Joel Berry
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Good work! — you could also use nulls for each element, and using expressions (and some creative math), have the face always be facing parallel to the camera no matter where the objects moved…
How did you get the reflection? Did you fake that, too? As I understand it, After Effects doesn’t offer true reflection (like Combustion does), or have I been missing something all these years? I have had to fake it using expressions and duplicate layers with feathered masks… how did you do it? Would you mind sharing the comp?
Thanks,
jdb
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I did… well, I think I did… I am pretty sure I did… I will try it again, just in case I am losing my mind…
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Do you have 3D Assistants or 3D Assitants lite (came free with After Effects 6.5 Pro)?
https://www.digitalanarchy.com/3Dassist/3Dassist_main.html
These plug-ins are designed to align and distribute multiple layers in cylinders, cubes, etc., without you having to wrack your brain trying to do the math and set up Nulls yourself.
Maybe this will help?
jdb
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Do you have 3D Assistants or 3D Assitants lite (came free with After Effects 6.5 Pro)?
https://www.digitalanarchy.com/3Dassist/3Dassist_main.html
These plug-ins are designed to align and distribute multiple layers in cylinders, cubes, etc., without you having to wrack your brain trying to do the math and set up Nulls yourself.
Maybe this will help?
jdb
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By the way, I am on a Mac Powerbook G4, 1.5GHz, 2GB RAM. Avid runs just fine. Boris Red runs just fine. Just not together.
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You should have a folder named “receipts” (I think — I am not at my Mac right now) inside the Library folder. Go into the receipts folder and delete the receipts for Motion (and other apps that you want to re-download).
When you do a system update, it should then pick the update for Motion again.
Maybe this will help…
jdb
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> I also made a personal bet that AE will be running on MacIntel much sooner than Adobe initially indicated (I bought a MacBook Pro).
So, what is After Effects 6.5 performance really like on a core duo? Is it really THAT bad (not necessarily rendering speed, which I know will be hindered, but what about UI responsiveness, stability, etc.)?
I am looking at getting one of the new 17″ MacBook Pro Core Duos with 2.16GHz processors. It’s either that or buy a Quad G5 — and I would really be upset if, in a few months, Apple introduces a 2xDual Core Intel-based Mac that is 3-5x the speed of the current Quad G5 for $3,500 and then two or three months later After Effects 7.x comes out in Universal Binary, and I am stuck with just having bought a slow, antiquated Quad G5!
So, are Photoshop and After Effects 6.5 pretty much usable on a core duo? At least for a few months until Adobe releases updates? What’s are your opinions from using the Adobe software on the Intel Macs?
Thanks,
jdb
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I have the “Avid XPress Pro Visual QuickPro book” (ISBN: 0321145976) which is priceless, when you want to look up how to do something. It’s not really designed to be a ‘sit down and learn Avid’ book in my opinion. Avid’s own “Editing with Avid Xpress Pro” (ISBN: 0321199693) is good, but seems outdated and some of the material doesn’t match up with the latest versions of XPress Pro, so some readers may find themselves lost in some of the exercises.
The best source of training I have found so far, though, comes from the 3 DVD set directly from Avid. These cover Editing, Effects and Color Correction, and do a pretty thorough job. They are geared towards the beginner, or someone coming from another NLE, so if you are an Avid Power User, look elsewhere.
As well as Avid’s own introductory videos at https://www.avid.com/community/ (look under tutorials and videos).
I haven’t read/watched any of those that you listed, so I cannot comment on them…
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I am running both Avid Xpress Pro 4.8 and Final Cut Studio on Mac OSX Tiger on a 15″ Powerbook G4 with 2GB RAM, and 1.5GHz G4 processor. I have two external Firewire Seagate 300GB 7200rpm drives, and both Xpress and FCP run flawlessly on this setup. No problems here.
The only thing compared to a desktop G5 system is that on the Powerbook, the render times are a little slow, but what can you expect? I have no complaints. Right now I am doing everything in Avid Xpress Pro, even though I come from a FCP background. After using both, I prefer Avid, to be honest with you. Avid rocks, plain and simple.
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“DLT drive required for replication of DVDs authored in DVD Studio Pro 4”
Does anyone know if this means I can’t make a source DVD (like I currently do in DVD SP 3) and send it off for “duplication”? I realize that professional “replication” has a much higher standard of quality, thus the DLT, but is the new version going to cripple those of us who just duplicate?
Thanks,
jdb