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Nucleo – Fast Preview or Spec Preview?
Just a quick one…in what situation would you want to use Fast Preview/Render instead of Spec Preview/Render? I presume both methods use all available CPUs and are just as fast as each other (?) so why would you want to do a fast preview and lock yourself out of being able to work while it’s going?
Or am I missing something?
Thanks.
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Yes – both methods use all CPU’s. Fast Preview was a feature of Nucleo standard that we kept in Nucleo Pro as many users were comfortable with it. Spec Preview works in the background using all CPU to create the green RAM cache line in AE while you work in the comp.
The difference is – we throttle Spec Preview so it won’t interfere with how AE behaves while you’re working. Therefore – depending on the situation (like turning performance to maximum in NP2 prefs), fast preview will generate the preview as fast as possible – with little regard to the performance of AE.
So really – it comes down to – do you want to render and work – then spec preview is the thing to use. If you want the preview as fast as possible and are willing to not use AE while its rendering – then use fast preview.
Steve
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Thanks Steve, exactly what I wanted to know!
*Production Studio Premium CS2 / *Combustion 3 / Mocha v1
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