If I were to upgrade my RAM would Applecare still cover my MBP?

I have a Mid 2012 13" MacBook Pro (non-retina) with 2.9 GHz i7 processor. I had it upgraded as far as Apple would when I bought it, but I'm finding that for my motion graphics, I need more RAM. Would Applecare still cover my MBP if I upgraded it to 16GB of RAM?

Yes provided nothing was damaged during the install and the new RAM is not covered, so you should keep the factory RAM to switch back in case of a warranty call.
Your problem is your using the wrong machine for the job. More RAM isn't going to make much of a difference in your graphics case as that machine only has poor integrated CPU graphics, not the more powerful dedicated graphics on the 15" and up.
Why is my computer slow?
http://www.cbscores.com/index.php?sort=ogl&order=desc
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php
What the more RAM will allow you yo do is run more programs at the same time and/or larger files with beter performance, will make little difference on the graphics.

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