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From: Walter Soyka <walter@keenlive.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:11:41 -0500
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Subject: Re: [AE] a very important question for every After Effects user
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I think that performance IS a creative feature. Better performance means
fewer concentraction-killing interruptions during work, and greater ability
to experiment and iterate.

Slow performance is my single biggest pain point with After Effects right
now. How many times a day do I hit 0 for RAM preview -- and then wait? Then
make a tweak and do it all again? How many times a day do I scrub a
parameter -- and then wait? Then scrub it a little more and wait a little
more?

In my mind, improving performance is all about minimizing or eliminating
these bottlenecks in the creative process.

Robert mentioned Mamba FX -- that's a great example. I can do work on Mamba
on my laptop in realtime that requires a render in Ae on my much more
powerful Z800. If you are used to waiting on Ae, it's hard to describe how
creatively freeing realtime or near-realtime performance is, and how much
the computer waiting on you instead of you waiting on the computer changes
the way you work.

I'm all for sharpening the ax before we try to chop more wood.

Walter Soyka

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><div>I think that performance IS a creative feature. Better performance me=
ans fewer concentraction-killing interruptions during work, and greater abi=
lity to experiment and iterate.=A0</div>

</div><div><br></div><div>Slow performance is my single biggest pain point =
with After Effects right now. How many times a day do I hit 0 for RAM previ=
ew -- and then wait? Then make a tweak and do it all again? How many times =
a day do I scrub a parameter -- and then wait? Then scrub it a little more =
and wait a little more?<br>

</div>
<div><br></div><div>In my mind, improving performance is all about minimizi=
ng or eliminating these bottlenecks in the creative process.</div><div><br>=
</div><div>Robert mentioned Mamba FX -- that&#39;s a great example. I can d=
o work on Mamba on my laptop in realtime that requires a render in Ae on my=
 much more powerful Z800. If you are used to waiting on Ae, it&#39;s hard t=
o describe how creatively freeing realtime or near-realtime performance is,=
 and how much the computer waiting on you instead of you waiting on the com=
puter changes the way you work.</div>

<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m all for sharpening the ax before we try to chop=
 more wood.</div><div><br></div></div><div><div>Walter Soyka</div><br></div=
>
</div></div>

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