Is my cpu and computer goood for after effects

[Hanna Dean]

i have over 100 plugins and scrips installed on both cc 15 / 14 and with or without multi processing on i have no issues starting it up its normal fast no slow loading , am just referring to if i have it enabled will it consume more electric power ?

[Hanna Dean]

i also wanted to say currently i have it turned of because i have 16gb ram and not sure how much ram i should give to other apps , am not having no issues with loading up or crash , in task manager when i work with after effects cc2014 after some time i se it uses 10gb memory lol this is just to much ,but stil runs good even play pc games on it while its in background idle stil normal.

should i turn the multi processing on , also will it consume more electric or will it damage my cpu in anyway

[Michael Szalapski]

Multiprocessing is an option in After Effects CC 2014 and, as such, is unlikely to cause any harm on your computer. All it does is initiate several background instances of After Effects every time you render so that it can render multiple frames at once. It’s not doing anything weird with your system’s hardware.

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[Chuose Osemeka]

When you say ” For very short projects, it’s not worth the startup time “

Like how short would you say makes it worth while?

can you give a ball path figure?

[Michael Szalapski]

[Chuose Osemeka] “When you say ” For very short projects, it’s not worth the startup time ”

Like how short would you say makes it worth while?

can you give a ball path figure?”

You can’t really give a ball park figure because projects are so very, very varied and the hardware combinations on which they run are so varied.

If you have 16 GB of RAM or more, it’s worth giving it a try to see how things are in your project. Turn multiprocessing on in CC 2014 and see how it works vs. rendering in CC 2015.3. For what it’s worth, unless your project is really render-heavy (lots of particles, for example), it may not be worth it. I mean, if you’re got a big scene using Element 3d, multiprocessing won’t help at all because Element renders on the GPU. See what I mean? Complicated.

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[Walter Soyka]

[Chuose Osemeka] “When you say ” For very short projects, it’s not worth the startup time ” Like how short would you say makes it worth while? can you give a ball path figure?”

There are no rules. Multiprocessing launches multiple instances of Ae for rendering, and each instance opens its own copy of the project file, so everything from your CPU to your RAM to your storage to your plugins to your project file size influences how long multiprocessing takes to start up. Even then, the efficacy of multiprocessing is highly dependent on what you’re doing in the comp; some effects will be slower with multiprocessing on!

I’m sorry I can’t help, but you’ll have to answer your own question. Render with MP on and off with a few projects to get a sense of what it means on your machine.

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[Hanna Dean]

i have 2 ssd samsung evo 850

i have gtx 980 superclocked acx2 now.

[Hanna Dean]

i have multi process off , and when i use after effects media encoder the render times its very good still.

if i turn on multi proce will media encoder be faster

[Michael Szalapski]

[hanna dean] “if i turn on multi proce will media encoder be faster”

Multiprocessing is only when using the After Effects render queue. The Adobe Media Encoder can’t use it.

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[Mike Poliskey]

Hi,

I’m gonna buy a new PC to work with Premiere Pro and After Effects. My budget is around 1500 $ excluding monitors. I got this config suggestion from another forum. Could you please take a look and advice if it’s ok for beginning? Also I found some info that some cards (gtx 750 ti for example) do not support ray tracing in AE? is it something I should consider?
And the last question – you guys mention above multiprocessing – I understand you owe two versions. But is it possible to buy v.14 yet? As I can see the last one only on adobe’s site.
Thx in advance

Mike

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