Neil Myers
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It wasn’t really made for outside use. The AE files are massively layered. It isn’t alpha channel, just layers composited in.
So, short answer, it is not for sale (only because it would take forever to explain how it works).
Neil Myers
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It was done in 3D Studio Max, After Effects with 2D artwork done in Illustrator and Photoshop. Keying of the footage and compositing was done in AE. Editing was done in Final Cut, but only because this particular editor was (at the time) committed exclusively to that platform. We have since won him over to Premier. 🙂
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Thanks! It took about 3 days.
Here is a more recent one that took much longer but is kind of fun …
https://youtu.be/lDLq3U2IK70?hd=1&t=30s
It is a three-part video for a trade show.
Neil Myers
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Thanks, Jon …
That made perfect sense, but I tried it and unfortunately it didn’t help.
Has anyone else seen this?
Thanks!
Neil Myers
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How so? Several of the editors in our company have screaming high-end, 8-core Mac systems that seem very, very fast. In what ways are you finding Windows systems can beat Mac?
I am not challenging your statement, I am wanted to better understand.
In which metrics are you finding Windows is unbeatable?
Neil Myers
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Sorry, I had not updated my signature for a while. I do use CS5.
The reason I say it doesn’t make much difference is that it doesn’t for me. I was hoping that was the bottleneck in my system that if I removed would allow smooth playback in the timeline, but it didn’t do that (for me).
Neil Myers
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My worry for you is that you are not familiar with the PC. Personally, I prefer the PC, but I have been using Wintel forever. I have also use Macs from time to time.
But the learning curve on how to use a PC for someone who has never used one seems like a lot to pile on someone’s plate. Premiere on the Mac runs great (we have several in our company).
If you do decide on a PC the things I would focus on are:
– Fast processor with lots of cores.
– Lots of RAM (12GB min, 24GB is better)
– Fast RAID system. Focus on how you are attaching. Internal, at bus speed? eSATA? Etc. All of that can make a huge difference.
– nVidia CUDA. I am not convinced this is as useful as the marketing says, but it is not expensive to make sure you have it.I would be happy to send the spec we are using. Send me an email at neilm at connectmarketing.com.
Neil Myers
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It was 1080p at every stage (video, AE, 3DS, timeline, etc.).
Neil Myers
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Peter:
Thank you, the third article is just what I was looking for. I appreciate the assist!
Neil Myers
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Thank you.
I like PPro, but I haven’t used FCP. That is, however, irrelevant as I am not the person doing the editing anymore — that is left to the people I have hired. I am not writing storyboards and selling.
One thing that seems to be true is that FCP is much faster at encoding H.264. Has that been your experience? I find that complex 1080P projects rendered at the highest settings take about 10 to 15 minutes per minute of runtime. That is much longer than what I have been told is the case with FCP. Has that been your experience?
And … does CS 5.5 running on a muli-CPU XEON machine change that?
Neil Myers
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