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‎Jan 05, 2025
06:22 PM
1 Upvote
I got the same error repeatedly, and could not fix it. I tried deleting the cache folders as suggested in the forums. (Failed) I tried uninstalling all Adobe products and reinstalling then. (Failed). I tried restarting Windows and keeping apps. (Failed). Only two solutions helped: 1. Revert to old versions of Photoshop. I had to go back 6 or 7 versions to 2022 or 23. Or 2. I backed up all my fonts, then downloaded new windows installation files and reinstalled the OS. Then I installed the latest version of Photoshop, then reinstalled the fonts 100 at a time, testing several in PS each batch. They all installed and the error has not come back for 2 weeks. All the best. John
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‎Jul 24, 2019
07:08 PM
Whew. Once again, a lot to digest. I didn't work long on this project before understanding why there are so many credits at the end of cartoons. I will examine your steps in detail and see where I can adopt them to my process. In case the question wasn't rhetorical... the 4-min movie has taken 2 weeks, with another 2 weeks trying to "fix" it so it would render. And you're absolutely right; the more I learn, the more I'll want to make it nicer! And nicer takes tiiiiime. Not sure if this will be ready for Christmas, but thank you for pointing the way through the roadblock. John Richard D.
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‎Jul 24, 2019
04:01 PM
Wow. Thank you, Rick! That's a lot for an amature to digest, but be assured that I will not dismiss it just because it's over my head. I'm going to research some of the terms you used and sift through it to see how your suggestions can improve my process. I really love the animating part! It's just the rendering that is bogging me down because I have to be able to render & deliver a 30-min video within an hour. I do plan on the final cut being in Premiere, but because the personalized objects are in AE, there's a lot that must be rendered in AE. My 4 minutes has personalized objects in 3.5 minutes of it. Here's the longest effects shot: Anyway, I really really appreciate the experienced input. It pushes me to learn the relevant topics to solve my problem and improve my process. Permit one followup question. Because the first 4 minutes uses the personalized graphics, I did use AE to do the editing (individual comps for objects, then assemble them in an animated scene, and then comp that and move it around to simulate camera pan/zoom.) Here's the longest shot in the 4-minute sequence: https://youtu.be/kI5H6Z4UqhA As you can see, the rocket and several items in the room are personalized with a name. So my question is.... If I MUST use AE to render the personalized elements, is it any better to render each shot individually and assemble them in PR, or just line up all my comps in AE and render them at once? That said, I will take your advice to do as much editing in PR as possible. Thanks again! John Dehnart
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‎Jul 24, 2019
01:18 PM
Howdy, fellow Adobe Hobbists, Enthusiasts and Expert Professionals! I'm looking for help in Video Output and Computer Specs for Adobe After Effects. (An expert who understands how framerate, bitrate, codec, file format can impact the render times for HD 3D and 2D animation.) If you've got those answers, please, please consider helping me. 🙂 I am a novice animator, and I've made a complicated 3D animation in After Effects. So far, I have 4 minutes of animation that takes 2.5 HOURS to render. Is that normal!? I hope to make a 30 minute finished version. Because the video will contain personalized images for each client, I must design this so that the final project can ALL be rendered in under 60 minutes. I don't mind if it takes days to render pieces of it in advance, so long as when it's finished, I can push out customized one within an hour. So I need to take shortcuts, or update my hardware, or export in a different way. Hardware: Intel i7 6700 CPU 4GHz, 32GB of ram, GeForce GTX 970* *Note: AE often reminds me that "OpenGL" is not working, and if I use Media Encoder to select "Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acelleration (Cuda)", then if often tells me it's not working in the middle of rendering, and asks to switch to "Mercury Software Only" Could this be my problem? File setup: 3TB SSD for Windows 10, and I designate 2TB of that SSD for AE cache. Approx 5 GB of images & project files are run on a on a 3TB hard drive with 1.5TB free. Software: Adobe CC. Media Encoder triples the time it takes to render, so I'm rendering directly out of AE. AE does not output with compressed formats, so I'm outputing with Quicktime-MOV-animation. I have only used the default settings for bit depth, CDR/single pass. (I'm a novice) There are dozens of multi-layered PSD files, and compositions, camera movements, scaling and 3D warping. Ideas I've already tried: #1: I have adjusted the resolution of assets to the lowest size that shows the onscreen version of them at HD. #2: Since I only need to render the PERSONALIZED elements for every order, I tried rendering everything that is not personalized Quicktime-animation-codec-MOV file and then inserted that into a comp with personalized items on top of that & rendered it as another video. It's that final render of the personalized files that I have to keep below 60 minutes. Is this a good way to reduce the render time? Is MOV-animation the right format for rendering a second time with the personalized graphics on top of it? Ideas I haven't tried: #1: Upgrade my hardware. But I don't know which part of it to upgrade. Ram? Video Card? SSD? Idea I'm trying right now: Ask for help. Thank you for your time! John Dehnart
