Yeah, should be fairly straightforward in After Effects if you have good footage (read: black BG or green screen; the high key lighting also helps). Play with offsetting the video clips (yes, in layers) and opacity first. Then see if you like changing the transfer modes a bit for different looks in the ghosting. She has some color effects thrown…

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Works on a 2020 iMac with all latest OS and PP. PP is very buggy, in my experience, with what OS and PP update you have. It’s infuriating how you have to seek the perfect combination. Could be the sequence is corrupt. Try it on an auto-save version.

Thanks, Todd. The screen, in these locations, will suddenly overexpose. Some are for a frame, some the duration of a title, some for just part of the duration running during an adjustment layer (as examples). In one location the title comes on and at the same frame, the Lumetri color corrections stop working. I’ve attached screen grabs of the…

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Hey all, I’ve been having odd issues in exporting final files, around parts of a video that have titles or adjustment layers. It’s not consistent, however, and only on some timelines. Nevertheless, it’s happening and I reduced the culprit to codecs — especially the ProRes codec. But it happens on H.265 as well; but NOT on H.264. Any insights as…

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Anyone seen this: I put a LUT on a clip and it’s fine. If I add another clip above or below it, including a text layer, the clip with the LUT has a color shift. ??

Thanks in advance!

That is a good tip. I think you are right, there is no way to treat an effect like a template. Thanks for the reply!

Do you conform all the projects with one “flavor” of proxy? That could be a massive help. You could also periodically collect a project to the used assets and work off a version of the project that only has those used assets in play.

I would love to be able to save a Lumetri preset so I can apply it across many clips but then have it work like a template so if I edit it (somewhere?) the changes are automatically applied universally. Anyone know a way to do this? Thank you.

Hi. Ideally you would have a drive array in RAID 5. That way if a drive fails, you put a new one in and it rebuilds everything. Otherwise, your backup system is an option, of course, which is similar to a RAID 0 array. Those are faster but riskier. RAID 5 is worth the speed loss in most cases. There is a lot to a RAID array and you want hardware…

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Thanks for the tip! I’m surprised that Adobe can’t handle really large images. I’ll look for something that may be tripping it up. Happy holidays!

Hey. I’m getting a VIDEO PREVIEW ERROR that reads “Error Compiling
Movie. Unknown Error.” Happens when I try to render my timeline. Doesn’t
leave me with a lot of info to work from. I moved the media to a
different drive — an internal SSD. Then to a Thunderbolt 3 media drive
with gobs of space. Same problem. Anyone know what this might mean…

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Hey. I’m getting a VIDEO PREVIEW ERROR that reads “Error Compiling Movie. Unknown Error.” Doesn’t leave me with a lot of info to work from. I moved the media to a different drive — one an internal SSD. Then to a Thunderbolt 3 media drive. Same problem. Anyone know what this might mean or ideas on troubleshooting it? Thank you!

Well, I’m sure glad you mentioned having the same problem with the memory. I put it back in and did the double tap and it seems to be working. Whew! SO ODD. As to the Nano coating — doesn’t surprise me that Apple has put a premium price on an every day technology. Well, off we go! Here’s hoping we don’t regret it and that the silicon situation…

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Wow, I’m surprised it’s so notably weaker than your 16 core. Right, it should be… I know. But early reports suggested you wouldn’t notice it except on a few very specialized tasks. Where do you feel it?

As for mine, I just got it set up today. The memory you pointed me to looks great online, but installed, the iMac won’t boot. I’m sending in for…

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Yup. That’s spot on. The other way to do the same thing is to take the original file, create a seq from it (match settings) — that way you know you’ve matched all the variables. Then, stabilize the footage in that seq. Then take that seq and put it into your editing seq (which will nest it).

Pegasus and CalDigit work well for me. CalDigit can be out of stock a lot, though. But man their stuff has been solid!

Thank you!

Thanks! Great tip. The link didn’t work…

And yes, I decided to go with the non reflective glass. they all claim the contrast is not compromised. Here’s hoping!!

Thanks!

Hey Bryan, here’s a cool cost savings for you: You can install your own memory in the iMac! That means you can use this (https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/ct2k32g4s266m/ct19090527) for $620 and save $2000 on the iMac and still get 128.

Question for you: have you read reports on the usefulness of the nano anti glare glass and color accuracy vs.…

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Good question. Could also be they continue the trend of relying less and less on GPUs for the highest use features. That gets into engineering and is above my pay grade 🙂

Hope this works out for you! I’m ordering a new iMac this week, as well. We’ll have to trade notes.

p.s. Depending on your use, you could save even more with a 64gig system. I’ve…

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Wow, that drive for the Lauren piece sounds amazing!

Well, one other option is to do the iMac now and until MacPro processors change out. You can sell it then if you decide you want/need to upgrade and it’ll have much of its value still, assuming it’s only a couple years out. And you can get the iMac, test it before you sell your Pro tower. If you…

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It’s a reasonable concern. I have a mid 2015 iMac now that is just starting to show overheating issues. But I replaced the fusion drive with an SSD and have not taken the annoying steps to try and upgrade the OS so it could be there are other issues at hand. It needs a clean wipe and I may do that next week and see if the fan stops running so…

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Yup, I can appreciate that. It’ll be interesting to hear what they say today… Obsolescence is a bugger when it comes to getting resale value. No matter what you do, it’s a Mac. It’ll have value.

I can say, from where I have been, I would probably go with selling what you have and use an iMac. I’ve built many Mac systems and unless you are using a boat load of specific AE effects, the added prowess of a MacPro doesn’t usually add up. There are too many variables to make a blanket policy on this… but I’ve built them both ways and maybe 8…

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