[Juergen Jerzembeck]

Finally i found an interresting comparison between CPU´s with PS CS4 & AE CS4. I made my choice!

[Juergen Jerzembeck]

Hi,
I had the same problem today. AE crashed with always different error-messages. Finally I could fix it by re-creating a new preferences file.
To re-create the After Effects preferences file:
1. Quit After Effects.
2. Rename the Adobe After Effects 8.0 Prefs.txt file (for example, toAdobe After Effects 8.0 Prefs.old) in the C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Adobe\After Effects\8.0 folder.
3. Start After Effects. After Effects creates a new preferences file.

If the problem continues, the preferences file isn’t the cause. To restore custom settings, delete the new preferences file and restore the original name of the previous preferences file.
Hope it help you as well

Giorgio

[Juergen Jerzembeck]

Thank you for the hint, Steve.
Worked excellent.
I used a seperate layer for each group of lines. Then, I made a pre-comp for the pan & zoom. (I tried for 3 hours with a null and expressions, but it never worked correct).
Only the quality of the lines using stroke is quite bad.
As this is AE, how to bring this to another level?

Ciao
Giorgio

[Juergen Jerzembeck]

Thank you, Todd.
Changing the preferences and dragging into the preview-window rather than directly into the timeline has solved the problem.

best wishes
Giorgio

[Juergen Jerzembeck]

Solved.
It was a translation problem. The CS3 suite uses english foulder structure names, even in the localised versions.
Changing “bibliothek” to “library” got Encore to initialise the artwork.

[Juergen Jerzembeck]

Great-worked fine.
Thanks a lot.

Giorgio

[Juergen Jerzembeck]

Hello,
why don

[Juergen Jerzembeck]

Hi Neil,
i spent some work and modified my project to try the approach to swap from motion menu to static through end action. Unfortunately this is not seamless. There is a pause, visible and hearable. It does not look professional. I went back to the “workaround” to produce a long duration motion menue. If there is a possibility to “hide” this pause with a menu transition – I did not find this.

cheers
– Giorgio

[Juergen Jerzembeck]

Danke Mylenium,
wenn ich gewusst h

[Juergen Jerzembeck]

Hi Neil,
the hint with the end action might resolve both of my requests! If I loop the motion menu only once and than swap to the real (static) menu, I could cut the song into corresponding pieces.
I will have to check if there is a remarkable pause when the menu swaps.

Thank you again,
– Giorgio