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Walter Soyka

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I specialize in design and technology for motion graphics, widescreen/multi-screen display, and high-impact presentations.

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AFter Effects & Pro Res Footage
by Dale Robinson 2 days ago
I just got a new IMAC with the 3.4 GHz I7 processor with GeForce GTX 680 MX 24 GB of RAM. I am working on a project with Pro Res, h.264 and AVC Intra footage. I have found the system to be extremely s
Re: AFter Effects & Pro Res Footage
by Walter Soyka 19 hours ago
Ridley Walker "Premiere Pro uses the Mercury playback engine which deals these formats differently, it can use GPU acceleration, essentially transcoding the files on-the-fly. As of the current releas
Opinion: How Adobe Creative Cloud left me amused, perplexed and infuriated - James Nolan
by Craig Seeman 2 days ago
There's some really fun quotes in this story. "I would like to add as a footnote that everyone I spoke to at Adobe so far has been very polite and rather delightful. F*ck*ng incompetent, but delightfu
Re: Opinion: How Adobe Creative Cloud left me amused, perplexed and infuriated - James Nolan
by Joseph W. Bourke 2 days ago
I assume that's the one hand with 450,000 fingers on it Joe Bourke Owner Creative Director Bourke Media www.bourkemedia.com
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Animated Tile Heat Map
by Tim Smith 4 days ago
Folks: I've been banging on this for a couple of days and finally need to beg for advice. I'm trying to create an animated "heat map" of sorts with a limited palette of colors that represent via tiles
Re: Animated Tile Heat Map
by Walter Soyka 2 days ago
Tim Smith "Sorry I'm being a bit vague. This is work for a client on a product I'm under NDA for. About all I can say is it is pre-visualization work for an update to an existing mobile app. So it's
insane rendering times for mac
by vincent lee 4 days ago
I have been trying to render a clip that is 720p in resolution size, and it's 1 minute long. There are only 3 layers, and one effects (Colorama). And it take days to render I have not had this problem
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Re: insane rendering times for mac
by Walter Soyka 2 days ago
vincent lee "I have been trying to render a clip that is 720p in resolution size, and it's 1 minute long. There are only 3 layers, and one effects (Colorama). And it take days to render I have not ha
glow movement in 3D space?
by Clara Chan 4 days ago
I'm trying to recreate this effect here using Particular. -- http: 25.media.tumblr.com 7af124eaae60ad3dc3a214dd3687b749 tumblr_mmra0pqgYl1s2s76zo1_500.gif I'm stumped on how to make the glow appear fr
Re: glow movement in 3D space?
by Walter Soyka 4 days ago
Create your Particular layer, then duplicate it. On the bottom layer, apply a glow and animate Particular's Visibility parameters together (Far Vanish, Far Start Fade, Near Start Fade, Near Vanish) to
All emotionalism aside: the real problems with CC
by Peter Jay Gould 5 days ago
I see a number of posters on here saying they don't understand the uproar. Let me add the following perspective which may shed some light on things. I own a video production company. My company has be
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Re: All emotionalism aside: the real problems with CC
by Walter Soyka 4 days ago
Andrew Kimery "I wonder how many people sold their Avids (so no way to access old projects) and happily moved to FCP " A lot of operators used to lease their systems, and a lot of productions rented
How to make motion path/keyframe lines invisible
by Timo Vandiest 4 days ago
Hi Guys, So, I'm doing some keyframe work on a contact lens. I have to do this frame per frame since the lens reacts to the pupil. But while doing this it seems that the motion path keyframe lines (br
Re: How to make motion path/keyframe lines invisible
by Walter Soyka 4 days ago
Ctrl-Shift-H on a PC Command-Shift-H on a Mac hides layer controls. If you want to leave layer controls on but turn motion paths off, you can toggle whether motion paths are shown in the viewport with
Avid codec with After Effects
by Shane Caffrey 5 days ago
Hello, I have been asked to deliver files wrapped with the Avid codec and in 1080p. I am creating timelapse clips in After Effects and rendering out. My normal workflow is to use the Cineform codec an
Re: Avid codec with After Effects
by Walter Soyka 4 days ago
Shane Caffrey "The only thing I have changed in my workflow is to use the DNxHD codec and it is turning my files into interlaced. I have been using an Avid DNxHD codec when rendering quicktime files.
