CS5 RAM preview not real-time (by a long shot)

[Kevin Camp]

first off, you are hitting the zero on the numbers pad to do a ram preview, not the space bar which writes to the drive, correct?

also, in preferences>video preview is it set to computer monitor only? 3rd party video i/o cards can often effect preview performance.

Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Kurt Murphy]

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Yes.

<video preview is it set to computer monitor only? 3rd party video i/o cards can often effect preview performance.>>

and yes….

kurt

[Kevin Camp]

in preferences>previews, try setting ae to only use adaptive resolution and uncheck the option to use opengl.

if that doesn’t help (or you already had those settings) quit ae and try resetting the prefs by holding alt+ctrl+shift (win) or option+cmd+shift (osx) and launching ae again.

if it’s still not working few other things would be good to know:

• is this a new problem, you has it been happening since the install?
• did you install the latest update (10.0.1)?
• what os are you using?

Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Kurt Murphy]

<previews, try setting ae to only use adaptive resolution and uncheck the option to use opengl.>>

I had Open GL off, but I couldn’t find the Adaptive Resolution (I only see 1/8, 1/4, 1/2).

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JEverything new: CS5 on a new 2×2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Running Mac OS X 10.6.4….

thanks,’kurt

[Kevin Camp]

osx v10.6.6 is the latest 10.6 (not saying that’s the problem, but you may want to update).

also, the latest ae cs5 is version 10.0.1, and that is a very important update for cs5, so you should definitely update that if you haven’t.

you’ll also want to make sure that you have the latest version of quicktime 7 installed (7.6.6 i think). i don’t think there’s been a resolve with quicktime x yet with pro apps… but i haven’t been following that.

if you have dual monitors, you might try disconnecting one, rebooting and see what happens for previews.

Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Kevin Reiner]

Hey Kurt,

I was having the same problem and may have come up with a solution. In Preferences/Previews switch Color Management Quality to “More Accurate”. Seems counter-intuitive to me, but my previews are in realtime since doing that.

Please post back and let us know if that fixed your problem as well.

Thanks,
Kevin

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