Return-Path: Received: from mail-qc0-f179.google.com ([209.85.216.179] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5249907 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 21:25:40 +0200 Received: by mail-qc0-f179.google.com with SMTP id l4so3261562qcv.38 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:26:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:to:cc :subject:content-type; bh=10KEBFQ++PjHqHE4it4OG7kakx9+Aa7DDqbaetbFksI=; b=MisxA6SPMSoPxdpyFKvF6vOK4U+eI315ULbxySozrnuEAxZaX2CJlxzBp1ih588DBt r83JA5KNpinqOWztK0vCE6rY9FxmbuLWJJkXJD/zzGmcXPg7lzkAg0Smwa5Hr3OoFvXe cLThNweYODPPsaqsCCEcCyrH7xOF3T2NprnR71eyiVk7S9qCsF3uYj8hS9ILqdL7zAjd gBTwDQXhETgvzKhLYJ3s3Mmlop1NRDHfx01T9yvs9iAK0h9NMfFj9DQoq9uwPxPVbFJi r7H7psE9K2BO7SB8TPIVUJWiE1QVrVTmIIpUIu1rWp/XgXMkpJultLwX3LnllQHtTc1j xqxw== X-Received: by 10.229.220.135 with SMTP id hy7mr13636015qcb.13.1381519582411; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:26:22 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ec2-54-235-159-179.compute-1.amazonaws.com. [54.235.159.179]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id x1sm113496158qai.6.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:26:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Nodemailer (0.5.0; +http://www.nodemailer.com/) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:26:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <1381519580529.fa98f8c3@Nodemailer> In-Reply-To: References: X-Orchestra-Oid: C6016A70-851C-4CED-93D5-8702216801F1 X-Orchestra-Sig: 0398710210aba0bd8e86f0142937a781837de532 X-Orchestra-Thrid: T73E7C20F-8554-4A3A-9AEE-C7F7C29D1DB7_1448628137091114238 X-Orchestra-Thrid-Sig: dde412ac6d87244aba9db1cfa6f41d5233def418 X-Orchestra-Account: 59ff70bf3655bce72e43d3679c165c4e578411f9 From: "Andrew Embury" To: "After Effects Mail List" Cc: "After Effects Mail List" Subject: Re: [AE] Levels vs Curves render times Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----Nodemailer-0.5.0-?=_1-1381519581735" ------Nodemailer-0.5.0-?=_1-1381519581735 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A built in histogram would be swell! - Andrew On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Todd Kopriva wrote: > re-awakening a dormant thread: > If we were to spend time improving the Curves effect, what would be the = changes that you'd want to see=3F Be as specific as possible, and list = things in your priority order. Anything in the Curves effect is fair game = for this conversation, including user interface, performance (as noted by = Chris below), and additional features. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf= Of >> Chris Zwar >> Sent: Saturday, 22 June 2013 18:50 >> To: After Effects Mail List >> Subject: [AE] Levels vs Curves render times >>=20 >> Hi all, >>=20 >> I was surprised by something a work colleague encountered this week. I >> didn't see the project, but I believe it was quite long, with many = layers of >> video in it. >> When he initially went to render it it looked like being a 48 hour = render (this >> is after the render has been going for several hours). This was too = long, and >> he guessed that the many instances of the curves plugin were slowing >> everything down. He stopped the render and went through the project = and >> replaced all the curves plugins with levels instead, to get the same = effect. >> Then the entire project rendered in about 2 hours. >> That's a massive difference in speed - this is AE v5, so not something = affected >> by cache. >> I can understand that curves may be slightly slower to render than = levels - >> but I would never have expected such a massive difference. And my >> colleague is something of an AE guru and said he had experienced this >> before, and that he's always found curves to be a slow plugin to render.= I'd >> never really noticed... >> Any thoughts=3F > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to ------Nodemailer-0.5.0-?=_1-1381519581735 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
A built in histogram would be swell!
- Andrew


On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 3:24 PM= , Todd Kopriva <kopriva@adobe.com> = wrote:

re-awakening a = dormant thread:

If we were to spend time improving the Curves effect, what would be= the changes that you'd want to see=3F Be as specific as possible, and list= things in your priority order. Anything in the Curves effect is fair game = for this conversation, including user interface, performance (as noted by = Chris below), and additional features.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On = Behalf Of
> Chris Zwar
> Sent: Saturday, 22 June 2013 18:50
> To: After Effects Mail List
> Subject: [AE] Levels vs Curves render times
>=20
> Hi all,
>=20
> I was surprised by something a work colleague encountered this = week. I
> didn't see the project, but I believe it was quite long, with many= layers of
> video in it.
> When he initially went to render it it looked like being a 48 hour= render (this
> is after the render has been going for several hours). This was = too long, and
> he guessed that the many instances of the curves plugin were = slowing
> everything down. He stopped the render and went through the = project and
> replaced all the curves plugins with levels instead, to get the = same effect.
> Then the entire project rendered in about 2 hours.
> That's a massive difference in speed - this is AE v5, so not = something affected
> by cache.
> I can understand that curves may be slightly slower to render than= levels -
> but I would never have expected such a massive difference. And = my
> colleague is something of an AE guru and said he had experienced = this
> before, and that he's always found curves to be a slow plugin to = render. I'd
> never really noticed...
> Any thoughts=3F


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