Return-Path: Received: from mail-tul01m020-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4617050 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:11:19 +0100 Received: by obbta7 with SMTP id ta7so6626073obb.28 for ; Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:17:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=WtcCmv1Hfxi68X7SQXcjFRkHcUyz8kc4Js++v4jMxf8=; b=m8RxLjV23C+9/rXYyqTFdZH996H+JvZcgnA48qZgK6ZEJRaTTVL71KRaoFQMo6PXGF AXOQWvzNmqutNrcABmit+/tfBxmYho8qGS6BoXpTMDjKOhu5q41a0v1maGepU3vAIcn0 0N8c63yM4o45CvKTWLercbJCH3FmwlJbPyUyk= Received: by 10.182.169.4 with SMTP id aa4mr9794715obc.62.1328473036135; Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:17:16 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.149.99 with HTTP; Sun, 5 Feb 2012 12:16:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: jayse Hansen Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 12:16:56 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_=5BAE=5D_AE_=96_Render_while_you_work?= To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8f642daa699cb904b83d3b24 --e89a8f642daa699cb904b83d3b24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Been using Nucleo for quite a while - now on BG renderer - but this tip sounds cool for other things - I didn't know you could work on two different project files at the same time. Actually might come in handy. Now... if you could copy paste between them... ha. That would be miraculous. // jayse On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: > Hey Robert, I don't want to embarrass you, but that's been possible on > Macs ever since OSX came out. As other's have pointed out, Lloyd's > Background Render script, and AME are even more elegant solutions at this > point in time for Ae. > > But, it may interest you to know that your core idea still has value. > When I transcode DSLR footage to ProRes, I use a duplicated instance of > MPEG Streamclip. Both instances are set to use 4 processes, and when I = do > batch transcodes, this will max out all 8 cores of my MacPro, making the > overall process go much faster. > > And hey, keep the tips coming. I've picked up so many great ones from > this list. Actually, I got your tip about five years ago on this very > list, and used to employ it regularly, until Nucleo Pro, and then the > Background Render script replaced it. > > > > On Feb 4, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Red Truck wrote: > > > Just wanted share this nifty After Effects/Mac trick I picked up this > week. > > > > Want to keep working in AE while waiting for a render to complete? > > I was watching another editor versioning titles for a promo with AE on = a > MacPro. He set one version of titles to render then launched a SECOND > application of AE on the same machine and proceeded to work on the next s= et > of titles while the first set was rendering. He continued to bounce > between the two AE applications as each set of renders completed. > > > > The trick? He had simply DUPLICATED the AE program in the Applications > folder. With two separate short cuts in the dock linked to each copy of A= E, > he was able to run two versions of the same AE at the same time. The only > complaint the Mac had with the second launch was that =93the Application = had > moved=94. Ignore this warning and you're good to go. Who knew? Maybe you = did > but it was a wow moment for me. > > > > Robert Alsop@ > > Red Truck > > Toronto CA > > Video To Go! > > > > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --e89a8f642daa699cb904b83d3b24 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Been using Nucleo for quite a while - now on BG renderer - but this tip sou= nds cool for other things - I didn't know you could work on two differe= nt project files at the same time. Actually might come in handy. Now... if = you could copy paste between them... ha. That would be miraculous.=A0

// jayse




On Sun, Feb 5, 2= 012 at 9:44 AM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:
Hey Robert, I don't want to embarrass you, but that's been possible= on Macs ever since OSX came out. =A0As other's have pointed out, Lloyd= 's Background Render script, and AME are even more elegant solutions at= this point in time for Ae.

But, it may interest you to know that your core idea still =A0has value. = =A0When I transcode DSLR footage to ProRes, I use a duplicated instance of = MPEG Streamclip. =A0Both instances are set to =A0use 4 processes, and when = I do batch transcodes, this will max out all 8 cores of my MacPro, making t= he overall process go much faster.

And hey, keep the tips coming. =A0I've picked up so many great ones fro= m this list. =A0Actually, I got your tip about five years ago on this very = list, and used to employ it regularly, until Nucleo Pro, and then the Backg= round Render script replaced it.



On Feb 4, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Red Truck wrote:

> Just wanted share this nifty After Effects/Mac trick I picked up this = week.
>
> Want to keep working in AE while waiting for a render to complete?
> I was watching another editor versioning titles for a promo with AE on= a MacPro. He set one version of titles to render then launched a SECOND ap= plication of AE on the same machine and proceeded to work on the next set o= f titles while the first set was rendering. =A0He continued to bounce betwe= en the two AE applications as each set of renders completed.
>
> The trick? =A0He had simply DUPLICATED the AE program in the Applicati= ons folder. With two separate short cuts in the dock linked to each copy of= AE, he was able to run two versions of the same AE at the same time. The o= nly complaint the Mac had with the second launch was that =93the Applicatio= n had moved=94. Ignore this warning and you're good to go. Who knew? Ma= ybe you did but it was a wow moment for me.
>
> Robert Alsop@
> Red Truck
> Toronto CA
> Video To Go!
>
>


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