Danny Princz
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how about using the FW out and connect it to a converter box. you can then have a live output of your comp from analog composite up to uncompressed D1 depending on what you need and your budget.
the speed of the MBP using AFX however is another story…
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you could also just make a copy of the logo layer, change the blend mode to add, and animate a soft mask going by.
play with the opacity and my color correct the layer till you get the look you want
you could also add some blur too if needed
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so then when the arrows get to the window have the bounce off
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if you WANT to buy G5s thats great but you WILL be wasting your money. If the only use for these machines will be rendering why pay the premium of a G5? you can get dual core PCs for under $500 when which are fine to render on. (though if you’re not used to it the maintining the PCs might make up for the cost difference) If you plan on using AFX multirender then they have to render to a shared folder. it doesnt have to be a RAID, but with multiple machines accessing the drive it couldnt hurt. Id probably start with 2gigs of ram
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i have no experience with max rendered files, but it sounds like error is saying that the files are 32bit (vs 8 or 16) and it will only import up to 16bit
are these HDR files?
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that would be great
thanks ron!
(btw its fun to listen to you guys on the podcast, so thanks again)
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yes i meant basic as far as a comparison to the systems in a 3d app and the ability to finetune parameters etc.
i still think its a great plugin when used in the right situation.
PI is an app not a plugin and as you mentioned isnt resticted to the limitations of AE. that is what i meant by full blown
(after i hit the post button i knew my thought didnt come out right when rereading)
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if you are logged in the threads you have replied to have your name highlighted.
it is a nice way to see it there are responses (esp when i am not on my own machine that has a cookie set)
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the law of diminishing returns applies greatly to AE renders.
the more machines you throw at it quickly decreases the benefit of each machine added, especially when you are talking about renders that are for short durations of animation.
first i would not use g4s. if you are thinking about using them to save money i would definitely look at picking up a few cheap PCs (i know you said all mac but if its just for rendering it doesnt matter)
from your description it seems like you are mainly doing processor and memory intensive rendering since you didnt mention any footage. this does for render farms as then you dont have to worry about multiple machines accessing footage or keeping multiple copies (these is a new tutorial on multi machine rendering here on teh cow)
if it must be all mac then i would go no lower than a dual g5
have you also looked at optimizing your comps? (as to why its taking 1-2 mins per frame to render?)
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he was asking about logging in without posting
i was trying to do the same thing yesterday
didnt notice a login button anywhere else
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