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Re: Just about at the crossroads...
by Alex Udell on Sep 24, 2009 at 10:53:14 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Hi All, Can I run combustion 4 Windows under Parallels on a Mac? Alex
Re: Aliasing on hard edge masks
by Kenneth La Rue on Sep 23, 2009 at 5:48:38 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Chris, I’m not sure which anti-aliasing settings you are referring to in Smoke so if you can elaborate that might help. But you might try adding a edge tool after the mask and turn on shrink. This will obviously shrink the mask a little but it als
Re: Keeping Combustion running on a Mac
by Dean DeCarlo on Sep 23, 2009 at 5:31:52 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Seriously doubt they will be doing Combustion users any favors in terms of Flare. It would be nice if Flare was affordable and sold as a regular product. Autodesk might just take over the desktop high end compositing market with it but as usual their
Bizarre render bug when overlaying footage with alpha channel
by Alan Okey on Sep 23, 2009 at 3:15:50 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
I did a cursory search of the forums but didn't see a relevant post. FCP 6 running on Leopard. I'm doing a simple edit in FCP in which several scenes on V1 are separated by a superimposed clip on V2 of a curtain closing, then opening. The curt
Re: Producer/Editor needed -- FULL TIME
by David Cohen on Sep 22, 2009 at 9:58:55 pm
in the JOBS Offered - Higher Pay Forum
Hi, My name is Dave Cohen and I am very interested in your post for a full time producer/editor/gfx artist. I am a motion graphics designer, editor and AD with 6 years of experience in commercial, interactive, advertising, and corporate and bro
Re: After Effects does not allow Mocha shapes to be pasted
by Steve MacMillan on Sep 22, 2009 at 4:15:23 pm
in the Imagineer Systems Forum
I see what I'm doing wrong. I failed to notice that the Mocha Shape export dialog defaults to Combustion and not AE shape data. Its working now. Thanks Martin for your attention in this. sm
Re: Is it even possible to Rotoscope this scene
by David Roth Weiss on Sep 22, 2009 at 4:56:59 am
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Hi Neil, Wow, you make that sound so easy... I'd never think about doing it with the 8-point garbage matte, but I guess I'm just spoiled, cuz I use Combustion for these things. David David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productio
Re: Is there a paint tool is Motion.
by Alan Okey on Sep 21, 2009 at 10:49:48 pm
in the Apple Motion Forum
Combustion's roto and paint tools put anything in AE to shame. Unfortunately, the Mac version is only certified to run properly on Tiger, and it will most likely never be updated to run properly on Leopard or Snow Leopard.
Re: Keeping Combustion running on a Mac
by Keith Sonstegard on Sep 21, 2009 at 1:00:44 am
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Last I heard, you had to buy Flame before you could get Flare...it's meant for the assistant in a Flame room. Flare would be great to have. I also took a look at Flint. But that's about $150k.
Re: Keeping Combustion running on a Mac
by Joe Gill on Sep 20, 2009 at 2:33:43 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Maybe we can get cheap upgrades to Flare - that's *kind* of what happened with paint/effects, that way jumping platform will be not so bad. Anybody hear any thing from our reps about this? Joe Gill
Re: Part 3 of Tutorial final posted!
by Kenneth La Rue on Sep 18, 2009 at 1:03:51 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Eric, Thanks for pointing that out. I'm glad to see my work is being posted everywhere. Ken LaRue Autodesk Application Engineer Maya Composite / Toxik / Flame / Combustion Training DVDs: http://www.thestreetproductions.com
Re: Just about at the crossroads...
by Alan Okey on Sep 17, 2009 at 7:47:37 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
[Mark Suszko] "I am seriously considering throwing in the towel on Combustion because I lack faith in it being supported much longer, as well as fears that it will be crippled or buggy when we go to Snow Leopard OS. " C* is already crippled/busted
Re: Just about at the crossroads...
by Aaron Neitz on Sep 17, 2009 at 6:46:18 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Based on this comment, I'd go pretty much AE the whole way. For stuff like that it blows Combustion out of the water for speed: Adobe has really great caching. It's also super stable and can render with all your cores. AE makes a poor composit
Re: Just about at the crossroads...
