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AE CS3 Slow to start rendering
I am having real trouble with preview and output renders in CS3 where
it “thinks” for almost 5 min. before it starts a ram preview or final render out. It’s not that complicated a piece but uses Keylight 1.2v5
on several layers.No problem scrubbing the timeline, it’s only when you preview or render.
I have gotten several warning messages basically it can’t initiate Keylight but it doesn’t do that every time I try to
preview or render. The footage being keyed it coming from an Avid.
It’s Standard Def 1:1 10 bit.It was working fine yesterday but today is a different story. Have already tried restarting.
Machine specs:
Octo Mac
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there is an update (actually 2 since 1.2.5), you can find it here:
https://www.thefoundry.co.uk/pkg_downloads.aspx?ui=A5FB8E97-D752-4E01-AC7D-17B39B7E1192
it may fix the problem… i’ve been using v1.2.8 since getting cs3 and i haven’t seen what you’ve described.
you could also try disabling ae’s multiprocessing (‘render multiple frame simultaneously’). keylight is natively multithreaded, though i have not tested it’s performance vs. ae’s.
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
Thanks for getting back to me guys.
Dave,OpenGL was on but turning it off didn’t fix the problem.
Kevin, multiprocessing was already off.
Oddly, it seems to be a corrupt comp. I started a new comp and then pasted the layers one by one into it to try to isolate a bad layer.
As it turned out, I pasted all the layers from the old comp to the new
and it works fine now. The old comp still hangs but the new one works
normally. I didn’t know you could get a bad comp but there you go.
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