I followed your instructions and put the FFmpeg file in Applications folder.

Did some more research online and found these further instructions:

In the Finder on your Mac, locate the app you want to open.
Control-click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu.
Click Open.
The app is saved as an exception to your security settings, and you can open it in the future by double-clicking it or from cli, just as you can with any authorised app.

And now it works

Kent

Hi,

I upgraded to Catalina but MAC OS is preventing ffmpeg from running when I'm rendering with Animator. Any idea how to fix this?

Thanks
Kent

Hi,

Having an issue with corners on this geometry. Using a Mac.

I used Animator in my latest YouTube video. See the section that starts at 0:17 seconds. It's a Timber Frame Pavilion model that I created in Sketchup and animated with Fredo's Animator plugin on my Mac. I used Final Cut Pro to add titles and to change the speed in some sections and for dissolves/fades in some places. I rendered all the sequences at 60 fps so they would be very smooth before importing into Final Cut where the video output is 24 fps. I rendered and edited everything at 4K resolution. I didn't use any rendering software as I don't think any of them support GPU rendering on a Mac.

https://youtu.be/wuRMRWp4Ce0

No. Nothing

Yes,

I have Ruby open. No difference.

Kent

No, mouse came with the mac.

Here's a screenflow capture...

I can click-drag with the left button to scroll the time. I added enough tracks to test this.

1. No. Hovering the curser over the bar and gesturing with the magic mouse (scroll-wheel) zooms the model.

2. No. Zooms the model

3. With the mouse hovering over the scroll bar the time reads (for example) 25.5 s. If I press the command key the time then reads 25.50 s. And as above, mouse wheel gesture zooms model.

I hope this helps. Do you want a screen record?
Kent

Any keyboard shortcuts to zoom the timeline? Or any settings to key in a zoom value to get around this?

Thanks
Kent

I changed a clip to make it longer so it brought up the scroll bars. I am unable to scroll the timeline with the mouse wheel. It always zooms the model window.

Kent

I don't have enough tracks to test that. Will try tmrw.

I tried as many combinations as possible. All just zoom the model.

Kent

Hi,

I am using a Mac and cannot change the scale of the timeline to zoom in. When I mouse over the scroll bar it says "Use Mouse-wheel +ALT to change scale"

The equivalent on the Mac is the "option" key. When I push the option key and touch scroll the Mac magic mouse it zooms the model and not the timeline.

Thanks
Kent
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