Help. Time indicator not running smooth in my comp window.

[David Bogie]

Ae is a terrible place to edit. do it in Premiere or FCP.
You can easily display your audio waveform in AE. The drums will be obvious. You can place markers on them.

bogiesan

[Jamey Kramer]

Au contraire AE is an amazing place to edit – if not the best for action type videos. I use Premiere already to chop up the RAW footage then import the project into AE to piece it together.

On a side note to my problem, I’ve figured out how to scrub with the time indicator which is an awesome feature!

Any other suggestions on how to get the timeline indicator to run smooth would be appreciated.

Thanks.
Jamey

[David Bogie]

[Jamey Kramer] “Any other suggestions on how to get the timeline indicator to run smooth would be appreciated. “

If you are comfortable editing in AE you are already be aware there are no magic ways to improve AE performance. You get a better CPU, use lower rez, and learn to work within the confines of your system’s limitations.

bogiesan

[Jamey Kramer]

Thanks bogiesan for replying but again I disagree.

Adobe After Effects CS3 was working just fine on my 7 year Intel Pentium 4 desktop computer… it just ran a little slower but the timeline indicator (The red vertical bar)in my composition window would run smooth. I like the unlimited possibilities AE presents while editing and it is the program for me.

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I have since purchased the new computer I mentioned earlier. System limitations is not the problem. System configuration probably is but I don’t know why or how. This is why i am hoping someone helpful in Cowland might know.

The timeline indicator now skips along in the composition window on every 8th frame during RAM previews. It bugs me because I know it’s not supposed to and it affects my productivity.

Again thanks for replying but I’m still hoping somebody knows why it might be doing that 🙂
Jamey

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi Jamey,

In case you are working with a long clip,reduce the duration of your previews by adjusting the work area bar to a minimum. (Whatever is needed to get your work done per beats)

Make also sure that your preview settings are not set to skip frames.

I hope this may help.

Salut.
Serge

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[David Bogie]

[Serge Hamad] “reduce the duration of your previews by adjusting the work area bar to a minimum. (Whatever is needed to get your work done per beats)
Make also sure that your preview settings are not set to skip frames”

Good suggestions, Serge. But Jamey has declared sufficient experience with After Effects to already know the basics.

bogiesan

[Jamey Kramer]

Hey thanks for the constructive feedback.
It turned out to be an audio compatibility issue.
The sound card was defective and my computer shop just replaced the entire motherboard for me.
AE is purring like a kitten now.. Awesome!
Take care.
Jamey

[Serge Hamad]

You never know dude! We all thought, We’ve seen it all 😉

Salut.
Serge

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