[Mike Roberts]

How are you compressing it? How are you watching it? is the PSD CMYK or RGB?

[Mike Roberts]

Hey I had this problem… Re-installing the pro apps update from the apple website cleared it up without a hitch!

https://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/proapplicationsupdate200803.html

[Mike Roberts]

I’d always recommend using lossless when doing effects… Even though prores is pretty good, it’s still got some visible compression that’ll make your effects stand out.

If you’re using a lossless codec, you’re also going to avoid all these problems. I find i get all sorts of nonsense when re-compressing with H-246, so prorez might have the same types of issues.

[Mike Roberts]

Sorry I didn’t see this sooner David.

I’m currently on a first gen unibody – 2.53 15inch (core duo) with 4Gigs…

I’m running CS4 mostly after effects photoshop and illustrator… It runs great. I’m sure there are faster render times with a Mac Pro, but I’ve now done a bunch of HD animation without any real problems. CS4 is much easier to set-up for memory usage.

However – the discrete card is a MUST… Otherwise, you’re right back in the laggy territory of the macbook.

I say go for it. I can work anywhere in the world!

[Mike Roberts]

Hi,
I think the easiest way is to hit the “fc” (function) key and hit the up or down arrows. That advances or travels back one frame on my MBP.

[Mike Roberts]

Hey,

This is about as awesome as it gets… THANKS DAN!!!

https://www.motionscript.com/expressions-lab-ae65/ik.html

[Mike Roberts]

Hey,

Writing to say that I’ve been animating in After Effects on a Macbook (black 2.16 2gb ram) since the fall using CS3, and while it takes longer than I’d like to render in HD, I’ve made 4 HD animated short films using a mixture of Painter, Photoshop and illustrator art, on tight deadlines without a single problem. It’s been a fantastic little machine. Heat was never a problem for me, and it only got a touch angry, and got really bogged down, if you tried to do too much while it was rendering.

I just upgraded to a macbook pro, but only because the Video card makes working on a portable so much faster.

So as long as rendering in HD in a hurry isn’t super important, I say go for it.