Return-Path: Received: from omr8.networksolutionsemail.com ([205.178.146.58] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4653589 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:55:51 +0100 Received: from cm-omr14 (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by omr8.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q2DA2uI2002244 for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:02:56 -0400 Authentication-Results: cm-omr14 smtp.user=chris@chriszwar.com; auth=pass (LOGIN) X-Authenticated-UID: chris@chriszwar.com Received: from [58.104.23.2] ([58.104.23.2:51118] helo=[10.1.1.5]) by cm-omr14 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.41 r(31179/31189)) with ESMTPA id 86/A3-25595-F4B1F5F4; Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:02:56 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: [AE] Driving me nuts From: Chris Zwar In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:02:53 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <957D65A4-8E1A-42CD-AEB5-B2740591C0FE@chriszwar.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Ahhh thanks very much for this. I just figured out that there are two different ways to select a custom = time span: If you select 'custom' from the pull-down menu on the left (where it = says 'time span') then it defaults the custom area to 0 and the length = of the comp. This is the way I've always done it, it's become habit. = And this is what has annoyed me by no longer using the work area as = defaults. But I have only just noticed that there's also a 'custom' button on the = right side of the render settings box, next to the three lines of text = listing the start, end and duration times. If you click on this button = then the work area is copied into the custom field. I never noticed that right-side button until tonight! At least I can = stop complaining about the whole work-area thing now... I guess you can = teach an old dog new tricks... -Chris On 13/03/2012, at 7:31 PM, Eric James Wood wrote: > Chris, > Seems odd. I am on cs5 on mac, and i just tested and custom is set to = the work area, clicking it, has it stick to that range of frames. The = only way i can get it to start at 0 and range thru to the end is if i = add it to the que when the work area is set to the whole comp. >=20 > Maybe you changed a pref for something else and it effected that? Not = sure. >=20 > On 2012.Mar.13, at 8.54, Chris Zwar wrote: >=20 >> FWIW this process has been made more tedious by the way that = selecting 'custom' in the render settings doesn't set the default values = to the work area. It used to, I think it changed with CS 5. >>=20 >> I have previously requested that Adobe revert back to the way it used = to work, so that you could set a work area, add to render queue, then = change 'work area' to 'custom' in the render settings dialogue and the = work area in and out values would be copied across. Then you could = change the work area, add to render queue, change it to 'custom' and = continue on. I'm still using CS 5, and when you select 'custom' it = defaults to in and out points of 0 and the comp length respectively. >>=20 >> Has this been fixed with CS 5.5? If not, then it's something I will = request again. I know that CS 5 was a major upgrade, but it's little = changes like that that can really impact on your daily workflow. >=20 > --=20 > > Helium14 | www.helium14.com > Design | Motion + Graphic > www.helium14.com >=20 > 'the next best thing to knowing something, is knowing where to find = it' >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to >=20