by Dean DeCarlo on Sep 17, 2009 at 2:54:03 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Sounds like Nuke, Fusion etc. might not be a perfect fit for you. Pretty much anyone doing your type of work is gonna be on AE. However, if the tools for Roto, Keying etc. are better in Combustion (and I think they are) then keep using them. That's w
Part 3 of Tutorial final posted!
by Kenneth La Rue on Sep 17, 2009 at 12:55:51 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
If you visit "The Area" http://area.autodesk.com/ you can now go through the entire Maya Composite 101 tutorial I wrote. Part three is now posted and you have access to parts 1 and 2. As Phil Hoppes had posted some people have had issues with the zip
Re: Motu with Edius??
by Alan Lacey on Sep 17, 2009 at 8:38:12 am
in the MOTU V4HD - NEW ! Forum
Thanks Dave, Yes I guessed it didn't support it currently but I really think it would be popular if it did. Alan FlashXDR,XDcamHD,XDcamEX,D9 etc FCS,AE,Combustion,LiquidSilver,Vegas,Edius, G5,MBP,Vista64,XP
Re: Just about at the crossroads...
by Mark Suszko on Sep 16, 2009 at 9:55:42 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
We're not doing feature films, we do TV public service spots, so my main needs would be applying various fx plug-ins for looks, some motion-tracking/stabilizing (maybe once a year), very occasional roto-paint, and keying, as well as straight-up compo
Re: Just about at the crossroads...
by Eric Craft on Sep 16, 2009 at 9:11:48 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
At this time the future of Combustion is unknown, so I wouldn't make plans on having any new versions until they make an official announcement. Adobe has added a lot of 3rd party tools that may address your needs in the past few years. With CS4 they
Re: Just about at the crossroads...
by Dean DeCarlo on Sep 16, 2009 at 3:56:19 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
I'm spending time getting skills in AE but keep going back to Combustion for comfort and capabilities. Combustion still serves most of my needs just fine so I'm not going to bail it any time soon. I was planning on spending time getting acquainted wi
Just about at the crossroads...
by Mark Suszko on Sep 16, 2009 at 2:15:38 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
I am all for being an iconoclast, but I see a crossroads coming up as we start planning our upgrade of mac hardware and OS and FCP software to the latest versions. I am hard-put to justify to my bosses continuing with Combustion in the face of all th
Motu with Edius??
by Alan Lacey on Sep 16, 2009 at 1:01:01 pm
in the MOTU V4HD - NEW ! Forum
Currently there is no hardware solution for Edius on the laptop. Dave is there the possiblty that the V4HD will ever work with it? I'd love to replace my FCP/IoHD combo with my Edius laptop with decent hardware IO. Alan in PAL land FlashXDR,X
Re: Mocha for AE versus Motor
by Ross Shain on Sep 16, 2009 at 1:50:35 am
in the Imagineer Systems Forum
motor is limited to just roto (no tracking exports) but works with more applications than After Effects. If you need to deliver roto work to other systems beyond AE, motor is the more robust sfw. Otherwise, you will be running all roto work through A
Re: New Combustion versions for Mac?
by Joe Gill on Sep 15, 2009 at 11:57:59 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Do we ever get Combustion back, or does this mean we get Flare? I was just giving up on *edit, sheesh... Joe Gill
Re: Combustion RAM and importing from NLE
by mack mcdermott on Sep 15, 2009 at 9:48:00 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Thanks to Mr Craft and Mr Okey two more BA info gurus! Quick responses and timely information backed up and reiterated what Mr LaRue offered. I imagined a response at the Forum would have taken longer, therefore I sought another yet associated so
Re: Combustion RAM and importing from NLE
by mack mcdermott on Sep 15, 2009 at 8:43:30 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Ken La Rue one BA info guru! Frustrated with my questions, I went to TSP website http://www.thestreetproductions.com got the number did an ancient yet tried and true technique and made a phone call. I got the man, and he answered my questions, direc
Re: Combustion RAM and importing from NLE
by Alan Okey on Sep 15, 2009 at 8:39:50 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
The only way you can import a project from an NLE and retain all of your cut points is to use Automatic Duck. There's no other method besides manually chopping up your complete movie file using the Edit operator.
