Found a fix here:
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/blog/posts/how_to_fix_hasplmd_crashes
Thank you! And although it's for v6, it also works in my case for v8 - and I don't even have a dongle, so why is this even running? Avid???...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Thursday, June 11, 2015
How to continue drawing an interrupted Mask in After Effect
It's frustrating in AE that if you interrupt the drawing of a Mask, the app makes a new Mask instead of continuing the first one.
First be aware of the interruption, then go back to the Pen Tool, select the Convert to Vertex Tool, and then click on the last point of your interrupted Mask.
Then go to and select Pen Tool again, and continue to draw the same Mask. Aaaah!
First be aware of the interruption, then go back to the Pen Tool, select the Convert to Vertex Tool, and then click on the last point of your interrupted Mask.
Then go to and select Pen Tool again, and continue to draw the same Mask. Aaaah!
Monday, June 8, 2015
Apple Motion - How to stop (hold frame) the Numbers Generator
Trying to Hold Frame on the Text Generator - Numbers, does not register in Apple Motion.
I wanted to have a ramp and then hold onto the last number, but no go as the Hold Frame Effect has no traction on the Generator, nor on a Group containing the Generator.
The solution: uncheck the Animate checkbox in the Text Generator/Generator, and then add keyframes to Values, voilà!
Now I wanted to have 2 digits at a larger size than the 2 decimals, but I can't find a way to do this easily. I suppose I can always animate two sets of digits, the second one being smaller and then group them together to simulate a single counter, but it's a bit long and convoluted.
Tip anyone?
I wanted to have a ramp and then hold onto the last number, but no go as the Hold Frame Effect has no traction on the Generator, nor on a Group containing the Generator.
The solution: uncheck the Animate checkbox in the Text Generator/Generator, and then add keyframes to Values, voilà!
Now I wanted to have 2 digits at a larger size than the 2 decimals, but I can't find a way to do this easily. I suppose I can always animate two sets of digits, the second one being smaller and then group them together to simulate a single counter, but it's a bit long and convoluted.
Tip anyone?
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Media 100 for $99 - Yosemite supported!
UPDATE: Media100 now FREE!
Good old Media100 is available for a paltry $99! The price includes a copy of Boris Red.
It used cost x100 times that much back in the days... With cards and all, and it only did SD. Still a fraction of what an Avid would cost, for a very high quality, and it crashed less.
I labored on this marvel of technology for a few years in the 90's At some point the switch to FCP was made. The two co-existed for some time, and then HD came along and M100 was abandoned. FCP was more fluid in daily use, so even if M100 had survived the HD shockwave, there was no coming back.
I think I once downloaded the software only version after the acquisition by Boris Effects, I had to re-open an old project, and it did that just fine if I remember right.
Now M100 is revamped to deal with resolutions up to 4K, Aja cards are supported for I/O, 60 days trial available. The UI looks just like the same old though, and it looks like it still has all the same convoluted ways of doing things. Talk about back in the future!
I'm not sure I would recommend it to anybody, but for the curious among us, here it is:
http://www.media100.com
Scrolling down that page, I also found a Boris Continuum Image Restoration Promo ($99 instead of $299) good until June 30, 2015 "MacVideo Promo".
http://www.macvideopromo.com/products/boris-continuum-image-restoration-unit-for-mac-or-win
Update:
Actually Toolfarm has a similar Promo, good until end of Sept 2015. Toolfarm Exclusive Promo - July 1 - Sept. 30, 2015
http://www.toolfarm.com/buy/boris_continuum_unit_image_restoration
It used cost x100 times that much back in the days... With cards and all, and it only did SD. Still a fraction of what an Avid would cost, for a very high quality, and it crashed less.
I labored on this marvel of technology for a few years in the 90's At some point the switch to FCP was made. The two co-existed for some time, and then HD came along and M100 was abandoned. FCP was more fluid in daily use, so even if M100 had survived the HD shockwave, there was no coming back.
I think I once downloaded the software only version after the acquisition by Boris Effects, I had to re-open an old project, and it did that just fine if I remember right.
Now M100 is revamped to deal with resolutions up to 4K, Aja cards are supported for I/O, 60 days trial available. The UI looks just like the same old though, and it looks like it still has all the same convoluted ways of doing things. Talk about back in the future!
I'm not sure I would recommend it to anybody, but for the curious among us, here it is:
http://www.media100.com
Scrolling down that page, I also found a Boris Continuum Image Restoration Promo ($99 instead of $299) good until June 30, 2015 "MacVideo Promo".
http://www.macvideopromo.com/products/boris-continuum-image-restoration-unit-for-mac-or-win
Update:
Actually Toolfarm has a similar Promo, good until end of Sept 2015. Toolfarm Exclusive Promo - July 1 - Sept. 30, 2015
http://www.toolfarm.com/buy/boris_continuum_unit_image_restoration
Friday, May 29, 2015
Apple Motion 5.1.3 and FCPX 10.2.1 crash when using CMYK slider in Color Picker
I have a precise color I need to use and the reference is in CMYK.