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Partly Cloudy - Oliver Peter's excellent and balanced take on the issue
by Mark Dobson 1 week ago
Oliver Peters has a journalistic ability to stand back, observe and then provide a clear analysis of the Adobe CC debate. His last paragraph is quite chilling. http: digitalfilms.wordpress.com
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Re: Partly Cloudy - Oliver Peter's excellent and balanced take on the issue
by Walter Soyka 5 days ago
Sorry for my delay in responding, Dave. Dave LaRonde "Oh, vision is a huge part of the equation: witness the introductions of the iPod and the iPhone, to mention two. However, there is a big differenc
Premiere Pro CS6 "Make reference movie" equivalent to Final Cut Pro 7?
by Jay Soriano 5 days ago
There are times when I would like to use DV Kitchen instead of Media Encoder to compress my finished edit. Does CS6 or the upcoming Premiere CC have the equivalent option of, "make reference movie" Ve
Re: Premiere Pro CS6 "Make reference movie" equivalent to Final Cut Pro 7?
by Walter Soyka 5 days ago
Jay Soriano "Does CS6 or the upcoming Premiere CC have the equivalent option of, "make reference movie" " Nope. That's an old QuickTime feature -- seems only 32-bit QuickTime apps have it. FCPX can't
Changing properties based upon the luma underneath the layer
by James Banks 5 days ago
Hi guys, what I'm after is a bit difficult for me to explain, so please bear with me. I'd like to have a series of 3D planes, which flip front to back depending on whether the guide layer under that p
Re: Changing properties based upon the luma underneath the layer
by Walter Soyka 5 days ago
Are you familiar with the Card Dance effect link Walter Soyka Principal & Designer at Keen Live Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting RenderBreak Blog - What I'm thin
The COW has messed itself
by John Kaley 6 days ago
The Creative Cow has become quite a mess. The "Debate" forums need to be unified under a single heading: "A Software Debate." The "A" has to be there to keep the listing in the "Adobe" "Apple" "Avid"
Re: The COW has messed itself
by Jeremy Garchow 5 days ago
Tim Wilson " he's been in the Premiere forum ONCE in the past year. Creative COW has been around for 12 years -- he's never posted in the After Effects forum a single time. " Apparently, you forgot a
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Walter Soyka liked this 5 days ago
Congrats. You're head of promotions, too.
by Aindreas Gallagher 1 week ago
This just got posted in the "creative cloud, can I breath in here" forum, hadn't noticed it before. Its off the CC video landing page. http: www.adobe.com uk products creativecloud video.html Some cho
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Re: Congrats. You're head of promotions, too.
by Aindreas Gallagher 2 days ago
or, he said on a hiatus from ranting elsewhere - we stand up to them and alter the terms. http: vimeo.com user1590967 videos www.ogallchoir.net promo producer editor.grading motion graphics
What about an Adobe App Store?
by Greg Andonian 1 week ago
Adobe has said that they are discontinuing perpetual licenses so they can put their focus squarely on their vision for the cloud. The cloud services they are offering sound really great, but do the ap
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Re: What about an Adobe App Store?
by Walter Soyka 1 week ago
David Lawrence "Greg, here's what I posted in another thread in response to Walter S..." For a little context, here's my stance, as succinctly as I can put it. If Creative Cloud is just a new way to
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Adobe Creative Cloud Terms of Use
by David Lawrence 2 weeks ago
Lloyd Chambers is pro photographer, Mac developer, and expert in high-end Macintosh performance optimization. I've been reading his blog for years and have learned much from his online guides. I was c
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Re: The Creative Cloud Divide
by Walter Soyka 1 week ago
David Lawrence "No doubt they're developing their next generation of connected tools. I can't wait to see what they come up with. But that's in the future, we're talking about now." At some point, yo
Crickets chirping in this forum now
by Andy Field 1 week ago
http: youtu.be K8E_zMLCRNg Turns our Adobe WAS the "or not"
Re: Crickets chirping in this forum now
by Walter Soyka 1 week ago
Herb Sevush "The comparison to Lightworks does not hold up in any way. The fee's from Lightworks are a pass along from other parties. Lightworks is offering their software at no cost." So when is sub
quicktime color issue?
by cody campbell 1 week ago
I built this animation in c4d and then did some work in after effects and then rendered my clip out. In after effects my clip looks like it should and when played with windows media player it looks fi
Re: quicktime color issue?
