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CC 2015 Previews Not Real Time
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anyone know of any fixes on their way for this? or how far back i need to go with versions of after effects to get ram preview to work again?
i’m very very tech savvy, and i don’t believe i’m overlooking something here. ram preview was working, now it’s not, and the only change is adobe’s updates.
Adobe, SHAME ON YOU.
Matthew T. Lynn
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[Matthew Lynn] “that is not an acceptable answer. “after effects is not designed for real time” is ridiculous. i’ve been using after effects for years and years, and the “RAM” preview function has always been able to handle real-time playback (maybe with some long renders and setting tweaks). “
You took what I said out of context. I have been using Ae for years and years, too, but it’s just not a real-time system. Pretty much everything has to be rendered before it can play back.
[Matthew Lynn] “now you can’t choose to ram preview and skip frames, at alt resolutions, etc. why would adobe dumb down a tool that was working well?”
Ae is in a period of huge transition right now. See this thread for some discussion here on what Adobe is actually up to:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/378/11437Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Matthew Lynn] “anyone know of any fixes on their way for this? or how far back i need to go with versions of after effects to get ram preview to work again?”
Ae CC 2014 13.2 was the last version before the new preview system.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Walter Soyka] “Ae CC 2014 13.2 was the last version before the new preview system.”
And Ae CC 2015’s project files are perfectly compatible with Ae CC 2014. I usually work in 2015, then render in 2014 so I can exploit the old multiprocessing feature.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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Hi,
My workaround is: Toggle on-off the video output.
– Go to Prefs > Video preview
– Uncheck “Enable Mercury Transmit”
=> Preview is realtime
If you need realtime preview, you don’t have output to the video monitor.
If you need to see your colors etc. on the video monitor, press “/” on numeric pad to get video output. “/” toggles the video output on and off.
It works. A kind of…
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So I think I have figured out a solution to the terrible preview playback frame rate of aftereffects 2015.
Step 1: Press the 0 button to preview your highlighted section.
Step 2: The KEY is that you must not see the timeline slider moving through time in your layers panel. If you can see the time line moving, aftereffects will play back slowly. If you zoom in to a different part of your comp (so you can’t see the time line moving) or maximize the comp preview window (by pressing the tilde key) aftereffects will play back at full frame rate.I am running a new iMac with good specs. But I hope this applies to others. I couldn’t even play a sound file on my mac without the frame rate dropping to half speed. That is when I figured out that if I couldn’t see the timeline moving it would play smooth. The ram preview works exactly as it did in previous versions when pressing the 0 key. You just have to avoid seeing the time line slider move. Hopefully this glitch will be fixed by adobe. It seems like a really easy thing to fix.
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According to Adobe, the next update of AE is targeted to fix the El Capitan realtime preview issue.
Todd from Adobe explains the issue, the workaround, and talks about the fix here. https://forums.adobe.com/message/8440047#8440047
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“The KEY is that you must not see the timeline slider moving through time in your layers panel. ”
Whoa, that worked. A little annoying to have to do for every preview, but this was driving me nuts. I had decided to wait to upgrade to 2015 and El Capitan, only to find this glaring bug was still there. I mean, what good is “real time” preview if it never plays it in real time? I never minded waiting for the RAM preview to load as long as it played the render area close to the right speed.
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wow. this worked for me too. so frustrating seeing the usability of the software go backwards. It doesn’t really matter to me what the core of the software is based on, if they have to re-write it or what. The key is that for the people using the product, the usability of it diminished. Its like Tesla updating the firmware in their cars and telling you “hey, now you can accelerate a bit faster, and the radio works better, but you can’t turn left anymore.”
The fact that the only factor in whether it works or not is if the CTI is visible or not most likely is a bug. I’ve reported it, and here’s hoping that they clear that one up fast. Its really changed my workflow for syncing animations to audio, and not for the better.
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Yes, Under preview settings tick Full Screen box. That way you can have a realtime preview always..
Good luck
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