Steve Roberts @steveroberts • Joined Mar 2002 • Active 4 years ago Remove Connection Are you sure you want to remove from your connections? Timeline Profile Connections 2 Photos Forums Points Leader Badges Discussions Replies Favorites Discussions Replies Favorites Forum Replies Created Page 154 of 594 ← 1 … 153 154 155 … 594 → Steve Roberts November 13, 2007 at 6:47 am in reply to: Laptop suggestions Sorry here too … guess irony doesn’t translate too well on the web … 🙂 But you have made me think about dual-booting and reviving some of my more useful Windows apps. Hmm … Steve Roberts November 13, 2007 at 5:23 am in reply to: Laptop suggestions Umm … I was being complimentary and self-deprecating …? I hope that came across. Steve Roberts November 13, 2007 at 1:40 am in reply to: Make an Eraser, mask, or stroke follow another layer … and if you adjust the spacing to make dots, you should make Pac-Man’s speed constant using roving keyframes to keep the write-on spacing constant. Steve Roberts November 13, 2007 at 1:38 am in reply to: Make an Eraser, mask, or stroke follow another layer Nope. Read my post again. 🙂 In more detail: add a solid, apply effect>generate>write-on, alt-click on the effect’s brush position, and pickwhip it to Pac-Man’s position. Adjust brush width and spacing to taste, and use this layer as a track matte. Steve Roberts November 12, 2007 at 11:48 pm in reply to: Laptop suggestions Dual boot? Excellent suggestion! (I feel so old …newfangled computers these days…) Steve Roberts November 12, 2007 at 11:29 pm in reply to: Laptop suggestions 3D MAX was in the mix. 🙁 Steve Roberts November 12, 2007 at 10:55 pm in reply to: Make an Eraser, mask, or stroke follow another layer … or maybe you could use write-on to follow the Pac-Man? Using an expression to tie the write-on brush to the Pac-Man’s position? Steve Roberts November 12, 2007 at 10:54 pm in reply to: Make an Eraser, mask, or stroke follow another layer Use animated Vegas as a track matte? Steve Roberts November 12, 2007 at 10:42 pm in reply to: Make an Eraser, mask, or stroke follow another layer Dots = Vegas effect. (built-in to AE) Steve Roberts November 12, 2007 at 10:18 pm in reply to: Laptop suggestions Just get the hottest machine you can, with lots of RAM and Firewire. Get XP pro, not Vista. If you go to Dell, buy through their business channel. Their business support is much better than their personal support. Anybody else? Page 154 of 594 ← 1 … 153 154 155 … 594 →