• Adobe After Effects

  Previewing HDTV Files

  Posted by Andrea Carothers on May 28, 2008 at 2:28 pm

  I am creating HDTV (1920×1080) sized animations and am having several problems. Most of my animations are no longer than 10 seconds, but the RAM Preview will only let me see the first few seconds and then it gives up. When I actually render out the project, I am rendering as a .MOV file with no compression to keep the best quality as these animations will eventually go either though Avid or the switcher (where they usually lose quality) to go on-air.

  If I max out my RAM will I be able to preview these better?

  Here is what I’m operating on currently: MAC OS X, 2×2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon, with 5 GB of memory. I have 8 memory slots, with 4 full right now.

  I also just installed a “My Book” backup drive, hoping I could partition half of that off and play my after effects/renders out of that, but they still will not play back thoroughly. It will play the first 2 seconds, then pauses and skips to catch up with the current time.

  What a pain! Can anyone offer suggestions?

  Andrea Carothers replied 18 years, 2 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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