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Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 15:53:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Curtis Nichols <curtisnpcs@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: Curtis Nichols <curtisnpcs@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Watch Folder
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The fine manual says=C2=A0 "After Effects can=E2=80=99t copy source files t=
hat are larger=0Athan 2 GB using the Collect Files command: you must copy t=
hem manually=0Ato the (Footage) folder in the Collect Files folder."=0AThis=
 doesn't seem to be true for 5.5 because it has Collected a 6GB file to my =
watch folder.=C2=A0 But would the 6Gb file cause a problem=C2=A0 for Watch =
folder or Render Engine operations?=0A=0AI collected my project to a networ=
k folder. Set a #2 machine using RE to watch it. It picked up the job and s=
tarted rendering. On the #1 machine that I created the project on, staying =
AE, I set the Watch folder and it started rendering. Good. Machines #1 and =
#2 working for me.=0AI then spent some time setting up a third machine. Ins=
talled Trial version of AE from my Master Collection installer. Installed Q=
T, Avid codecs, Sapphire trial license, ISIS client.=C2=A0 Connected to the=
 network drive, it sees all of the files. When I set up the watch folder in=
 RE, it sees the files, runs through the files already created by the other=
 machines, and then goes back to searching. no rendering.=0AI went back to =
#1 machine and stopped it rendering so I could check some things. #2 machin=
e is still rendering in RE.=C2=A0 But now I can't get #1 machine to pick up=
 the Watch render again. It's acting like machine #3 using either AE or RE.=
=0A=0A=0AAny ideas on what I've done wrong to not have two machines jump in=
to the render?=C2=A0 All three machines are Win7.=0A=C2=A0=0ACurtis Nichols=
=0ASenior Editor=0APCS Production Co.=0AIrving, Tx.=0A------------------
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<html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti=
mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt">The fine manual says&=
nbsp; "<span class=3D"notetitle"> </span>After Effects can=E2=80=99t copy s=
ource files that are larger=0Athan 2 GB using the Collect Files command: yo=
u must copy them manually=0Ato the (Footage) folder in the Collect Files fo=
lder."<br>This doesn't seem to be true for 5.5 because it has Collected a 6=
GB file to my watch folder.&nbsp; But would the 6Gb file cause a problem&nb=
sp; for Watch folder or Render Engine operations?<br><br>I collected my pro=
ject to a network folder. Set a #2 machine using RE to watch it. It picked =
up the job and started rendering. On the #1 machine that I created the proj=
ect on, staying AE, I set the Watch folder and it started rendering. Good. =
Machines #1 and #2 working for me.<br>I then spent some time setting up a t=
hird machine. Installed Trial version of AE from my Master Collection insta=
ller. Installed QT, Avid codecs, Sapphire trial license, ISIS client.&nbsp;=
 Connected to the network drive, it sees all of the files. When I set up th=
e watch folder in RE, it sees the files, runs through the files already cre=
ated by the other machines, and then goes back to searching. no rendering.<=
br>I went back to #1
 machine and stopped it rendering so I could check some things. #2 machine =
is still rendering in RE.&nbsp; But now I can't get #1 machine to pick up t=
he Watch render again. It's acting like machine #3 using either AE or RE. <=
br><div><span><br></span></div><div>Any ideas on what I've done wrong to no=
t have two machines jump into the render?&nbsp; All three machines are Win7=
.<br>&nbsp;</div><div>Curtis Nichols<br>Senior Editor<br>PCS Production Co.=
<br>Irving, Tx.<br>------------------</div></div></body></html>
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