Stephen Rutherford
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Dak’s design and display tools are clunky, for sure! It’s just what we have to work with 🙂
I certainly appreciate all of the responses. It helps me realize that I’m not going 100% insane here 😉
@Todd: I thank you for listening and offering assitance! You have helped me realize that Adobe is more than just a software manufacturer, but you are really concerned with the people who spend their lives working with your product. Thanks for listening!
Stephen Rutherford
Graphics Producer: Gale Force Media, CanesVision & Wolfpack TV
stephenr@carolinahurricanes.com
https://www.facebook.com/swrutherford
https://www.twitter.com/CVHDCAROLINA HURRICANES: 2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
Current System Configuration:
Intel i7 920 PC 2.67 GHz
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
12 GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForceGTS 250 512MB DDR3Adobe Production Premium CS5/CS4/CS3
3D Studio Max 2011/2010/2009 -
Daktronics has a little different meaning to “sequence” than does After Effects. It’s difficult for the V7000 program to ingest multiple images quickly (i.e.–jpg sequence, tga sequence, bmp sequence…).
It can, however, dissect an .avi and put it into it’s own .SQ7 file type, sequencing “frames” every 1/30th of a second… Again, that will be an issue I need to work through on my end…
I’m just trying to get the full story on the .avi output from CS5 for now 🙂
Stephen Rutherford
Graphics Producer: Gale Force Media, CanesVision & Wolfpack TV
stephenr@carolinahurricanes.com
https://www.facebook.com/swrutherford
https://www.twitter.com/CVHDCAROLINA HURRICANES: 2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
Current System Configuration:
Intel i7 920 PC 2.67 GHz
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
12 GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForceGTS 250 512MB DDR3Adobe Production Premium CS5/CS4/CS3
3D Studio Max 2011/2010/2009 -
I just tried the image sequence trick. It did work.
I rendered the 13,194 x 24 file to a PhotoShop Sequence in the Render Queue, then brought that into the V7000 Sequence Designer program (we’re using Daktronics video boards) and imported the .psd into the proprietary “sequence” file that the V7000 Display program can use.
Sorry for the brand names, it’s just easier to speak in specifics.
It was a single frame image, but worked fine. For animated files, I’m not sure if the Sequence Designer can take multiple frames and compile them into a single sequence… That will be on my end, though…
If I was reading the forum correctly, Quicktime should be able to output the necessary file type, correct? If so, I do have a file-flipping program that I can use if necessary.
Thankfully, I do still have CS4 on my machine, so I’m not completely dead in the water. I will just need to determine which projects need the .avi utilization and ust CS4 to render these projects.
For arena/stadium content producers everywhere, can we please look at addressing this as either an update, patch or something for CS6?
Thanks!
Stephen Rutherford
Graphics Producer: Gale Force Media, CanesVision & Wolfpack TV
stephenr@carolinahurricanes.com
https://www.facebook.com/swrutherford
https://www.twitter.com/CVHDCAROLINA HURRICANES: 2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
Current System Configuration:
Intel i7 920 PC 2.67 GHz
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
12 GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForceGTS 250 512MB DDR3Adobe Production Premium CS5/CS4/CS3
3D Studio Max 2011/2010/2009 -
@Todd: Thank you for the link. This is precisely my issue. Our stadium has various sizes of LED fascia boards from 13,194×24 down to 32×896. Obviously, the 32’s aren’t a problem…
@Walter: As for delivery, I am networked to the computers that host the files and play them back. I have historically rendered the .avi straight through the network onto the computer that will host the file and am then able to play the file back with no issues.
Under the tight deadlines that we work under, it has always been advantageous for me to be able to render the uncompressed .avi as it is the final file type needed for playback. Rendering intermediate stills or Quicktime files to be “flipped” later just adds time I do not have.
Unfortunately, I can not get into too much detail today, as we have a pre-season hockey game tonight; our first of the year. I will try to update tomorrow with more information about my workflow.
I do appreciate the follow ups, especially from those who know the back-stage parts of the program that I’ve grown to love over the years 🙂
Stephen Rutherford
Graphics Producer: Gale Force Media, CanesVision & Wolfpack TV
stephenr@carolinahurricanes.com
https://www.facebook.com/swrutherford
https://www.twitter.com/CVHDCAROLINA HURRICANES: 2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
Current System Configuration:
Intel i7 920 PC 2.67 GHz
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
12 GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForceGTS 250 512MB DDR3Adobe Production Premium CS5/CS4/CS3
3D Studio Max 2011/2010/2009 -
I actually didn’t realize that OpenGL was a setting for final rendering; I thought it was only for previews…
Either way, it’s off now 🙂 Unfortunately, it didn’t solve the render issue.
