Best for after effects?

would a mac mini or imac be better for 2-d animation and editing.
we have the monitor.

Hello,
An iMac by leaps & bounds, since the iMacs have Quad Core CPUs & real Video cards.

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hello I want to buy a new computer I have adobe CS 5.5 what type of grahic card is supposrted in (aspecially after efect) I could chose etween 1) NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M Intel HD Graphics 4600, 2)2 x NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M SLI c)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
What card will be the best for GPU acceleration and work?

thank You one more guestion if I can.
if you need to choose between those tree what is the best for After effect?
2014-06-11 23:58 GMT+02:00 Todd_Kopriva <[email protected]>:
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Which is the best windows operating system for After Effects CC 2014?

Which is the best compatible windows operating system for After Effects CC 2014?

Thanks Todd_Kopriva for your response. The same thing i saw from adobe website also, but i just want to know in these 3 os which is the best choice.?

Best tutorial for after effect in net

hi
i read a thread in FAQ about how to learn after effect but i want your experience.in the internet there are many tutorials for after effect but can someone tell me where can i download or buy the best and complete after effect tutorial from begining to really professional?

Once you have a handle on the basics it is important to focus on one area at a time. Compositing, motion graphics, Visual Effects all require completely different skill sets. When you figure out what you want to concentrate on then we can give you a better idea of how to start. If you want a complete course in AE I'd suggest Total Training or Lynda.com Both offer excellent tutorials that take off right after Adobe TV leaves off.

FAQ: What are the best resources for After Effects CS6?

Listed are select troubleshooting and "how to" resources for After Effects CS6.
After Effects CS6 troubleshooting resources
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Best video card for After Effects CS5: nVidia's CUDA or Radeon's OpenGL?

I've searched all over the internet and I've found that both are companies are great. But I hear CUDA is important with CS5 (or at least Premiere). While ATI Radeon's OpenGL is very important for After Effect.
I do animation in After Effect. Very intense HD stuff with many effects and layers and I want it to run as smooth as possible, So I'm thinking Radeon 5850 (with my budget). BUT is Radeon's OpenGL more important than nVidia's CUDA?
What will make After Effects run the best it can; between say Radeon 5850 vs a comperable nVidia card like GTX 470.
What should I know about a video card to make After Effects rock?
THANK YOU SO MUCH for reading this, I really need an answer.

Adobe use OpenGL in AE and Photoshop (maybe other software too ?)
ATi card are cheaper for better perf :
- ATi Radeon 6870 : 180$ -- perf : 2800pts
- nVidia Geforce 550 Ti : 180$ --- perf: 1800 pts
I think people should buy ATi's card fi they only doing AE
of course I'm speaking for people who don't want to spend a lot of money on the GPU.

How can I choose powerful system for After Effect?

Hi
Would you please help me? I want to buy new system for working with After Effect CS3, I dont want to buy turnkey station, I want to build it myself.
Is there any good web site that recommends system for After Effect in different prices?( for example what Motherboard, CPU, RAM)
And what Graphic card should I use to see output in TV.
I appreciate any help in advance.
Regards
Shahram

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> Hi
>
> Would you please help me? I want to buy new system for working with After Effect CS3, I dont want to buy turnkey station, I want to build it myself.
> Is there any good web site that recommends system for After Effect in different prices?( for example what Motherboard, CPU, RAM)
> And what Graphic card should I use to see output in TV.
>
> I appreciate any help in advance.
>
> Regards
> Shahram
The Mac Pro's are pretty killer for AE. On a Winbox, you simply get the
best processor(s) you can afford, max out the memory, get a good board
like ASUS or a Tyan if your really into finnicky thoroughbreds. The Vid
card will have little to do with AE, so research that on its own merits.

The ideal hardware setup / arrangement for After Effects?

Hello there,
Looking to buy some new hardware and am hoping to find some advice on the ideal hardware config for making After Effects scream. I find this questions is sorely lacking answers on the Internet beyond the basics of 'boot from an SSD' and the like... So I am hoping someone can answer these questions once and for all.
Two things I am after:
1. Fast working performance in AE. So when I move a layer about I am able to see it move smoothly in real-time as I drag it about with my mouse. Right now I get either stuttered movement when moving larger layers about, or the image begins to pixelate/drop res to such a horrible extent that I can not see what I am doing. The problem extends to when I am working with a large project file, with many layers, I get nasty lag when attempting to move about in the timeline, opening comps, etc. Everything starts to move quite slowly once I go past a certain number of layers. What upgrades will speed this element, the day to day working rather than rendering, up the most?
2. Faster rendering. Though this is not as key as point number 1.
I am guessing this performance will he helped by a beefier graphics card and more/faster RAM? I currently have a GTX 660ti 2GB and am upgrading to a GTX980 4GB, so hoping that will improve this.
I also have 64 GB of 1600 speed ram that AE happily consumes so think that base is covered. My CPU is a 3930k that is slightly overclocked. It gets maxed out when multicore rendering is happening but not otherwise. I've heard turning hyperthreading off in the BIOS can actually help AE performance?
I am booting/running AE from an SSD (Samsung 840 Pro), and have set my media cache to another dedicated SSD (Samsung 840 Pro). I run/keep my project files on yet another SSD and have other drives holing media.
My drive config plan is this:
- Boot from one 240GB SSD.
- Project files and current working media on 2x 1TB SSDs in RAID 0 (backed up)
- Further media storage on 2x 3TB HDDs in RAID 0 (backed up)
Now I am wondering if I can simply use the 2TB of SSD goodness as both the location for my AE media cache AND my project files/working media? Or am I better off having three fast and seperate storage locations? 1 for the boot, 2 for the project files and media, 3 for the cache?
Otherwise I am running AE on a Hackintosh 3930k CPU overclocked slightly, 64 GB RAM, Sabertooth X79 mobo, 660ti graphics card.
All comments/advice links much appreciated. Apologies if this has already been addressed elsewhere but I have yet to find a detailed response and only generalized comments such as 'use a fast drive for your media cache.'
What I would really like to know is the BEST drive configuration, the questioned detailed above...And what will increase the speed and quality of my real-time workflow in AE the most. Quickly navigating projects without lag, opening detailed comps with many layers, and moving large images around without lag or pixelation.
Thank you!

for After Effects advice, Eric on the forum here can give you the best info. However, I have seen him say many times that AE is MEMORY INTENSIVE,....the more, the better. You HAVE 64GB...that seems very adequate for most workflows.
The OTHER thing he says is that other than Ray-Tracing, the GPU is HARDLY used at all.....CPU speed and number of cores are a BIG factor in AE performance.....your 3930k overclocked should be adequate....the MORE OC, the BETTER.
Next is the drive system....you have NOT described EXACTLY what you are doing NOW....you mentioned what your PLAN is,but for , right NOW you said : " I run/keep my project files on yet another SSD and have other drives holing media. "
HERE is where you MAY be doing something that may....or may NOT.....be causing slowdowns.   With AE it is RECOMMENDED to use a dedicated drive for the "Global Performance Cache"...the HIGHER the speed of this drive, the BETTER, as AE STORES already "rendered" frames, ( for "previews", of course), on it so it DOESN"T have to RE-RENDER ALL the frames all over again every time you make a change to your work !!! So, in YOUR case : your OS drive is great...Samsung Pro models are the BEST...you have the 840 Pro ,which is only SLIGHTLY behind the 850 Pro in performance. ANOTHER 840,or, 850 Pro would be GREAT as the " Global performance cache drive" AND would also be the place to put ALL previews,Cache files, media cache files for Premier Pro,too. The overall speed and less latency of the SATAIII SSD will surpass the performance of a 2 disk RAID 0....even a 3 disk RAID 0.
Next....the speed at which you SERVE UP the video files can be important in preventing a slowdown.....ESPECIALLY if using large, uncompressed files. Here, you have options.....it is NOT necessary to put your project files on a SEPARATE drive from your media...you just want to make sure that the drive with your media and project files is as fast as the OTHERS in your system ! SO, you COULD use a THIRD SSD as a "working drive" for ACTIVE projects only.....a 1TB SSD perhaps...Crucial M550 is CHEAPER than the Samsung and as good as the 840 pros. As the CAPACITY of SSDs are small...you would MOVE all media and completed project files to HDDs for archiving and storage....the use of RAID with your existing HDDs would NOT be needed for this function.
Another option would be to take FOUR quality 1TB HDDs...( the Seagates are selling for $44 right now), and create a RAID 0 off the motherboard to have a large 4TB capacity AND speed similar to the SSDs!   WARNING !!! the odds of ONE drive failing are BIG....you would immediately lose ALL your data !! HOWEVER....if you back up that RAID 0 RELIGIOUSLY....you would have NO worries. One way to do THAT is to buy a 4TB ENTERPRISE level 7200rpm HDD....Seagate has one with a 128 MB cache that does over 200MB/sec. for just over $300.
Even with all this covered, there are MANY factors which can CHOKE a fast computer....the CODECS you are using have a HUGE bearing on performance. The VERSION of After Effects is important...NEWEST versions have the BEST performance with features like the "global performance cache", etc. The use of "third party plug-ins" can CRIPPLE a machine if these are NOT written to take advantage of "hyperthreading",OR, are "32 bit" and HUMBLE your machine because AE is NOW 64 bit!!
Make sure you have Windows fully updated and the newest drivers for your video card. Then , make sure your Windows POWER SETTINGS are set to MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE when"plugged in"....the DEFAULT Windows settings...even under "high performance" has setttings that will THROTTLE your GPU and CPU if you don't change them.....I found THAT out the hard way!
Finally, make sure , in AE settings, you have set the"memory allocation" correctly...there is a formula regarding how much to assign on a "per CPU core basis". There ALSO is a selection to make for "allowing multiple frames" to be processed...make sure THAT is set correctly.
Good luck !!     I hope this helps!

Why isn't there an Adobe Certified Associate Exam for After Effects?

