site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com Thread-index: Achp3phd1qDXbNXREdyqzAAKlbriPA== Thread-topic: Motion - weird handling of large images User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.6.070618

From Darrin: If we're not currently meeting your needs with our applications, please let us know by filing bugs or feature requests.

This software rendering brings up a long-standing issue for me (and I'll file an official feature request). Feature request: when I author a project on one machine, I expect to be able to produce the same results on another machine that is officially supported. For example: I have a 3 year old G5. Not that old as far as I'm concerned, but the graphics card that came with it doesn't support Motion working in floating point. So when I author a floating point Motion project on my Intel MacBook Pro and send it to my G5 machine, it suddenly doesn't work in floating point. So a project I author on one machine can give drastically different results on another machine. This problem can be especially disconcerting when working in mixed machine environments where people are working on the same projects.. A software renderer that supported floating point would alleviate this problem. I'm not one of those people that wants speed over consistent results. But hey, that could be just me (and usually is :-)). ===================================================== Feature request: not to have features disappear within Motion when you go from one machine to another. The UI to set the project bit depth can completely disappear in Motion if the graphics card doesn't support floating point! And while the manual fully discusses how to set the project bit depth, complete with screenshots, the bit-depth setting doesn't appear on my G5 machine. And there's no discussion in the manual that that feature might disappear. Very confusing! My suggestion is to leave the "Bit Depth" setting in the project settings, but leave the floating point options disabled. ===================================================== Thanks for listening, Pete _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Pro-apps-dev mailing list (Pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/pro-apps-dev/site_archiver%40lists.ap... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com