Joe Clay
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Something like this? I’m not sure what you’re going for. But maybe this will help. You can tie the wiggle expression to some sliders (under Effect > Expression Controls). It’s not exactly easy to add bounce as well without some extra coding to merge the different expressions together (although I think there’s a script for merging expressions on aescripts). Anyway, this still looks like it bounces if you overshoot the end of the rotation you keyframe. I hope this helps. If not, send more information on what exactly it is you’re trying to do. Often, “why” is a good question to answer as well because it opens up the possibility for other solutions that you’re not thinking of when figuring out “how.” 🙂
Here’s an example.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdwruh81macs15x/ControlledWiggle.aep?dl=0Joe Clay
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No problem! I’m glad it helped! Good luck with the new machine!
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Haha, you beat me to it Dan. Almost gave the same info as Dan. I feel good about myself. 🙂
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You were almost there. You just forgot to tell it what values to use when the condition wasn’t true. I put ‘value’ here so that it picks the values you have set (the value it would be without wiggle).
if (random(0,1)>.66)
{
wiggle(1,10)
}
else
{
value;
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Actually I guess I just missed your comments. Well, I opened up the Premiere Project. I rendered the timeline as you said. When there was a minute left on the timer, it just played. Thankfully, I was using the stopwatch on my phone and I hit it quickly. It took 5:45 to render. That’s a pretty intensive comp, haha.
This machine is the Mid 2015 Retina model. I believe it’s the latest one. I don’t know if you’re following macrumors at all, but they might release a new model in the fall with Skylake chips. How that will affect performance, I can’t really say. Anyway my specs are:
2.5GHz core i7
16GB 1600 MHz DDR3
AMD Radeon R9 M370X 2GBOn the 512GB SSD, I have 16GB available. I ran the test with Safari still open and Spotify is also open but not playing anything. Airmail is also open. I didn’t really use the computer other than having those things open while it rendered. Safari has been open for a few days and it can be a memory hog so it might’ve been slightly faster with it closed. But I figured this was more real-world.
And now I’m doing even more real-world and leaving that stuff open, rendering, and finishing my reply. Not that there’s anything much more than to tell you what is the result. So I’ll go and check responses in other threads and come back. I also did that on battery power. I know the older machines used to throttle more when unplugged. I don’t believe this one does. Now I’m plugged in. I also assumed you were rendering h.264. It looks like I’m going to fall between the models. It is possible, and probable with Adobe, that the Windows version is more optimized than the Mac version.
So the results:
- Timeline render: 5:45 minutes
- Media Export: 13:36 minutes
- Media Export (Vimeo 1080p preset): 6:54
So both are faster than the MBP you have currently. I don’t know how Premiere Handles rendering AE comps. I know AE doesn’t use the GPU as intensely as Premiere does in general. But I’d imagine that dynamic link wouldn’t make Premiere render aeps faster than AE. But maybe it does. Considering that I was browsing and replying to email, and switching between apps, being 13 seconds slower than your older machine isn’t bad. That said, I’d just render using the vimeo export in AME. It’s quick and does the job quite well. I’ve put both renders in a dropbox folder for you to check out. I’ll leave it in there for a few days at least. The difference is negligible but it renders MUCH quicker, and it results in a slightly smaller file.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/q6cw5cixyajantf/AAD0xTvtg83DwSJFXIZYDJjha?dl=0
So I’d conclude that it might not be a bad idea to swap the computers. But it’s up to you. I would say that if it renders faster, it should be a lot easier to work with in the timeline. I hope this helps you!
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Oh you must’ve typed this while I was responding. I’ll give it a go and see what happens
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Well, as I said I have that model, so if you want me to test anything for you, I can. Rendering a minute or two faster on something that isn’t terribly long (like a ten minute video popular in the vlogging community) is pretty good gain between computer models. Most of your speed in a new computer would be tied to performance while working—which I can’t really test for you. Well, I guess I could screen capture me dragging through a project or something. I would imagine the video card would probably help in performance while working in AE since the GPU is used in rendering the interface as well.
You could also upgrade the processor to the same, so there won’t be any negatives to getting the upper model. The only downside is that that’s a build to order option so you might not be able to just waltz into the Apple store and find that model. Of course to be fair, you probably won’t be strolling into the one at the Louvre anyway due to all the people. The one near Opéra might be ok. 🙂
Again, let me know if you want me to test something. And otherwise, good luck!
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Ah, I see what you mean. Like “why are we even having this discussion?” I can’t answer that one. Maybe they need a portable computer?
If it were me, I’d do what I did. Build a hackintosh (I can’t do Windows anymore, we don’t jive), watercool it, overclock it, and max it out. And then get a MacBook Pro for my on the go needs.
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Yeah, green for device displays in a 3D render makes zero sense. We don’t even shoot displays like that anymore.
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The reason we’re discussing MacBook Pros and Apple is because the OP asked about a comparison between two MBP models. Obviously a built computer would be fastest. 🙂
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