NewTek Discussions http://forums.newtek.com/ This is the Official NewTek discussion forum. To find out about NewTek and our 3D, Video Editing and Animation products, visit http://www.newtek.com en Thu, 17 May 2012 01:30:28 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.newtek.com/enlighten/misc/rss.jpg NewTek Discussions http://forums.newtek.com/ <![CDATA[TCXD450 "compatible" mpg files are out of spec for encoding profile used]]> http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128218&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 00:58:10 GMT The "compatible" mpg files being produced by the TCXD450 are out of official H.262/MPEG2 specification. They are encoded at 100 Mbit/s using a profile flag of main (and a level of high). According to specs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.262/MPEG-2_Part_2) the main profile is only compatible up to 80 Mbit/s.

This failure to meet specs is causing us serious problems with smart rendering in Sony Vegas. All our files are having to be rendered twice before they reach final product status. We find this totally unacceptable.

There are two possible solutions:
1. Change the encoding profile flag from main to high to meet proper MPEG specs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.262/MPEG-2_Part_2), or
2. Lower the "compatible" bit rate to 80 Mbit/s to match the official main profile to fully meet MPEG specs.

Interestingly enough the "high" recording setting on the TCXD450 does produce a proper spec MPEG2 file (it will smart render fine in Sony Vegas) but sadly we cannot use it because TMPGEnc 5 (our final down render step) won't accept 4:2:2 files yet. We use TMPGEnc 5 because of it's powerful batch capabilities to produce every final format we need in one batch.

We filed a bug report, but also posting here for any useful input.
(https://fogbugz.newtek.com/default.asp?46662_omu36a3t) ]]> TriCaster - General Support spotduster http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128218 Create a list of all assets to a scene http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128217&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 00:31:49 GMT Anybody know of a way to make/export a list of assets (objects and images) used in a scene and their path. I see you can export a list of images used, but I don't see the same for objects. Would be nice if you could export a list of everything that is an external reference to a scene including used plugins. I'd like to make sure all assets get transferred. I realize you can "package" a scene but I'd rather have a list.

Any ideas? ]]> LW - Community dblincoe http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128217 Stereo (Anaglyph) Lens Flare Bug http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128216&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 23:06:37 GMT Is this known? Render any volumetric light with lens flare in anaglyph, and the light and volumetrics are rendered properly for stereo, but NOT the lens flare. I understand lens flare is a post-render image process, but stereo should take its position into consideration for stereo, based on the... Is this known?

Render any volumetric light with lens flare in anaglyph, and the light and volumetrics are rendered properly for stereo, but NOT the lens flare. I understand lens flare is a post-render image process, but stereo should take its position into consideration for stereo, based on the position of its light. Currently the flare is rendered in the exact same position for both L & R images. :(

I can fogbugz this if it isn't a known bug. ]]> General Support DrStrik9 http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128216 Clarification on new features http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128215&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 21:38:53 GMT First of all, does the 455 have two DDRs? The tech-specs only say "5 integrated digital media sources".

Secondly, does the 8000 have dedicated preview monitors for the 8 M/E's? Again, the tech-specs are kind of vague "Freely configurable for any combination of input sources, program, preview, M/E buses, clocks or images". This was a huge downside on the 850, since there were no monitors for the virtual inputs, the only way to see a VI source was to place it on the preview bus (which isn't always available). Hopefully there is a way to monitor the M/E buses on the 8000 without having to place them on preview.

thanks,
Jon ]]> TriCaster Community JonCrowe http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128215 Problem with Rendering http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128214&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 20:30:49 GMT Halloooooo.. my good friends in lightwave! Am having a problem with my rendering. Every time I try to render a scene from a certain angle it alway render the original angle (the angle I first loaded the objects into layout). It's really annoying coz I've tried to reinstall and nothing seems to work.

