AE CS5 Optimal Settings
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- djurizen
CS3, perfect...CS4, ok, now CS5 settings seem to be f'ing with me... anyone figured out the best approach to memory/disk cache/mp settings?
- deathboy0
ha ive never really looked at the setup before. seems default im not even taking advantage of multiprocessor or disc cache. dont use it much..
- uan0
it really depends on what you are rendering.
multiprocessor only good for processor-intensive tasks, like multiple effects on a composition.
source-footage should come from 1 hd, output should go to a 2nd hd and cache would be writen optimally to a 3rd hd.
if you got lots of ram, you won't need to cache, I gave AE 6Gb out of 9GB. clearing caches and memory before rendering helps sometimes to speed it up.but I'm no expert and I would also love to here more about this.
- if this is true, then it's really useful information, thanks man!
Miguex
- if this is true, then it's really useful information, thanks man!
- djurizen0
thx for helpful feedback... i think i figured out what works for my machine... no MP...can't get it to work yet, but key thing that worked for me was the following... update to latest ae cs5 (10.0.1.19), up the RAM reserve for other apps as much as possible (strange but works), and matching the disk cache to the size of RAM available to AE (or just under, not over). anyone else have tips, i'd appreciate it... all a big experiment at this point.
- Chief0
like uan said, it really depends what's in your comp.
this is a good place to start though:
- Chief0
oops, the link above is from here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/5…
- DoTheMacarena0
Definitely depends on what's in your comp. Multiprocessing can be a double edged sword depending on if you have enough RAM to back it up. It can slow down a render if it gets bottlenecked. A good rule of thumb is to only allow multiprocessing if you can give each core 2GB of RAM on it's own. Since CS5 is 64-bit, it has the ability to take advantage of all of the RAM in your machine, instead of just 4GB per app. I rarely run into memory buffer issues in CS5, and I used to hit them constantly in CS4.
I like to run on a 3 disk setup, as was previously mentioned:
1) System drive with the OS and app
2) Scratch drive (striped RAID is ideal). This is where your cache should live
3) Media driveI also like to keep my autosave folder on my system drive (not on the RAID drive or where I keep my .aep files) as a safeguard.
I don't really think the size of the disk cache matters (as far as being too big). I give it 50GB or more.
Just my $.02.