[Todd Kopriva]

HiDPI content viewers for Retina displays on Mac computers was a feature added in After Effects CC 12.1:

https://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2013/09/after-effects-cc-12-1-whats-new-and-changed.html

> where can I buy a legit copy of CS6 these days?

from the Adobe website:
https://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_software_sl_creativesuite6.html

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[Todd Kopriva]

Try enabling the Reduce Cache Size When System Is Low On Memory preference:
https://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2012/10/after-effects-cs6-11-0-2-update-bug-fixes-and-added-gpus-for-ray-traced-3d-renderer.html

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[Todd Kopriva]

As Walter says, Pro Import After Effects (from Automatic Duck) is now included with After Effects.

I show how to use it in this video:
https://www.video2brain.com/en/lessons/using-pro-import-after-effects-for-projects-from-other-applications

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[Todd Kopriva]

How, exactly, are you determining that the alpha channel is not being created?

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Nest your master composition in 12 different new HD compositions, each with the master composition positioned within the containing composition to reveal the right portion of the image. Export the 12 HD compositions.

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[Todd Kopriva]

See this to get a full demonstration of the global performance cache:
https://www.video2brain.com/en/lessons/global-performance-cache-and-persistent-disk-cache

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[Todd Kopriva]

> Just be sure to turn it back off, because it will slow you down considerably.

!!! Heed that warning!!!

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After Effects quality engineering
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[Todd Kopriva]

There is nothing in application space that can cause a kernel panic. That can only be caused by items that have access to the kernel, such as drivers. The fact that the problem occurs mostly when you are using a lot of applications at once suggests that the heavy use of some resource (e.g., the GPU) is causing bad behavior in interaction between the OS and a driver (e.g., a video/graphics driver).

I have seen several inconclusive threads about problems with graphics drivers on Mac OS X v10.9.3, so this further leads me to suspect that the issue may be in that area.

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
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[Todd Kopriva]

Adobe Media Encoder will be available as a separately downloadable and installable item in the upcoming version, which is due for release very soon.

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
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[Todd Kopriva]

Show a screenshot of your Effect Controls panel in After Effects with the Remove Grain effect’s properties exposed.

How, exactly, are you using Dynamic Link? What is the exact sequence of steps that you took?

(BTW, it’s “Dynamic Link”, not “Direct Link”. They are very different things.)

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
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