Astute Graphics Plug Ins Question

After reading here about their Autosaviour plug-in I downloaded it from their site. While there, I noticed that they offer many other plug-ins as well.
I am wondering if any of you use them and which one(s) you find the most useful.

I have an Intuos 3 at the moment (haven't seen the need to update). Got my first tablet 10 years ago and wouldn't be without one!
Thanks, will check them out.
I have started looking at the Monroy tutorials on Lynda.com. The one thing that confuses me, is determining when to use Photoshop and when to use Illustrator. Seems like he primarily uses Photoshop for most of his work which, given the size of his work (like Times Square), surprised me a bit.

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With all the new features of AI CC 2014, is there any point in getting the Astute Graphics Plug-ins

I'm just curious because the plug-ins seem useful, but it's a lot of cash to lay-down, especially because it seems as if there is a large overlap. Any suggestions?
Jon

I vote no. G4 isn't the problem so much as 400mhz is. The ram shouldn't be a problem.
But you could test if you set up Compressor on one G4. Compress a job. Compress the same job with the same settings on the G5.
If the G5 is 4 times (or even 3, since time is spent sending the render data over the network between the G4's slow system busses) as fast the single G4, a render farm will not help you.
Using the G4 and G5 together in the same cluster does not work because Compressor looks at all processors and divides the job into twice as many segments. In this case, the G5 finishes it's two segments years before the G4's and then sits around waiting. You could try splitting the G5 into 4 instances, but then you have 8 slow processors attacking your job. Not very efficient.
Good luck though. You should test the one G4 just so you know. Report back if you do.

LP9.1.1/10.6.3 -- 3rd party plug-ins question..

The last 4 nights on my new system have been stable---iMac i7/LP9.1.1/10.6.3
Now i'm missing my 3rd party plug-is which i have not installed yet.
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Maschine is in the mail and i may jump at the Komplete 6/Kore 2 bundle sale.
What should i expect with 3rd party plug-ins and Logic 9.1.1, am still in 32bit mode, but lots of horror stories about noise on first note, crashes etc.
I bought this system for film scoring kinda stuff, so internal logic instrumenst are not enough for me.
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I would suggest to make sure Logic is in 32bit mode when you first run it after installing your plug-in's. I had the darndest time trying to get my Komplete and Sample Tank's to show up- then it dawned on me that I was in 64-bit. Ran in 32-bit and the plug in manager found all the 3rd party stuff.
Once you have it installed (remember that a lot of plug-ins should be ran first in their standalone mode to authorize)- switch back to 64-bit and all should be good (for the most part).

Question #1plug in status "checking with mozilla on the status of your plug ins" blocked by continuously rotating grey circle Random "mozilla not responding

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Quick question... does safari have add-ons or plug ins?

I've been Safari and firefox intermittently for the past week or so, and I've definitely noticed that Safari is faster than firefox most of the time, which I really like. And I like how links to some major websites are built across the top below the address bar, too. I also like how it's streamlined and condensed.
However, I like firefox, too... namely because of all the add-ons and plug ins, such as foxytunes, download helper, the toolbars for yahoo and google (those are the four I have because those are the only ones I use).
So, does Safari have plug-ins, or add-ons available, akin to firefox, or the app store (that I've heard about) for the i-phone? Because, if so, (if I could get those four plug-ins, or equivalents) that would be enough to make me do a complete switch.

Hi and welcome to the Apple discussion forum!
Yes Safari do use plugins as well as firefox, i guess that you already got the Flash plugin installed.
But you find some other available plugins at this site as well, that you maybe not have installed yet.
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/plugins.html <<
And regarding the Appstore that has really nothing to do with Safari though, the appstore is a
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Plug ins- Audio units question from a Cubase SX user

With Cubase SX3 I have 7 VST instruments (2) bass (4) synth (1) drums + at least 100+ effect plug ins. If you add my Powercore firewire plugins, Waldorf Attack, Absynth 3 battery 2 I have a nice arsenal. I know AB3, Battery and the Powercore work in Garageband so I would assume the same for Logic but I need to know cause it looks like I'm giving up instruments (SX3)for Audio Units(Logic) Am I right ? If so what Audio Units / plug ins come with Logic and Logic Express? I want to get Logic for my other studio is it worth learning?
rdee

Hi,
Take a look at http://www.fxpansion.com/product-auadapter-main.php . This plugin should enable you to use your VST plugins in Logic (if I'm not terribly wrong).
Logic Express comes with 4 synths, 1 sample player, 3 delays, 4 distortions, 6 plugins for dynamics (compressors etc.), 6 EQ's, 6 filters, 6 modulation plugins, 4 reverbs, and some nice special ones like a tuner, pitch correction and vocal transformer. Besides this, there are quite a few good (and free) AU plugins. My favourites are Sampletank Free and Ambience (Smartelectronix).
I think that Logic has the right name: it's very logical to use. Besides that most of the plugins sound great.
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Trouble installing third party plug-ins Illustrator CS5.1

