[Dwburman]

great.

thank you.

we’re up against a short deadline and having the software today instead of next Monday makes a big difference.

Dana

https://dwburman.com

[Dwburman]

I didn’t get it fixed but I did figure out a workaround.

After rendering the flash particle on its own I then rendered out 2 sequences for the smoke. One had the emitter set up as normal. I then changed the color of the emitter to a gradient of white to black. I use the second sequence as the alpha for the first one. There’s still some popping at the end, but it’s manageable in post now.

Mr. Dana W. Burman _ Graphics, Animation & VFX _ https://dwburman.com

[Dwburman]

I think I’ve heard of people having problems with both the hard drive and (DV) video device plugged into the same firewire controller. If you don’t have a 3rd party firewire controller then that might be your problem.

Of course, things may have improved since I first heard that a few years ago. It kinda makes sense though… you’re trying to pull video off the hard drive, process it and send it out to the camera over the same circuits.

Can you view it on the deck while playing the timeline? If so, just crash record it.

[Dwburman]

it’s normal. it’s in the manual.