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AE GPU Acceleration with AMD Radeon R9 M295X
I cannot find a firm answer on this – is there a way to enable GPU Acceleration in AE CC 2015 with my AMD Radeon R9 M295X GPU? It appears to be a debate throughout the internet but no articles or tutorials claim to have a solution.
Additionally, can someone provide some information on OpenCL? Unfortunately, I cannot get a grip on OpenCL. Is this a framework for developing or is “downloadable”. Apple support claimed to be unfamiliar with OpenCL, although their is a page on their developer site.
I am trying to fully utilize this maxed out iMac and could really use some info here.
Thanks in advanced.
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[Jesse Wekerle] “I cannot find a firm answer on this – is there a way to enable GPU Acceleration in AE CC 2015 with my AMD Radeon R9 M295X GPU? It appears to be a debate throughout the internet but no articles or tutorials claim to have a solution. “
Are you talking about the ray-tracing renderer? Then the answer is unequivocally no. The ray-tracing renderer introduced in CS6 is accelerated by CUDA on NVIDIA cards ONLY. Neither OpenCL nor AMD/ATI are relevant.
That’s ok, though, because that ray-tracing renderer is being replaced:
https://motionworks.net/after-effects-3d-future/The UI is accelerated through OpenGL, and just about any GPU will work.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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Finally a definitive answer, thanks Walter.
When you say the UI is accelerated are you referring to the general AE user interface?
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[Jesse Wekerle] “When you say the UI is accelerated are you referring to the general AE user interface?”
Yes. Ae uses OpenGL to draw some of the application’s UI elements on-screen.
See here for more:
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/rendering-opengl.htmlWalter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
@keenlive | RenderBreak [blog] | Profile [LinkedIn]
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