AE CS6 Multi Processiong is a dissappointment

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AE CS6 Multi Processiong is a dissappointment

Posted by Tom Daigon on February 8, 2013 at 2:12 am

Its a shame that whenever I try to use MP on my Z820, it never seems to work. Very disappointing. Im getting used to ignoring it.

I have a very simple comp consisting of 1 layer of Element 3D (which contains a OBJ sequence of simple domino shaped 3D models.)

Then there is a floor layer, a light and a camera.

I am using Elementary on the Element layer to create artificial shadows of the line of domino objects on the floor

I have 2- 2687 processors with 32 hyper threads and 64 GB of ram all dedicated to AE.

When I start the render it sits there for five minutes telling me its doing 2 out of 250 frames. No progress is seen on the timeline. I just stop it at this point since regular rendering seems faster.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxPrG3WUyz8
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HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid

Tom Daigon replied 13 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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Todd Kopriva
February 8, 2013 at 2:55 am

Element 3D is not compatible with the Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously multiprocessing feature. That feature relies on using multiple CPUs, each rendering a separate frame. That model doesn’t work when a plug-in like Element 3D relies on the single GPU.

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After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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Tom Daigon
February 8, 2013 at 2:57 am

Thank you Todd. That would explain my difficulty with it. No more MP for Element projects.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxPrG3WUyz8
(Best viewed at 1080P and full screen)
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
Roland R. kahlenberg
February 8, 2013 at 3:31 am

Tom, you may want to look at using the Spacebar for non-RMFS situations. This precludes having to jump in/out of the Prefs DIalog Window.

HTH
RoRK

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Todd Kopriva
February 8, 2013 at 4:08 am

BTW, the same goes for other GPU-dependent things, like the ray-traced 3D renderer.

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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Tom Daigon
February 8, 2013 at 5:31 am

Thanks for the info everybody.

Todds clarification of the MP functions addressed the issue at hand.

Things running quite well.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxPrG3WUyz8
(Best viewed at 1080P and full screen)
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid

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