Darby Edelen
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[BassComp] “It was in the preferences box. Thanks!!!”
Just for clarification so we can point people in the right direction next time… What was in the preferences box?
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
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AE itself is not 64-bit compatible, so each instance will still only be able to address about 3GB of RAM. However, my understanding is that most of the core libraries in OS 10.5 will be 64-bit capable and as such the computer as a whole should see minor improvements in handling some tasks on a 64-bit computer.
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
Aptos, CA -
Since the element has some bright white patches on a black background you might also want to apply a Channel > Remove Color Matting effect to the footage before you render. Or just make sure that you interpret the footage as Premultiplied in whatever application it’s destined for.
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
Aptos, CA -
If you’re using OpenGL previews, try turning that off.
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
Aptos, CA -
[deborah.blu] “I import in AE a 1920×1080 .mov file and then I export a 1920×1080 quicktime movie. But in the exported file I see lots of artifacts.”
What kind of compression are you using on the file before AE? And what settings are you using when you render from AE? If you render Lossless from AE then you should see no degradation in the footage, but your file sizes will be very large.
Which reminds me, don’t use the Export command from AE, use Make Movie or Add to Render Queue.
I apologize if the language barrier causes any problems here =/
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
Aptos, CA -
What is the file’s extension? .mov? .mpg? Try switching it from one to the other… This usually isn’t the problem, but we shouldn’t skip a step =)
Alternatively you should try using VLC to open the files:
https://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14738
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
Aptos, CA -
Try making each building out of 3D solids in its own composition. Here are a couple of hints:
-Use dimensions for your solids that are easy to remember/replicate like 200p x 600p for the 4 walls and 200p x 200p for the ceiling and floor.
-Move the anchor points for all of your solids to [0,0] to make the math of lining things up easier on yourself.
-Rotate your layers 90
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[Collin Alexander] “Is there a way to convert an AE session file from PC to Mac, so that I could open his file on my machine?”
AE should handle this automatically when you open the file. It will create a new Mac AE ‘Untitled Document’ with all the same properties as the PC AE file. I’ve noticed, however, that things like the Box Blur effect are much more blurry on a Mac =/
As for the files he’s been sending you: what codec is he using to encode them? Do you get an error message when you try to open them with QuickTime?
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
Aptos, CA -
Also, do you have an Intel Mac? If so did you download the latest Universal Binary version?
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
Aptos, CA -
[heather Crank] “The client didn’t specify how they wanted to footage, they only told me that the end was interlacing.”
Interlacing could be good or bad… if you want to play it safe you should render progressive. If you know that the device it’s going to be displayed on is always lower field first then you can render that way (getting rare that you can assume this with HDTVs, but they generally have decent de-interlacers built in).
An image of what they’re complaining about might be helpful, if you rendered interlaced and there is fast motion then you will see interlacing on a progressive (i.e. computer) display, and that’s the way it should be.
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
Aptos, CA