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biliousfrog

12-11-2008, 09:51 AM

I experienced a problem yesterday that AE CS3 would 'drop' frames when rendering with multiprocessing enabled. Every 5th/6th frame was black, about 30 frames in total.

I have a couple of questions:

Aside from disabling multiprocessing, is there another solution to this? I have an 8 core workstation and have changed one of the AE files to only use 6 cores as per Adobe online help.

Is there a way to render non-sequential frames aside from manually rendering single frames? This is what I did as it was an urgent job but it would have been great to enter comma seperated frames as per Fusion.

Thanks

Mylenium

12-11-2008, 10:40 AM

You could drop your comp into another and apply time-remapping to it (sans frame blending, hold keyframes and with proper full frame increments. With some expressions this could even be automated (e.g. a text layer, where you input the required frames and the remap would adjust itself accordingly), in case you need this more often...

Mylenium

biliousfrog

12-11-2008, 11:47 AM

Thanks Mylenium, that would be a solution although quite a long-winded one. The expression setup is beyond me but might prove useful in the future.

I'm actually surprised that it isn't an integrated option as it offers a simple 'save frame as' command, I would expect that most people using that feature would require more than just one frame.

suztv

12-11-2008, 05:24 PM

A script might be the answer - IDK if there is one out there though. Check http://aenhancers.com/

Found it:

http://aenhancers.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=144&p=389&hilit=rendering+individual+frames#p389

Mylenium

12-11-2008, 07:27 PM

Try the setup attached to this post (AE 7) for an expression-based solution. Instructions as per text layer in the project. Adjust sizes and durations as needed.

Mylenium

biliousfrog

12-12-2008, 09:45 AM

wow, thanks a lot both of you. :thumbsup:

suztv

12-12-2008, 03:56 PM

Mylenium - you are the man! Thanks for the expression!

You should write a book - really!

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