Performance of After Effects CS3 on a Macintel

[Kevin Camp]

this link was posted a few weeks ago:

https://macvideopro.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=167680

basically, it showed that like most multi-platform software, ae has been better optimized for windows than osx… that may change some as updates are released, but most companies will focus on the larger market.

Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Craig Wall]

Kevin I don’t think you speak accurately when you describe Windows as the larger market–not in this case.

After Effects started on the Mac and still has as many users as Windows, from my understanding.

I asked an Adobe AE support tech that very question recently and he said it was about even.

Leopard will feature many advances in OpenGL and Quicktime handling. It will be interesting to see where all this lands in a year.

[Kevin Camp]

things may be better now (i hope they are), but several years ago (about a year before adobe stated on their site that their software ran better on windows) i had ran into a guy who worked at adobe, who had basicaly said that development was first done in windows and once things were worked out there, mac development started….

i will say, this guy came across a bit anti-mac and he may have been trying to get into a pc-mac debate. he was just a friend of a friend i met once…

Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW