[Tom Ma]

Hi Jon.
Good advice, thanks.
Seems Warp Stablize does not put the intermediate media where the project is, rather defaults to system OS drive.

I wish there was a way to change this within AE.

[Tom Ma]

Hi Walter.
I am assuming AEP means project file? If so, no, the project file is also on the server, not system drive.
If you meant AE program itself, then yes, on the system drive.

I am not sure how I would go about what you mentioned: “… move system’s global tmp directory to a different volume by pointing the /tmp symlink elsewhere ”

One other option i am experimenting with is disk cache.
I have it turned ON, and pointing to a RAID large enough to handle this, but will try with it OFF as well.

[Tom Ma]

yes, unfortunately it is a single take shot, all is needed and is continuos, 4 minutes long.

The source clip exists on a connected server (high speed, huge storage)

OS is 10.6.8

system drive is a 120GB SSD

[Tom Ma]

look into proxy workflow.. it is super simple and a real time (and CPU) saver.

or
if overall size is your concern.. Photo JPEG is a great format that honors color pretty well.
Unfortunately cannot combine alpha channel.
But if you want to render separate picture and alpha channels, the black/whit alpha pass in PJPEG is very small file size. I use this often on 8-bit workflows.

[Tom Ma]

this is just two layers of the same animation offset in time being revealed, one over the other.

how to do:
create whatever animation you like in a comp.
bring that comp into a new comp.
duplicate the comp, but delay it in time (slide layer to the left 3 or 3 frames)
reveal however you want. venetian blinds were suggested and a good quick fix, but in this case were variable sized masks.

[Tom Ma]

yes, proxy mode is probably best.
There is strange mix of using photoshop to paint a few of the sequence frames along the process, but I suppose I could proxy those as well.

thanks as always!

[Tom Ma]

perfect, thanks!

[Tom Ma]

you make it seem easy..
many thanks again Dan!

[Tom Ma]

Thanks Walter. Although this helps, I can’t even count the number of layers and pre comps I need to apply this to.
help!

[Tom Ma]

Thank you kindly!

I suspected it might have to be a certain font.. so I built easily editable.
Thanks!