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when is it to many photoshop layers to work with
I have photoshop file thats only 45 megs but has about 100 layers, and I’m starting to get some really slow responses from after effects. is there anything i can do to speed it up other then splitting my photoshop file up into more smaller files?
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Do you have layer styles, is the psd file @72dpi, anything unusual that you’re doing with your layers? Also, what version of AE?
Breaking down the PSD in smaller files with less layers like you suggested may help, but you should not have a problem because of the number of layers.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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running a macbook pro
2 core
2.66 ghz intel i7
8 gb ram
256 kb cache per core
plenty of HD space
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AE CS6doc is 1920×1080 layers of simple drawings with only a few colors.
when i cleared out the cache in the AE preferences it went a little bit faster.
and when mentioned about the layer styles, is that referring to when i import the photoshop doc, or the doc itself from within PS?
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[ben wolfinsohn] “when i cleared out the cache in the AE preferences it went a little bit faster.”
That’s really odd — the cache should never slow Ae down. If it takes longer to read something from the cache than it takes to recalculate it from scratch, Ae skips the cache and simply recomputes.
Working at a lower resolution in Ae (for example, by setting the viewer at Half instead of Full) should net you a big speed increase, if you have not done that already.
You can also see Adobe’s excellent Improve Performance page [link] for more suggestions.
Walter Soyka
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yes, turning off multiprocessing seems to have helped. and I have the ram reserve for other apps set to 5, making ram available for AE 3. is that a good number to set it at?
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[ben wolfinsohn] “yes, turning off multiprocessing seems to have helped. and I have the ram reserve for other apps set to 5, making ram available for AE 3. is that a good number to set it at?”
I’d try flipping them around.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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To all the above I would add this- try not to have any other programs open while working in AE. I would leave only 2 for other programs.
Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
Senior VFX Artist
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