• Adobe After Effects

  A quick 16 bit and 32 bit question

  Posted by Alfonso Gamez jordano on January 2, 2008 at 8:37 pm

  Maybe it sounds stupid but…

  Does working in 16 bit or 32 bit make After Effects go slower?

  And also another quickie, how can I set AFX to have a 16/32 bit workspace as a default, instead of 8-bit?

  Thanks

  Alfonso Gamez jordano replied 18 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Alfonso Gamez jordano

  January 3, 2008 at 9:26 am

  No one…?
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  Shawn michael Lee

  January 3, 2008 at 4:03 pm

  I can tell you that it will slow you down. More bits=more processing.

  As for defaultin to 16 bit or 32 bit, I’m not sure. I thought if you just set it once then close the software, It would save it just like the windows that are open, their positions, etc.
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  Darby Edelen

  January 3, 2008 at 8:04 pm

  [Shawn Michael Lee] “As for defaultin to 16 bit or 32 bit, I’m not sure. I thought if you just set it once then close the software, It would save it just like the windows that are open, their positions, etc. “

  It’s set in project settings, so it saves with any given project but cannot be made the default when creating a new project.

  And yes, more bits = more slow.

  Darby Edelen
  Designer
  Left Coast Digital
  Santa Cruz, CA
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  Alfonso Gamez jordano

  January 3, 2008 at 11:26 pm

  OK, thanks for your answers.

  I thought the same you’re telling me, but couldn’t distinguish rendering preview times from an 8-bit project and a 32-bit one.

  Thanks 🙂

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