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 5344786 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 22:25:50 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by omta2.brinkster.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83435105FE8 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:29:35 -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 aLUXnUshwXOr for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:29:31 -0700 (MST) Received: from mta5.brinkster.com (unknown [65.182.109.84]) by omta2.brinkster.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 94323105C7C for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:29:31 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mta5.brinkster.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2C7A32118C for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:29:32 -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 vVPkdz-z7MIX for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:29:28 -0700 (MST) Received: from mail5c.brinkster.com (mail5c.brinkster.com [10.0.6.192]) by mta5.brinkster.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D1A32118A for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:29:28 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:29:28 -0700 (MST) From: "Roland Kahlenberg (RoRK)" To: After Effects Mail List Message-ID: <1141280775.1950233.1389562168352.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: quoted-printable X-Originating-IP: [220.255.1.120] X-Mailer: Zimbra 7.2.2_GA_2852 (ZimbraWebClient - GC31 (Win)/7.2.2_GA_2852) Then there is a case to ask if the performance/speed improvement will be (1= ) overall (previews and/or renders) or (2) specific areas or effects and if= Ray-tracing will be part of the improvement. And what kind of improvement,= percentage-wise are we looking at? Cheers - Roland Kahlenberg *LATEST AE Advanced Workshop*=20 http://www.broadcastGEMs.com/MediaScreamer01/bGEMs_MoGraphIntensity_Promo_M= G01_18Nov_2013_VBR4_01.mp4 http://www.broadcastGEMs.com/MediaScreamer01/bGEMs_Shape_Layers_Training_De= c2013_01.pdf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Kopriva" To: "After Effects Mail List" Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 4:24:36 AM Subject: Re: [AE] a very important question for every After Effects user Our current plan for the next year or so is to have a large fraction (but n= ot all) of our team dedicated to performance improvements and related areas= . Steve=E2=80=99s question is not meant to be a signal that we=E2=80=99re g= oing to do nothing else. It is just meant to be a provocative question to g= et a sense of what the balance should be---i.e., just how much should we de= dicate to performance improvements as the expense of new and improved creat= ive features.=20