by Angelo Lorenzo 1 week ago
This is not the Quicktime Gamma Bug. The gamma bug manifests itself as an actual change in brighness that you would see against the original in, say, After Effects once you re-imported the render. Thi
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Could the resistance to the CC Cloud be because it destroys our illusions?
by Clint Wardlow 1 week ago
The reason I ask this, is because in some ways I think a great many of us delude ourselves into some kind of permanent ownership when we buy a computer or software license. Whenever I buy a computer,
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Chris Harlan liked this 1 week ago
Re: Could the resistance to the CC Cloud be because it destroys our illusions?
by Walter Soyka 1 week ago
Tim Kolb "Now...did owning 1990's Deluxe Paint 3 enhance the safety of your production income here in 2013 It didn't even have HAM color mode until v4 you know..." Sure, but it did have Extra Half Br
Creative Cloud and the future of the creative process
by Walter Soyka 2 weeks ago
With all the angst over Creative Cloud, and with the general impression that CC is just a new way to charge for CS, I think some good ideas in CC are being left out of the conversation. Have you read
Re: Creative Cloud and the future of the creative process
by Walter Soyka 1 week ago
Walter Soyka "By splitting their development resources across two products -- something which Adobe has apparently decided not to do." Franz Bieberkopf "Walter, That's just weird. You've just argued
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Solution to Cloud conundrum (for many folks)
by Tom Daigon 2 weeks ago
I think one thing that would quell the firestorm of unhappy customers would be the ability to own the current version of software at cycles end. Several other software venders have this a part to thei
Re: Solution to Cloud conundrum (for many folks)
by Tim Dowse 1 week ago
By some poster's logic, cell phone and cable companies should be the most innovative companies around. cell phones You don't think the iPhone (and the subsequent smart-phone revolution) was innovative
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Adobe clarify reverse compatibility for After Effects CC
by Aindreas Gallagher 1 week ago
Todd Kopriva: "There is a command in After Effects CC to save a project as a copy that After Effects CS6 can open. We intend to have that command in all versions going forward. (Of course, some featur
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Re: Adobe clarify reverse compatibility for After Effects CC
by Walter Soyka 1 week ago
Aindreas Gallagher "6 was the first time they included a save as 5.5 - but to be specific - for whatever reason, adobe after effects wasn't on the adobe published list of applications with CC reverse
Creative Cloud Q&A
by Steve Forde 2 weeks ago
Going to put myself out there and answer questions as best I can here on the COW. No question is a bad one as my intent is to frankly get rid of some of the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) that I ha
Re: Creative Cloud Q&A
by Steve Forde 1 week ago
Dave L - if you're interested in a 'discussion' I'm in. I'm happy to engage in a dialogue about any component and give my point of view. What I will not do is subscribe to idle speculation, fear monge
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ShapeShifter AE - Gears
by Tudor "Ted" Jelescu 2 weeks ago
ShapeShifter AE V2 - really fast 3d in AE - I wanted to do a test that shows the complexity that can be achieved with SSAE. There's only one instance of the plugin used. http: www.youtube.com watch v=
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Re: ShapeShifter AE - Gears
by Tudor "Ted" Jelescu 2 weeks ago
Thanks - I am sooo behind with my tutorials... we'll see. Tudor "Ted" Jelescu Senior VFX Artist
Peasants at the Gates
by Franz Bieberkopf 2 weeks ago
Apropos of current events, selections from Walter Murch, Oct 2011 (though one could speculate he had in mind landowners rather than peasants): part 2 I think what Final Cut has shown, forcibly, is tha
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Re: Peasants at the Gates
by Carsten Orlt 2 weeks ago
As much as I admire Mr Murch work as an editor I totally disagree :-) What's the difference to the old days when a letter to Moviola or Steenbeck had the same effect as a letter to Apple, Adobe or Avi
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Premiere Pro CC it is then?
by Steve Connor 2 weeks ago
But is it all CC only Steve Connor There's nothing we can't argue about on the FCPX COW Forum
Re: Premiere Pro CC it is then?
by Bill Davis 2 weeks ago
Look, Adobe is a fine company that makes excellent products. If they've seen some internal data - or simply have a business vision that this course may be the only way they can attain their unique bus
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Car Commercial Legalities
by Jake Anderson 2 weeks ago
http: www.youtube.com watch v=tXDCHoXPD8w My client has asked me to do a similar video for them like this. Does one need permission from such dealers such as honda to create this In the end it does pr
Re: Car Commercial Legalities
by Todd Terry 2 weeks ago
Jake Anderson "Does one need permission from such dealers such as honda... " Well first a little clarification. Honda isn't a dealer. Honda is a manufacturer. The local stores who sell them are the d
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Post NAB piece on the struggles of the big broadcast players in the modern era.
