Return-Path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.130] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5434008 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:19:50 +0200 Received: from Elliot-Steeles-iMac.local (p54953663.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.149.54.99]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreue005) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MAAfN-1WgR5h2AGn-00BKPG; Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:21:40 +0200 Message-ID: <534D4072.7080408@ppdm.de> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:21:38 +0200 From: Elliot Steele User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] Mac Pro with AMD FirePro D500 and AE CC Ray traced 3D References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------010903090309040602000805" X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:m4k2VON68aZsQQeX/rVUBvIx4S5mb/sCqK+y0IIqRUN GREQj72Dogo9omPcQAcJjjOTuwBxg00QZ9gM0ERry4aecw1DDE twq2oe/7bBbSlsCv/BzujMSRTu4eIKoYSflEO82VtuCqdraAdg skvN78yMfmCJ+6QseRA73Z0ieSMxjqGbwvvq5XiWk98Efr8y+r 730Wb3Lp0DE4PujwyYIgudgUwtpl+jLcfIn6mOByhThdYSIQd4 eo5Rkj/Q+PzGfLo+c6gGmCzEyrLvsGMUu5kU9qIBOF6rSkB9fT vxPdbcdijMOQNccGzN9L+GILf4Law1PBdAECYJbqrXUVc4U4kQ /Sge25dgaicNyUBTrCnA= This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010903090309040602000805 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Disclaimer: My knowledge in this area is limited as I don't use the raytracing in AE at all... The AMD cards in the new Mac Pro are optimised for OpenCL, AE ray-tracing uses CUDA. Options are: 1. buy another computer with a CUDA card (Nvidia) 2. switch to different software (I hear Final Cut Pro X makes good use of the cards) 3. wait for AE to be re-written to take advantage of OpenCL (which may be never) 4. put up with CPU rendering Sorry for the bad news. I hope it wasn't your money! Elliot On 4/15/14 4:03 PM, Peter Mock wrote: > Hello Guys and Girls, > > my client just purchased a Mac Pro with a Mac Pro graphics card. To my surprise > After Effects CC doesnt recognise the graphics card and hence I cant accelerate > my ray traced 3D projects. > > Any ideas on how to resolve this?? > > Thank you > Peter > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --------------010903090309040602000805 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Disclaimer: My knowledge in this area is limited as I don't use the raytracing in AE at all...

The AMD cards in the new Mac Pro are optimised for OpenCL, AE ray-tracing uses CUDA.

Options are:
1. buy another computer with a CUDA card (Nvidia)
2. switch to different software (I hear Final Cut Pro X makes good use of the cards)
3. wait for AE to be re-written to take advantage of OpenCL (which may be never)
4. put up with CPU rendering

Sorry for the bad news.

I hope it wasn't your money!

Elliot

On 4/15/14 4:03 PM, Peter Mock wrote:

Hello Guys and Girls,

my client just purchased a Mac Pro with a Mac Pro graphics card. To my surprise
After Effects CC doesnt recognise the graphics card and hence I cant accelerate 
my ray traced 3D projects.

Any ideas on how to resolve this??

Thank you
Peter

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