[Brian Lynn]

It finally got fixed but that didn’t help me for the job I lost.

I was wrong, Customer Service IS open on weekends but they have limited daily hours.

For a software package that costs so much, and has such an incredibly draconian activation requirement, and has very little competing software, it would be nice to have more support coverage.

I REALLY don’t like the fact I have to run some MacroVision crap software tracking my computer and its serial numbers to run Adobe products either. But what am I to do? Kinda have to have the software Adobe makes. All I can do is complain and complain and complain in hopes that you’ll find a better way and GET THIS MACROVISION CRAP OFF MY SYSTEM.

[Brian Lynn]

Doesn’t really matter now.

I’m fired.

I tried the customer support page from Adobe. I tried the “activate by phone” and it asked me for my serial number and activation number. It said both were displayed during the install process… they were not.

Adobe Customer Service is not open on Sunday. Nor is it open late nights on weekdays. These tend to be the two times I have the most problems and need the most help.

Basically I got screwed and I’m out of a job.

Thanks Adobe.

[Brian Lynn]

I have 2 internal 3 Tera Byte RAID5 arrays built from (3)7500rpm SATA HDDs and two Adaptec RAID cards, 3405 I think is the card number. I also have 2 10,000 rpm system drives (mirrored). One raid for content, one raid to render to, and the system drive… 1080p content has been easy. I’ve worked with some footage off a RED ONE as well. I edit/touch up the Eos 5D Mark II footage a lot, and a ton of P2 stuff from HVX-200 cameras as well. And the whole setup was very inexpensive relatively speaking. The rest of my machine is a Core2Duo 3ghz CPU with 8gb of RAM. If I hadn’t of maxed my MoBo RAM limit I would go to a QuadCore but I’d lose RAM per Core and I believe performance would suffer. I don’t get a lot of RAM preview time, but I deal with it. I just watch small chunks at a time!

I built this machine to create super widescreen content for blended projection delivery. I work in some massive pixel spaces the biggest so far being about 4736×1080 (three HD projectors on one screen with a 256 pixel blended area). The machine handles it all. Playback of that content is another issue for another forum though!

I’ve suffered a few drive failures but the RAID5 setup has pulled me though with flying colors.

I’m sure my power supply hates me!

I am SO happy to hear the next version of AE is 64bit! That’s exciting!

[Brian Lynn]

3072×768 projection would be best accomplised using two 1920×1080 native projectors such as Christie Roadster HD12Ks. The native 1920 resolution side by side with a blend of 768 pixels (a region in the middle where both projectors overlap) would give you a total pixel space of 3072 wide. You would be over shooting your screen top and bottom (or one or the other) and you can mask that with projector “blanking” or a physical flag system.

The other responses to your post are correct… your biggest concern is your playback method.

I have had good luck with DDR systems like the Grass Valley Turbo or a DoReMi V1UHD. I personally use Macintosh computers running PlaybackPro which is easily synced.

I use ONE computer PER projector… I have not had very much luck playing super widescreen video files over a Matrox TripleHeadToGo style setup… You will need a beefy machine to handle the large format video and split it up properly.

As stated above there are lots of technical aspects of what you are trying to do that would be best addressed by someone who has done this before and can help you…

If you HAVE to use “a” laptop to play this back, and you HAVE to use standard def projectors (4:3 instead of the above mentioned 16:9 native) I would use three laptops, one to feed each projector.

Pixel space is very important. At 3072 pixels wide and 4:3 projectors you should really be using 4 projectors with blended edges to get your full pixel space…

Hope this all makes sense!

[Brian Lynn]

Have you tried any other word processor? Sticky might not be your best option for a capture… I’ve never used a sticky personally so I’m not sure what control you get!

[Brian Lynn]

if sticky supports it then localizing probably won’t help. I’m guessing a bug?

There is ways around this though… the most basic would be get the text you need into the sticky with a huge size, screen shot, photoshop out the background and use the text that way, as an image… not the most fun but it would work if you have to get this done immediately… wish I could be more help!

[Brian Lynn]

Wow I thought I had watched everything CC has from Aaron how the heck did I miss this one?? Thanks again!

[Brian Lynn]

Yes it is a Particular layer so the trick you mention with the obscuration layer might work. I will peek at that tutorial as I use a lot of particleillusion to create other stuff so learning a better way is … well … better! lol

Thanks Kevin!

[Brian Lynn]

might need to find a better font then… or localize your computer for Farsi? Can you post a pic of the trouble you’re talking about?

[Brian Lynn]

Try typing them up in Illustrator and importing?