Appreciated! ]]> LW - PC joj http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128214 3D mapping - Prague Astronomical Clock - 600th Anniversary Show http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128213&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 19:40:08 GMT Holy cow. Love it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GT7XCS1ahk Holy cow. Love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GT7XCS1ahk ]]> General Discussion DrStrik9 http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128213 iVGA - sending black http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128211&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 18:13:59 GMT Not sure what I'm missing here. Just setup a new iMac for lyrics using iVGA to send lyrics up to Tricaster.

iVGA seems fine because it can send the Newtek logo to Tricaster. But when I go to Screen 2 it's just black. I'm using ProPresenter and I have a monitor hooked up physically as screen 2 and everything I display on ProPresenter shows up correctly. However iVGA is just sending a black screen to Tricaster.
The 2nd screen is at 1024x768 60 hz, what am I missing? Keying is off for now also. ]]> TriCaster - Troubleshooter DanielG http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128211 MDD Network Rendering Issues with BNR http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128210&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 17:58:42 GMT We've run into a situation where baked displacement via MDD is not rendering on our rendering farm. We are using BNR to render out the frames.

Can you tell me what pitfalls we should be avoiding?:cursin: ]]> General Support DaveG http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128210 The surprising math of cities and corporations http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128209&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 17:33:01 GMT I just watched a TED Talk on "The Surprising Math of Cities and Corporations" and found it very relevant for present times. (Netflix, or other video access required.)

TED Talks : Numbers Speak Louder Than Words : Episode 4 (about 17 minutes long)

Definitely worth watching.

EDIT: Here's a link:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/264222/ted...d-corporations ]]> General Discussion DrStrik9 http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128209 Trek Vet Doug Drexler Launches Space Command Kickstarter Campaign http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128208&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 17:20:34 GMT Rob Note: If they get the funding I wonder if it will this be a LW project?

Quote:
"The Space Command Kickstarter page will open on the 16th of this month, coinciding with our appearance on radio’s Coast To Coast! We’ll also be premiering a promo video for Space Command, so save the date!
_
We need and appreciate you, and ask for your help! No one in television right now has any interest in making a space show. It’s in our DNA, and it won’t be denied! We can’t help ourselves! So please help us!
Doug
A message from the amazing Marc Zicree -
Yay! At last we can announce the nature of the Secret Science Fiction Project! The official title of the project is SPACE COMMAND, and it’s inspired by great science fiction films, TV shows and books of the 50s including Space Patrol, Forbidden Planet, The Martian Chronicles and more. What follows is our first official press release, and you can see one of Doug Drexler’s brilliant images.

For more, check out our Facebook Page. We launch our Kickstarter campaign May 16th on Coast to Coast. More details soon! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hollywood CA. May 3rd, 2012 ATTENTION SCI-FI FANS: Sci-Fi Legends set to launch fundraising campaign on Kickstarter.com for new Feature Film Franchise. SPACE COMMAND will be a series of new and original feature films by STAR TREK writer Marc Zicree, GALACTICA FX whiz Doug Drexler, director Neil Johnson and other Sci-Fi luminaries. Inspired by classic science fiction TV & Film of the 1950s, this dream team is set to bring to life “Bold Adventures in the Far Reaches of Space.” Beginning May 16th, the filmmakers will bypass the Studios and Networks, going straight to the fans for funding to greenlight their project. Since Kickstarter’s launch in April 2009, more than 20,000 creative projects have been successfully funded by more than 1.8 Million individual contributors. Fans who contribute to SPACE COMMAND’s Kickstarter campaign are eligible to receive exclusive rewards in exchange for individual pledges ranging from $5 to $10,000. Contributions of $5000 or greater include rewards of Associate Producer Credit and even an Appearance in the Film. http://www.facebook.com/SpaceCommandMovie


Marc Scott Zicree has written for virtually every major network and studio, with hundreds of hours of produced credits including Star Trek – The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Babylon 5 and Sliders, and bestsellers including The Twilight Zone Companion and Magic Time trilogy of novels. He has been nominated for the American Book Award, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Humanitas Prize and Diane Thomas A ward, and won the Saturn Award, TV Guide A ward, Rondo Award and prestigious Hamptons Prize.

Doug Drexler is an Oscar and Emmy award winner. His credits include Star Trek — The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, four Star Trek feature films, Battlestar Galactica, and currently Defiance. He has also won the British Academy Award, a Saturn Award, a Visual Effects Society Award and is also a Peabody Award recipient.

Neil Johnson’s credits include 8 Sci-Fi films including Alien Armageddon, Battlespace and Humanity’s End. He has directed over 500 music videos for such bands as U2 and Manowar. Neil’s feature film debut in 1997 is reputed to be the first digital film ever made. – Marc Zicree

http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2012/...s-on-facebook/

http://www.facebook.com/spacecommandmovie

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/.../space-command ]]> General Discussion robertoortiz http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128208 New LightWave Video Profile... http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128212&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 17:13:23 GMT Here’s a new LightWave video profile featuring Ernest Chan and the crew at Nick Digital, the LightWave team at Nickelodeon. See how our favorite 3D app is used in Sponge Bob Square Pants, Ni Hao Kai Lan, The Fairly Odd Parents and many more.

