[Pascal Greuter]

Thanks.

Yes, I have seen this script but never used it. If I have some time I always love to play around with expressions and learn as much as I can but I’m pretty sure that the day will come, where I have some more complex stuff to do and then Michaels script will be very handy.

Cheers!
Pascal

[Pascal Greuter]

Hi Declan

Thank you for your response. I figured out a way last night but your solution is simpler.

I just added the opacity value for the blue and red layer like this:

var comp1 = [“John Spencer”, “Actor”, 100, 0]; -> turns on blue background layer
var comp2 = [“Tracey Jones”, “Director”, 0, 100]; -> turns on red background layer

It works just fine

Text Layer Source text and Layer Opacity have the following expression:

try{
myPath = "variables.txt";
$.evalFile(myPath);
eval(thisComp.name)[0]; //The Number is the variable you want to use
}catch(err){
"MISSING";
}

[Pascal Greuter]

Hi Ryan
I just ran into the exact same problem. Thank you for your clear instructions. You just helped me saving a lot of time figuring out this by myself. Thumbs up.

Cheers!
Pascal

[Pascal Greuter]

Great, just ordered mine a few seconds ago.

Cheers, Pascal

[Pascal Greuter]

Hi Chris

Thanks for your reply. Do you use it yourself for this purpose?

Regards, Pascal

[Pascal Greuter]

[Alex Gerulaitis] “Can’t say I agree with that assessment but glad I could help:”

I see what you mean and I think I was a bit too quick with my reply. I definitely need to do some further research and learn the differences between NAS and SAN.

Cheers!

[Pascal Greuter]

Hi Alex

Thank you very much for your detailed infos. It helped me a lot especially that you pointed out the differences between a NAS and a SAN solution. I think a NAS is to simple and not reliable enough for what we want to achieve.

Thanks!
Pascal

[Pascal Greuter]

Bob, thanks for replying. I read a lot about the Maxx Digital 10Gig Final Share. There are quite a few nice reviews online and I thought that a solution like this may be the right choice for us. Do you have a local dealer in Switzerland or Germany or do you sell it outside of the US? Maybe we can talk about prices, delivery and support via Email.

I know at least 3 companies in Switzerland who have experience in this area but I wanted to do some research, before I get in touch with them.

I am totally aware that this will cost a few bucks. And we didn’t even talked about a backup solution…

It would be nice, if we could stay in contact about this.

[Pascal Greuter]

Thank you for your answer.

Yes, I am aware of the costs. I work for a small TV station and we have a SAN that costs roughly 200k and it works perfect but it’s obviously too much for a small company with 5 Macs.

I have no budget yet, I’m just in the process of checking out what’s out in the market. I think our scenario is very common and maybe there is kind of a “standard solution” for requirements like we have.