Dean Pickersgill
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… And as an aside I notice that the rendering from After Effects is significantly worse in ANY case than if I switch back to PP and export the media from there …!
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Ah, gentlemen, thanks for replying – I figured out that in actual fact I’d made a simple (yet stupid) mistake in naming my SSD’s, using the same name for descriptors on my RAID disks. Er :-/
Having fixed that I’m now seeing the increased speed I expected from the SSD. SO happy with the SAMSUNG EVO 250Gb that I dashed out and bought another, just for the fun of it 😉
Best regards
Dean
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Jim, the other fella’s you’re talking to on this thread are much more enlightened than I on these matters so I’ll bow out for the moment to reduce the noise 🙂 I’ll chip in should I see something they miss (although I doubt that) but for now wish you success.
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More info will definately help advise you best (although I’m sure there are more experienced guys here better placed to help than I!). There’s plenty of help already in these forums (search ’em) with tips for achieving a great configuration, but more detail about your kit will help these clever bods help you 😉
Rgds Dean
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Cheers Walter, and – yes, I’m aware of these factors, but my point is that (having completed a comp) I’d expect the SSD to speed up the rendering of my previews when I hit the ‘0’ key, whereas it doesn’t. Using the 10000rpm disk IS faster, for me at least.
Perhaps I’m over-expecting what an SSD can deliver, and perhaps the hype I’ve heard is from those who were previously using slower disks …
Cheers sir,
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… And (depending on the resolution or your source) can I suggest setting proxies up to low-res versions of your footage? Hasn’t “always” been a solution for me in the past as I’ve found I often need to go back on a greenscreened element to correct a key after switching from proxy back to the original source, but it has been a time-saving tool I’ve employed from time to time …
Rgds Dean
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Jim, you haven’t mentioned your disk configuration, what kind of graphics card you’re using, and what your AE cache/multiprocessing settings are – might help some of the more experienced guys here to advise you best 😉
Keep in mind that every effect you add, to every layer you add it, also adds a strain on your memory, disks and CPU’s. Certain effects add more strain than others, so the use of a CUDA equipped card will help massively with those that can take advantage of GPU.
It might help also to keep your preview-renders at a quarter resolution – you can always put them back to full before you render the comp, and also to use the RAM preview option rather than just hitting the spacebar.
Rgds Dean
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Ah, thanks for sharing the knowledge sir, it makes perfect sense 🙂
Rgds Dean
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(In my understanding) if the export settings describe a higher quality than the preview settings then the export will overrule preview, and the preview files won’t be used. If, however, you export at the same depth as the preview, then the preview files will be used.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s pretty much what I see in practice …
Rgds Dean
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Thanks Joseph – stupid of me of course, and thanks for pointing that out! 😉
Best regards
Dean