| | | | CS6 Performance Impressive!
by Brian Charles on Jun 6, 2012 at 12:05:02 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I've just rendered a file in CS6, wow. CS5.5 rendered in 4 hrs 20 min, CS 6 rendered in 40 min 29 sec. Holy Shxt!
I suspect Steve Forde (formerly GridIron Software) had something to do with this. As a former Nucleo Pro user I'm really impressed w | | | | |
| | | | Re: What plug-ins are in question for CS5?
by Todd Kopriva on Apr 12, 2010 at 1:26:15 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
If you have any concerns about specific plug-ins, let both the plug-in maker and Michael Coleman (After Effects product manager) know. We've been working very closely with plug-in developers to make this transition go as smoothly as possible.
Ther | | | | |
| | | | What plug-ins are in question for CS5?
by Ken Latman on Apr 12, 2010 at 1:06:30 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
This CS5 suite announcement is a little mind boggling.
I'm making a list and trying to keep track of which plug-ins we are using and may or may not need to be upgraded and their current cost to upgrade.
This is what I have for AE so far:
Zaxwerk | | | | |
| | | | Re: AE use of RAM
by Walter Soyka on Oct 15, 2008 at 10:40:54 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
As long as it's Windows XP Pro 64-bit Edition, yes, it works the same way. Sorry, but I'm not sure about any differences between XP 64-bit and Vista 64-bit.
After Effects CS4 was just released, and it's 32-bit, so I'd imagine it'll be quite a while | | | | |
| | | | Re: Video card to speed rendering?
by Topher Welsh on Jul 22, 2008 at 3:38:32 am
in the Zaxwerks Forum
Its a plugin made by GridIron Software... check it out... http://www.gridironsoftware.com/Topher Welsh
Head Editor & Motion Graphics
Emerald Downs Horse Racing
Television Department | | | | |
| | | | Re: STEVE FORDE? Can you help!?
by Chris Cooke on May 7, 2008 at 2:22:16 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
See http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/235/91 for suggestions (in the Creative Cow: Gridiron Software forum)
Chris
GridIron Software - Verification and Customer Support
Check our Frequently Asked Questions (http://www.gridironsoftware.com/pg/Nu | | | | |
| | | | Re: Speed up Render times and efficiency
by Steve Forde on Apr 24, 2008 at 2:59:30 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I don't usually post in threads like this - would rather you folks talk about the product without our interference, for better or worse. (for objectivity etc).
---forgive the shameless plug---
Just wanted to pass along - IF there is interest in pur | | | | |
| | | | MediaMotion Ball @ NAB
by Steve Griffiths on Mar 24, 2008 at 5:20:15 am
in the NAB Expo Forum
Just a quick note to announce the MediaMotion Ball is on again at NAB.
Monday evening April 14th at the Sahara Hotel from 6pm.
A great night for all with a sit down dinner included with the ticket price... oh and lot's of prizes.
So far we'll have | | | | |
| | | | Move Groups of Files With Terminal?
by Dan Wharmby on Jan 23, 2008 at 10:28:23 pm
in the Apple OS X Forum
Hey All,
So I saw Gridiron Software's Flow last week at Macworld. Can't wait for it to hit public beta. It got me thinking about workflow. I'm pretty good about using a consistent name convention, and trying to manually manage thousands of assets | | | | |
| | | | Gary Adcock's MacWorld 2008 Wrap-up
by Gary Adcock on Jan 22, 2008 at 12:00:00 am
in the Forum
Creative COW Community leader Gary Adcock was one of many COWs at MacWorld. He shares his impressions with us, including one product that will be shaping things for a long time to come. And because it's MacWorld, something cool for your iPod and iPho | | | | |
| | | | News: GridIron Introduces Flow
by Cow News Droid on Jan 15, 2008 at 4:53:15 pm
in the NEWS: Product News Releases Forum
Revolutionary Workflow Maps Simplify Creative Pro Design Process
(San Francisco, California--January 15, 2008) GridIron® Software today announced GridIron Flow™, new digital content management software for creative professionals working on grap | | | | |
| | | | OT - GridIron New Product Announcement Party
by Steve Forde on Jan 9, 2008 at 6:05:05 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Wanted to extend an invite (as in - free beer!) to an announcement party we are hosting at the start of Macworld in San Francisco, on Monday the 14th between 6-9pm PST.
Here's the details...
http://www.gridironsoftware.com/Default.asp?Page=macworld | | | | |
| | | | Re: RAM NEEDED?
by jimmy bee on Jan 9, 2008 at 2:37:22 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Gridiron Software (makers of Nucleo Pro) have aloads of tutorial/info movies on their site...*Production Studio Premium CS2 / *Combustion 3 / Mocha v1
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Win XP Pro SP2 / Intel P4 3GHz / 2GB RAM / GeForce FX5200 / | | | | |
| | | | Re: Nucleo - Fast Preview or Spec Preview?
by Steve Forde on Dec 13, 2007 at 2:25:12 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Yes - both methods use all CPU's. Fast Preview was a feature of Nucleo standard that we kept in Nucleo Pro as many users were comfortable with it. Spec Preview works in the background using all CPU to create the green RAM cache line in AE while you | | | | |
| | | | Re: FAO Steve Forde - RAM?
by Steve Forde on Dec 11, 2007 at 2:57:47 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
The missing RAM IS the PCI-Blackhole. You should be able to view how much RAM the BIOS is reserving. This creates the effect of Win XP 32 not seeing the blackhole (as the motherboard takes it away from the OS to reserve for itself).
Therefore - if | | | | |
| | | | Re: Nucleo Pro Render Problem
by Chris Cooke on Nov 21, 2007 at 5:03:34 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Are there any other effects on that layer that affect contrast or lighting?
What release of After Effects, ProAnimator and operating system are you using?
Try sending a support package to our email: support@gridironsoftware.com and include a copy o | | | | |
| | | | Nucleo Pro 2 on sale for 25% off
by Ben Piercey on Nov 15, 2007 at 1:51:44 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Apologies for the shameless product plug, I just wanted to let people know that Nucleo Pro 2 is on sale for 25% off (which works out to be about $100 cheaper).
Sales ends are 11:59pm EST today.
You can hit the store directly here: http://www.gridir | | | | |
| | | | Re: new Mac, which is best?
by Todd at UCSB on Oct 5, 2007 at 4:02:38 pm
in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum
FWIW,
If AE will be the bulk of your business, you'll really want to look at GridIron Software Nucleo Pro.
http://www.gridironsoftware.com/NucleoPro/
It can really increase performance, but requires 2 or 4 gigs of RAM per core? Something to keep in | | | | |
| | | | Re: ADDING RAM AND SPEED TO AFTER
by moldyboot on Aug 29, 2007 at 1:25:23 pm
in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum
if you want all 4 processors to work all the time for rendering and previews you will need version cs3 or nucleo pro (from gridiron software). if you have either of these, then you will also need additional ram to feed the processors... the recommen | | | | |
| | | | Re: AE CS3 for Mac Very Long Time to Quit
by Steve Forde on Aug 29, 2007 at 12:22:48 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
There are differences in how multiprocessing native in AE CS3 works and NP2. The real short version is - we had to spend a year working on this issue (amongst others).
Both technologies use multiple instances of AE to render single frames, and then | | | | |
| | | | Re: NUCLEO + RAM + PCI Express and 32-bit WINDOWS
by Steve Forde on Aug 21, 2007 at 2:17:31 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
The black hole is irrespective of Intel or AMD. It has to do with motherboard configuration etc. As an example- we have not seen this issue on the 8 core Mac Pro - as it uses a different motherboard than say the Tyan MB for an AMD system.
