Archive for April, 2009

1. 2 comments Apr 26, 2009 After Effects freezes at startup? Posted in Compositing, Tutorial

   I got this problem occasionally on different machines running Vista when firing up After Effects CS3. When it said “Initializing User Interface” it froze. Sometimes it would start after 15 minutes but, seriously, that’s not how I like to work, although I use any delay to excuse a round trip to my espresso machine. I didn’t find anything about it on the beloved internet so I had to figure it out myself. And here’s what you can do:

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   I got this problem occasionally on different machines running Vista when firing up After Effects CS3. When it said "Initializing User Interface" it froze. Sometimes it would start after 15 minutes but, seriously, that's not how I like to work, although I use any delay to excuse a round trip to my espresso machine. ...

2. 3 comments Apr 22, 2009 Status Update: Still Alive Posted in Compositing, Dear Diary, Reports, Seph Carissa / texx sound

   It’s been quite a while since my last blog entry. In fact it has been so long, that I had to think twice to recall my password for this sweet blog o’ mine.

   You ask “What’s new? What’s cool?” and I tell you: A lot: I’ve been in the trenches with Nuke and fought After Effects so there’s a lot of stuff I want to show and tell what I’ve learned in the past weeks, not only about VFX.

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   It's been quite a while since my last blog entry. In fact it has been so long, that I had to think twice to recall my password for this sweet blog o' mine. You ask "What's new? What's cool?" and I tell you: A lot: I've been in the trenches with Nuke and fought After ...