Improve text/vector anti-aliasing II

by microbians

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Improve you render times with After Effects…

With this you will fly fly fly like a very fast plane with your renders. I make the test with a very complex scene composed in a big composition 5000x7000 pixels, with a lot of elements. Outside this composition camera moves within a 1025x576 composition.

If you renders as is, in FULL - Current options + Motion Blur activated the composition gives me approximately 1h of render.

Then if you select a view port (that cover all the composition 1024x576) in same conditions the render only takes 5 minutes!!!!

After Effects Cocoe Battalion

Some time ago we did a battalion system for After Effects, which is more or less a controlled system of particles.

A “battalion system” unlike a “particle system” does not have an emitter, instead is a set of elements (the battalion) that walk down a road, but in the end of the path they stop in a determined position.

Here is an example of the first job where we use: 

http://cocoe.com/?go=ibercaja

In the beginning the script was intended only for 2D, but with the help of a collaborator (who is a genie named Stephane Hillaire) we port the script to 3D world. 

We decided after deliberation to bring out the script, so you can download it from: 

http://www.cocoe.com/downloads/index.php?path=/downloads/COCOEBATTALION

The script is licensed under a “THX like license” - I mean if you use it you must email us a comment if it was helpful for you, and ideally a link to the video on wich you used =)

Enjoy.

Here are some examples:

http://www.cocoe.com/downloads/COCOEBATTALION/DEMO2D.mov
http://www.cocoe.com/downloads/COCOEBATTALION/DEMO3D_take1.mov
http://www.cocoe.com/downloads/COCOEBATTALION/DEMO3D_take2.mov

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© 2007 Gabriel Sucho (microbians)

ENGLISH HELP

Installation
Just copy the makeicon folder generated in the dmg file to your applications folder.

How to use?

You can use this app from the finder’s toolbar by drag the makeicon.app to your finder’s toolbar, or you can use it like as regular application.

* Do you need help to add an application to your finder’s tool bar? 
http://www.woopid.com/video/532/Adding-Applications-to-Finder-Toolbar

Simply open it

1. Just open the application and it will ask you to select the folder to change the icon, select one.
2. Then it will ask you to select a bunch of images (at least one)
3. This will change the folder icon container, creating a icon representation of  the selected content.

The Drag & Drop way

1. Select a bunch of images (or just one) or folder of your desire and drag & drop it over makeIcon
2. makeIcon will launch. In case you Drag & Dropped a folder, it will ask you to select a bunch of images (at last one)
3. This will change the folder icon container, creating a icon representation of  the selected content.

The selection way (it will work if you have makeIcon on the finder’s toolbar *

1. Select a group of images within a folder or a folder of your desire
2. Launch makeicon (is you selected a folder it will ask you for a selection of images)
3. This will change the folder icon container, creating a icon representation of  the selected content.

AYUDA EN ESPAÑOL

Instalación
Arrastra la carpeta makeicon a la carpeta de aplicaciones.

¿Cómo se usa?

Puedes usar esta aplicación desde la barra de herramientas arrastrando makeicon.app a la barra de herramientas de una ventana del finder. O puedes usarla como una aplicación normal.

* ¿Necesitas ayuda para saber como se puede añadir makeIcon a la barra de herramientas del finder?
http://www.woopid.com/video/532/Adding-Applications-to-Finder-Toolbar

Simplemente lanza la aplicación

1. Abre la aplicación y te saldrá una ventana para seleccionar la carpeta que quieres modificar.
2. Después te pedirá que selecciones un grupo de imágenes (al menos una)
3. A continuación makeIcon cambiará el icono de la carpeta

Mediante Drag & Drop (arrastrar y soltar)

1. Selecciona un grupo de imágenes (al menos una) o una carpeta y arrástrala sobre el icono de makeIcon
2. makeIcon se ejecutará. En el caso de que hayas arrastrado una carpeta,
3. primero te dejará seleccionar un grupo de imágenes (o una suelta)
4. A continuación makeIcon cambiará el icono de la carpeta

Mediante una selección (solo funcionará cuando lances la aplicación desde la barra del herramientas)*

1. Selecciona un grupo de imágenes (al menos una) o una carpeta
2. Lanza makeIcon desde la barra de herramientas del finder. En el caso de que hayas seleccionado una carpeta,
3. primero te dejará seleccionar un grupo de imágenes (o una suelta)
4. A continuación makeIcon cambiará el icono de la carpeta.

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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,

WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

This software belongs the use of three tools: copyIconTo, CareImageTool and SetIcon.

CoreImageTool license and information:
http://www.entropy.ch/software/Macosx/coreimagetool

Thanks: Marc Liyanage for CoreImageTool

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