[wolf]

does that restart the absent burn nodes ?
is there no way to do this from the backburner manager ?

it happens quite often !!

wolf

[wolf]

i was getting the same with a default boujou track.
i spent some time realigning the scene coordinates to level
everything.

w

[wolf]

thanks for posting.
i think what makes it harder for me to use keylight in flame is i got so used
to multiple mask inputs on my shake and the flame batch schematic is not as
fast to work in as shake. so if you want to share some of your work flows it
can only help me.

i am going to send the folks over at the foundry an email and see if they plan on maybe adding some node inputs in our lifetime.

take care

my email: [email protected]

Wolfgang Maschin

Flame* | Shake | Softimage

[wolf]

I love the fxguide forums because of the democratic aspects and a general
respect for artists both very experienced and starting out as junior compositors.

I’ve seen and participated in quite a few arguments of epic proportions (always the “my hardware is doper then yours !” kind of.)

don t misunderstand me i love the subject but there moments when some
of the valued posters forget or disregard the economic environment most high end unix-powered workstations plus the beloved apps are positioned in.
when clients pay upward to $1200.- an hour and it s not all ending up
in our (FFI artists) pockets you cannot afford to rely on anything but a
box that will take allot of beating and still run when all other mammals have
dissapeared from the surface of this earth.
I never read postings with complaints about the price of a spirit datacine,
and why is it more expensive then let s say a Bosch or Rank.

this is going to sound very repetetive but i feel the urge to say it:
so you not really pay for software, you pay for the history of R+D, bug fixes and blood and sweat that lead to flame 9.2.
i would not compare combustion to flame and ask why is flame so much
more expensive until i start my own studio and have to get jobs out the
door that barely cover my overhead.
so it really depends from what position you argue from.

small independend outfits will of course tend to defend combustion and
after effects and bash IFFS.
i hope in the near future to see a smoother blend and more options
between the Inferno/Flame world and the true native desktop apps like
shake and combustion.

i think autodesk/apple are already paying attention to the demand for a more flexible choice of tools and therefore listening to ALL of you.
i think very soon everybody will get the solution he/she seeks for the
price they wish to pay.

Wolfgang Maschin

flame* | shake | softimage

“It seems you have been living two lives, Agent P. In one life, you are Peter Smith, assistant cook at a Jack in the Box in Barstow….in the other…you go by the chat alias “Randerson”…spreading propaganda, lying, and being a generally immature pest…

[wolf]

i did some experiments not to long ago to do exactly what you describe ddinisco. unlike john i was less sucessfull.
i would love to see your findings since i agree for slating purposes and also
tracking media and creating database entries and logs this would be a great way to go.

i would love for you guys to keep me in the loop if indeed you find some
exciting filemaker to flame procedure and are willing to share the fruit of your labor with me.

[email protected]

Wolfgang Maschin

Flame* | Shake | Softimage

[wolf]

hey klaus

where in austria do you work ?
i am from vienna and moved to LA about 8 years ago.
i had no idea there are inferno s in vienna. Listo video ?

email me and give me the scoop, .. dankeschoen

tschuess

Wolfgang Maschin

Flame* | Shake | Softimage

[email protected]

[wolf]

uwe

thanks for the reply.
thats pretty much what i end up doing, and i get really good results but
it seems that with the lack of flexibility (missing inputs on the keylight node)
using the master keyer is more tempting since its integrated into action.

Wolfgang Maschin

Flame* | Shake | Softimage

[wolf]

if you work at a facility with active support you should be able to get those from
the discreet website, client download section.
if i remember this one right those example files used to be on the discreet ftp a few years ago.

Wolfgang Maschin

Flame* | Shake | Softimage

[wolf]

hey sgiman

thanks for that one !
we already upgraded to flame 9 since this post

wolfgang maschin

flame | shake

[wolf]

hey klaus

let us know how your final comp comes together.

here is another link that you might find usefull

http://www.mattepainting.org/

all the best to you

Wolfgang Maschin

Flame* | Shake | Softimage

[wolf]

why do you need a 27K background ?
i did matte paintings with 180 degree pans and they were rendered in 2K for
Filmout and the backgrounds i started from were 2 overlapping 4K paintings.
that gave me more then enough resolution to execute my pan.
also inferno and flame are not really setup to work in 27K resoultion with
multiple layers. i guess you should resize your photoshop painting to a much
more manageable size ? what version of inferno are you running ?

Wolfgang Maschin

Flame* | Shake | Softimage

[wolf]

i did a shot last year that used a fairly large bg image and i don t think
it was nearly as big as what you have in mind.

look at mikes tutorial on projecting inside a sphere:

http://www.fxguide.com/fxtips-163.html

hope this helps

Wolfgang Maschin

Flame* | Shake | Softimage

[wolf]

do you need a dpx or cineon file ?
where do you want me put the file ?
it s 12megs !

wolf

[wolf]

thanks jeff

i may be wrong but i remember hearing about a “crop”
node during the fxguide live event.
it used the custom node and some expression…

i am trying to mimic the shake crop node.
is there a way to accomplish that in flame ?

wolf

[wolf]

thanks guys

this helped quite some

wolf

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