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‎Feb 06, 2019
02:54 PM
Hey there, Alan! I was just watching one of your tips on youtube. Thank you for being willing to help everyone on here! I have a dog with a tail. I want the tail to be still until I trigger a cycle-animation to wag the tail once, then I want it to be still again. The typical behavior is that it makes the tail disappear completely after the cycle finishes. With the Hold-On-Last-Layer, it will pause at that layer, then resume when I press the button again, and then disappear completely after the cycle finishes. So I have these folders/layers: TAIL FOLDER still-tail layer Trigger 1 WAG-tail FOLDER Cycle Layers, Trigger 2. I load the PSD into CH. The tail is there in the RIG view, and I add the cycle layer to the WAG folder but the entire TAIL folder disappears when I switch to SCENE/RECORD view. I've tried several things. The typical behavior is that I push Trigger 2, and the tail appears and cycle animation ONCE, but then disappears. If I add the "Hold-on-last-layer" option, it cycles once, stops on the last layer, then I can trigger it once more before it disappears. What's the simplest dumbell mistake? (tried restarting the program. Tried setting all the layers to VISIBLE.) Thanks for any suggestions! John D
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‎Feb 06, 2019
09:41 AM
Hi everyone! I'm trying to do a simple cycle layers animation, and it keeps disappearing when it hits the last layer. I've tried this on multiple characters. The layer is set to visible. I add a trigger and a cylcle layer. But in the Scene panel, all layers are invisible until I push the trigger, then it plays the cycle and disappears. I can check the "Hold on last layer", and it holds, until I push my trigger again and it again disappears. Please helpa. I know it's something simple, but I can't figure it out. Thanks! John D.
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‎Feb 04, 2018
08:19 PM
1 Upvote
pretty sure it is not built in, Martin. But I'll leave that up to the official guys to answer!
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‎Feb 04, 2018
03:08 PM
excellent. Lots of creative work-arounds when telling stories! Hope your show turns out well!
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‎Feb 04, 2018
01:13 PM
try adding sticks to change the warp.
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‎Feb 04, 2018
01:07 PM
1 Upvote
Hi Martin! I just started playing with the walk behavior to animate a puppy. My basic suggestion is just to play with it and experiment. But here are some details. The walk behavior moves various tagged parts of a character in pre-determined movements based on which tag you choose. You may be able to get the desired effect by tagging the parts differently than their obvious intent. In my puppy project, I needed the front knees to bend backward and the back knees to bend forward, so I added the walk behavior to each limb, and tagged the knees as ankles for the front limbs. Moving the bellybutton & hip tags can also alter the movement of the body. I suggest starting with that movement, and then add separate tags to the legs using separate walk behaviors, and trying different tags for the legs. Perhaps the arm swing setting. Lots of setting tweaking! Also, the new CH CC18 lets you drag some controls onto the trigger panel. So that would let you activate SCALE to make your puppet get larger during recording, and you could combine that with the moverents from the walk behavior. Hope this helps! John Dee
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‎Feb 04, 2018
12:48 PM
Greetings! Just updated CH to the CC18 to try out the new physics behaviors. The SAMPLE physics puppet is cool, but as soon as I change ANYTHING in the PDS, the physics cease. I've restarted, refreshed, re-imported the fresh physics puppet; same problem every time. To recreate this problem: Download the Physics puppet. Import into CH. Open the CH Media > Gathered Media > PhysicsPlayground.psd Make any change (hide & show a layer.) Save it. Return to CH. It automatically updates the file. Physics stop working... no gravity. No movement. I can drag some items which collide with SOME items, but not all. Green puppet loses limbs, which eventually return to him. Anyone have any suggestions? Thank you!
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