[Stephen Ong]

Definitely be keen to hear what you work with.

I had a look at your work, not a million miles from what I’m doing.
Anda SP, Cuidando Pet, RAFA Coca Cola, 20 Anos are very similar to my current projects, 2D character rigs.

I’ve been working on a 60s long piece, it’s looking great but it’s struggling with the render taking around 2 hours for 60s, the first 20s were rendering in 10 mins, now 60s into project it’s so slow, this is on my MacBook Pro, so not great spec.

Maybe I need to manage my workflow differently and cut scenes up more into seperate Ae projects? Previewing entire project is fine at 1/3 resolution just render times so unreliable, a client asks me when i can get a file to them and i have to say 2 hours maybe 4 hours, who knows!

[Stephen Ong]

Thanks again,
So better off adding more cores to the processor than having a good GPU for After Effects / C4D.
That will save a little bit not having that GPU, so tempted to add more cores or another SSD drive.

I was wondering if having RAID 0 stripped actually helps with Ae? as isnt it better to have your drives working independent of each other, RAID 0 seems like the drives write where they want and might slow down Ae?

[Stephen Ong]

Thanks Cassius
Would a consumer graphics card be ok for 3D in Ae using cameras over 2D layers?
I assume we are talking high spec 3D work in C4D?

I’d like to get more into C4D, just am not using it for client work yet, would the card there be overkill for basic logo animations in C4D even? I’d be interested in keeping the option open of being able to use the machine for 3D further down the line.