Return-Path: Received: from omr15.networksolutionsemail.com ([205.178.146.65] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4842974 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:55:36 +0200 Received: from cm-omr5 (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by omr15.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q8BNulbN031353 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:56:50 -0400 X-Authenticated-IP: 205.178.146.50 Received: from [205.178.146.50] ([205.178.146.50:52657] helo=webmail34) by cm-omr5 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.41 r(31179/31189)) with ESMTP id 58/D1-31429-FBFCF405; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:56:47 -0400 Received: from 59.167.240.84 (chris@chriszwar.com [59.167.240.84]) by webmail34 (Netsol 11.2.30) with WEBMAIL id 13832; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:56:47 +0000 From: "Chris Zwar" To: "After Effects Mail List" Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Normal Message-ID: X-Mailer: Network Solutions Webmail, Build 11.2.30 X-Originating-IP: [59.167.240.84] X-Forwarded-For: [(null)] Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:56:47 +0000 Subject: Re: [AE] CS6 new 3D MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable No, I'd be insane to attempt doing a proper commercial project that way. This was just a bit of experimentation on my home machine. I'd just boug= ht CS6 and was playing around with the new features, I didn't know until = I hit the render button that it would take 55 minutes a frame! It's a very simple project, I'll bring it into work and see how the rende= r times compare on a MacPro with a Quadro 4000. -Chris -----Original Message----- From: Teddy Gage [mailto:teddygage@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 08:17 AM To: 'After Effects Mail List' Subject: Re: [AE] CS6 new 3D you're insane. that would have probably taken less than an hour on a new machine. and for under $1000 if you went pc. just saying... On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Chris Zwar wrote: > Oh now I have render envy. > I have an iMac that's over 4 years old, obviously no approved nVidia ca= rd > in it. I was playing around with CS6 to produce this tutorial: > > > http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/motiongraphicsvizfx/story/create= _and_animate_3d_cogs_in_after_effects_-_part_11/ > > The render times were about 55 minutes a frame, for a 640x360 comp with= a > quality of about 8. It took a few days of rendering just to generate t= he 5 > second 3D animation. > It's just too painful to consider using the ray tracer without an appro= ved > card... > The only hassle now is to decide how to upgrade. That's a whole other > discussion... > > On 12/09/2012, at 5:02 AM, Rick wrote: > > Thank you very much. Render times for this comp with Ray Tracing set to= 6 > in a 16 bit project 1920x1080 went from 96 seconds per frame to 3 secon= ds. > > Rick Emery > www.rickemery.com > ------------------------------ > *From:* rendernyc > *To:* Rick > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 11, 2012 2:36 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AE] CS6 new 3D > > you just have to add the 670 to the raytracer_supported_cards.txt > > On OSX you have to =93show package contents=94 of the AE app and then > navigate to =93Support Files=94 folder > > Then add GeForce GTX 670 > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Rick wrote: > > Crap. Just checked. On the 670 system, GPU is grayed out and says > 'incompatible device or display driver'. On the system with the 680 GP= U is > available. Looks like someone is losing their 680 tonight. It's good be= ing > the only one in graphics with admin rights for the boxes. (-; > > Thanks for the help. I was doing something wrong. Trying to save $150.= 00. > > > Rick Emery > www.rickemery.com > ------------------------------ > *From:* rendernyc > *To:* After Effects Mail List ; Rick < > a_pmb_fan@yahoo.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 11, 2012 2:09 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [AE] CS6 new 3D > > wait, u have CUDA cards and you know that they are working and its stil= l > dreadfully slow? > are they showing up in the AE Prefs->Previews->GPU??? > > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Rick wrote: > > I've got a GTX 680 in one box and a GTX 670 in my box. I got the 680 on= > the recommendation of Todd K. When I built this new box, I had a set > budget and got the 670 in order to get a little more ram. When the othe= r > artist leaves tonight, I'll swap out the cards and see what difference = it > makes. > > My system. > HP z620 > 12 core 2.3ghz > 32GBs ram > CS 6 Production Premium running on SSD > EVGA GTX670 2GB ram the other card is EVGA GTX 680 3GB ram. > > Rick Emery > www.rickemery.com > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jim Curtis > *To:* After Effects Mail List > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:35 PM > *Subject:* Re: [AE] CS6 new 3D > > My personal experience is that even with a Quadro 4000 for Mac, raytrac= e > rendering in Ae is unusably slow. YMMV. > > I bought the card for Pr, where it kicks some serious ass. > > > . > > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > > > > > > -- > danny princz > > exposedideas.com > > > > > > -- > danny princz > > exposedideas.com > > > > -- Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn