Jonathan Miller
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Here you go. You can get a free preset from this site here:
https://www.scottfrizzle.com/free_quake.html
Just DL it from the bottom of the page.
I’ve never used AE standard editions, so I hope it works with them!
Good luck!
Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USACurrently producing these popular podcasts:
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Here you go. You can get a free preset from this site here:
https://www.scottfrizzle.com/free_quake.html
Just DL it from the bottom of the page.
I’ve never used AE standard editions, so I hope it works with them!
Good luck!
Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USACurrently producing these popular podcasts:
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Just a simple question here:
Do the cpu’s get proper ventillation where they’re installed? Is it possible they’re heating up too much? H.264 at HD resolutions is pretty processor intensive and that may be adding to the problems you’re having.
I don’t know, just trying to work the problem….
If all else fails, can you try a different codec? Maybe Motion JPEG at medium or best quality? It still looks amazing. It would obviously take longer to upload the files, but may play more reliably.
I sure hope you can get this all to work!!
Jon
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The iTunes idea is inspired (if it works, let’s hope so!)
One more thing, you can have the videos automatically play full screen by setting it in iTunes’ preferences.
Under Playback preferences, just check “play videos” and select Full Screen from the drop-down menu.
As for remotely updating your playlists, will all of the video be stored at once on the Mini, and then it will just be a matter of adding it to the playlist?
Or, will you need to be uploading content and then adding it to the playlist?
Either way, might I suggest you look into Netopia’s Timbuktu Pro software. I use this every day to connect to 4 other machines in various locations around the USA. I can control the other computers and easily transfer files back and forth. It’s like magic, and just simply works. In the past I’ve had to have a static IP for each machine to really get it to work, but now Timbuktu can use Skype to tunnel through routers and such to find the correct machine.
Just a thought if you need to remotely manage everything.
Good luck!
Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USACurrently producing these popular podcasts:
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You might be able to save yourself the bounce to AIF out of Soundtrack by just exporting to Compressor and choosing an AAC preset. You can then tag the file in iTunes.
You would be able to have more power over the editing if you could use an audio app to edit, but I totally hear you about using FCP since you know it. Could you do everything in Soundtrack? That again would save you an “export to Soundtrack” and shave off a little time and disk space.
I just find Soundtrack a little lacking in a few basic features, things I know FCP can do easily (or at least I know how to do them in FCP…)
Have you looked at Audacity for what you’re doing? It’s free and has the great LAME mp3 encoder. Plus, you can add basic text tags within the program. It might take you an afternoon to figure it out, but it’s pretty intuitive.
https://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Good luck!
Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USACurrently producing these popular podcasts:
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Filip’s right on the money here.
AE is limited here, but you can always trick the viewers into believing there’s more there than there really is. Have you tried enabling Depth of Field on your camera? It can make your scene look more realistic and could make it look deeper. Suddenly, not everything will be in focus, and the wall at the end of the room could look further away and its textures won’t have to be as precise since they will not be razor sharp.
Good luck!
Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USACurrently producing these popular podcasts:
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Two things here.
First, if you’re getting a lot of flickering on your still, then maybe it’s got more resolution than you need. If it’s scaled way down to make the move, then you will definately get flickering. Reduce the dpi in Photoshop and then it shoudn’t have to be scaled as far down in AE, and you’ll reduce the amount of flicker.
Next, if you want more blur on the moves, then make sure your layer has motion blur checked and then increase the shutter angle in your Render Settings. It defults to 180 degrees. The higher the number, the greater the amount of motion blur.
I hope that helps!
Good luck!
Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USACurrently producing these popular podcasts:
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Two things here.
First, if you’re getting a lot of flickering on your still, then maybe it’s got more resolution than you need. If it’s scaled way down to make the move, then you will definately get flickering. Reduce the dpi in Photoshop and then it shoudn’t have to be scaled as far down in AE, and you’ll reduce the amount of flicker.
Next, if you want more blur on the moves, then make sure your layer has motion blur checked and then increase the shutter angle in your Render Settings. It defults to 180 degrees. The higher the number, the greater the amount of motion blur.
I hope that helps!
Good luck!
Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USACurrently producing these popular podcasts:
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Now you’re getting it.
Like you mentioned, it all works when the Lux layer is placed below your graphic. But it doesn’t work because then it messes up the other lights after the camera move.
So, what I would recommend is splitting your logo “billboard” layer into two layers just at the point where it nearly dissapears when it’s halfway through the camera move. Place the layer above the Lux before the split and below the Lux after and it may look more realistic.
Good luck!
Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USACurrently producing these popular podcasts:
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Maybe wait until August as Walter suggested, but on the other hand any flavor of G5 PowerMac is a HUGE step up from where you are now. Last August I upgraded my 867 Quicksilver for a Dual 2.3GHz G5. There’s no comparison. I do a lot of After Effects work as well as FCP editing, and renders that used to take 6 hours suddenly were taking just over 1 hour. Chew on that for a minute.
If you went with one today, you’re bound to still be giddy by the amazing speed increases even when the latest and greatest Intel box is released.
No matter what route you take, don’t forget at least 4GB of RAM! That is the true secret to performance!
Good luck!
Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USACurrently producing these popular podcasts: