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David Alex
June 27, 2012 at 9:42 am in reply to: Best graphics card for AE and C4D

I’d say go NVIDIA. If you can afford it, get a Quadro. If not, get a GTX 670. Best price:performance you can get in the current generation. I’m actually planning to get one of those 😀

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David Alex
June 19, 2012 at 12:48 pm in reply to: Adobe After Effects Rendering Problem

Check your compositions. You could have a comp with a framerate that doesn’t match the comp it’s nested in. I’ve had issues with that before, could be your problem

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David Alex
June 19, 2012 at 12:40 pm in reply to: “Preparing” when rendering frame sequence

They both generally work the same. GI and Indirect are different in the way they’re excecuted. GI calculates prepass and all first, where as the physical renderer does it all at once, and also gives simpler controls on handling quality.

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David Alex
June 19, 2012 at 12:38 pm in reply to: Planning to upgrade: Radeon 7950 or GTX 670?

Cool thanks! Guess it’s the 670 for me 😀

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David Alex
June 13, 2012 at 9:30 am in reply to: Metaball problem…..limitations

Have you tried messing around with the Metaball tag? I found that decreasing the strength in the tag, them playing with the Hull control in the Metaball kinda fixed it. I just quickly attempted it, but I think with more time you can get a decent result

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David Alex
June 13, 2012 at 9:07 am in reply to: “Preparing” when rendering frame sequence

Physical Renderer has its own “Indirect Illumination” section. Try using that instead of Global Illumination.

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David Alex
June 13, 2012 at 9:03 am in reply to: Render Queue multiple camera

There actually is a way!
First, you could use a Stage object and keyframe the “Camera” section, but that would render out only one file. In order to render multiple files from different cameras in a single scene::

STEP 1:
Under “Render Settings”, in the bottom-left is a button labelled “Render Settings…”. Click once and select “New”. Alternatively, you could click and drag down the “Render Settings” item already in the list to duplicate it.

STEP 2:
Make copies for each camera and change the “Save” and “Output” sections as required. Recommend double-clicking to rename them to match what Camera they correspond to, important for the next step.

STEP 3:
Add the project to the Render Queue. In the Render Queue window, you’ll find at the bottom (below the progress bar) two side-by-side dropdowns that read “Render Settings” and “Camera”. Simply duplicate the Render job at the top and change the Render Settings and Camera for each.

STEP 4:
RENDER AWAY!

Step 3 can get tiring, so don’t rush through it. Be sure to double-check that everything matches up before rendering. I do wish I could script, coz then I’d make one that does that for you.

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David Alex
February 24, 2012 at 5:49 pm in reply to: External compositing tag

AE uses Pixels and C4D uses actual units. Your best bet would be to set the solid size to be the same as the final output file. I think that should resolve it.

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David Alex
February 24, 2012 at 5:41 pm in reply to: Image Mapping -Multi-Passes and Shadows

Hi, Stephen!
Could you upload a screenshot?

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David Alex
October 18, 2011 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Creating textures

There’s a lotta ways to make stuff look realistic, but some work better than others so it’s best to experiment and find what works. Subtle bump maps, slight reflections, Sub-Poly Displacement, Diffuse maps, noisy color channels, using Area Lights or Global Illumination.

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