[Thomas Bradley]

is that not what I said?

if you are referring to the “starting with” part yes I agree that is what it says.

I have 2 cores but 4 threads so AE does read it as 4 cores and as i have now only 4 gig of ram it will not use multi processing, so as I said I can go up to 8 gig in my computer and when I do each core will have the minimum amount which is 2 gig per core, or in the help pages words “starting with” amount, which is the same as minimum as I have explained it will not work with less than that.

Thankyou.

[Thomas Bradley]

The text layer will be your mask for the video so it will go above the video layer.
Then make sure your modes are showing by hitting the toggle modes and switches icon on bottom of panel.
Then choose alpha matte from the drop down choices in the track matte options.

[Thomas Bradley]

Thankyou all for your response,

Unfortunately I cant go higher than 8 gig but I will be using 8 gig shortly.

I am glad to hear that not using Open GL will not effect my work-flow.

Yes I do have multiprocessing disabled, in fact it wont enable any way with just 4 gig on 4 cores, I read on the After Effects help pages that each core requires 2 gig of ram before it will enable.

I will experiment when I goto 8 gig with multi processing but I do take on board the comment that it should be left off.

I am looking into whether or not I can add a card so that it frees up my system ram.

I do feel more at ease now so thanks,

Lastly I would add that after studying this problem for nearly a week and posting on lots of forums this is the best response so far!

Thanks again.

Tom.

PS: Is there a way to get AE to use more than the 2.2 gig out of 4 that it is using? I am not bale to increase it in preferences and i know my background services can run on a gig so would like to increase to 3 if possible before I go up to 8 gig in a few weeks.

Tom.