Return-Path: Received: from qmta01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.16] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4994274 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:27:35 +0100 Received: from omta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.71]) by qmta01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 7oTK1l00A1Y3wxoA1taLNa; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:34:20 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.2] ([98.245.75.227]) by omta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 7taK1l00K4uEfTW8btaLzk; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:34:20 +0000 From: David Baud Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_0D5438C8-A4CD-419D-9B48-0C1E10DA35CB" Subject: Re: [AE] Optimizing a 1.5GB AE file Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:34:19 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" , References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=q20121106; t=1362504860; bh=+kNzwbR3F1+0KmrVLBRK+y9obxTfFbua3RciY54l+wU=; h=Received:Received:From:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Subject:Date:To: Message-Id; b=Tc81Jfp+Zl4XfvUMrHrdKW2ajwGVBYYb7/obZiN6hyoCF4oXVL7Wd5DGz0nP5V0KV IlbCUmBJGb0dhPgxyRqewRJflHeSNU3Qb8SYv9JP8lk/uxxohlNPLpITRoxkOiRI/x CE4jDryM1vKi9xx83QPt1ukrFPoh1OkV9Efv+IFy68vna1dbELQAEPhCXTmpK0a7DT vCAxNWB5yW+tkgH4KmH5qX/rEFx1EFOF0Ay21sltrCVys0UDrjxZlcSJZKQqJlZmz6 roriGc/iw/UK4yCmzZbbQUnZ4ozGXCUj4KID+GJtDhA5NoQybGn0EZJEbDprKvO0GU KdZOqVoRbB86w== --Apple-Mail=_0D5438C8-A4CD-419D-9B48-0C1E10DA35CB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I do not have direct experience with it but you may want to convert that = 4K file to Cineform format: I understand it is much less processor = intensive and still be visually close to the original quality.=20 David Baud K O S M O S P R O D U C T i O N S david@kosmos-productions.com www.kosmos-productions.com On Mar 5, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > I=92ve got a client supplied AE CS6 project file that is 1.5Gb =96 = takes an hour and half to open. It=92s a 37 minute 4K film that I=92m = creating a DCP. It=92s already reduced. It=92s created from DSLR pics =96 = 2.6 TB of RAW files. > =20 > Any under the hood performance tweaks that might help AE handle the = file better? The render machine I have does not have a SSD unfortunately = which would help a bit with load times it appears the load is mostly = checking the 2.6 TB of RAW files. > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > =20 > A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It = should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s = behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =96Stanley Kubrick > =20 --Apple-Mail=_0D5438C8-A4CD-419D-9B48-0C1E10DA35CB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 I do not have direct experience with it but you may = want to convert that 4K file to Cineform format: I understand it is much = less processor intensive and still be visually close to the original = quality. 

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I=92ve got a client supplied = AE CS6 project file that is 1.5Gb =96 takes an hour and half to open. = It=92s a 37 minute 4K film that I=92m creating a DCP. It=92s already = reduced. It=92s created from DSLR pics =96 2.6 TB of RAW = files.
 
Any under the hood = performance tweaks that might help AE handle the file better? The render = machine I have does not have a SSD unfortunately which would help a bit = with load times it appears the load is mostly checking the 2.6 TB of RAW = files.
 
stephen van = vuuren
336.202.4777
 

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