by Bill Davis 2 weeks ago
Interesting Post-NAB reflection piece in Broadcast Engineering that was pushed today. The times are still changing rapidly in the Broadcast world. http: tinyurl.com d2qlv4u FWIW. Know someone who teac
Re: Post NAB piece on the struggles of the big broadcast players in the modern era.
by Bill Davis 2 weeks ago
Walter Soyka "Snell is to Apple as Wilcox is to Computer." The transitive property of brand consolidation! Know someone who teaches video editing in elementary school, high school or college Tell the
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Need to change codec without conversion. xdcam to h264
by William Terrio 2 weeks ago
I'm trying to find a simple way to change a bunch of video's codec from the unsupported xdcam to h264, in the .MOV format. I have a bunch of footage from a canon camera which is already MOV h264, and
Re: Need to change codec without conversion. xdcam to h264
by Walter Soyka 2 weeks ago
William Terrio "I am happy to report that Cinemartin Cinec works! It successfully converted a clip to ProRes and played in premiere. WOOOOO! I had tried ffmpeg before, but spent forever trying to get
Premiere/Prelude crossplatform project sharing
by Jeff Handy 2 weeks ago
Although I love what Adobe is doing with Adobe Anywhere, because we already use a SAN, I have to wonder if we can get the job done sans Anywhere. We use 6 Macs on XSAN for online editing and an in-hou
Re: Premiere/Prelude crossplatform project sharing
by Walter Soyka 2 weeks ago
Jeff, have you seen ReLink ReTooled link It may be nearly perfect for what you need if you export XML out of Prelude. I wrote an in-house tool to help translating paths for relinking in Premiere proje
Lights or Not
by tony west 2 weeks ago
The other day I had to shoot some jerseys in the locker room. Didn't have much time to be in there so I couldn't light them. Just available light which I don't like (too flat) I was messing around wit
Re: Lights or Not
by Franz Bieberkopf 2 weeks ago
I have to say that I'm amazed at the low light stuff I've been working with off of Red Epic. Late dusk. Early dawn. And in slow motion ... Really astounding stuff with great detail and low noise that
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Article: NAB 2013: Bob Zelin: The Evolution & Revolution
by Bob Zelin 4 weeks ago
Archiving and Back-Up NAB 2013: Bob Zelin: The Evolution & Revolution Calling Bob Zelin one of the industry's most respected voices of engineering and systems experience is an understatement. (We mig
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Re: NAB 2013: Bob Zelin: The Evolution & Revolution
by Walter Soyka 3 weeks ago
Bob Zelin "you don't ingest with Adobe Anywhere. The ingest happens at the facility (like MPE !)." Bob, I missed NAB this year, so please correct me if this information is now out of date -- but chec
Buying a new PC for Premiere CS6
by Anhtu Vu 1 month ago
I need to buy a new PC for Premiere and AE CS6. I will eventually use it for color grading too. Anyways, any suggestions as to custom built or go with the Z420 Z620 or Z820 I've used a Z800 for two ye
Re: Buying a new PC for Premiere CS6
by Walter Soyka 4 weeks ago
Anhtu Vu "I always thought AE is more picky about ram than processor." RAM and CPU usage go together with After Effects. Ae's multiprocessing feature works by launching a separate instance of the Ae
Dynamic Link. Uh-huh!
by Paul Neumann 4 weeks ago
Wake up this morning to an email from a client saying they love the cut, but could I just change this one little super So I open Photoshop, make the change, open Media Encoder and render the sequence
Re: Dynamic Link. Uh-huh!
by Walter Soyka 4 weeks ago
Alex Udell "one I use sometimes is to "create & set proxy" for dynamic link in AE, but do it at full res. that way I can manage where the files land, and there's no extra clutter in PPro.... i was so
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QT File or QT Reference File. Lossless?
by Adam Berch 1 month ago
I have a project in Final Cut Pro. 1440 x 1080i that I want to export and bring into Premiere Pro CS 5.5, Add Chapter Markers, Encode in Media Encoder, and burn a Blu-Ray DVD in Encore. I want it to b
Re: QT File or QT Reference File. Lossless?