I am attempting to render Lossless, which is an uncompressed .avi on my platform…
The distortion begins at pixel 4048 and happens again at 8096 & 12144 (each 4048 apart…)
On the render output window, there is a warning message at the bottom of the output module settings that says there is a settings mismatch…
Clicking the warning icon gives the following dialog box….
Perhaps this is part of the issue? I do not WANT to re-size to 32 pixels tall, because the board is only 24 tall…
Just because it doesn’t make sense doesn’t mean it’s not correct 😉
Is there a way to bypass this error?
Thanks for the prompt replies!
Stephen Rutherford
Graphics Producer: Gale Force Media, CanesVision & Wolfpack TV
stephenr@carolinahurricanes.com
https://www.facebook.com/swrutherford
https://www.twitter.com/CVHDCAROLINA HURRICANES: 2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
Current System Configuration:
Intel i7 920 PC 2.67 GHz
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
12 GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForceGTS 250 512MB DDR3Adobe Production Premium CS4
3D Studio Max 2010 -
Thanks! I honestly didn’t know the ALT+Click trick! Good to know!
I also just found another thread that pointed me in a good direction, but you have to do things in a specific order:
1 – Select the layer mask on the layer to be edited
2 – Go to the Channels palette and view/select the layer mask only
3 – Paste the BW image into the layer maskALT+Clicking is much more straightforward and worked like a charm.
Thank you all for your assistance!
Stephen Rutherford
Graphics Producer: Gale Force Media, CanesVision & Wolfpack TV
stephenr@carolinahurricanes.com
https://www.facebook.com/swrutherford
https://www.twitter.com/CVHDCAROLINA HURRICANES: 2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
Current System Configuration:
Intel i7 920 PC 2.67 GHz
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
12 GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForceGTS 250 512MB DDR3Adobe Production Premium CS4
3D Studio Max 2010 -
I was getting the same error on BR discs with long names. I have been able to rename discs with 9 characters (no spaces) and they burn no problem. Any more than that, I haven’t tested yet.
I did receive the error after installing the MS patch and restarting the machine.
Thank you to this thread for helping me solve my own problems 😉
Stephen Rutherford
Graphics Producer: Gale Force Media, CanesVision & Wolfpack TV
stephenr@carolinahurricanes.com
https://www.facebook.com/swrutherford
https://www.twitter.com/CVHDCAROLINA HURRICANES: 2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
Current System Configuration:
Intel i7 920 PC 2.67 GHz
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
12 GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForceGTS 250 512MB DDR3Adobe Production Premium CS4
3D Studio Max 2010 -
Thanks for your reply.
I do have Power DVD, and as I attempt to play the “Completed” BD-R, it brings up a warning message of “Unsupported Movie Type” or something to that effect. It’s interesting because on the “startup” screen that is shown, it specifically references file types supported, and Blu-Ray and H.264 are both listed.
The shelf player is an LG BD370 and was purchased about three weeks ago. I can not find anything on the LG site about a firmware upgrade, but I could be looking in the wrong spot…
Stephen Rutherford
Graphics Producer: Gale Force Media, CanesVision & Wolfpack TV
stephenr@carolinahurricanes.com
https://www.facebook.com/swrutherford
https://www.twitter.com/CVHDCAROLINA HURRICANES: 2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
Current System Configuration:
Intel i7 920 PC 2.67 GHz
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
12 GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForceGTS 250 512MB DDR3Adobe Production Premium CS4
3D Studio Max 2010 -
I installed the update and have been using it for a while now… It seems to be fixed. Thanks!
Stephen Rutherford
Graphics Producer: Gale Force Media, CanesVision & Wolfpack TV
stephenr@carolinahurricanes.com
https://www.facebook.com/swrutherford
https://www.twitter.com/CVHDCAROLINA HURRICANES: 2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
Current System Configuration:
Intel i7 920 PC 2.67 GHz
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
12 GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForceGTS 250 512MB DDR3Adobe Production Premium CS4
3D Studio Max 2010 -
It’s the simple things, isn’t it?!
I clicked on the AECS4 folder, as a whole and allowed all users (of which there is only one on my machine…) Full access to read/write.
When I restarted AE, I got the same “continue” message as happened before because I was running the program as an Admin.
So… I went back in, changed the setting to NOT run as an Admin.
When I restarted again, it did NOT prompt me to “Continue” AND I was able to save my FX presets to the AECS4 Presets folder WITHOUT the warning message.
THANK YOU!!! Not bad for a non-windows guy 😉
Stephen Rutherford
Graphics Producer: Gale Force Media, CanesVision & Wolfpack TV
stephenr@carolinahurricanes.com
https://www.facebook.com/swrutherford
https://www.twitter.com/CVHDCAROLINA HURRICANES: 2006 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!
Current System Configuration:
Intel i7 920 PC 2.67 GHz
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
12 GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForceGTS 250 512MB DDR3Adobe Production Premium CS4
3D Studio Max 2010