[Moviehawk]

Thanks …

I think you got me on the right track there.
Also (brain dead me) had anti-virus program still on, scanning data as being written/read from disk.

I’m running a dell precision 360, 2.8GHZ, 1GB RAM and (what I thought was fast enough) 120GB hard disk.

I’m looking to upgrade my video card — any suggestions/recommendations.

Thanks to everyone, great forum!!!!

[Moviehawk]

Thanks Axel, Mihail …..

Axel: The render settings you suggested are ones I have tried and appear to be part of the default “best” module setting.

Mihail: Using Particle Illusion AE, which has frame rate setting of 30 (no option for 29.97)

I have tried using “draft” settings, and this produces an .avi which plays at proper speed with no apparent frame drop, but at much lower resolution and quality than what is needed for a finished product.

Still searching for ideas…..

Thanks all

[Moviehawk]

Having similar problems.

PI-se

Cinepak (radius) produces severe pixelization/color stratification.
Huffy 2.2 avi files crash Adobe AE when trying to import.
Huffy 2.1 seems best, but produces huge files. 65MB for a 200 frame 720×480.

Divx 6.2.5 (quality set to 8) produces quality playback and small file size, but won’t load into AE.
(error retrieving frame).

The only method that I have been able to use to get quality output from PI:SE (for use in AE) is to use .tga files.

I’m sure I am doing something wrong, but haven’t figuered it out yet.

Any advise — thanks.

[Moviehawk]

My mistake

Using …

Adobe Premiere 2.0
Adobe After Effects 7.0
Particle Illusion SE

[Moviehawk]

Source format is .avi, from different programs.

1) Adobe Premere 7.0
2) Particle Illusion SE

Even rendering the output avi. from Premere only, playback is still jerky/dropped frames (is there a technical term for that??)

Viewing rendered file with Divx Player and Windows Media player.

Was using Premere to clip segments and save as separate files.
Using PI for special effects, then using After Effects to put it back together.

Thanks