Hi,
I am running Mac OSX 10.5.8 and am using Illustrator CS5.1 via an Adobe subscription. I have repeatedly tried to install several plug-ins made by Astute Graphics (www.astutegraphics.com/). I download the file, double click on the .dmg folder and then double click on the installer icon. The installation process is quick, easy and completely automatic, and each time installation is confirmed "successful". But, the plug-ins' tools are nowhere to be found within Illustrator once I open the program, nor do any files appear in the Plug-ins folder. Just recently I downloaded and installed another company's plug-in without any difficulties, and the corresponding file appears in this same folder.
Any ideas what could be wrong? Any help would be very much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Mark

Hi Monika,
Thanks again for taking the time In response to your post,
Normally the plugin files should be right inside your plugins folder inside the Illustrator program folder.
Yeah, but there's nothing there unfortunately. I have even does a search on the computer and only come up with the files inside the dmg disk folder, nothing else. So, if installation was successful where could the files have been installed? I just don't get it, I've even looked in the Photoshop Plug-ins folder and nothing.
Do you have different versions of Illustrator on your computer?
Do you run virus protection software? (This often disturbs installation processes)
No, I have only this one version installed, and as I mentioned it's an Adobe subscription. Is it possible that because it's a subscription I'm having difficulties? Perhaps I'm limited in some ways because it's not a purchased product.
The tools themselves can be found in the tool panel in Illustrator. ColliderScribe consists of sub-tools under the select tool (black arrow - the icon should have a small triangle on the bottom right).
Yes, this is what they told me as well, but there's no submenu for the select tool. There is a submenu of the white arrow select tool though, but those tools are a part of Illustrator. As well, they mentioned that there would be a submenu under the Illustrator Menu, but there's nothing there either.
It's the most bizarre thing, the installation process is so simple and straightforward. I download the dmg file, double click on it and up appears the install icon, double click that and follow the procedure. I couldn't screw it up even if I wanted to, the process is completely automatic. Something appears to be blocking the installation process, I just have no idea what it could be. I paid for the ColliderScribe plug-in thinking that if I had the key up front it might help, but nothing.
I don't know what to say, I appreciate your time and assistance. I'd really like to purchase a few of the plug-ins, they look wonderful. I just wish I could get them work.
Kind regards,
Mark

About OpenGL and Waves Plug-ins GUI

Hi,
I'm using 13" MacBook Pro (Early 2011 version) and i want to ask some questions about my problem. I'm a producer / sound engineer and i'm using Cubase 4. I installed Waves Complete Bundle Plug-ins. Plug-ins installed successfully but when i opened the plug-in, it works without GUI. I read lots of forums and people says "it can be OpenGL problem". My first question is Intel HD Graphics 3000 supports OpenGL? If it supports how can i solve this problem. I need suggestions about that.
Thank you in advance for your help.

I think all you can do is move them out of whatever folder there are in.

3rd Party Plug-Ins

Recently I have been messing with Topaz Labs Adjust. It has some pretty cool effects. My question is does Topaz Labs (and other 3rd party plugins) add anything themselves to Photoshop (beyond a nice graphical interface) or is it just combining Photoshop's Current tools in a easy to use way to produce the effects?

There are several different kinds of plug-ins, but plug-ins are executable code, and so they generally manipulate image data in their own ways. The things plug-ins do to images are separate and distinct from Photoshop's functions. Basically Photoshop hands the image data to the plug-in, it manipulates it, and then writes it back to Photoshop.
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I would like to invest some money in plug-ins but would like to get a feel from the forum first, as to what, where, when and why.
After all the many millions of tutorials and books I have seen, "Red Giant" is a name that crops up all the time. I am looking on their site, and am getting rather overwhelmed with the amount of plugins they offer.
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Mettle plug ins won't activate, cause crash

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Hi Todd,
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I didn’t think I had a problem with AE but was putting the question out there to see if anyone else has experienced this issue. It must be some sort of software conflict. The plugins aren’t writing registration info to my library.
But I was taken aback to see that my new computer would have a graphics card that AE considers “unsupported.” Since that seems like an oddity, I threw the info into the mix.
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All of my plug ins are erased?

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I'm new to the use of visual effects and had some questions I just couldn't find anywhere... Perhaps it is because they are so basic, so my apologies if these are stupid questions. My projects have usually been on 16mm, but I recently moved to video and was exploring my options on getting the film look.
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