Return-Path: Received: from imr-db02.mx.aol.com ([205.188.91.96] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4760985 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 30 Jun 2012 02:49:37 +0200 Received: from mtaomg-da02.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaomg-da02.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.51.138]) by imr-db02.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q5U0qljB022981 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:52:47 -0400 Received: from core-mrd005c.r1000.mail.aol.com (core-mrd005.r1000.mail.aol.com [172.29.185.145]) by mtaomg-da02.r1000.mx.aol.com (OMAG/Core Interface) with ESMTP id 553C1E000087 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:52:47 -0400 (EDT) References: To: AE-List@media-motion.tv Subject: Re: [AE] opening old AE file In-Reply-To: X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: simhoff@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CF2471CCE4AE8D_1998_E8C0E_webmail-m053.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 36515-STANDARD Received: from 98.14.128.89 by webmail-m053.sysops.aol.com (64.12.140.163) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:52:46 -0400 Message-Id: <8CF2471CCD404C3-1998-4117F@webmail-m053.sysops.aol.com> X-Originating-IP: [98.14.128.89] Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:52:47 -0400 (EDT) x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20110426; t=1341017567; bh=IKlJK0iUNg56zvilKjcJZAnBWcQAhYbmGaEgEF7Xe/k=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ryl0jyDmOndUVK8lODqEhlFpy8B+r+ZiR2CChn+nFvtNP5CJ17EjFCZJq0emI3dY/ cz57a/shNg3NLeZLH4FXGaryFSHBhE9gDSSIqb9Svp0U1eq7FIm7Z8DtfyHB7xF1V4 dpBqJOHpC7EWe5rgdnNn2KsPwD+iSIPSlYikkWzU= X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 1:2:495512736:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 1 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d338a4fee4ddf2d97 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ----------MB_8CF2471CCE4AE8D_1998_E8C0E_webmail-m053.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Very true!=20 It is good to know how to get to an old project though. This one was fascin= ating in it's simplicity. In the old render outputs it said that the movie = took 21 minutes to render. When I rendered it out now it took 30 seconds! -----Original Message----- From: Greg Balint To: After Effects Mail List Sent: Fri, Jun 29, 2012 8:09 pm Subject: Re: [AE] opening old AE file =20 Honestly, I don't know if I'd go through all the effort for an anim= ation done so long ago. Does the client pay you for backups of that age? = =20 Personally I would tell the client it was done in an older version of the s= oftware that is no longer available and that remaking the animation would b= e a better choice to update it with today's design style / tech availabilit= y. What took you possibly many hours in 97 may take only one or two with t= he tech and skills you have now. Plus they'll have an HD version.=20 You also get paid to do new work instead of rehashing for cheap or free.=20 =20 --=20 Greg Balint Sent with Sparrow =20 On Friday, June 29, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Tim Sassoon wrote: =20 =20 Be nice if Adobe had a web-based project migrator. Tim On Jun 29, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Chris Meyer wrote: In addition to keeping as many versions of After Effects on one computer as= possible, this is why we've also archived some old laptops "frozen in time= " with older versions of After Effects and the OS, including old plug-ins. = We recently had to re-render an old project for YouTube; we took the opport= unity to clean up some issues that we now know the workarounds for but whic= h we hadn't figured out back then. - Chris On Jun 29, 2012, at 4:46 PM, Todd Kopriva wrote: After Effects 7 should be able to import that. -----Original Message----- From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of simhoff@aol.com Sent: 29June2012 15:41 To: After Effects Mail List Subject: [AE] opening old AE file I've been asked to make some changes on an animation done in MacAE version 3 in 1997! Yikes!!! Anyone know what the last version of After Effects was that would open an old file like that and would the file open at all on an Intel Mac? thanks, Sandy +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 ----------MB_8CF2471CCE4AE8D_1998_E8C0E_webmail-m053.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Very true! 

It is good to know how to = get to an old project though. This one was fascinating in it's simplicity. = In the old render outputs it said that the movie took 21 minutes to render.= When I rendered it out now it took 30 seconds!


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Honestly, I don't know if I'd go through all the effort for an anim= ation done so long ago.  Does the client pay you for backups of that a= ge?

Personally I would tell the client it was done in= an older version of the software that is no longer available and that rema= king the animation would be a better choice to update it with today's desig= n style / tech availability.  What took you possibly many hours in 97 = may take only one or two with the tech and skills you have now. Plus they'l= l have an HD version. 

You also get paid to do new work instead of rehas= hing for cheap or free. 
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Greg Balint
Sent with Sparrow

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On Friday, June 29, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Tim Sas= soon wrote:
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Be nice if Adobe had a web-based project migrator.

Tim


On Jun 29, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Chris Meyer wrote:

In addition to keeping as many versions of After Effects on one comput= er as possible, this is why we've also archived some old laptops "frozen in= time" with older versions of After Effects and the OS, including old plug-= ins. We recently had to re-render an old project for YouTube; we took the o= pportunity to clean up some issues that we now know the workarounds for but= which we hadn't figured out back then.

- Chris


On Jun 29, 2012, at 4:46 PM, Todd Kopriva wrote:

After Effects 7 should be able to import that.

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I've been asked to make some changes on an animation done in MacAE
version 3 in 1997! Yikes!!!


Anyone know what the last version of After Effects was that would open=
an old file like that and would the file open at all on an Intel Mac?<= /div>


thanks,
Sandy


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