[Mattiaz]

I’m starting to think that you have gotten a totally wrong idea about this stuff..

man.. you should just take some free time from this tutorial, rent buy or find yourself a nice copy of Waking Life (you can get that on amazon if you’re not lucky finding it anywhere else), have yourself something to eat and drink and watch the movie…

I’m quite sure that after seeing that movie you’ll understand that tut better. And probably won’t ask that question again 😀

Hope it helps you a little

[Mattiaz]

Well sorry in advance if my answer does not satisfy you but in my opinion we just cant compare AE7 with FinalCut, Quictime, Premiere or anything other like that. I might be noob in technical specs but i belive AE does’nt play video out as editing software does. that’s the reason why you could’nt overlay your work window to second monitor or tv (at least in previos versions it was’nt that easy.ps – i did’nt say it was impossible – nothing is impossible in AEworld :D). It’s completely different thing – AE and nonlinear editing systems..
i think someone smarter than me could give you the exact reason why it is like that but i can almostt definetely assure you that the problem is not in you. In fact, just now as i’m writing this i’m rendering out a project not so complex but with like 10 layers and some effects (which are quite fast – trapcode) it’s rendering 20 minutes for my 6 second. reason? film resolution. that’s just the way it is 😀

[Mattiaz]

same plugin different parameters and masks maybe?