[John Nelson]

Thanks. Wasn’t sure if this was the right forum to post something like this. I haven’t used it but was just interested in feedback from anyone that had.

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Thanks Michael,

A little more information may be necessary. Mac Pro is running Lion on its main drive. Also have two other drives installed. One of them I wiped with the idea of installing SL and FCS with the assumption that I could reboot when I have the need for editing. Just tried that by shutting down and holding the ‘C’ while restarting. Wouldn’t get past the gray apple. Waited five minutes.

I also have three externals, all with information I wish to keep. One of those has the FCS along with other programs I use. Up until recently all were working well.

Is it possible to do what I outlined above?

Thanks again.

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[John Nelson]

Thanks Walter,
Haven’t checked yet but is there a screen allowing the reduction of cores? And would it be better doing that rather than raising the size for other programs?

I’ve been shopping around for newer AE software but am on a smaller budget now, especially after making the plunge for the ‘big horse’. Hope springs eternal.

Thanks again.

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[John Nelson]

Thanks Dave,
I tried one of my ‘work-arounds’ which meant cutting the project in half and rendering each separately. Seemed to work. Ran the .mov’s into FCP and got a final product. Total AE size was over 7gb which was maybe why it was choking on the whole thing. Lots of stuff going on inside. Tomorrow I’ll try you suggestion since I’ve found several areas that need to be tweaked.

I mistakenly thought that buying this big horse would solve all my rendering ‘challenges’…

Thanks again. Will report back on the suggestions.

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[John Nelson]

Hi Michael,
Not running 64 bit. But I am exporting to an external via firewire 800. Could that be the problem? Here are the settings:

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[John Nelson]

Sorry. Haven’t done picture posting very much. Thanks.

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[John Nelson]

Another update:

The time machine restore seems to have worked…but…not on my Adobe products. Upon trying to open any of them; PS CS3, AE CS4, FL CS3, DW CS4, they all came up with error screens saying the licensing has stopped working. After trying to uninstall or install the error message says startup error, required resources are missing. Been on the phone with Adobe yesterday for almost an hour without any luck. Really looking for some answers. Thanks.

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[John Nelson]

Thanks. Tried to uninstall and wasn’t able to do so. Received this message:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/26155229@N03/9220960415/

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[John Nelson]

Update;
Had a lion usb and did a restore. Haven’t checked all my programs yet but at least I’m typing on the MP…

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[John Nelson]

Have you already trashed the FCP preferences? Just a thought…

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