Return-Path: Received: from nk11p00mm-asmtp005.mac.com ([17.158.161.4] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5210336 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:31:59 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.68] (99-152-153-100.lightspeed.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [99.152.153.100]) by nk11p00mm-asmtp005.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.08(7.0.4.27.7) 64bit (built Aug 22 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0MT200N48UQR1H10@nk11p00mm-asmtp005.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:44:52 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-09-13_08:2013-09-13,2013-09-13,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1308280000 definitions=main-1309130096 From: Jim Curtis Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_798C0EFD-83BB-4E82-B18B-A5E5AADF6E78" Message-id: <52EDA354-AABB-4DA3-B415-D15EF567DA70@me.com> MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Illustrator files with embedded images are jittering Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:44:51 -0500 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) --Apple-Mail=_798C0EFD-83BB-4E82-B18B-A5E5AADF6E78 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Byron, I agree the description of the toggle is lacking. I guess I've = been on the list longer than you, but I learned many years ago, thanks = to Trish Meyer, who was a constant presence at the time and Ae mentor to = many, that any time you encountered strange behavior from a vector file, = to try toggling that button first. Thanks for endorsing my feature request. Here's another tip from a long time Ae user: If Ae starts acting = strangely or not as you've come to expect, if a relaunch doesn't fix it, = trash the preferences. (This advice goes for most applications; not = just Ae. Pr is notorious for corrupting its own prefs.) It's a good plan to keep a "good" set of prefs on hand just in case. = Locate them, zip them up, and you're ready to refresh with a clean set = at the first sign of trouble. I suppose you could use the Cloud for that, but this works for every = prior version, too. Cheers, Jim On Sep 13, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Byron Nash wrote: > Jim, I don't know that a whole lot needs to be done other than just = being more descriptive or moving that button to somewhere else. My point = was that even as a long time power user, I was not about to find that on = my own.=20 >=20 > +1 on your Precomp feature request.=20 >=20 >=20 > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: > I don't find it that inconvenient. I rarely need to use it, and once = you've discovered it, you know where it is for next time. >=20 > I'd rather the Adobe engineers spent their time figuring out how to = have Precomps have a twirl down to see its contents=85 my number one = feature request I've been wanting for years. >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Sep 13, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Todd Kopriva wrote: >=20 >> I=92ll see what we can do to improve this. >> =20 >> =20 >> From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On = Behalf Of Byron Nash >> =20 >> That setting should be somewhere more obvious. Also it should say = more info than just gradients. This was an issue with placed files so I = would not have guessed to check it had I found it.=20 >> =20 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_798C0EFD-83BB-4E82-B18B-A5E5AADF6E78 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252

I suppose you could use the Cloud for = that, but this works for every prior version, = too.

Cheers,

Jim

On Sep 13, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Byron Nash <byronnash@gmail.com> = wrote:

Jim, I don't know that a whole lot needs = to be done other than just being more descriptive or moving that button = to somewhere else. My point was that even as a long time power user, I = was not about to find that on my own.

+1 on your Precomp feature request.

On Fri, Sep 13, = 2013 at 1:09 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:

I don't find it that inconvenient. = I rarely need to use it, and once you've discovered it, you know = where it is for next time.

I'd rather the Adobe engineers spent their time figuring = out how to have Precomps have a twirl down to see its contents=85 my = number one feature request I've been wanting for years.

On Sep 13, 2013, at = 11:34 AM, Todd Kopriva <kopriva@adobe.com> wrote:

I=92ll see what we can do to improve this.

From: = After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On = Behalf Of Byron Nash

That setting should be somewhere more obvious. Also it should say more = info than just gradients. This was an issue with placed files so I would = not have guessed to check it had I found = it.

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