Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.68] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4922565 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:07:46 +0100 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=mindspring.com; b=ticVtERlavDpCboUrYhUk115qSZDTiQbiB54ne/bj9R8LxdqkXMyPK5W/nvhm0zB; h=Received:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:References:To:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [98.234.231.236] (helo=[10.0.1.2]) by elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1TiWBF-00006d-OC for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:11:53 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Subject: Re: [AE] Red Giant Sale Preset Recommendations for AE? From: Lou Wirth In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:12:26 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-ELNK-Trace: f7c94f4255116fd8d4c20f6b8d69d88868e0cd313c0eb97e26ae909ff9684d2f7a4a53c2b7f2ac65350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 98.234.231.236 Agree with Jim. I have the Cassidy text fx as well and I do = occasionally go to them but they are only main titles and "big" titles = at that. Trailer stuff. Sometimes a bit over the top but still nice. = Would be nice to have presets or templates for nice "info text" = projects. Lou On Dec 11, 2012, at 12:00 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: >=20 > On Dec 11, 2012, at 1:15 PM, Robert Houghton wrote: >=20 >> Since Red Giant seems to have skimped on describing some of their = guru presets, are there any that folks have found to be irreplaceable? = I'm trying to figure out if I should buy one or two in addition to = upgrading to Trapcode 12 >=20 > I agree the descriptions and even the example movies are paltry, and = don't show examples for all the presets in the packages. >=20 > That didn't stop me from buying the two Cassidy Bisher Text Effects = today. What I've learned so far is that most of them take a long long = long time to render (on my 8x3GHz MacPro), and thusly, won't make their = way into too many of my corporate projects with a lot of text (which is = how I was hoping to employ them). They're more likely to be used for = main titles only, or as inspiration generators for alternative = treatments, and as tutorials on other people's methods and ideas. >=20 > I would appreciate it if Red Giant rendered out a small movie of each = of the presets. >=20 > And I think the sale price is the right price for some of these = packages. I likely would never have bought them at retail prices. But, = that's me. >=20 > Jim >=20 >=20 > . >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to Lou Wirth Productions 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522 Corte Madera, CA 94925 www.louwirth.com 415-924-9411p =20