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Subject: Re: [AE] AE CS6 vs CS5.5 render speed
From: Terry Barnum <terry@dop.com>
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Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 14:47:27 -0700
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Is anyone else currently experiencing slower renders in CS6 versus CS5? =
I'm trying to get to the bottom of this because we'd really like to use =
CS6 but the render speed makes it impractical.

Thanks,
-Terry

On May 8, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Terry Barnum wrote:

> I'm seeing a significant slow down in AE CS6 vs CS5.5 reders. Lots of =
google hits about this last year but not many currently. Todd, I =
followed your blog posting on RAM assignment and core scheduling but it =
didn't seem to get me back to CS5.5 render speeds.
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> MacPro 12 core, OS X 10.7.5, 2.66GHz, 32GB RAM, SSD boot/application =
disk.
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> CS6 updated to latest with these AE RAM and Multiprocessing prefs:
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> 8GB RAM for other apps
> 24GB for CS
> 8 cores for other apps
> 3GB per core
> 6 cores for AE
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> It's a credit roll with a pre-rendered motion background and PIP of =
outtakes/bloopers. The PIP has a lens effect, drop shadow and color =
tint. Output is a 23.976 ProRes 422HQ QT onto a Fibre Channel disk.
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> In CS5.5, this project renders to the Fibre disk in 21 min.
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> Rendering this same project in CS6 takes ~70 min.
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> Are the above settings okay? What else should I be looking at? I'm =
happy to provide other details.
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> Thanks,
> -Terry

Terry Barnum
digital OutPost
http://www.dop.com