[Scott paul Dunham]

I’m doing my first AE CS4 work in a long while- and I’m getting the strobe effect on playback, too.

It seems like a setting, however, I’ve already set Preview to skip 0 and full render (quality)… not sure what’s going on… I’m gonna be late with this job, unless I figure this out.

Maybe it will render out fine in the full render queue… I’ll try- but I’d like the preview to be smooth, too.

Scott

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[Scott paul Dunham]

Tim.
I weep with JOY at this news! I am so happy. I can’t wait to work with you in this new capacity. And I’m looking forward to seeing you back in your oh-so-colorful shirts!!! I know you’ll be very busy in the coming weeks, but do get in touch when you have time! So much to catch up on!
Ron and Kathlyn, you guys just keep the hits comin’! I’m very proud to be a COW man!

Scott

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[Scott paul Dunham]

I love it when you talk that way! Quad Opterons? How impressive is that! Well done, Boomer.
Scott

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[Scott paul Dunham]

Mine is working fine here… Mac Dual 2Ghz G5.

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[Scott paul Dunham]

Say, you’re right!

I’m still learning so much about the Mac… so many little funny things, you know? I’m still in the throes of the Mac “switch” campaign, having been a Pc’er for all my computing days (if you don’t count my detour down the Amiga/Toaster heyday… I bought three of those great machines over the years!)

But now I’ve got three Macs in the house… that outnumbers my kids!

And counting…

Thanks!

Scott

[Scott paul Dunham]

By one control, do you mean a single application of the Glintwerks effect, per layer?

With a single effect, you can control and animate the location and movement of up to three glints. I’m still learning the tool, but it looks like you can control size, position and angle separately for 3 glints, but they all share the same color, glow, gradient and other appearance settings.

If you want different color glints, it appears you’ll need separate effect nodes. (but there’s ways and there’s ways to shift hues… go ahead and experiment!)

You’ll find the Glint Presets by clicking on the sample glint… that brings up the Glint Editor.
You can save your settings here too.

Let us know how you’re doing!

Scott

[Scott paul Dunham]

I need to get more experience with these tools, but I can already see that anyone who is trying to add dimension and atmosphere to their scenes will find Glintwerks a valuable tool- for creating deep, layered effects in a fraction of the usual time!

Keep up the great work, Zax & Co.!

Scott

[Scott paul Dunham]

Gosh John!

I read your reply and then got all worried that my “Cheese” comment might sound like I was saying something bad about Glintwerks! I loved it! And I’m looking forward to exploring all its capabilities and promoting them to all my local network of AE users…

I appreciate your pointing out the subtlety factor… too often people (like me) go for the glitz and forget to be restrained in the application of these powerful tools!

In the context of a DEMO, as I was… there is a tendancy to be heavy handed with showing the full effect itself, and not worry about how it might look in some final product.

So, please know that my mention of cheese is esteemedly applied as if spoken in loving tones from my worthy neighbors from Wisconsin, the home of Cheese Pride!

(gosh, now I went and offended the cheeseheads!)

Scott