Return-Path: Received: from cri.crishdesign.com ([198.57.142.178] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5088853 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 30 May 2013 16:15:32 +0200 Received: from 106-72-agavebb-nm.abq.nm.agavebb.net ([199.21.106.72]:59747 helo=[192.168.0.5]) by cri.crishdesign.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ui3mj-000683-TS for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 30 May 2013 08:24:58 -0600 From: Chris Meyer Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_B0102A8F-8FA6-43DC-A2C3-B4C960C4A29A" Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: [AE] AE CS6 Ram Preview Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 08:24:57 -0600 References: To: "After Effects Mail List" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cri.crishdesign.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crishdesign.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cri.crishdesign.com: authenticated_id: chris@crishdesign.com --Apple-Mail=_B0102A8F-8FA6-43DC-A2C3-B4C960C4A29A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 There is no "wise" or "unwise" approach to caching work area in the = background or for the comp you're currently working on; it comes down to = circumstances and foresight.=20 If you have a series of comps in the project you're working on, and you = know you'll want to preview them later, go ahead and get them going in = the background - esp. if you have multiple cores (one core is used for = the background preview) and RAM to spare. If you're working on a single = comp and need a preview, then press 0 - it would actually be faster than = caching in the background if you have multiproc previews enabled.=20 But at the end of the day, caching in background or pressing 0 (Control = + 0 on a MacBook Pro, BTW) places frames in the same RAM cache, which = gets transferred later to the same disk cache. - Chris ________________________________________________ Chris Meyer | Crish Design http://www.crishdesign.com On May 30, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Doug wrote: > Thanks Chris,=20 > Great article. So is it wise or unwise to always use Command+Return = for Previews? Especially on a MBP with no extended keyboard.=20 > What would be a reason to use the Zero key on the extended keyboard = anymore, other than disk space and probably speed =97 although flash = disks are much faster now? > Sorry, I'm sure most if not all have discussed all of this a year ago, = but my environment is on a year behind schedule. > thanks, > Doug >=20 > =20 > There is a Cache Work Area in Background command under the Composition = menu. > More on how the caching scheme works, including the ability for AE to = auto-fill the cache if it sees frames it's already calculated before: > = http://provideocoalition.com/cmg_keyframes/story/after_effects_cs6_preview= /P3 > ________________________________________________ > Chris Meyer | Crish Design > http://www.crishdesign.com --Apple-Mail=_B0102A8F-8FA6-43DC-A2C3-B4C960C4A29A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 There = is no "wise" or "unwise" approach to caching work area in the background = or for the comp you're currently working on; it comes down to = circumstances and foresight. 

If you have a = series of comps in the project you're working on, and you know you'll = want to preview them later, go ahead and get them going in the = background - esp. if you have multiple cores (one core is used for the = background preview) and RAM to spare. If you're working on a single comp = and need a preview, then press 0 - it would actually be faster than = caching in the background if you have multiproc previews = enabled. 

But at the end of the day, caching in = background or pressing 0 (Control + 0 on a MacBook Pro, BTW) places = frames in the same RAM cache, which gets transferred later to the same = disk cache.

 - Chris

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On May 30, 2013, at 7:24 AM, Doug <bassett.doug@gmail.com> = wrote:

Thanks = Chris, 
Great article. So is it wise or unwise = to always use Command+Return for Previews? Especially on a MBP with no = extended keyboard. 
What would be a reason to = use the Zero key on the extended keyboard anymore, other than disk space = and probably speed =97 although flash disks are much faster now?
Sorry, I'm sure most if not all have discussed all of = this a year ago, but my environment is on a year behind = schedule.
thanks,
Doug

 
There is a Cache Work Area in Background command under the Composition = menu.
More on how the caching scheme works, including the ability for = AE to auto-fill the cache if it sees frames it's already calculated = before:
http://provideocoalition.com/cmg_keyframes/story/after_effect= s_cs6_preview/P3
________________________________________________ Chris Meyer | Crish Design
http://www.crishdesign.com

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