Mark Johnston Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Hi the great deal on V8 at EITECH got to me and I got 2 new copies and had one send to each of my brothers. One uses a Mac and has photoshop and after effects, the same as me, so no problem. The other has a couple of different windows machines the newest one some kind of laptop with a AMD 2.5 GH cpu 6 gigs RAM and 1 gig video ram , windows 7 64 bit. He doesn't have photoshop or something like after effects. So this got me wondering what kind of freeware programs could help him or is this just not going to work.I was thinking blender has some kind of compositor and is Gimp going to work as photoshop replacement. Thanks for any help. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtF Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Some folks have reported having good luck with this companies products: http://fxhome.com/ They're sort of After Effects lite, for folks on a budget. Ramen is a free, open source compositor. However, it's currently only on Linux and Macintosh, and requires you pull down the various source code libraries and compile it yourself. I am keeping an eye on Ramen's progress, as it looks like (for me anyway) it could be just the solution I've been seeking. http://ramenhdr.sourceforge.net/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Johnston Posted July 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 HI I was even wondering when on windows what would he render to. I just do tests mostly, and render to Quicktime and I think you have to have quicktime pro to save , is this the same on windows. I'm just trying yo look ahead and have some answers for my brother. Thanks Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtF Posted July 14, 2010 Report Share Posted July 14, 2010 Definitely Quicktime Pro. Well worth the $30.oo to purchase. Best way to go is to render out an image sequence, which is exactly like a movie, just one, single frame at a time. Then import the image sequence into Quicktime Pro and convert to .mov, .avi, or whatever you might need. Reasons this works the best: in case of a software crash, re-rendering only has to happen from the last, finished frame. If a crash occurs while rendering to Quicktime (or other movie file) you've lost the whole thing. Also, a single frame can be opened in Gimp or Photoshop for retouching, there's better quality with less compression for stills. You've got a lot more flexibility down the line. If you start with a movie file, your downstream flexibility is limited. Hope you and your brother enjoy 3D with EIAS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Johnston Posted July 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Hi KurtF Great things to know . Thanks for the info .I got a copy for my brother cause the deal was insane to pass up . He's never used a program like this I hope to open his eyes to the great things you can do . He uses a cad program of some kind so I think he'll get right in and love it if he gives it a chance. He's got a couple of sons who expressed that they would like to learn it if he doesn't.My other brother has a few other 3d programs and I have always tried to get him into EIAS but even at this great price he wouldn't do it so. I said oh I can own them and let them use them. If they don't use them I want them back. Thanks Mark====== I think this software can change lives!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanxer Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 A great tool for conversions to/from Quicktime and other formats is freeware MPEG Streamclip. The author, who is a hero of mine (he produced OS X drivers for the oldie MiroMotion videocards, with uncompressed video abilities!!!), takes extra care to correct Quicktime's colourspace antics. Quicktime Pro, per se, only activates those extra exporting and editing features in Quicktime Player (which probably implies there are some royalty issues involved in that). Quicktime's transcoding abilities, as such, are available to any app that wants to take advantage of it without needing to upgrade to Pro. That said, it isn't that expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtrowbridge Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Mark, I'm one of the ones using VisionLab Studio from fxhome.com. You can download the program for a free trial (watermarked). If you decide you want the program, look for it on ebay listed by TubeTape. They are an authorized reseller in the US. I got it for about half price, and it included a 9' x 12' green screen. Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtF Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 If you decide you want the program, look for it on ebay listed by TubeTape. They are an authorized reseller in the US. I got it for about half price, and it included a 9' x 12' green screen. Ross Nice tip, thanks for pointing this out. Also - happy to report that a Windows (64 bit) version of Ramen is up and available. The developer continues to move forward porting some OpenFX filters to work in Ramen, including the defocus filter from Blender: defocus Node Looking good for the freelance compositor who needs node based compositing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Johnston Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Hi Guy's Both my brothers just got their copies a couple of hours ago , so I think i will be getting some questions from them soon and hope their both in here soon , posting. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Egger Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Ola Mark, Great, lets wait them.. :) Thanks Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Johnston Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Hi Tomas My one brothers using windows 7 64 bi t, should he download that new version just announced. Anything do know about using windows 7 ???? Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Egger Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Ola Mark, Yes, use that new one.. by the way: everybody which want to run EIAS 8 with our new logos and splashes.. :) Thanksss Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Johnston Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Hi Tomas , Thanks Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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