[Chris Brett]

— many thanks Walter – much appreciated — chris

[Chris Brett]

Hi Tom and Walter

——– many thanks for your speedy replies – much appreciated

——————- I can see this is almost certainly the answer …. will sort in a bit

—————————————— all the best —————————— chris —

[Chris Brett]

—– Hi Walter …

……………. if imported as layers to AI then PDF is sharp but still randomly opens at any size between 72% and 146% also when viewed at 100% it is not A4 as specified in original PS file

————————- any further thought at getting it to open correct size please or is this just the way it is ?? !

——————————————————————— chris

[Chris Brett]

Thanks Walter

…… I presume then, there are issues with PSD files from PS ( ? ) – which would explain why I cant get it to work as one might expect !

——————— many thanks — will import into illustrator …… anything I should watch for when exporting from there please — or is it all pretty straightforward ?

———————- many thanks as always and best regards —————– chris —

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[Chris Brett]

Hi Chloe

— its not more problems – its more clues as to what you need to do ………follow up from me below ………..

— looks like it is not the plugins ……..

— ‘ error writing to file’ is the kind of message you get if there is not enough space in the destination file

— if you havent already, try deleting things to give more space — note the message says ‘ unable to delete existing file’

—————- also you could try deleting cache files and then reboot before you render —

————- you could also try rendering in sections then joining them up – ie render in frames ( targas or whatever ) to frame before crash — then from crash frame onwards in a second render — then edit together ( if renders work ) ……

…………… have used this before when system struggles with size of project file – not quite sure why this worked – think the cache fills up or something like that ———–

—————————————————————— chris——-

[Chris Brett]

—- also check to see if any of the plugins, or any other item, takes effect on the crash frame ——-

[Chris Brett]

Hi Chloe

—————- it could be that theres a bug / issue / call it what you like, with one of the plugins – had a similar problem once before ………

………………this is easy to check by turning off all the plugins then set a render for a 3 frame clip – one before , the crash frame itself, and the one after —

————– if this renders without crashing then turn them back on one at a time to identify

———————————– best of luck ——————— chris —

[Chris Brett]

—–just sorted — spotted the elipse path — which is the one to animate —— chris

[Chris Brett]

Hi — do they look ok on the preview before you render —c—

[Chris Brett]

— also – in case relevant / helpful ….

After having scaled text then use text as a track matte for fill ( video footage / whatever ) – if you want the colour changes as per clip as well just add a layer between the first colour and the video layer and mix it on and off as required.

If you are looking for general ‘how to use AE’ tutorials as well – highly recommend Andrew Devis on Creative Cow – and Andrew Kramer on Video Copilot.

—————————————————— chris —-