In 32 bi | | | | |
| | | | Re: CS3 Multiprocessor rendering problems
by Ben Piercey on Aug 9, 2007 at 7:15:20 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Are you asking in the context of AE CS3 Multiprocessing or NP2? If it's CS3 then I'm afraid any response I give would be mostly speculation. It's probably best that someone from Adobe address these concerns.
That said, I'm not aware of any egregious | | | | |
| | | | Re: Light Factory 2.5 and Nucleo Pro 2 crashes
by Steve Forde on Aug 1, 2007 at 10:24:11 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Unfortunately its a known issue with Light Factory. Double unfortunately, its a problem with Light Factory. The good folks at Red Giant Software are aware of the problem, and assure a patch is forthcoming.
Steve
GridIron Software Inc. | | | | |
| | | | Re: Nucleo Pro 2 Question
by Steve Forde on Aug 1, 2007 at 10:22:22 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Honestly - I would disable the /3GB switch. Its a technology meant for a different Windows variant.
The key is - you only have max of 4GB available to Win XP Pro - Period. Nucleo Pro 2 will eat up all 4GB, and the more distributed the better.
Fro | | | | |
| | | | Re: Crashing on Renders CS3 and AE7
by Ben Piercey on Jul 31, 2007 at 12:41:39 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
If you are not using multi-processing (either from Nucleo or AE CS3), I'd suggest that you tweak your memory prefs in AE.
The default setting for image caches is 60% of physical RAM. It sometimes happens that your renders hit a point in the comp whe | | | | |
| | | | News: GridIron Nucleo Pro 2 Now Shipping
by Cow News Droid on Jul 30, 2007 at 5:27:17 pm
in the NEWS: Product News Releases Forum
(Ottawa, ON, Canada July 30, 2007)GridIron® Software today announced the availability of NucleoR Pro 2, an upgrade to the productivity enhancement tool that optimizes the workflow for visual effects artists using Adobe® After Effects®.
With work | | | | |
| | | | Re: Nucleo Pro 2 is now available
by Ben Piercey on Jul 30, 2007 at 4:39:58 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
True, CS3 can give you improved performance for previews/renders, it does not allow you to do background or speculative previews/renders.
Having peaked processors is nice, but being able to go back to work while you're rendering, that's where the re | | | | |
| | | | Nucleo Pro 2 is now available
by Ben Piercey on Jul 26, 2007 at 6:30:24 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Just wanted to let everyone know that Nucleo Pro 2 is now shipping.
NP2 supports both AE CS3 and 7, and has some great new workflow features. Check out the details at http://www.gridironsoftware.com/NucleoPro2
Cheers,
Ben Piercey
GridIron Software | | | | |
| | | | Re: Script to Load frames into RAM
by RoRK on Jul 7, 2007 at 3:33:42 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Expressions Forum
Hi Filip
I checked with Steve Forde from Gridiron Software and he said to do the same thing with regards to NucleoPro2.
It would be nice for realtime playback for a single layer for roto purposes. Commotion had it about 7 years ago. Let's hope it | | | | |
| | | | Re: One more for Steve Forde et al....
by Steve Forde on Jul 6, 2007 at 1:54:09 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
[jimmybee500] "Sounds like it's either or..right?"
Since its the same technology - there is really no speed difference. They are both implemented a little differently, but the moral of the story is the same. Therefore with NP2 you have the same ca | | | | |
| | | | Re: One more for Steve Forde et al....
by Steve Forde on Jul 5, 2007 at 9:34:42 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Whether you choose between Nucleo Pro 2 or AE CS3's multiprocessing is entirely up to you but just to clarify....
[beenyweenies] "To my knowledge, it does the exact same thing as Nucleo minus the cool spec preview features."
You are indeed correct. | | | | |
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In this podcast, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz explores GridIron Software's Nucleo Pro, a new plug-in that speeds up AE renders and previews and helps users improve their workflow. | | | | |
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