Communigate Pro AE-List@media-motion.tv Message 49240

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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Chris Meyer | Crish Design
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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 — 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_effects_cs6_preview/P3
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Chris Meyer | Crish Design
http://www.crishdesign.com