Will's Life

So many sliders! I am sure I will have plenty of 'experiments' to post on this one!

It looks cool but I was not trying for this effect. Still trying to get the hang of things.

Here is a looping sequence of flipping tiles or squares made with after effects that we displayed on our netbook pcs we were giving away at our booth.

I figured I have done enough 'fun' stuff and need to get adobe after effects basics down.

The particles that come with AE cs4 are pretty impressive. My biggest obstacle right now is how to move the camera around quickly and 'ease'ily. I am doing better. I figured out that if you attach a camera to a null object it removes the complexity if you simply move the null object around.

Video Copilot Basic Training

This may look really simple but it took me 2 hours. :

There is absolutely no information or results performed on the quadro vs gaming cards so I went through the trouble.

I purchased 2 quadro fx 4500 video cards off of ebay for these tests.


Obviously the GTX 260 beats the evga 8800 GTS but the 8800 does the trick! The Quadro enhances nothing for my computing needs and bottle necks performance because of its dated components. ( Graphics workstation, mainly photoshop and after effects for now)

$200 for a used 4500 Quadro and $130 for a new 8800 GTS

QUADRO VS GEFORCE

Test results ran from:
CPU:i7
RAM:12 Gig DDR3
Display = 2 monitors at 1920x1080
Power Supply: More than capable


THE RESULTS ARE IN:
Windows Experience Index (Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit)

Quadro 4500-
Graphics- 5.1
Gaming Graphics- 4.9

Geforce 8800 GTS -
Graphics - 6.7
Gaming Graphics - 6.7


and here are the results that mattaer in my opinion:

Photoshop CS4 64 bit (time to run filter 'render clouds' at 20,000 x 20,000 72pi)
both cards enabled seamless zooming and panning features

15.6 seconds / 8800
15.9 seconds / 4500


After Effects CS4 (1st 40 frames of logo swirl from aetuts lossless avi render)
62.4 seconds / 8800
61.4 seconds / 4500

2d game Continuum (Windowed 1920x1080)
120-240 avg fps - 300 max fps / 8800
80-130 avg fps - 160 max fps / 4500



Breakdown of what I learned:

The main price increase for the quadro reflects driver support and compatibility.  You will have a hard time getting photoshop support from a gaming card. But who needs it these days? Plus the quadro is made to render 'perfect' pixels vs speed and compression like the gaming cards are optimized for.  So quadros might push dual or triple monitors a bit better without artifacts.  THERE ARE NO MAJOR DIFFERENCES. Save your money and purchase the latest game performing video card.  One other thought is that the quadros have cuda.. and if you have a 'SPECIAL' application that is programmed to utilize this feature it is worthless for ever day uses.

HERE ARE LINKS TO VIDEO CARDS WITH 100% SUPPORT. (just in case)

 

A video Card only helps panning and zooming in photoshop, if you want quicker filters, get a better cpu, more ram (64 bit supports more than 4gb or ram)


PS I have the GTX 260 at home and it only slightly out performs the 8800 GTS so SAVE your money and just keep getting the latest and greatest every 2-3 years (cheapest high performing CPU, RAM, Video Card available at the time) and you will always have one of the quickest graphics machines.

Cydne is commonly miss- typed for the company name cdyne. Cydne is pronounced like a the Australian City name 'Sidney' and commonly refers to a person.cdyne is pronounced like 'See Dine" and is a web service provider based in Chesapeake Virginia.Click the link if you were looking for the company name CDYNE sometimes accidently spelled as Cydne.

Hilltop Gold Exchange is up and running. They buy any kind of precious metal.

Gold prices are at a high while the U.S. dollar is at a low. So alot of people in this area are cashing in while the time is right.

 I added a function that tracks where a user entered the site so the owner will know where his inquiries are coming from.

Here is more fun with particular. A tutorial from aetuts.com helped me create this effect.  Here is my finished ae file for those of you who like to cheat. :) download aetut

Spent last weekend in San Francisco with beezwax and fmnexus.. Filemaker plugin software and consulting.

Also got to see Randy Hill, an old PenSoft co-worker. He is doing great since moving there 3 years ago. We had some drinks and he showed me around as much as he could for the 5 hours i had.




Me and Randy (Can you tell who the tourist is?)

Another interesting thing happened as soon as I got to the hotel. Right outside the hotel Local 2 was holding a strike for Hotel Workers. Police escorted mob chanting 'Local 2'  'Local 2'



Thank god I am home. I packed waaay too much stuff in for 3 days.

Cheap After Effects Thrills. I have not had as much time as I have wanted to devote to motion graphics lately. I ran across this ae tunnel tutorial and thought I would share. The possibilities are intimidating with after effects. You really have to have the mathematical side of the brain to complete the other half. Sort of like Adobe Flash but this has sooo many more possibilities.

My grandma put together a book from her mothers diary and photos called the 'perpetual diary'. It has daily details of road trip to Colorado in 1930 when gas was 12 cents a gallon. These are one of a kind books, she only had 200 or so printed, so stop by www.chenterra.com and get one.

Here is Sam acting like he is thirsty lapping out of the gold fish pond.. (At my grandparents ranch in Kansas)