Rendering time for 30 sec video 88 HOURS

[Michael Szalapski]

What version of After Effects are you using?
If you’re using CC or CC 2014 (versions 12 and 13 respectively) instead of CS6 (version 11), you could use Cinema 4D Lite [link] to make your cubes instead. It will render significantly faster and give you more powerful control over your 3d (but the learning curve is larger).

Alternatively, you can create 3d cubes in any version of AE from the past decade by parenting six square solids to a null object.

The ray-traced renderer can be very slow if you don’t have one of the supported NVIDIA GPUs to accelerate it. More info on the GPU in AE here [link]. Perhaps if you were to add an approved graphics card, you could speed things up.

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[Cassius Marques]

Raytracing makes use of your gpu. You should make sure you have one compatible or that you at least include it on the “certified list“.

This will give a huge boost to the performance.

[Rdub]

Using CS6. My graphics card evidently doesn’t support the ray tracing.

[Rdub]

Is there an “inexpensive” card that will accomplish this?

Bill

[Walter Soyka]

[Bill Triplett] “Using CS6. My graphics card evidently doesn’t support the ray tracing.”

What do you have the ray-tracing quality set to? (Composition Settings > Advanced > Options)

Higher numbers render more cleanly, but take longer. Lower numbers introduce more noise, but render faster. With a little experimentation, you may find a sweet spot for your comp.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
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[Michael Szalapski]

Here is the list of cards for CS6 on the page I linked.
You can determine what “inexpensive” means to you. 🙂

Mac:

•GeForce GTX 285
•GeForce GT 650M*
•Quadro FX 4800
•Quadro 4000

Windows:

•GeForce GTX 285
•GeForce GTX 470
•GeForce GTX 570
•GeForce GTX 580
•GeForce GTX 670*
•GeForce GTX 680*
•GeForce GTX 690*
•Quadro CX
•Quadro FX 3700M
•Quadro FX 3800
•Quadro FX 3800M
•Quadro FX 4800
•Quadro FX 5800
•Quadro 2000
•Quadro 2000D
•Quadro 2000M
•Quadro 3000M
•Quadro 4000
•Quadro 4000M
•Quadro 5000
•Quadro 5000M
•Quadro 5010M
•Quadro 6000
•Tesla C2075 (Windows)/Maximus configuration

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[Rdub]

I created a 3D cube in a comp called PC Comp but when I bring PC Comp into my main comp the cube is flat.

[Michael Szalapski]

[Bill Triplett] “I created a 3D cube in a comp called PC Comp but when I bring PC Comp into my main comp the cube is flat.”

That’s what the collapse transformations switch is for. Throw that switch in your main comp and your cube will suddenly be 3d!

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[Cassius Marques]

The Gtx 570 is a good “bang for buck” option.

[Ericbowen]

Any of the Geforce 700 series cards such as the 760GTX 4GB will work. Those just have to be added to AE’s Ray Tracer supported list.

Eric-ADK
Tech Manager
support@adkvideoediting.com