s how your rendering it.

What is your animation for?

The lossless render setting is a good choice to render to initially, but after that
it generally gets converted into something a bit more
manageable depending of course upon the final destination.

-Andy

[Andy George]

Juhani,

You need to move the layers Anchor point to the center of the text.
This is the point that the layer rotates around.

You can do this without modifying the layers position by using the Pan Behind Tool.
Its the one that looks like a dotted line square with a target in the middle of it.

-Andy

[Andy George]

Hi Drew,

I think it’s more likely that the problem is in your composition,
not your render settings.

If I had to take a shot in the dark, I would say your glitches are
related to motion blur. Have you tried turning on “enable motion blur” from the
upper right hand arrow of your comp? This will allow you to preview with the motion blur
and is not the default setting.

Is there anyway to devote all my computers resources to render that one part without a glitch so that when I render the whole comp, that troublesome part is done?

Here is a tutorial over at video copilot on Proxies-
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/kramer_andrew/proxies.php

-Andy

[Andy George]

Kai,
Are you saving your AI files with the “Create PDF Compatible File”
tab selected in AI?

-Andy