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trouble with scrubing and preview
I have a new MacBook Pro, 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, and am using After Effects CS4. The problem I’m having is that when I scrub through my time line it’s really slow to respond and very choppy. I’m new at this but it seems that with the computer I have it should be a bit smoother. Is there a setting that I can change? I’ve done a some research but haven’t found what I’m looking for.
Thanks.
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After Effects is one of the more computationally intensive applications you will ever run. Every pixel must be processed for each frame and every frame must be stored as RAM and there are 30 frames for each second, far beyond any currently available Mac’s abilities to do in realtime without hardware support which portables cannot accommodate.
There are settings for draft and lower rez that are all explained in the manuals but AE is simply an unbelievable slog by the nautre of the job it performs. Learn how to use them and how RAM preview works and learn to be be patient.
Your expectations are unreasonable but we all have experienced the same disappointment.
bogiesan
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