I am able to switch the Colors selector from RGB Sliders to CMYK Sliders, but when I try to adjust a slider, Motion crashes, FCPX as well.
Are you too experiencing this? Obviously others do:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7031542
https://discussions.apple.com/message/28249186#28249186
Update:
I thought I could workaround this bug by doing this:
Open Textedit, select Format / Font / Show Colors.
That will open the Color Picker floating window identical in all Apps including Motion and FCPX.
Go to CMYK Sliders, and create your colors without crashing, save them in the color swatches (buckets). Then go back to Motion, FCPX - the colors are there in their buckets, ready to use.
Except that when I pick one of these newly created color swatch, Motion CRASHES.
So no luck...
But then, I had this idea:
Open Textedit, select Format / Font / Show Colors.
That will open the Colors floating window identical in all Apps including Motion and FCPX.
Go to CMYK Sliders, and create your colors without crashing, SWITCH the slider to RGB slider, THEN save your color in the color swatches. Go back to Motion, FCPX - the colors are there in their buckets, ready to use.
This time, no crash! But, come on Apple, can you fix this please.
From there You can create a new Palette and save and organize your new colors.
---
PS: I can't find a way to "erase" a color swatch (bucket). It seems the only thing one can do is replace a color with another, but no way to drag out a color to empty the swatch. Has someone found a way? Let me know.
PS update: Drag a color swatch to another and that'll empty it. So basically all buckets can be erased but one.
Update:
Apple has corrected this bug in FCPX v10.2.2. Thanks!
I am able to switch the Colors selector from RGB Sliders to CMYK Sliders, but when I try to adjust a slider, Motion crashes, FCPX as well.
Are you too experiencing this? Obviously others do:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7031542
https://discussions.apple.com/message/28249186#28249186
Update:
I thought I could workaround this bug by doing this:
Open Textedit, select Format / Font / Show Colors.
That will open the Color Picker floating window identical in all Apps including Motion and FCPX.
Go to CMYK Sliders, and create your colors without crashing, save them in the color swatches (buckets). Then go back to Motion, FCPX - the colors are there in their buckets, ready to use.
Except that when I pick one of these newly created color swatch, Motion CRASHES.
So no luck...
But then, I had this idea:
Open Textedit, select Format / Font / Show Colors.
That will open the Colors floating window identical in all Apps including Motion and FCPX.
Go to CMYK Sliders, and create your colors without crashing, SWITCH the slider to RGB slider, THEN save your color in the color swatches. Go back to Motion, FCPX - the colors are there in their buckets, ready to use.
This time, no crash! But, come on Apple, can you fix this please.
From there You can create a new Palette and save and organize your new colors.
---
PS: I can't find a way to "erase" a color swatch (bucket). It seems the only thing one can do is replace a color with another, but no way to drag out a color to empty the swatch. Has someone found a way? Let me know.
PS update: Drag a color swatch to another and that'll empty it. So basically all buckets can be erased but one.
Update:
Apple has corrected this bug in FCPX v10.2.2. Thanks!
FCPX 10.2.1 Cross Dissolve bug - Luma drop
A one second in duration Cross Dissolve (Look: Video. Ease: In and Out, Ease Amount: 0) applied to a Prores 4444 clip (first clip in the Timeline), in a Prores 442 Timeline playback correctly .
When I Export the timeline to Prores file though, there is a drop in Luma at the end of the fade in the exported file.
When I Export the timeline to Prores file though, there is a drop in Luma at the end of the fade in the exported file.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
FCPX Missing Plug-in (Effect) difficult to track down - pt2
Please Apple make it easy to find a missing Effect or Transition in FCPX.
I'm spending hours pulling my hair and agonizing. It's just untenable having only an exclamation mark over the Event icon to alert you that something is missing.
Nothing pointing at the culprit Project or Compound Clip. Where to search without a clue?
How about a Timeline tab showing missing Effects? Or make searching for Effects, or missing Effects available in the Browser.
At least missing Media is easy to spot, and then to fix using the Relink Missing Media Files.
How about a Relink Missing Effects Files?
Apple has to make it easy to find missing Effect or Transition. If you think like me, please send your feedback to Apple:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/finalcutpro.html
Update:
Ah, ah! maybe this tool can help:
http://www.spherico.com/filmtools/X-Files/X-FXHandler/
I'm spending hours pulling my hair and agonizing. It's just untenable having only an exclamation mark over the Event icon to alert you that something is missing.
Some Title is missing...
Some Effect is missing...
Nothing pointing at the culprit Project or Compound Clip. Where to search without a clue?
How about a Timeline tab showing missing Effects? Or make searching for Effects, or missing Effects available in the Browser.
At least missing Media is easy to spot, and then to fix using the Relink Missing Media Files.
How about a Relink Missing Effects Files?
Apple has to make it easy to find missing Effect or Transition. If you think like me, please send your feedback to Apple:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/finalcutpro.html
Update:
Ah, ah! maybe this tool can help:
http://www.spherico.com/filmtools/X-Files/X-FXHandler/
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