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by disconappete
Thu Jul 04, 2013 21:16
Forum: General Chat
Topic: so how would you build this with arena?
Replies: 17
Views: 15863

Re: so how would you build this with arena?

thanks for all the pointers guys, ill post a video on Monday from a show i will be doing this weekend implementing these practices! 8-)
by disconappete
Mon Jul 01, 2013 23:31
Forum: General Chat
Topic: so how would you build this with arena?
Replies: 17
Views: 15863

Re: so how would you build this with arena?

very cool! thanks for the tips. ill give it a go when i get home. so if i understand you correctly you are you saying to re-record/render your video content for the center to contain the animated outline and masking so that you can simply play those re-sampled clips and not need to have a separate l...
by disconappete
Mon Jul 01, 2013 22:10
Forum: General Chat
Topic: so how would you build this with arena?
Replies: 17
Views: 15863

so how would you build this with arena?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2t1EVLnP7Y I was very impressed by this. The glowing edges, the sense of depth created by the separation of layers. can anyone advise me as to what a proper setup for something like this would look like? and by this i mean how many layers, how many slices, how many ma...
by disconappete
Tue Apr 30, 2013 15:37
Forum: Problems? Bugs? Solutions!
Topic: Layer Routing
Replies: 7
Views: 18984

Re: Layer Routing

im a little confused about layer routing. is there any way to add two layers in a routing? say i only want slice 1 to get layers 1and3 is there any way this can be done? otherwise its kinda tough to really rout layers because of the composition layer. say i have two graphics that need to be played t...
by disconappete
Tue Apr 30, 2013 15:25
Forum: General Chat
Topic: glowing boxes trick
Replies: 4
Views: 6235

Re: glowing boxes trick

Hmm I ended up having the best speedy results by making a jpeg in Photoshop that was black in the center with a diffused/blurred white outline. I wont have time to make a .png during the setups for these shows. My issue now is layer routing. I want to have the glowing edge and band graphic on the to...
by disconappete
Mon Apr 29, 2013 20:28
Forum: Problems? Bugs? Solutions!
Topic: all screens flash...
Replies: 5
Views: 6918

Re: all screens flash...

windows 7 Arena 4.1.4 3.5ghz dual core 16gig dual channel ram 7200rpm drive(programs/os) 120gig SSD(content) HD7770 GPU control monitor is hdmi>dvi Main one is DVI Main two is mini DP>DVI sometimes i convert and run analog signal, but mostly all digital anymore. during playback, all outputs includin...
by disconappete
Mon Apr 29, 2013 17:55
Forum: General Chat
Topic: glowing boxes trick
Replies: 4
Views: 6235

Re: glowing boxes trick

cool thanks! ill try this tonight when the sun goes down. :D
by disconappete
Thu Apr 25, 2013 21:21
Forum: General Chat
Topic: glowing boxes trick
Replies: 4
Views: 6235

glowing boxes trick

Hey all, what would be the best way to accomplish something like this http://vimeo.com/40211086 ? could i simply make a jpeg with glowing edges and a black center and use it as a layer and then map onto the boxes like so> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SauJLNhnWNQ or would creating custom content an...
by disconappete
Tue Apr 23, 2013 16:54
Forum: Problems? Bugs? Solutions!
Topic: all screens flash...
Replies: 5
Views: 6918

all screens flash...

when adding content during playback. if i drag content into the clips area all of my video outputs including control flash. I never had this issue with previous versions. It doesn't result in a system lockup or anything terrible just a blank frame. anyone else have this issue?
thanks!
by disconappete
Thu Apr 18, 2013 15:40
Forum: Problems? Bugs? Solutions!
Topic: Major problem!
Replies: 4
Views: 8044

Re: Major problem!

thats weird, i always have ridiculously high fps and my computer specs are way lower than yours. i also have never experienced any serious or catastrophic issues what so ever. i have a dual core machine with an hd 7770 and clips running off an OCZ Vertex 3. i use mostly 720p and up files, maybe 150 ...