[summerJ]

go with fedora. i had pretty good experience with it. i think 8 is recommended but take a look in the tec specs.
dpx and exr should be faster then any other format. 95% of the work i do is based on these files @2k and txk is flying with it. the things seb mention are really to be kept in mind!

nanuk

[summerJ]

hmm, donno man. the comp does not look that complex. i dont have any issues. what are the files you are using. dpx, exr….?

[summerJ]

hey antoine,

i gave txk another stress test with cc`s till you drop, motio and blurs. don´t have your mentioned issues. what are the tech spec of your machine?

nanuk

[summerJ]

@fantasio 27305 wrote:

We have tried XP64 but it doesn’t seem to be better. And we have been told by Patrick Turcotte from autodesk that running toxik under linux won’t resolve our problems.

But I am like you, I don’t like vista and would really go for redhat rather than windows, but that is not my choice. Put more ram is also not my choice (I would go for 16GB at least…)

Nanuk, have you done a lot of CC on your comp, like ten Basics CC one after the other?
Do you use a motio node to add motion blur to the matte? How heavy are your comp?

I am rendering localy, mostly with forward rendering. All projects files, footage&cg and rendered files goes to the server.

Thanks for your inputs,
antoine.

hey antoine,
if done heavy composting with txk (greescreen, roto, 3d tracking in reaction, cc, etc). motio at some points. not soooo often to be honest. donno if i had 10 cc´s in one comp but over 6 for sure. wasn´t a prob under rh ws5 64bit. i have 8 gb ram and a quadcore. fx 4600 as gpu. in earlier versions of toxik i had render issues but not under 2009. i´m not at the office at the moment. when i´m back on monday i will try to give it a stress test.

all the best nanuk

[summerJ]

hi we use toxik in a feature film enviroment. i never came across these problems you mentioned. but i wouldn´t go with vista. i was on xp 64bit and now im on rh which is way better. i saw some strange behavior under vista. are you rendering local or of a farm?

all the best nanuk

[summerJ]

@boyvin 27182 wrote:

Hi! I know that Toxik 2009 for OS X will be release soon because Autodesk will be at the Macworld 09 with Toxik…if it can interest you…

wouldn´t put too much in it. they will release, but to apples current “reordering” osx it is hard to develop on that plattform. if you want a quick and reliable box go for linux 64bit.

cheers nanuk

[summerJ]

@forilou 27175 wrote:

Any experience? My favor would go for Linux for stability. coming from IFF too, linux have always been a plaisure to use. And system too, what are your flavour too: AMD, xeon?

Many thanks Mathieu

hey mathieu,

i have txk on both linux and 64bit windows. my personal favorit is linux. it feels abit faster. but it is only a personal view. if you go windows definitaly go for 64bit. i´m on rh ws 5 and this works great. if you have an iff machine available you could throw it on that. works fine as well.
hope this helps,

nanuk

[summerJ]

hey,

if you wanna do it by hand, did you try the ext. bicubic on flame? it is not the fastest thing to do, but you have full controll of your flag.

cheers nanuk

[summerJ]

i dont think so – as far as i know IFF and txk are incompatible. this is the reason why you cant exchange any settings. the algorithms are to differnt.

nanuk

@rohit 26321 wrote:

i really wish discreet would merge toxiks features into inferno…like soon. including the UI gate into batch.

[summerJ]

on which version of toxik are you? the general structure and specialy the structure of reaction is changing thru the version quite drastically. so if the script was designed for 2007 it is quite sure that i wont run with a newer version. also the way of 2d tracking/stabilization has changed. the general structure of txk is still wip. perhaps they found it with 2009. 😉

nanuk

[summerJ]

but i guess you don´t get “real” 3d information out of it. you get some 2d racking info. but havn´t looked at it for quite time. perhaps things changed.

nanuk

[summerJ]

i had some discussions with autodesk about that, but unfortunaly it is like it is. you dont have any maya at your office?

nanuk

[summerJ]

hi,

as far as i know you will need a maya lic. cause the importer script is launching maya for some tasks. even when it´s only seconds.

nanuk

[summerJ]

thanks alot mike!!!

nanuk

[summerJ]

thanks for that! i have some time by now and will give silhouette a try.

nanuk

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