Return-Path: Received: from st11p02mm-asmtp001.mac.com ([17.172.220.236] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5266246 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 27 Oct 2013 19:23:16 +0100 Received: from [10.0.0.18] (c-66-56-28-191.hsd1.ga.comcast.net [66.56.28.191]) by st11p02mm-asmtp001.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.08(7.0.4.27.7) 64bit (built Aug 22 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0MVC00DG2B4SCU60@st11p02mm-asmtp001.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:24:31 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-10-27_02:2013-10-26,2013-10-27,1970-01-01 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-1310270160 From: Daniel Monro Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_C5C2319A-5088-42C4-AC57-B6B232C75148" Message-id: <0D0ECC4F-28A3-4C6A-9928-0F6A351A2587@mac.com> MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Thunderbolt display and mini Display Port Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 14:24:33 -0400 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_C5C2319A-5088-42C4-AC57-B6B232C75148 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hey Chris, Just spent an hour and a half in a thunderbolt seminar with Gary Adcock = (at the SE Creative Summit). Very good seminar. If anybody can tell you how to work around it, its Gary. Do you know = him? Or are you familiar with him from the Cow forums? I know he's a = moderator over there. I don't have an e-mail for him, but I bet you can = contact him. Incidentally, the other seminar this morning was with Carey Dissmore. = Again, great way to spend 90 minutes. Very informative and enlightening. Good luck, D On FridayOct 252013, at 6:09 PM, Chris Meyer = wrote: > Need the collective wisdom of actual users (as opposed to Apple Store = employees or trolls on other forums): >=20 > Based on the explicit advice of an Apple Store employee, I bought an = Apple Thunderbolt display with the intention of using it temporarily on = the mini Display Port output of the video card in a current-gen Mac Pro, = with the idea of migrating it to a true Thunderboth-equipped laptop or = Mac Pro later. Because Apple says you can. (Even if you can't plug a mDP = display into the TB jack on the TB display - yes, I know that; that's = not what I'm doing here.) >=20 > I've tried it with both the mini Display Port connectors on an ATI/AMD = Radeon HD 5870, and the Display Port connector on an NVIDIA Quadro 4000 = (through a MDP to DP adaptor), and neither work. The Mac - through = remote screen sharing - says no monitor is connected. >=20 > The monitor itself works fine when plugged into a genuine Thunderbolt = connector on one of our laptops. >=20 > Is there a magic spell to get this to work? Do I need to sacrifice a = chicken or something? Or was I lied to? >=20 > thanks on advance for any enlightenment - > Chris >=20 > ________________________________________________ > Chris Meyer | Crish Design > http://www.crishdesign.com >=20 >=20 > On Oct 25, 2013, at 1:50 PM, Greg Balint = wrote: >=20 >> Anyone around running a copy of AE CS6 have a moment to help me? >>=20 >> I've got an animator who took over a project of mine for a client, = and he's only running on AE 5.5 and I'm on CC. I provided CC and CS6 = versions of the project, but he can't open either..=20 >>=20 >> Would need conversion to 5.5 if possible. >>=20 >> message me off-list if you can help and I'll provide a link to the = file in question.. just need it opened, saved down to 5.5 and closed, no = worries about assets being missing, etc. >>=20 >> Thanks, >>=20 >> --=20 >> ///Greg Balint >> //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer >> /321.514.4839 >> delRAZOR.com/=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_C5C2319A-5088-42C4-AC57-B6B232C75148 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Hey = Chris,

Just spent an hour and a half in a thunderbolt = seminar with Gary Adcock (at the SE Creative Summit). Very good = seminar.

If anybody can tell you how to work = around it, its Gary. Do you know him? Or are you familiar with him from = the Cow forums? I know he's a moderator over there. I don't have an = e-mail for him, but I bet you can contact = him.

Incidentally, the other seminar this = morning was with Carey Dissmore. Again, great way to spend 90 minutes. = Very informative and enlightening.

Good = luck,
D


On FridayOct = 252013, at 6:09 PM, Chris Meyer <chris@crishdesign.com> = wrote:

Need = the collective wisdom of actual users (as opposed to Apple Store = employees or trolls on other forums):

Based on the = explicit advice of an Apple Store employee, I bought an Apple = Thunderbolt display with the intention of using it temporarily on the = mini Display Port output of the video card in a current-gen Mac Pro, = with the idea of migrating it to a true Thunderboth-equipped laptop or = Mac Pro later. Because Apple says you can. (Even if you can't plug a mDP = display into the TB jack on the TB display - yes, I know that; that's = not what I'm doing here.)

I've tried it with = both the mini Display Port connectors on an ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5870, and = the Display Port connector on an NVIDIA Quadro 4000 (through a MDP to DP = adaptor), and neither work. The Mac - through remote screen sharing - = says no monitor is connected.

The monitor = itself works fine when plugged into a genuine Thunderbolt connector on = one of our laptops.

Is there a magic spell to = get this to work? Do I need to sacrifice a chicken or something? Or was = I lied to?

thanks on advance for any = enlightenment -
Chris

______________________________________= __________
Chris Meyer | Crish Design
http://www.crishdesign.com

On Oct 25, 2013, at 1:50 PM, Greg Balint <delrazoraelist@gmail.com> = wrote:

Anyone around running a copy of AE CS6 = have a moment to help me?

I've got an animator who = took over a project of mine for a client, and he's only running on AE = 5.5 and I'm on CC.  I provided CC and CS6 versions of the project, = but he can't open either.. 

Would need conversion to 5.5 if = possible.

message me off-list if you can help = and I'll provide a link to the file in question.. just need it opened, = saved down to 5.5 and closed, no worries about assets being missing, = etc.

Thanks,

-- 
///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com/
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