Mograph Milwaukee » after effects http://mographmilwaukee.net Motion Designers in Milwaukee Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:20:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 BG Renderer Hits Version 2 http://mographmilwaukee.net/2011/01/bg-renderer-hits-version-2/ http://mographmilwaukee.net/2011/01/bg-renderer-hits-version-2/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:59:34 +0000 conigs http://mographmilwaukee.net/?p=356 BG_Renderer2_lg

Some breaking news from this morning: BG Renderer has officially hit version 2! There are more details on my personal blog as well as the After Effects Scripts site, but it now comes in Basic & Pro versions (both license based now, but for a reasonable price: $4.99/$19.99 respectively). These are the two features of Pro that caught my eye immediately:

  1. Render notifications through email, sms, Growl, or Prowl (for iPhone notifications, though Growl + Boxcar could be used as well).
  2. Render CS3 or CS4 comps in the CS5 render engine (if installed) to take advantage of 64-bit without having to update your project file.

I’ll be upgrading my seat at home as well as urging places I work to do the same.

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  • Native 64-bit (No more out of memory errors!).
  • Roto Brush.
  • Mocha & Mocha Shape.
  • DE FreeForm.
  • Native R3D file support, including color & metadata management in the Interpret Footage dialog.
  • Two new blending modes: Subtract & Divide.
  • New keyboard shortcuts for keyboards without the number pad (laptop users rejoice).
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