Nevin Styre
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WMV export on a mac requires licensing software from telestream.
They offer different versions depending on the level of control and resolution/quality options you need.
https://www.telestream.net/flip4mac/
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In Illustrator preferences do you have “anti-aliased artwork” checked off? turn it on if it is off(it’s in the general preferences). In after effects next to continuously rasterize there is also a quality switch, make sure you set that one to the solid “/” icon as the other setting disables anti-aliasing as well.
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What type of file did he/she give you? vector files are typically EPS or AI (also PDF or SVG).
In AE when working with a vector layer from a file make sure you enable the “continuously rasterize” checkbox on the layer or pixelation will occur if you enlarge it past 100% the default size.
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Is it set up as CMYK instead of RGB? In photoshop you can see what mode it is in and change it by going to menu “image->mode”
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I believe you will also get a lot of or all of the final cut package codecs installed if you just buy compressor from the app store.
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They are more or less the same, some might be a bit overclocked but really in Premiere the performance difference will be negligable. I went with the MSI twin frozr III version of the 570 because it runs really quiet and cool under full load. Usually the most affordable are reference cards which follow a standard design set by nvidia, they tend to run a bit louder and hotter than non-reference. Also as it has been mentioned some have displayport/mini hdmi while others do not, make sure you get what you need to hook your screen(s) up.
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The gt240 is pretty old & wasn’t a real speed demon when new so I don’t know why you put that in a new build, at minimum I would put in a gtx285(if you have an adequate power supply). Do you have a GDDR5 version or GDDR3 version? If you have to use a gt240 a GDDR5 version would be recommended for that card.
Your hard drive situation sounds iffy too, using the tail end of a drive for projects when it only has 50-100gb left could be causing slowdowns. Drives are cheap, put a couple fresh 500gb or 1tb in there.
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Ahh the old office computer without quicktime…probably XP or older… what a pain. You can buy quicktime tools for exporting to WMV on mac from telestream(flip4mac), they have it divided up into different tiers and obviously the most expensive($179) is the most flexible(custom settings & HD resolutions), the cheapest that supports exporting WMV is $49 and you can only use SD presets for exporting. If the client’s office PC has a web browser with flash you could always do a vimeo link (with password protection if necessary).
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You also have the option now in CS6 to make or modify transitions with adjustment layers. IE: make a 30 frame adjustment layer, apply fast blur filter, keyframe at frame 0 and frame 30 the fast blur value to 0, then at frame 15 key frame it to like 50 blur. Place the adjustment layer above your 2 clips so frame 15 lines up with the cut. Experiment with keyframing other filters and combining with the built in transitions.
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Yeah I’m pretty sure CS6’s native 3d is limited to extruded flat planes with bevel options.