[David Jolosky]

If anyone is still tracking this thread. I am finding that any fxplug filter applied to the vector image causes the image to go raster, is this confirmed as such?

[David Jolosky]

Thanks for checking in on this thread and reporting back. Hopefully I’ll hear back and get at least that far with a new installer as well. I really like the tool also. It would be a shame to see it not get further developed for FCS2.

[David Jolosky]

I sent e-mail to dvgarage. I’m hoping to also get the new installer. Any chance of sharing?? Is it an update or a brand new installer you received. If a new installer then you probably shouldn’t share it since their registration is essentially the installer. Hopefully I’ll hear back soon as well.

[David Jolosky]

PI 3.0.5 updater crashing consistently on PPC. PI Render updater worked fine. Any thoughts?

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[David Jolosky]

Whew! Thanks much if you do respond. Found what I was looking for in the Texture Attributes “Animate Preview” window. Sorry for the premature post without full due-dilligence in discovering the interface. Tips on animating with greenscreen footage greatly accepted still.

dj

[David Jolosky]

Hi Mylenium, can you be more specific in your answer. I’m experiencing the same thing. I want to output a quicktime file (Animation + Alpha) codec. Where do we select the setting to output our 3d model (animation) to retain alpha. Is this object buffering?

thanks for your help

[David Jolosky]

Yep, that math seems correct all things considered. Great to have forums like this where good advice flourishes. Thanks again for taking time to respond. I’ll consider myself fortunate to have Nucleo Pro working hard with my DP G5 and get on the Intel Train when AE8 arrives at the station (bad metaphor but you get the point).

Much appreciated.

[David Jolosky]

Thanks for your post, I am looking to see what AE 8 will offer but very keen to know if distributed rendering with Mac Minis is feasible today with AE7. I’m sure Adobe will always be addressing the render issue and will be taking full advantage of the Mac Pro’s capabilities.

Cost factor of the minis shouldn’t be in the 1K range as you speculate (or should it?). I’m after the processing power, not hard drives or ram upgrades (the minis are to be servants, not useful computers) but I may be overlooking that somehow. Anyway, thanks much.

When AE 8 comes out, I may be in a $$ position to up the ante to a tricked out Mac Pro. Thanks again for taking the time to read and respond.

[David Jolosky]

Just curious on your setup.

I have 1 fw card dedicated to my external drives
1 fw card dedicated to my dsr 11 dv deck
and the internal dedicated to the tascam fw 1082

i’m getting dropped frames when using sliders (surface control) in FCP. Any thoughts?

[David Jolosky]

Just curious on your setup. Are you also running a dv deck via firewire.

I have 1 fw card dedicated to my external drives
1 fw card dedicated to my dsr 11 dv deck
and the internal dedicated to the tascam fw 1082

i’m getting dropped frames when using sliders (surface control) in FCP. Any thoughts?