I received and installed the Adobe CS5 Production Package this week and today discovered that After Effects is pretty screwed up. Well, I take that back. The application seems to operate, just LAUNCHING it is screwed up. See normally on a Mac, you just double click the application icon to launch an app. Not with After Effects CS5, at least not today. Searching the web I found a host of people who have not been able to get AE to launch on a Mac. Folks suggested boot in Safe Mode, then boot normally and other such stuff. Didn’t work here. Then I found one guy who described how to launch AE using the Terminal. You know, that utility you really shouldn’t touch unless you know what you are doing? Well THAT worked and I have to leave the Terminal running the entire time. Nothing on Adobe’s website about a resolution but its pretty disappointing to have something as simple as launching the application not work correctly. Oh and while discussing After Effects, remember CS5 is 64 bit so if you own plug Ins they most likely will not work. I found that out today when I thought I installed my […]
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Maybe it’s part of the “Sin” part of being Sin City but it seems like every time I return to Las Vegas for the National Association of Broadcasters, the city just gets dirtier. Particularly in the mornings when I usually like to take a walk. Broken glass, empty bottles and cans and of course thousands of those “direct to you girls” mini pamphlets those hand slapper guys try to hand you. The sidewalks are just a dark grimey mess anymore. I suppose that’s from all the spilled alcohol mixing with the dirt and grime of the city but it’s just sticky and nasty. Sure, Vegas is a fun town if you ignore the dirt, but I’m wondering if there’s a possibility NAB could be moved around to a few other cities. Maybe cities like New York, San Francisco, Vancouver, Dallas, Orlando and Vegas could share the event? I guess going back to Vegas year after year just gets kind of boring after a while. And instead of the city looking better each time I go back, it just gets dirtier. It’s definitely an alternate reality when you’re on the Strip but move off and there’s one vacant lot after another. […]
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