Oh yeah, I have to agree with the Pizza tip, in fact, where is the phone book?

Nice tips
Daaaamn… you’re up late!

1:56 a.m……..andrew you sad lonely man , i never stay up pass 1:55 a.m…thanks for the tips..as always

Wow, great tips. I find pepperoni to be a good choice.

I have to try that last tip

Haha Andrew, you mind giving me a slice of pizza while your at it?

Most meat toppings keep.. and sometimes it’s even better when you don’t reheat it.

And what’s with this “secret” shift menu business? How do you find all these little treasures?

Thanks for the tips. You should publish a book.. on post-it notes.

jd

bizzar tip#3 AK, I just ordered a pizza for a long night of work ahead… trippy timing! Now, if wee can only get the n00bs to rad this before posting all over the forum???? yeah right, like that’ll happen… pft!

sweet.. i’ll just have to work more on fade in/fade outs, render long hours.. then eat more pizza! oh and post in the early mornings.. way to go, i’m the next VCP champ

sweet tips thanks

For your tip “2.3″…I thought Adobe doesn’t support the 64bits yet…When I start one of the Adobe’s software, I can only use 3 of my 4 MB…Am I wrong ???
Thanks a lot for these tips ! )

Secret menu cool

Amen.

That memory purge tip is great… but I can’t find it under MAC OS X… Do you also know the settings under MAC OS X?

nice

Lovin’ the secret menu tip.

thnx Andrew – nice ones

Great tips…

mmmm…Meatlovers pizza with jalapenos…bliss

Pizza…I love pizza…italian pizza!!!

WOW…a secret menu!!!
You’re great!
Bye

Yeah! great Andrew….

Thanks man. It’s the little things that make all the difference. Have a good weekend. I hope the kiddo is doing well.

Bo

The pizza tip is pure gold.

best tip ever… I mean about Pizza

Wow thanks for the tips andrew, they are really helpful.

NO seriously, I have pulled all nighters to prepare video, and the pizza tip is excellent with the toppings that taste good after the initial baking. Wow Andrew, you are fantastic.

Thanks Andrew. I always forget about the “Secret” mode….maybe because it’s so secret, my mind forgets it is there…or maybe it’s the anchovies on the refrigerated pizza…YUCK…Thanks Andrew. These tips are going in my archives….and yes, I will start reading the archives instead of just putting them on my desktop.

wow, I never would have thought of that! Thanks for your extremely helpful tip. I’m talking about that third tip of course.

thanks helpful! PIZZA!

Having a futon and an alarm clock in the edit suite, if there’s enough room, can also be a very efficient way to cut down on some render times – sleep through them.

The secret pallet is great.

If you turn on scripts then load the pallet you can have After Effects send an email to a set address when the render is finished! Great if your heading out of the office for lunch, you know when to go back!

Thanks for the tips Andrew

I just want to say that i like your work and also im one of your students. Thanks xD

Tip 3 is what I would call perfect. Pizza does seem to make all things better, even cold pizza. Next time do a list of tips like the pizza tip!

Thanks for the tips

cs3 and cs4 are 32bit programs however AE is the only one that can be tweeked to use all your ram. you need 1 or more multicore processors and you can allocate 3 gigs to each thread i.e. if you have a dual core processor thats like having 2 processors in one and each can use 3 gigs. if you are like me i have two quad cores and 16 gigs of ram. i have ae tweeked to use 14 gigs leaving me 2 gigs left for other stuff. now cs4 does use more ram within premiere etc. but AE is still the only program that has the menus to tweek it. and in cs4 the “secret” menu is no longer secret lol.

Tip number 2 was really helpful. Thanks for the instructions

Secret menu for OSX:

Hold down control+alt+shift, go to the preferences and select memory & cache

Once you are there select from the drop down menu

In there you’ll see the other preferences – the secret menu.

Hey thanks for the opacity help And i think a good peperoni would do the job

Sometimes I solve buffer erros just disabling the preview when I render the comps, pressing BloqMaj key… Renders go more fast and no more problems…

pd: sorry of my english…
pdd: allllways vegetable pizza. More digestive at night!!

Almost any project I try to render always has this buffer problem, It’s always a pain in the but to try to work around it. I can’t thank you enough for these tips.

Andrew,

I have the render buffer issue all the time. I dont seem to be able to get to the secret menu. What exactly should i do? Hole Shit while I go to AE Preferences?

Thanks a bunch in advance

Pouyan,

“Hold shift”

What you’re suggesting sounds like a camping tradition.

Russ

I know this sounds weird, but i don’t like pizza. lol, everyone thinks i’m not human cause i dont like pizza.

so i’ll just get some sub-way and work all night.

Thanks for the Secret menu tip. I feel like a kid again!!! Christmas has come early. Thanks Andrew.

thnx andrew for the tip ^^

ARE YOU A ROBOT ANDY CASTRO??? HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE PIZZA???

ok, ANDY CASTRO, I do speculate on the possibility of you being of non-human origin for not liking pizza, however you are forgiven as subway is just as awesome if you ask me hehe =P (wow that was a run on sentence)

hehe Peace

Plain is always great. I love Peperoni too.

are you kidding? Subway stinks!!! good old-fashioned cheese pizza is the way to go.

this seems to have turned into a food discussion, who would have guessed that this is a VFX website? lol!

i think working late – a cappuccino would serve a greater deal….

and AK any info abt – “THE LOST SAM”

It is nice to see that you are using PNG files for your image sequence renders as well.

Refrigerate your pizza?!?! C’mon Andrew… I thought you were brilliant?

You are speaking the truth man…
Your TIPS are one step ahead of the problem
Like A prophesy lol

Priceless advice. The secret setting has saved me many times. On the snack front I find the nearest CVS at the start of the week and load up on my planters peanuts and goldfish snacks.
PLus a granola bar for a touch of sweet. I have gained too much weight watching renders and visiting the vending machine. ha

i luvd tips.

i could not get “secret” menu, sir!

hi, im not getting tips

It´s good to hear, that sometimes you have the same render problems that I have…
Thanks!
And you do the Pizza trick like i´ve done it many times!

i often get open gl-errors if i don’t deactivate it for preview… so i suppose my graphics card isn’t the best for AE.

however, thanks for those helpful tips!

when are you going to give us the promo? If you give it to us sooner, we’ll have longer to think about buying… :*

Another secret – hold down Alt, click on Help and then “About after effects”….check it out

how much do you pay for the electric bill, lol!

Great tips, and I appreciate all the additional tips here in the comment area.

Sorry, people… what’s the key combination to order a pizza?
Ah… I work with CS3 yet.;)

PD: If I’m not so hungry, can I use the tip #1?

lol… @ key combination to order pizza
hey Andrew, thanks for the AE secret preference tip

here is a great link for stopping the image buffer crash!!

http://generalspecialist.com/2006/11/avoiding-after-effects-error-could-not.asp

I agree wholeheartedly; extra cheesy pizza keeps you going at night! Cheese inside the crust has saved my soul more than once

ha ha ha gottalove the pizza tip, Says it real serious and stuff ha brilliant.

I don’t want to sound stupid but 64 bit machine???
I just bought snow leopard and that went from 32 to 64 bit (Mac).
Or do I see them come flying of the wall now?