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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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Counter increases with every marker
by Chris Tarroza 7 hours ago
I have a project where I am essentially counting the number of times a word is said in a video clip. I will have an animating number on screen that increases per mention of that word. Seeing as how th
Re: Counter increases with every marker
by Walter Soyka 6 hours ago
Check out my scoreboard expression link . Walter Soyka Principal & Designer at Keen Live Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting RenderBreak Blog - What I'm thinking wh
Alt drag replace NOT working
by Erik Thurman 1 day ago
I have a pretty hefty animation using .psd layers. I need to replace those layers with the new updated .psd layers that have new colors. Normally I would just alt drag the new layers to replace the ol
Re: Alt drag replace NOT working
by Walter Soyka 8 hours ago
Erik Thurman "Emptying the disk cache and purging the memory yielded no new results. If I double click on a layer, opening it in the viewer I can see the changes but when viewing the composition in t
Humble Monster, MacPro Upgrade
by Ervin Tia 15 hours ago
Hello! I'm just wondering what's the most logical way of improving my current machine. We originally bought it for AvidMediaComposer but recently, we are including more AfterEffects tasks. We realize
Re: Humble Monster, MacPro Upgrade
by Walter Soyka 10 hours ago
More RAM. This will allow you to exploit multiprocessing, a feature which basically launches multiple copies of the After Effects renderer in order to render multiple frames at the same time on separa
Q: will the apps run in a browser?? Adobe: No silly. Mike Chambers: basically yes, and soon.
by Aindreas Gallagher 2 days ago
Quoting Mike Chambers, Senior Product Manager, Developer Relations at Adobe. "over time more and more functionality in the desktop app will be based on, and or require access to services made availabl
Re: Q: will the apps run in a browser?? Adobe: No silly. Mike Chambers: basically yes, and soon.
by Walter Soyka 23 hours ago
Todd Kopriva "If we can find ways to _optionally_ offload processing to connected computers---whether in your office, down the hall, or in the cloud---then it can be a great benefit to you. Regarding
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Amount of Ram vs speed of RAM?
by Don Cobble 2 days ago
I have 2 types of RAM that will run in my system. Need to know what will be MOST beneficial for VEGAS Plz 16 GB DDR3 PC3-10666 8 GB DDR3 PC3-12800 My Understanding is the 12800 is faster Speed but I h
Re: Amount of Ram vs speed of RAM?
by Walter Soyka 1 day ago
Alex Gerulaitis "You gotta patent the hell out of that phrase, Walter." Now that you mention it, I could see it on a t-shirt. Walter Soyka Principal & Designer at Keen Live Motion Graphics, Widescree
Message from corel to adobe users
by Ricardo Marty 5 days ago
http: www.corel.com corel pages index.jsp pgid=14900014
Re: Message from Pixelmator to Adobe Mac users
by Walter Soyka 1 day ago
Wow, I can't believe I missed a conversation about Motion and Ae! Most of what I would have said has been said, but as a big Ae user and early Motion adopter, there are a few things that I'd like to a
An After Effects plug-in author calls it quits
by David Lawrence 2 days ago
Wonder how much more of this we'll see: http: www.3dcg.net journal 2013 05 17 end-of-life-announcement-for-after-effects-plug-ins _______________________ David Lawrence art media design research propa
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Re: An After Effects plug-in author calls it quits
by Walter Soyka 1 day ago
Richert Goyette "But maybe the Adobe apologists shouldn't be so defensive. If you like it, rent it and if you don't and want to know others concerns, post. End of discussion." It's not a very useful
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Trapcode Particular 2 Seamless Loop Question
by Seth Penley 1 day ago
I have a question about using Trapcode Particular 2.2 to create a seamless loop for a background. I know how to use time sampling techniques to have actual particles loop within a composition, but I a
Re: Trapcode Particular 2 Seamless Loop Question
by Walter Soyka 1 day ago
See Aharon Rabinowitz's Creating a Looping Particle System link for an in-depth explanation. Basically, you need to duplicate your Particular layer, slide it in time so that the the frame after the la
Creating an 80's Wireframe 3D Landscape
by Jackison Falkreath 3 days ago
Hello, I'm trying to make a wireframe landscape but I am very new to anything 3D. What I'm looking for is like what you'd see in an old Blade Runner movie, or Star Wars: A new Hope or something. The c
Re: Creating an 80's Wireframe 3D Landscape
by Walter Soyka 1 day ago
Mir or Plexus would make this pretty straightforward; you could also do it with Form. If you're using CS5 or CS5.5, you could use the bundled FreeForm in conjunction with Grid (though the results of t
How do i add a seperate camera and null to a seperate layer
