[Scottieb]

I know this is an older thread – but now that I’ve finally made the switch to 7.0, I’m noticing the same thing.

I’m on a mac G5 dual 2.0Ghz, with 2.5 GB RAM and a Radeon X800XT.

When I ram preview a simple animation (a set of 3 animating masks on solids) it plays at about 25fps (NOT realtime) in AE7 and at 30fps (realtime) in AE6.5. Same exact settings, apps running, etc. But AE7 is definitely slower on my machine – at least with RAM previews. I tried OpenGL and Adaptive res, etc – all with the same results. Any more info on this?

Thanks.

[Scottieb]

OK, I’m still at a total loss. I watched Mylenium’s OpenGL Demystified tutorial, but still have not been able to figure this out… According to the “open GL info” section of the Previews Preferences, here is the info for my Graphics Card “Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.; Renderer: ATI Radeon X800 XT OpenGL Engine; Version: 1.5 ATI-1.4.18; Shadows: Yes; Lights: Yes; Texture Memory: 245MB; Quality is set to More Accurate”, but setting it to faster does not change anything. But I cannot see shadows at all in OpenGL mode. Is there a setting I’m missing somewhere? Why would it say shadows are supported if I cannot see any? Please help!

SB

[Scottieb]

Everything I’ve read says that “pro” apps will not be ported to the intel macs until March at the earliest. I think it makes sense to assume that the Apple apps will be the first to see new versions (FCP, Motion, Aperture, etc).

Does anyone else get the sinking feeling that we may not see an intel-compatible mac version of AE until v.7 comes along? Adobe will have plenty of work to do getting CS compiled for intel, so I can’t help this feeling that since a new version of AE is immanent anyway, adobe will just put the new functionality in the full release of 7.

I hope I’m wrong (or that AE7 comes out soon)…

So to answer your original question, personally, if you NEED a laptop NOW (or Feb at the latest), it may be worth it to wait… not to mention that there’s this llittle part of me that is always hesitant to grab professional hardware in the 1st generation.

Anyway, just food for thought.

ScottieB

[Scottieb]

If you can RAM preview to FW, couldn’t you just hit record on your deck while the preview is playing? You’d need some decent timing, but you could do it. There is no “print to video” feature, per se, but if you can get the signal out via firewire, then you can record it.

SB

[Scottieb]

I had a quick question about the x800…

Since it offers an ADC and a DVI, and I have 2 DVI monitors, would an ADC to DVI adapter affect image quality at all? Would the signal remain digital and clean through the adapter? I assume it would be OK, just want to hear from those with experience. Thanks.

ScottieB