Joe Moya
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Chris… from a marketing standpoint…
This wait and see how the dust settles over then next year or so…makes NO sense.
Why would anyone give up current market share in exchange for potentially larger new customer base?
Apple did EVERYTHING right to beat up it’s competition over the past 10 yrs. and decides…. what seems like to it’s current user base (specially the highly influential professional editor)…. to (overnight) totally scrap the developement and marketing plan that had worked?????
I don’t know what the Adobe management was smoking at the time…but, what ever it was…. they need to stop.
{scratching head}
I’ve seen third world junta overthrows organized better than this Apple marketing debacle. FCPX could be the best thing since sliced bread… but, if it needs time to bake…then, bring it out when it’s done…but not in it’s current state of development.
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maybe they could also add little…
xoxo’s
….as well…
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mpeg compression… if you want to maintain your frame rate… jpeg animation is individual frames that can get out of sync if sound is use…DNxHD is used by AVID editing application in a similar fashion as FCP uses ProRes…. While Cineform is more commonly used with Adobe editing application (but can be used with either FCP or Avid).
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… try the jpeg compression… it is virtually lossless… or another option that provides good compression results (although not cinematic results) would be H264 or MP4.
But… what I THINK your asking for doesn’t really exist….
You either need to go to DNxHD, ProRes or Cineform video editing video formats… or, stick with uncompressed formats (which produces large files… which means you need to buy some more HD space.
Sounds like you really don’t know what kind of final format is required… All codecs have certain advantage and disadvantages… which is which depends upon what is the intent of your final use for the the video.
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Zaxwerks is by far the easiest to learn and use for 3D applications that are simple… however, it is also the most limited in rendering capapcity and can get really bogged down in HD projects (…however, this may change with the new 64 bit version). If your projects are basic animation for TV text/logo work… Zaxwerks is designed for this type of stuff.
On the other hand, if you are wanting more than simplicity… then, Cinema 4D is a good choice to use with AE. However, it is more complex and will have a much steaper learning curve and higher cost.
IMHO, they are both good and useful for different purposes. While C4D is good for most everything, it is also overkill when it comes to doing simple stuff. While Zaxwerks has shortfalls when it comes to doing complicated 3D projects… it makes the simple things fast and easy to accomplish with a short learning curve.
Before you buy… I would suggest you look at a lot of tutuorials for both and see which best fits for your situation.
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There is no one best way to do any long project involving compositing and editing. Only experience can help determine what is the best way to do any editing and compositing.
That being said… a general way of doing large projects is to edit the original source in an NLE… then, take segments of the edited video clips into the compositing software… then put the various compositing clips into the editing software.
Divide and conquer is a good approach to take for many reasons… but, for me it is because it reduces crash potential and provides break points from which to consider the technique used for your effects and deal with rendering limits.
That being said… I have run into issues where certain plug-ins just don’t allow a smooth workflow when going from compositing to editing… and, only experience can effectively tell you which plug-ins have issues relative the workflow.
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I feel your pain… If my memory is correct, a 90 second or so clip render took about 22 hrs. on a “simple” serptine movement in a HD format. And… that while rendering with a Quad core i7 3.2Ghz chip (about the fastest chip made) in conjunction with a Raid 0 (stripped) dual 1500rpm Fujitsu e-sata drive with Adaptec controllers (fastest raid drive system available).
It was pretty depressing to say the least…
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I had similar problem with sepentine…I found out that zaxwerks doesn’t use multicores.. the work around I used was to render the serpentine application layer seperately. However, I am guessing using this work around with Reflector may be a bit more difficult.
Needless to say, I have not use Serpentine again because of this significant limitation of not being multicore capable.
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Turn down the volume on your computer speakers or mute your volume…
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Reduction of HD video can reduce the quality…
A better approach would be to work with a proxy… you will decrease the the demands on your system but the final results would have HD quality… therefore, you can export in any format video size.
Look up tutorials regarding proxies for more info…