by Walter Soyka 4 weeks ago
John Heagy "I'm a soldier in what seems to be a loosing battle to keep ref.mov supported." I used them all the time when I was on an all-Apple workflow. If reference movies suits your workflow, I cer
Fair use laws when using commercial video?
by stan welks 1 month ago
Can someone please provide some clarity regarding Fair Use laws with regard to ripping short clips from DVDs to be used in documentaries, movie reviews on blogs, etc. 1. Is there a length that you sho
Re: Fair use laws when using commercial video?
by Walter Soyka 1 month ago
Wikipedia's article on fair use is very good -- have you seen it http: en.wikipedia.org wiki Fair_use Walter Soyka Principal & Designer at Keen Live Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation De
Carrying Case/Hard Cases
by Nathan Rice 1 month ago
Hello All! I am planning a trip overseas and have been asked to cover some events while in the Philippines. I have never taken my gear with me before and am wondering if anybody know of any good cases
Re: Carrying Case/Hard Cases
by Walter Soyka 1 month ago
I have a few Pelican cases -- very rugged. The upside is that they will protect your gear; the downside is that they let everyone else know there's gear worth protecting inside. If traveling abroad, m
Article: Larger Than 4K: Larger Than Life!
by Walter Soyka 4 months ago
Windows Hardware & Software Larger Than 4K: Larger Than Life! Keen Live's Walter Soyka regularly works with files twice the size of EPIC's 4.5K - and how about a 120-foot video wall at 14,700 x 1200
Re: Larger Than 4K: Larger Than Life!
by Tom Daigon 3 months ago
Boy I sure can identity with your experience, Walter. As you know Im loving my HP Z820. It really is a quantum leap in speed from my 2008 Mac Pro, which is now relegated to email and internet use. CS6
Transferring big files
by Todd Terry 4 months ago
Thought I'd put out a shout to see how you guys transfer big files to clients when needed We usually just put them on our own server here in our building and give clients a link for download, which wo
Re: Transferring big files
by Walter Soyka 4 months ago
Stephen Smith "Last time (a long time ago) I used drop box you had to install their software to download file which I think stinks. I hope that has changed. I like YouSendIt. No adds and all the clie
Article: A Cautionary Tale for the FCP Switcher
by walter biscardi 12 months ago
Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate A Cautionary Tale for the FCP Switcher Herein lies the cautionary tale of a long-time user of Final Cut Pro, penned for those who would consider switching NLEs. Are ther
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@Brian Cooney
by Walter Soyka 4 months ago
RAID 10 (really RAID 1+0, or a stripe of mirrors) is not necessarily safer than RAID 5 in a 4-disk configuration. A 4-disk RAID 10 is two sets of mirrored drives, striped together. A 4-disk RAID 10 ca
Article: The Hobbit & The Dawn of High Frame Rate Cinema
by Debra Kaufman 5 months ago
Cinematography The Hobbit & The Dawn of High Frame Rate Cinema The technology wizards of the film TV industry have been talking about High Frame Rate cinema for a long time; indeed, Douglas Trumbull'
Re: @Bryant Joseph
by Walter Soyka 4 months ago
Rob Brandreth-Gibbs "We two-eyed creatures receive two slightly different D images that the brain processes into a 3D image. Since a 3D film or video presents two very similar 2D images with similar
File: Advanced Odometer
by Walter Soyka 4 months ago
aep file Advanced Odometer AEP project. This is an advanced variation on the standard time-remapping odometer trick, which drives a set of animated transitioning digits from a single control. This ver
Video: Advanced Odometer Demo
by Walter Soyka 4 months ago
Advanced Odometer Demo Demo video to accompany Advanced Odometer AEP file. 5194_advancedodometer.aep.zip watch video
Todd Kopriva 4 months ago
Walter, do you know how we can flag a user for bad behavior on this forum? One user (and you know who I mean) has been posting a lot of noise lately.
creating video content for 12 screen video wall
by Bang Tran 5 months ago
Hello all, I am working on creating video for a video wall that is 12 screens wide and in portrait. The resolution is 1920 * 1296 per screen and 1920 * 12960 for the entire video wall. The player is a
Re: creating video content for 12 screen video wall
by Walter Soyka 5 months ago
The maximum comp size in After Effects is 30,000 30,000 px. The maximum sequence size in Premiere Pro is 10,240 8,192 px. I assume you mean 1920 1080 per output. You can work at the full 12,960 1920 i


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