Available now on:

YouTube: http://youtu.be/uqvM_IsV_gM

NewTek TV: http://tv.newtek.com/player.php?recordID=197

Share and enjoy!

Discussion thread is here: http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128207 ]]> NewTek 3D Announcements Chuck http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128212 New LightWave Video Profile... http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128207&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 17:13:23 GMT Here’s a new LightWave video profile featuring Ernest Chan and the crew at Nick Digital, the LightWave team at Nickelodeon. See how our favorite 3D app is used in Sponge Bob Square Pants, Ni Hao Kai Lan, The Fairly Odd Parents and many more. Available now on: YouTube:... Here’s a new LightWave video profile featuring Ernest Chan and the crew at Nick Digital, the LightWave team at Nickelodeon. See how our favorite 3D app is used in Sponge Bob Square Pants, Ni Hao Kai Lan, The Fairly Odd Parents and many more.

Available now on:

YouTube: http://youtu.be/uqvM_IsV_gM

NewTek TV: http://tv.newtek.com/player.php?recordID=197

Share and enjoy! ]]> LW - Community Chuck http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128207 RHiggit Pro 1.1 http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128205&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 17:04:58 GMT Maybe I'm missing them, but I haven't seen any threads related to this newest release. I've been traveling the past few weeks, but now I have time to play with the new mocap editing features. I've only seen the YT vids, but this functionality is what I have been needing in the projects that I have been working on in the past couple of months.

This is a pleasant surprise and I would have thought, this was a major enough release to warrant v2 (can't wait to see what a v2 would be!).

RH: thanks! ]]> LW - Third Party wesleycorgi http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128205 Shortcut modifications http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128204&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 16:41:59 GMT This is just a heads up for those of you with multiple TriCaster products and good memories, or custom CS or shortcut key implementations. At some point in the not too distant future, all TCXD TriCaster versions will undergo some relatively minor shortcut key changes. The advent of 4 DSK... This is just a heads up for those of you with multiple TriCaster products and good memories, or custom CS or shortcut key implementations. At some point in the not too distant future, all TCXD TriCaster versions will undergo some relatively minor shortcut key changes.

The advent of 4 DSK channels in 8000 make it unwieldy to use the same shortcuts as were long in use on prior models for Take/Auto DSK 1 and 2. In a future rev - which is not to say the very next one in some cases - you'll see these have been remapped as follows:

Auto DSK 1 a
Auto DSK 2 s
(Auto DSK 3) d
(Auto DSK 4) f

Take DSK 1 A
Take DSK 2 S
(Take DSK 3) D
(Take DSK 4) F
Muscle memory being what it is, we generally try to avoid this sort of thing, but this was our best recourse that preserves consistency across the models - important for those running multiple units.

(The documentation that pulls up with your QR code readers is already updated, which is a rare case of docs being ahead of reality. Hopefully, that won't confuse anyone.) ]]> TriCaster - General Support SBowie http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128204 Quest for the Ultimate IK Hand Rig http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128203&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:34 GMT I'm back with another mind boggling rigging conundrum with which to pester the forum. Hopefully this will be my last for a while, lest I outstay my welcome. ;)

I've been trying to set up an arm that includes two hand controls; one for gross positioning of the whole hand, and another that leaves the finger goals behind so the finger tips can rest on other objects etc. In the attached scene, the red ball at the wrist serves as the former, the blue box the latter. This is the closest I've come to achieving my goal, but there are some problems. Namely:
  1. When rotating the R_Hand Master null on Bank, the hand needs to rotate on the same axis as the forearm, and the forarm itself should twist.
  2. I can't get the hand to stay oriented to the goal or world space without causing further breakage.
  3. When moving the R_Hand Master null, the finger goals stray away from the hand, which I suppose is a symptom of problem number 2.
I feel like I'm close to getting this, but alas my brain has pulled up short. Anyone care to lend me a bit of theirs...? :)
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]]> Chris Jones http://forums.newtek.com/showthread.php?t=128203