[Howard Mills]

It seems like I’m not the only one with this “scratch disk” issue! For me, this all started in the past two weeks. This is very frustrating, because now I can’t access none of my projects.

HELP!

Mac Pro
|Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
|Boot Camp
|Win XP Pro SP3
|6GB DDR2 6400 800MHZ
|320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA
|Three 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA
|One 1TB GMAX External Storage
|Two 2408WFP 24-inch Flat Panel Monitors
|Blackmagic Intensity Pro – HDMI capture card
|Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium CS3
|Boris Blue
|Boris FX
|Boris Graffiti
|2-Sony HVR-V1U
|Canon XL1(phased out)
|1-Lowell RIFA PRO88 Kit
|JVC-BR- DV3000

[Howard Mills]

Patrick,
I took a look at the ARRI Kits and so far I like what I see. They seem to be very portable but appear to produce tons of heat? Am I correct? The Kino sales rep. recommended the Kino Flo Diva Light 400 2 Light Kit. I may need additional lighting, but it’s a good start. What do you think?

[Howard Mills]

Hi Rick, thanks for responding. You’re absolutely right, quite a few of my locations will have a significant amount of light from nearby windows. On the other hand, the studio has no windows. I took your advice and tried to order the Kino lights but was advised they’re not very portable (which I do require). I was steered to the Lowell DP Super Remote Kit, what do you think?
I would love to go with LED’s, but I don’t know where to start.

I appreciate your time,
Howard

[Howard Mills]

Dave, it was applied as a composition. I’ll delete it and apply as a filter applied to media.

Howard

Dell XPS 400,
2.80 MHZ,
3.5 GB Ram,
2-160 GB HD,
Lacie 500GB Externel Firewire HD
Win XP Pro SP3,
Canon XL1,
JVC-BR- DV3000U,

[Howard Mills]

Dave, when I try to render I get a “video Preview Error” box with the following message, “Error compiling movie. Unknown Error”. The strange this is, if I adjust the work area to a point AFTER the Boris effect it renders flawless so this would lead me to think there’s something wrong with the specific effect I’m trying to use. Any other ideas?

Thank you,
Howard

[Howard Mills]

Hi Dave, No I did not, how would I go about it?

Thanks

[Howard Mills]

I really appreciate all the input.

Thank you.
Howard

Dell XPS 400,
2.80 MHZ,
1 GB Ram,
2-160 GB HD,
Lacie 500GB Externel Firewire HD
Win XP Pro SP2,
Canon XL1,
JVC-BR- DV3000U,

[Howard Mills]

Steven, you’re absolutely right, the footage does display more grain. I was hoping there was a easy way to fix this but I guess in the future I need to shoot with better lighting.

Thank you,
Howard

Dell XPS 400,
2.80 MHZ,
1 GB Ram,
2-160 GB HD,
Lacie 500GB Externel Firewire HD
Win XP Pro SP2,
Canon XL1,
JVC-BR- DV3000U,

[Howard Mills]

I’m still having this problem and it’s becoming extremely frustrating. Can anyone suggest anything?
I’ve ordered a new DVD-RW, should be here sometime this week.

Thank you.

Dell XPS 400,
2.80 MHZ,
1 GB Ram,
2-160 GB HD,
Lacie 500GB Externel Firewire HD
Win XP Pro SP2,
Canon XL1,
JVC-BR- DV3000U,

[Howard Mills]

I really appreciate the input from everone. I’ve learned alot. My only regret is I didn’t ask this question before I made my purchase, silly move on my behalf. By watching a few tutorials on youtube it’s obvoius I should have gone with AE. It seems to have pretty much everything I’l looking for (animated text, aimnations, and some really cool graphics).

Scott – I find PPRO’s titling rather simple to use but I was looking for something a more robust.

Maybe I should have described in more datail what I’m attempting to acclomplish. I’m producing a variety of fifteen minute video segments for our in-house TV Channel. Some of these segments are, Golf Tips, Tennnis Tips and Gardening Tips, just to name a few. What I would like to do is create a intro clip for each segment. For example, the tennis segment would have tennis balls bouncing around while the text “Tennis Tips with XYZ” glides on screen. Could AE produce such a effect?

Thank you for taking the time to reply.
Howard

Dell XPS 400,
2.80 MHZ,
1 GB Ram,
1-160 GB HD,
Win XP Pro SP2,
Canon XL1,
JVC-BR- DV3000U,