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I didn’t thought of it! I will try it out!
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beenyweenies On Actually, After Effects 7.0 and earlier is NOT multi-threaded.
This is the story:
Since days of AE 5/6 After Effects includes the Windows MP plug-in (MThread.aex), which adds multiprocessor acceleration when you run After Effects in Windows XP or 2000
If an operation or effect is computation-intensive, such as the Time-modified Blur effect, the plug-in may greatly increase rendering speed; however, if the operation is memory-intensive (for example, scaling or rotating), the increase may be minimal.So depend on what you are doing you may or may not see the noticeble increase, but it was there.
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I would get total 3 drives, 10K rpm for OS/program installtion. 2nd for capture, 3rd for scratch\output files. 7200rpm Drive will be fine as 2nd and third drives, so buy the bigeest size you can afford.
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AE does take advantage of multi-threading and QUAD core will help. You will see noticeable improvement in rendering. If you can afford, then definitely go with dual Xenon Quad core CPU. Also you should upgrade to a PCI express-based video card like NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500/3500. Get no more then 4GB(assuming XP 32 bit) memory and don’t forget Raid based storage.
To save money I would get CPU/Memory/Video card together when buying PC and upgrading storage when necessary later on. -
The drive is a frigile device… The durablity of a hard drive that going to last you for a years is myth. You may get lucky but I would not take a chance with any of the drive even in Raid config. According to my Admin buddy Two drives at a time does go out so best practice is back up.. back up!
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Apple knows how to create a Media campaign. Avid has done far better job with P2/HDV/DVCProHD/50 implementation but because of Apple hype it sounds like no one is supporting the P2 (other then Apple). I hope Adobe learns from Apple and give me Native support for these P2 formats before it’s too late.
Now Apple is jumping on with RED ONE… let’s see how that’s go…
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PPro doesn’t support any of Panasonic’s format (P2/DvCproHd/50). There are third party software/hardware plug in available, but you have to decide if it’s worth the trouble when you have native support in FCP.
It’s not supported in CS3 either… -
Do not add (TOTAL) more then 2GB of memmory. From my experience, It may or may NOT help you as PPro always had issues with large/long projects. This was the main reason to use Avid.
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Ppro is not good with handling different media/resolution sources. I’ve noticed its up/down conversion is poor and has noticeable degradation.
You might want to use After effect for converting to your final output format or to the uncompressed AVI file if you have storage/processing power.
As alternative you may use Avid media composer which works like a charm with different media/resolution sources for better results. -
It’s doable but be ready for lot of headache. Don’t get me wrong, it will work but I found it not worth the trouble.
Another question is why would you buy a Mac when for the money better hardware available for PC? Unless you need to use FCP stick to PC. Apple switch to consumer devices like iPODs and computer is not their focus anymore.