• Adobe After Effects

  iMac 27” Late 2013 Optimal Cache & Memory Settings

  Posted by Ben Janowitz on November 12, 2015 at 10:23 pm

  Hey guys,
  I was wondering if someone can suggest me the best settings to improve my machine in rendertime and in general.

  These are the specs:

  

  

  The processor is 8 core.

  I’m interested mainly in these:

  -Media & Disk Cache (I don’t have SSD hd at the moment, just a 500gb USB drive);
  -Memory & Multiprocessing;
  Right now I’m facing a 1920×1080 music video (about 4:30 minutes long) with mostly simple 3d stuff (a long flythrough in a Trapcode Particular starfield) and I’m a bit worried about render times (deadline in one week)

  Do you guys have suggestions?
  I know 8 gb of RAM is really low, I’m gonna upgrade that soon.
  Thanks.

  Ben Janowitz replied 10 years, 6 months ago 54,240 Members · 3 Replies
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  Ben Janowitz

  November 12, 2015 at 11:23 pm

  Hey Dave, thank you for you quick answer.
  I’m currently using Adobe After Effects CC 2014
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  Ben Janowitz

  November 13, 2015 at 12:22 am

  Wow! Ok! Never use ray tracing! I’ll keep in mind! 😉
  Thanks!

  What about these settings? (Almost default settings)

  

  

  *Sorry for the italian language, but I think you’ll understand!

  Do you think putting 32 GB of RAM and maybe an external SSD for the cache is going to significantly lift my situation?
  Thanks again!
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  Ben Janowitz

  November 13, 2015 at 7:56 pm

  Thank you sir!
  Last question:
  When I’ll get the 32 gb ram should I twick the multiprocessing settings? How?
  Thanks again!

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