[Mark]

Split the clips into more than one bin and try closing the bins that you don’t need. I know there is a limit of items that are recommended in a bin before performance suffers, but I am not sure what that number is.

I like to work with multiple bins and folders to keep my projects clean and tidy…that way, if I am sick, my replacement can find my work easily…..I also don’t experience the memory errors that you are getting.

Hope this helps

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

I may add…it seems like it could be an interlace issue on both ends (import of original clip, and rendered improperly and seen on a computer monitor)…Also, cinepak is not a good codec to use….

Finally, DV is brutal for green screen work….you may be seeing artifacting around the edges. DV compresses majorly the chroma, which is the very information you need to pull a good key…avoid it like the plague for keying.

Regards

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

I would open up the render details while it is rendering…Also I would open up the Task Manager on my PC to see what my PC is doing…I am guessing there must be a Mac equivalent to the Task Manager ???

Without more details, it is impossible to say what is going…Oh yeah, and what are you rendering to ???? Internal Raid ??? External drive ??? Quicktime ??? what Codec ???? See what I mean…more details please 🙂

Best regards

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

I would think that contacting Adobe on this would be the way to go…

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

https://www.videoguys.com/adobe.htm

Try these guys…. Ask for Gary, if he can, I am sure he will hook you up. If this is against forum policy, please remove my post….

Thanks

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

Create text, precomp layer, then add the mosaic filter to the precomp. Adjust mosaic to taste….

Also, create text small, then precomp, then scale precomp…this is along the same idea as Dave’s approach, except it uses the text engine and not the (shiver) basic text effect…(glad i don’t have to use that anymore).

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

In the render queue you need to render out the alpha channel (RGB+Alpha) if you want the transparnecy to show up in rendered movies…you also need to render out to a CODEC that supports alpha channels.

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

After Effects will work in Pal/NTSC HD/SD…whatever you need pretty much. First, make sure that you properly interpret your footage (right click on footage in project window)…then set up your comp to match your footage.

mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

I have recently completed some work in DVCPROHD (P2) on a similiar set-up to yours and had no issues. I could see my work on the SD monitor….but After bringing everything into MC, I switched my HD project to SD 30i NTSC (in the format tab)….So effectively I was working in SD….once the project was complete, I switched back to HD for final exports etc. I also watched my HD project on the full-screen playback using the second monitor. I have not yey worked with XDCAM, so I cannot comment on that.

Regards

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Mark]

As a newbie, I would suggest learning the plugins that are already part of the package. Most new users jump quickly to 3rd party plugins and don’t take the time to learn the great plugins that already exist.

That said, I really like the Trapcode suite. I also use the BCC filters from Boris in a lot of my projects. I also have the Magic Bullet suite from Red Giant…it is great for creating film-like motion on video. I guess it depends on what you want to do….The Knoll light factory is also great for creating lens flares and will take you way beyond the lens flare filter that ships with AE.

Regards

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports