Return-Path: Received: from omta2.brinkster.com ([65.182.109.101] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5344713 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 19:53:23 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by omta2.brinkster.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B40D4104E70 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:57:06 -0700 (MST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at omta2.brinkster.com Received: from omta2.brinkster.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (omta2.brinkster.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id hsc0DPreaOeM for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:57:02 -0700 (MST) Received: from mta5.brinkster.com (unknown [65.182.109.84]) by omta2.brinkster.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E03B1783E3 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:57:02 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mta5.brinkster.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B619C321158 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:57:05 -0700 (MST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mta5.brinkster.com Received: from mta5.brinkster.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mta5.brinkster.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id VxkUh878O9FS for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:57:01 -0700 (MST) Received: from mail5c.brinkster.com (mail5c.brinkster.com [10.0.6.192]) by mta5.brinkster.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2766320EBA for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:57:01 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:57:11 -0700 (MST) From: "Roland Kahlenberg (RoRK)" To: After Effects Mail List Message-ID: <685833158.1946166.1389553031455.JavaMail.root@broadcastgems.com> In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [AE] a very important question for every After Effects user MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [220.255.1.113] X-Mailer: Zimbra 7.2.2_GA_2852 (ZimbraWebClient - GC31 (Win)/7.2.2_GA_2852) I'm wondering if those that want more speed at the expense of everything else are familiar with Blinn's Law. More info here - http://nevalalee.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/blinns-law-and-the-paradox-of-efficiency/ and here - http://www.cgw.com/Press-Center/Web-Exclusives/2013/Blinn-s-Law-and-the-Paradox-of-Increasing-Perfor.aspx I would much rather have a balanced approach, for all users, towards any improvement in AE development. For myself, I would prefer to have more development effort set for the creative aspect since that is what we use AE for. Speed enhancements can already be had with a faster CPU, GPU, HDD, more/faster RAM and effectively utilizing AE's myriad of preview/render options and their respective settings. In short, why delimit your favorite creative tool for something that you can already have, via an alternative route? Additionally, there is a high probability that you will quite quickly use up any future benefit, marginal or otherwise, to only create something that you can already do today. Cheers - Roland Kahlenberg *LATEST AE Advanced Workshop* http://www.broadcastGEMs.com/MediaScreamer01/bGEMs_MoGraphIntensity_Promo_MG01_18Nov_2013_VBR4_01.mp4 http://www.broadcastGEMs.com/MediaScreamer01/bGEMs_Shape_Layers_Training_Dec2013_01.pdf