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So confused about whether a AE CS4 64-bit version exists
I’ve googled, and googled, and googled…and I even CreativeCowed. But I can’t find a definitive answer.
Yes, I know the future version of AE (i.e., CS5) will be 64-bit only. But is there a current AE CS4 64-bit version? If so is it a completely separate install? Or is it all the same install but enabled by a different serial number? I certainly can find no mention on the Adobe site of an AE CS4 64-bit download.
I’m further confused by the fact that Adobe states that CS4 is “64-bit compatible.” Does that mean it can function fully as a 64-bit program? Or does that only mean that CS4 is a 32-bit program which is stable under a 64-bit system.
I’m on Windows 7 64-bit and would love to be running AE CS4 64-bit…if such a thing truly exists.
Thank you for ending my torment.
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After Effects CS4 is a 32-bit application. It can run on a 64-bit operating system. After Effects CS4 can launch multiple instances of the application to render multiple frames simultaneously. On a 64-bit operating system, these multiple instances can use a lot of RAM, thereby taking advatntage of a 64-bit operating system.
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Thank you! That answered my question and more! Never thought to run multiple instances to take advantage of more RAM. So the program knows to access “un-tapped” RAM does it? That is, if one instance is using 4 GB, a new instance of AE will only access a totally different 4 GB?
I’m assuming you mean you can render out half a comp in one instance, and the other half in the other instance.
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[Sean Worsell] “Never thought to run multiple instances to take advantage of more RAM. So the program knows to access “un-tapped” RAM does it? That is, if one instance is using 4 GB, a new instance of AE will only access a totally different 4 GB? I’m assuming you mean you can render out half a comp in one instance, and the other half in the other instance.”
No need to do it manually — AE manages the other instances for you through multiprocessing. You don’t have to render separate parts of the same comp manually in separate instances; AE will render multiple frames simultaneously within the same comp.
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Is there any advantage to doing it “old school”, that is, manually launching new instances and rendering to a TGA sequence using “skip existing frames”?
I say that, given that I’ve read that it’s sometimes advantageous to switch off multiprocessing.
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> I’ve read that it’s sometimes advantageous to switch off multiprocessing.
Whenever I recommend turning off Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously multiprocessing, it’s because someone is using a computer with too little RAM.
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Thanks, Todd.
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@ Todd
Hi Todd, You said:
“After Effects CS4 is a 32-bit application. It can run on a 64-bit operating system. After Effects CS4 can launch multiple instances of the application to render multiple frames simultaneously. On a 64-bit operating system, these multiple instances can use a lot of RAM, thereby taking advatntage of a 64-bit operating system.”
Doesn’t this apply to CS3 as CS3 also supports multiprocessing. Still if what you said is not applicable to CS3 then whats the reason for that?
Thanks
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> Doesn’t this apply to CS3 as CS3 also supports multiprocessing.
Yes.
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Yes ?
Sorry Todd, i didn’t get that exactly. Can u pls elaborate it for me. I really need that answer as i’m planning to use AE CS3 with 64bit system WIN-7.
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> Sorry Todd, i didn’t get that exactly. Can u pls elaborate it for me. I really need that answer as i’m planning to use AE CS3 with 64bit system WIN-7.
Yes, AFter Effects CS3 uses Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously multiprocessing.
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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
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