by mark dowie 2 days ago
Im using the camera and null object to make asteroids fly past the frame. However when i add a new layer (asteroid) and add a new camera and null the original camera and null effects the new layer as
Re: How do i add a seperate camera and null to a seperate layer
by Walter Soyka 1 day ago
After Effects uses something called keyframing -- you can define "poses" for the asteroids at different points in time, and Ae will tween them: that is, calculate all the in-between frames. If you're
AE makes computer TOO slow and crashes
by Alex Rod 2 days ago
Hi All - I am doing some warp stabilization on my macbook pro, or at least trying, but when I apply the warp stabilization filter and it starts analyzing, my computer pretty much becomes unusable and
Re: AE makes computer TOO slow and crashes
by Walter Soyka 1 day ago
Alex Rod "I wish there was a way that I could tell AE to only use what it can without using so much that it crashes the system" Well, it's not supposed to grab more than it can... Have you installed
Rendering with Transparency (After Affects CS6)
by Renier Van Heerden 2 days ago
Good Day, I've recently attempted to render something in After Effects CS6, but it requires that I have transparency in the background and not a black background. When I'm trying to render it, I'm ren
Re: Rendering with Transparency (After Affects CS6)
by Walter Soyka 1 day ago
Renier Van Heerden "When I'm trying to render it, I'm rendering it in Lossless format and I do state that it should render with RGB + Alpha. The Toggle Transparency grid is on so I'm not seeing the b
Adobe totally on top of their amazing amazing cloud stuff.
by Aindreas Gallagher 2 days ago
http: www.thinkdigit.com Software Adobe-shuts-down-Creative-Cloud-file-sync_14707.html Did anyone check twitter lately file sync was falling over in all directions. Seriously - this is the fig leaf th
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Re: Adobe totally on top of their amazing amazing cloud stuff.
by Walter Soyka 1 day ago
Andrew Kimery "So, I guess Adobe users lost 'ownership' of their 'work' years ago (whenever Adobe started using activation servers) but no one really realized it until now " I agree. I have been argu
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Opinion: How Adobe Creative Cloud left me amused, perplexed and infuriated - James Nolan
by Craig Seeman 5 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 5 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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All emotionalism aside: the real problems with CC
by Peter Jay Gould 1 week 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 1 week 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
Premiere Pro CS6 "Make reference movie" equivalent to Final Cut Pro 7?
by Jay Soriano 1 week 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 1 week 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
The COW has messed itself
by John Kaley 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago
Congrats. You're head of promotions, too.
by Aindreas Gallagher 2 weeks 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 5 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
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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Mike Smith liked this 2 weeks ago
Re: The Creative Cloud Divide
by Walter Soyka 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
http: youtu.be K8E_zMLCRNg Turns our Adobe WAS the "or not"
Re: Crickets chirping in this forum now
by Walter Soyka 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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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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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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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Need to change codec without conversion. xdcam to h264
by William Terrio 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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
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 4 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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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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 4 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 5 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
Have $15,000 for new HD setup. Suggestions?
by Lisa Laughbaum 6 months ago
Hi everyone, I own a small video company that specializes in capturing live theater events, especially children's theater and dance recitals. I am excited to finally be upgrading from a decent SD syst
Re: Have $15,000 for new HD setup. Suggestions?
by Walter Soyka 6 months ago
Lisa Laughbaum "I edit on FCP and think I should upgrade to the 12 core Mac Pro and relegate my 27" iMac to monitor status." FCP7 is no longer available. If you're talking about FCPX, it actually run


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