Re: Combustion RAM and importing from NLE
by Eric Craft on Sep 15, 2009 at 8:31:50 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Check the preferences and adjust the cache settings. However, combustion can only access up to 2gb on a 32bit system, and around 3.7gb using the /3gb switch or on a 64bit system. The only way I know to import the edits is to purchase the Automatic Du
Combustion RAM and importing from NLE
by mack mcdermott on Sep 15, 2009 at 7:37:21 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
A few questions regarding Combustion 4 C4 only sees half of my RAM. Can I resolve this and how? When I import an off-line or rough cut from my NLE programs, I would like C4 to see the edits. Is this possible and where in the book describes the proc
Re: DPX In & DPX Out of AE Without Modifying Header Info etc?
by Chris Wright on Sep 15, 2009 at 12:28:57 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
"With Glue Tools Cineon/DPX Pro for Final Cut Studio, you will be able to read and write Cineon or DPX digital images in one easy step. You no longer need to convert your source frames into another format using a separate program such as Shake, Combu
Re: toggle alpha hotkey?
by Jimmy Brunger on Sep 14, 2009 at 3:55:54 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Great stuff. So simple....I feel ashamed Dave. Production Premium CS4 - Mocha v1.5 - FCP 5.1.4 MacPro Quad 3GHz / ATI 1900XT / 8GB RAM / OSX 10.4.11 30" ACD / Decklink SP / SONY PVM-20M4E/ Wacom Intuos 3 A4 / XServe / United Digital RAID --------
Re: Glow/Blur transition Premiere CS4
by Jeff Brown on Sep 14, 2009 at 1:40:28 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
I think the Sapphire plugins will run in Premiere as well. I use them frequently in Combustion. A bit pricey, but worth it -- very fast, and very clean. -Jeff
Re: Feathering a garbage matte
by Eric Jurgenson on Sep 14, 2009 at 12:44:23 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
If you were familiar with After Effects, you would probably know about the softness parameter on the masks. If you aren't familiar with After Effects, it would be too complicated for me to to explain the whole process. Thus the brief answer. Unfortun
toggle alpha hotkey?
by Jimmy Brunger on Sep 14, 2009 at 12:07:05 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Does anyone know if there is a hotkey to view your alpha quickly in a comp, rather than going to alpha in the preview window drop down? ...Just been watching a tutorial where it looks like someone is doing that and would be a great timesaver when
MXO2 - Premiere CS4 support on mac?
by Jimmy Brunger on Sep 13, 2009 at 12:10:49 pm
in the Matrox Video Systems Forum
Good to see MX02 getting extra app support developed, but surely the next big integration is being able to use it with Premiere Pro CS4? I did ask about this months ago but got no reply. Any News guys? Production Premium CS4 - Mocha v1.5 - FCP 5.
Re: FCP 7 - Improved render management?
by Alan Lacey on Sep 11, 2009 at 3:35:52 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
And my beloved and long extinct Fast601 not only behaved very intelligently with render files, it did it all in the backround while you were editing away! Alan FlashXDR,XDcamHD,XDcamEX,D9 etc FCS,AE,Combustion,LiquidSilver,Vegas,Edius, G5,MBP,V
Re: Keeping Combustion running on a Mac
by Jeff Brown on Sep 11, 2009 at 3:02:21 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
AH -- I forgot it wasn't a dual-system install. I wonder if you could get a cheap "cross-grade" ?
Re: Keeping Combustion running on a Mac
by Keith Sonstegard on Sep 10, 2009 at 9:03:53 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Nice idea Jeff, but I only have the Macintosh version of Combustion 2008.
