[John Nelson]

Still hoping someone has the answer…

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[John Nelson]

Okay. I just tightened the whole thing down by half and have started the render using animation as the codec. All of the graphics, with the exception of the opening, are psd’s. ALL of the footage were originally mov’s that I turned into mp4’s, thinking that would make for a smaller file and thus, faster rendering…

Heaven only knows how long this render will take! But it better not run into happy hour!

Thanks again. :}

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[John Nelson]

Thanks Dave,

And to think I THOUGHT it would be ‘more better’ to use that format. First render at ‘best’ was 1.7 gigs. Second render at less than medium was 345 mb so I could upload to vimeo…

I’ll do as you suggest and report back…

Muchas Gracias Senor!

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[John Nelson]

Kevin,

Here’s a link to the 4 minute piece: https://vimeo.com/134630269

Maybe after your review you have some suggestions on how to cut down the 5 hour render??

Thanks again

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[John Nelson]

Hi again Dave,

Here’s a link to the 4 minute, 5 hour render. Any thoughts on why it took so long? Granted, lots of effects, .psd’s, mpeg 4’s but with all those cores (8) and 36 gigs ram I thought a 4 minute piece would be a walk in the park for it. Here’s the link. Feedback please?

https://vimeo.com/134630269

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[John Nelson]

Thanks again Richard,

Somehow I felt 36 gigs of ram would satisfy ae’s hunger. So why does it only show it’s using 12% of 3 gigs in the render screen?

Just finished the 4 minute piece, after another 5 hour render at medium quality. The first 5 hour render was at best quality. I’m confused. But then, I stay that way most of the time now… Your thoughts…

https://vimeo.com/134630269

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[John Nelson]

Thanks Kevin,

My mac pro is circa mid-2010. It’s been great so far. Just thought I could get faster renderings with all that ram and cores.

You all have been very informative. Thanks.

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[John Nelson]

Thanks Richard.

How do I determine if mine is dynamic linked? And what, if you will excuse my ignorance of acronyms, does PP mean?

Thanks again.

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[John Nelson]

Thanks again. Not sure what ‘info’ panel, other than the render panel itself, to open. If cpu’s are at 4, upping it to 8 won’t make it slower? Sorry. It makes me crazy trying to figure this out. Also, on the cache screen, is 3000 enough to leave for other apps? And I am able to set the per core use to 2.09. But I haven’t re-rendered yet.

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[John Nelson]

Here are the screen grabs. Thanks.

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