From: "Adam Mercado" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:57:55 -0800
Subject: Re: [AE] Dynamic Link Best Practice
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Jim, are you saying RenderGarden speeds up DL use? I=E2=80=99m not sure I fo=
llow your thought on that. Also, is CC18 pretty stable/useable/efficient reg=
arding DL use in your experience. If it=E2=80=99s been broken in CC19 then I=
=E2=80=99ll steer clear but maybe I=E2=80=99ll give CC18 another look if you=
 reckon it=E2=80=99s worth it


Adam Mercado
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> On Feb 22, 2019, at 7:58 AM, Jim Curtis <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
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> I also use DL the way you describe here for my render-intensive Ae Comps, a=
nd for those I use RenderGarden, which renders about 4-6x faster than Ae alo=
ne, in my experience.
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> But, for the most part for name supers and simple (fast rendering) GFX in P=
r, I=E2=80=99ve come to depend on DL, which has gotten less stable with CC19=
, in my experience.  So much so that I=E2=80=99m sticking with CC18 for larg=
e projects, and clients who give me lots of projects, and CC19 for one-offs f=
rom =E2=80=9Cseldom=E2=80=9D clients.  A Pr Project downgrader I found on th=
e web has become invaluable, after I run into road blocks in Pr CC 19.
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> If I=E2=80=99m going to need a lot of Mocha, I=E2=80=99ll do those in Ae C=
C19, and render out to import into Pr CC18.
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> Teddy, you=E2=80=99re the first =E2=80=9Cadvanced user=E2=80=9D I=E2=80=99=
ve noticed who uses Essential Graphics.  I inherited a project from a beginn=
er, all of whose graphics were VideoHive templates.  The Text Tool in Pr wil=
l continue to suck as long as they keep that ridiculous method of kerning th=
at takes forever.  I don=E2=80=99t know why Adobe can=E2=80=99t make their T=
ype tools consistent between all their apps.
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>> On Feb 22, 2019, at 9:19 AM, Teddy Gage <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
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>> Adam, clearly I will not get you to change your ways, but as you said, pa=
ying $50 / month for 5 year old software is nuts. Nothing says you have to a=
bandon 2014, but I literally could not imagine working in it completely, wit=
h all the advancements and improvements and bug fixes since then. I can't ev=
en list them there are so many. I know it's trendy to hate on AE development=
 since 2014 but many many features that have come down the pipe have increas=
ed my productivity 10x. GPU accelerated effects and master properties alone a=
re indispensable to my workflow now. Versioning lower thirds now takes minut=
es vs. hours. DL is much more stable than it used to be, and much faster. Bu=
t I guess if you're also on 5+ year old hardware, maybe you may not notice m=
uch difference.
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>> Anyway -=20
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>> I still don't use DL quite as intended - I use it to create the initial c=
omp to the appropriate length in AE, and bring in assets. Then I disable the=
 DL in premiere, render out from AE and bring the clip back into Premiere. R=
endering through Premiere with the AE engine is incredibly slow, even with t=
he "hack" of closing AE. If the clip is pre-rendered you're gonna save a ton=
 of time. And native rendering in AE is much faster than through any externa=
l app (AME or pp).=20
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