Re: Keeping Combustion running on a Mac
by Jeff Brown on Sep 10, 2009 at 2:35:15 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
[Keith Sonstegard] "older Mac that supports the Tiger OS and just trick it out and only run C* on it." If you're going that route, consider an inexpensive Windows i7 machine with XP-Pro (32-bit), and a KVM. You could even toss the Combustion short
Re: Looking for help or editor
by David Roth Weiss on Sep 9, 2009 at 7:30:15 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
I have some time on my hands Carlton and I use Combustion, which is a proper tool for this type of job. Click on my head above the forum and it will lead you to my website. David David Roth Weiss Director/Editor David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Re: Keeping Combustion running on a Mac
by Keith Sonstegard on Sep 9, 2009 at 5:53:00 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Thanks Aaron - I'm running C* 2008 on 2 x 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Mac w/ 8 GB or ram. OS 10.5.7 C* will crash 9 out of 10 times when I go to footage controls and select or change the proper field order for a clip. I've kind-of found a workaround
Re: Keeping Combustion running on a Mac
by Aaron Neitz on Sep 9, 2009 at 5:11:58 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
What version of C? I'm running v4 on OX 10.5.8 and it's fairly stable - especially with image sequences. Sure it crashes EVERYTIME you render, but just save before you do that.
Re: offset animation data
by Dave LaRonde on Sep 9, 2009 at 4:04:01 pm
in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum
[Matthew Beall] "In combustion/toxic, if I turn off animate and moved it where I want it, all of the animation and keyframes offset to the new location. Possible?" Sorry, no. AE isn't Combustion. Your Null Object technique would work, and so wou
Re: offset animation data
by Matthew Beall on Sep 9, 2009 at 3:58:37 pm
in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum
I have animated a layer. However, I want to offset this whole animation by moving the layer left or right. I can easily do this by parenting it to a NULL and moving the null. In combustion/toxic, if I turn off animate and moved it where I want it, al
Re: Toxik Lessons on Autodesk Area Website
by Kenneth La Rue on Sep 9, 2009 at 1:49:18 pm
in the Autodesk Toxik Forum
Phil, Thanks for the heads up on the files I will report this to the Area team. I did not split them up they did. Ken LaRue Autodesk Application Engineer Maya Composite / Toxik / Flame / Combustion Training DVDs : http://www.thestreetpr
Re: Shake Discontinued?
by Brad Buss on Sep 9, 2009 at 9:27:18 am
in the UG: Arizona FCP Forum
So how has your Toxik evaluation gone so far? Can anyone comment on the integration of Toxik with Maya 2009? Is it just a "send to Shake" type of integration, or is there further integration between the programs; like how Combustion reads the multi
Keeping Combustion running on a Mac
by Keith Sonstegard on Sep 8, 2009 at 8:58:16 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
I use Combustion on every edit I work on. The crashes are killing me. I've looked/worked with AE and Motion and they just can't compare to C*. Nuke is good but doesn't have audio support. Is a dual-boot Mac with Tiger (for C*) and leopard (for Avi
Re: Creating a Script for Handheld feel?
by Mark Suszko on Sep 8, 2009 at 8:33:56 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
In AE they wrould write an expression for this, with the wiggler, I think. For Combustion, I dunno. What some other guys did that I read about was to actually hand-shoot a black mark on a white wall from across the room with any old DV camera and the
Creating a Script for Handheld feel?
by matthew chapman on Sep 8, 2009 at 4:13:50 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
Hello- How would i go about creating a script for a hand held camera shake on Combustion 4? has anyone already made one? is there a good place for sharing scripts and capsules? thanks matt
Should I upgrade
by Alan Lacey on Sep 8, 2009 at 12:46:46 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I've not been a big user of AE over the years but since I've started editing with Edius I find myself using it again more and more. I've currently got AE5.5BP and it's working a treat on the Vista64 Edius box. The question is whether it's worth
Re: ProRes 4444 alpha breaks w/ cc
by Rafael Amador on Sep 6, 2009 at 3:18:15 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
In applications like AE, Shake and Combustion you need to "de-multiply" any Premultiplied Alpha before applying any Color Correction filter. If not the CC will affect the Alpha channel as well. De-multiplying the CC will only affect to the YCbCr/RGB
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