[Colin Braley]

Try resaving the script…maybe the file was saved before the parenthese (sp?) in line 14 was added. I really can’t be sure though.
~Colin

[Colin Braley]

You could use something like this as an expression for scale:

//–begin expression
sBegin = [100, 100];//Scale of first layer
increment = [10, 10];//amound to increase scale by
sBegin + increment * index
//–end expression

Hope this helps.
~Colin

[Colin Braley]

You could use something like this as an expression for scale:

//–begin expression
sBegin = [100, 100];//Scale of first layer
increment = [10, 10];//amound to increase scale by
sBegin + increment * index
//–end expression

Hope this helps.
~Colin

[Colin Braley]

I don’t have a computer that I can test this one on available right now but here goes:

//–
inFocusLayer = thisComp.layer(“A”);//Change A to whatever you want
distance = length( inFocusLayer.position, this.position );
distance
//–

Just add that expression in for focus distance and you should be set, as long as the layer inFocusLayer does not have a parent layer

~Colin

[Colin Braley]

I don’t have a computer that I can test this one on available right now but here goes:

//–
inFocusLayer = thisComp.layer(“A”);//Change A to whatever you want
distance = length( inFocusLayer.position, this.position );
distance
//–

Just add that expression in for focus distance and you should be set, as long as the layer inFocusLayer does not have a parent layer

~Colin

[Colin Braley]

Actully, I think with LW 8 or higher you can embed camera data in either RLA or RPF files as long as you bake the camera data in LW.
~Colin

[Colin Braley]

I’ve never used Dealine before, but I do have one question for you. How are each of your machines accesing the footage used in the project and the .aep itself? It seems that maybe the files are stored locally on the one machine that seems to render faster than the others, and maybe the others are slowing down because they are accesing the footage and project file over a network. This is just a guess I could be totally wrong.
~Colin

[Colin Braley]

AE 6.5 Educational did not include the Cycore (CC) effects, but in version 7 Adobe seemed to have learned their lesson and the CC effects were included.
~Colin

[Colin Braley]

What exactly does your error message say during our render? At first I thought this might be a lack of RAM problem, but seeing that you have 4.5 GB I don’t know. You might want to try going into the secret prefs and making AE flush your RAM cache every couple frames, maybe that could help. If you dont know what I mean by secret preferences, search that archives.
As for the frame not refreshing at best quality, I would recommend using setting up a region of interest so that AE doe’s not have to process the whole area. This way at least you can see portions of the image at full quality.

~Colin

[Colin Braley]

Thanks for all the help evreyone, I appreciate the info and advice. It’s nice to hear advice from people who have been working in this industry for a long time. I’m meeting with the producer on Monday and I think I’ll discuss some of this stuff with him. Thanks.
~Colin