Anyone used Combustion with C4D?

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I guess not.....:)

[slouchcorp]

I was using it ( switched to after effects) but i never tryed a RLA render if i get time i can have a go for you, what are you looking for?

mike.

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Well I am an old time After Effects user. I was about to buy myself a personal copy, but when Discreet offered their deal for Combustion at such a low price, I re-evaluated what I was looking at. I know After Effects will feed my Motion Graphics work. It is supreme at that, but as I do more and more effects work, I can see AE giving me less. The basic flaw I find with AE is the in-ability to directly mess with your picture using your mouse as you would in Photoshop. From what I have seen of Combustion, it looks like it will do that for me.

What do you think?

[slouchcorp]

Well i suggest you play with the demo first, I have both at work now and since getting after effects i havent looked back.
The main problem with combustion is it's to slow...\

Im using a dual 950 zeon, 2 gigs of ram machine, so it's not a slow beast.

the difference was huge.

A spinning logo 6 sec's long with a background and one effect (shine)

6 minuts to render in combustion.
29 sec's in AE...

Dont get me rong i realy like combustion, love the interface, and it has some great tools, But for me i always have a tite deadloine so speed means everything.

anyway mate just my 2pence.

mike.

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That is a good point. And my machine is not the fastest anymore. Speed is important, too many packages are slogs. Sometimes I wish I was a programmer, so I could make my own program. ;)

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