site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: pro-apps-dev@lists.apple.com On Aug 3, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Paul Miller wrote:

3. on the whole template resolution issue, is the current recommendation to make templates at 1080P still the "right" one? Most of my effects are CPU based, and I don't like the idea of having the source footage always uprezzed to 1080P and processed at that size, if the source footage is only 720P or even wide DV. Adding multiple templates at different common resolutions is likely to confuse users. Having my effects take twice as long to render as they should is likely to annoy them. And then they'll rant that my effects are "slow", which annoys me.

Thoughts?

So I did some more digging on this issue, and here's what I've been told:

In motion when creating any type of effect, transition, generator or title, the designer should create the appropriate snapshots for the intended use of the effect/title/transition/generator (here in referred to as effect).

It's easy to do, in motion select the project object in the layers view

Then add the appropriate snapshot size per usage intent. 16:9 and 4:3 basically have you covered.

There are a few caveats here.

1. Always create your snapshots first before any other step in effect creation

2. Snapshots currently do not support anything other than square pixels, so DV and PAL and HDV (anamorphic and non) media may show "pillaring" when the effect is applied.

3. This is a killer, which ever snapshot is selected in the inspector is the one you are modifying project wide. That is why it os important to create the snapshots first, design everything for 16:9, then switch to the 4:3 and adjust from there.

So it sounds like there's supposed to be a solution, but that it has some issues with non-square pixels. But I'd be curious to know if making a 4:3 snapshot fixes the up-res/down-res issue? Darrin -- Darrin Cardani dcardani@apple.com _______________________________________________ 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