I've been traching my students Video production, and as you all know one of Premiere's best partners for this is After Effects. I get my students to pass the ACA for Premiere Pro (we're on CS5 still) but there is nothing for After Effects. Why is this? These types of certifications are excellent for students - it looks great on college resumes and can count toward post-secondary exams for them in some schools. Any idea why there isn't an ACA for this? I know there is the ACE, but from what I've taken I know the ACE exams are more difficult than the ACA exams. I think the ACA curriculum is great for high school students, and the ACA exam is a perfect exit exam for this age.

iTunes doesn't handle the import of photos from a digital camera including from the iPhone's Camera Roll, which this would involve along with creating the albums or folders on your computer for the albums created on the iPhone from the iPhone's Camera Roll.
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Problems with Tutorials for After Effects CS5

I just recently downloaded After Effects CS5. I got the whole creative suite from being an IU student. I was watching the video tutorials for After Effects and when discussing importing files they talk about exercise files. I've looked all over and I can't find these files. Does anyone know how I can get them or where they're located? I'm running windows 7.

Mylenium may be right about which assets the tutorials were referring to, but I have no idea what tutorials you're talking about. We can't know what exercise files you're referring to if you don't telling us what tutorials you're talking about. There are many thousands of tutorials about After Effects, on dozens or hundreds of websites.
The best people to ask about the location of exercise files are the people who made the specific tutorials.
Keep in mind that a lot of tutorial makers (like Lynda.com) put some of heir tutorials online for free, and they sell subscriptions to the rest. Part of the subscription benefit is that you get access to the exercise files.

I5-3210M for After Effects?

Will the i5-3210M 2.5GHz processor be able to run After Effects smothly? I mean editing some HD or FullHD videos (recorded with Galaxy Nexus) with VFXs like smoke, fire, rain, wind and so on? I know the best processor for AE is an i7 but the computer that really goes with me (all components and design) has an i5-3210M and I want to know if it will be able to run AE. Thank you

> Your effects are going to be coming via your vid card. Your Processor does help them but not all, only if you lack a video card.
That is completely false.
The GPU does nothing to accelerate the processing of effects. The CPU processes all effects.
The CPU is much, much more important than the GPU for After Effects.
This page describes everything that the GPU does in After Effects, and it is not very much:
http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2012/05/gpu-cuda-opengl-features-in-after-effects-cs6. html
To answer the original poster's question:
Yes, you can use an i5 processor. People have made very compelling work with less powerful processors. Just know that the tradeoff is performance, and you may need to either learn to be patient during longer renders or be clever about how you plan your work and optimize for performance.
See this page for information about hardware for After Effects: http://adobe.ly/pRYOuk
See this page for resources about making After Effects work faster: http://adobe.ly/eV2zE7

Mpeg conversion for AFTER EFFECTS

Hey guys
I recently captured some HD video from cam in premier and it will only give me an mpeg file. Unfortunately this file is useless for after effects. What are the best settings i can use to convert this file with out losing quality?

Interesting.
I am running after effets cs4 on a pc. I shot on a Sony HDR FX1 and captured of a little Canon HD camera because the fire wire stopped working on the Sony cam. If there is a way to get this mpeg working in after effects that would be great.
Here is a link to to a pic of the message i get.
http://remmachine.com/client_trans/sample.PNG
The after effects manual does not list mpeg as a supported format:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/8.0/help.html?content=WSB108BC99-A69B-46c4-86 D3-2192805C2AF8.html
Also if you check the links below i am not the only one that experiences this problem.
http://www.mfhughes.com/writing/sony_mpeg_editing.htm
http://www.videoforums.co.uk/adobe-premiere-premiere-elements-after-effects/19161-how-i-im port-mpg.html
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Media Encoder CC not using GPU acceleration for After Effects CC raytrace comp

I created a simple scene in After Effects that's using the raytracer engine... I also have GPU enabled in the raytracer settings for After Effects.
When I render the scene in After Effects using the built-in Render Queue, it only takes 10 minutes to render the scene.
But when I export the scene to Adobe Media Encoder, it indicates it will take 13 hours to render the same scene.
So clearly After Effects is using GPU accelleration but for some reason Media Encoder is not.
I should also point out that my GeForce GTX 660 Ti card isn't officially supported and I had to manually add it into the list of supported cards in:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC\Support Files\raytracer_supported_cards.txt
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Media Encoder CC\cuda_supported_cards.txt
While it's not officially supported, it's weird that After Effects has no problem with it yet Adobe Media Encoder does...
I also updated After Effects to 12.1 and AME to 7.1 as well as set AME settings to use CUDA but it didn't make a difference.
Any ideas?

That is normal behavior.
The "headless" version of After Effects that is called to render frames for Adobe Media Encoder (or for Premiere Pro) using Dynamic Link does not use the GPU for acceleration of the ray-traced 3D renderer.
If you are rendering heavy compositions that require GPU processing and/or the Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously multiprocessing, then the recommended workflow is to render and export a losslessly encoded master file from After Effects and have Adobe Media Encoder pick that up from a watch folder to encode into your various delivery formats.

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