Creative COW - Steve Roberts

Motion graphics artist, multimedia producer (when they called it "multimedia"), loves teaching. Believes that technology should provide tools, not objects of affection. Makes sound effects with mouth and can make sound of one hand clapping.

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System Details: G5 dual 2 GHz, 2.5 GB RAM, Decklink SP
Macbook Pro, 2.33 GHz, 3GB RAM
MacPro, 8-core 3.0 GHz, 9GB RAM, Kona LHe

Hobbies and Interests: In no particular order: playing jazz trumpet, practising T'ai Chi and Lok Hup Ba Fa (http://www.canadiantaichiacademy.org/), teaching, playing squash, tidying up.

Favorite Bands / Musicians: Wynton Marsalis, Chet Baker, Gil Evans, Paul Desmond, Chick Corea.

My Recent Posts:

Re: footage looks bad by Steve Roberts on Oct 7, 2008 at 2:53:15 am
Re: footage looks bad by Steve Roberts on Oct 6, 2008 at 2:02:42 pm
Re: Thank you to Steve Roberts for all his help over the years by Steve Roberts on Jul 30, 2008 at 2:11:22 am
Re: Please welcome Kevin Camp to the After Effects forum team by Steve Roberts on Jul 29, 2008 at 11:40:06 am
Re: I've been to the mountain: Adobe. Answers. One question. by Steve Roberts on Jul 18, 2008 at 2:32:43 am
Re: Rendered notification by Steve Roberts on Jul 17, 2008 at 6:44:46 pm
Re: Problem Solved: Animation Codec Woes (Bakes fine, imports problems) by Steve Roberts on Jul 15, 2008 at 11:48:38 pm
Re: How to spread color? by Steve Roberts on Jul 15, 2008 at 6:42:15 pm
Re: What happened to Profound Effects ? by Steve Roberts on Jul 15, 2008 at 3:10:19 pm
Re: HDV Codec for Intel mac? by Steve Roberts on Jul 14, 2008 at 4:40:07 pm
Re: HDV Codec for Intel mac? by Steve Roberts on Jul 14, 2008 at 4:20:16 pm
Re: help with.... by Steve Roberts on Jun 22, 2008 at 11:58:06 pm
Re: Adding noise to match DV footage by Steve Roberts on Jun 22, 2008 at 4:18:15 am
Re: Render setting for broadcast by Steve Roberts on Jun 21, 2008 at 11:39:43 pm
Re: Anime 2D Animation by Steve Roberts on Jun 16, 2008 at 5:07:59 pm
Re: Extrapolate Motion? Expression? by Steve Roberts on Jun 13, 2008 at 12:43:01 pm
Re: Extrapolate Motion? Expression? by Steve Roberts on Jun 13, 2008 at 12:43:01 pm
Re: Anime 2D Animation by Steve Roberts on Jun 13, 2008 at 11:52:22 am
Re: Anime 2D Animation by Steve Roberts on Jun 13, 2008 at 11:52:22 am
Re: Anime 2D Animation by Steve Roberts on Jun 13, 2008 at 4:18:32 am

My Tagged Posts

Re: Rendering from AE7 (photo jpeg, animation, h.264?)
by Steve Roberts on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
You want an Intermediate codec, not a delivery codec. Intermediate codecs are high-quality (to prevent loss) but are not necessarily playable in real-time, due to their size. Delivery codecs are lower-quality, but playable. Delivery codecs are Sorenson, H.264, and MPEG-2. The...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by simon bonner

Re: after effects - windows plugins on a mac
by Steve Roberts on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Nope. You need to buy or download Mac versions of the plugs. Now for some plugs, you can download the mac version and your serial number will work, but I don't remember which work that way. You'll have to look up...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by mlafont2

Re: Animate a layer behind a mask?
by Steve Roberts on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Yep. Set the upper to be the track matte of the lower. Check the help for that....

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Andy Taplin

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