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jovise
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June 16, 2015
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multiprocessing after effects 2015

Where is the multiprocessing option in after effects 2015?

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    Szalam
    SzalamCorrect answer
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    June 16, 2015

    Thx for clarifying!  The timeline does feels much more responsive so that's a good start!


    Here's the official word on it: features not available in After Effects CC 2015 (13.5)

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    mateofive
    Participating Frequently
    September 2, 2016

    what about using this to do the multi threaded rendering?

    BG Renderer Pro - aescripts + aeplugins - aescripts.com

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    stib
    stib
    Inspiring
    September 7, 2016

    I use the aerender CLI program to do all my rendering (faster, and I can do it in the background). It doesn't use multiprocessor rendering any more, and since this script is just using it in the background it's not going to be able to either.

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    Elvin.C
    Elvin.C
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    February 17, 2016

    我也是，最近刚换了新电脑，CPU xeon e5 2678v3 12core 24thread 2.5-3.1ghz，64g ram，装了CC2015，输出速度竟然和我的笔记本一样，太慢了，so slow。。。。

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    Anonymous
    December 21, 2015

    ขอบคุณครับผม

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    hawkeye123xzy
    Participant
    October 5, 2015

    you people are idiots!!! who else would launch a new product with soooo many bugs!!!!!!

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      BramvanOosterhout
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      December 17, 2015

      Well it is really frustrating. I am paying hundreds of euros each year for this software. I have also a 6-core CPU.

      With the old updated I got 80% to 99% CPU usage, with the new 2015, just around 30%.

      This is very bad Adobe! Please make my CPU usefull. I pay for this!

      I do not want to install an older Adobe version to render, make this into the new version, damn!

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        Szalam
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        SzalamCommunity Expert
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        December 18, 2015

        BramvanOosterhout wrote:

        make this into the new version, damn!

        That is precisely what they are doing. CC 2015 is a partial step forward to try some pieces of the new architecture. Notice that the UI and the renderer are running on separate CPU threads in CC 2015 now? This is a very complicated process and it is taking a while for it to get done. Notice what happened with the initial release of 13.6? HUGE problem for a lot of folks when the Undo command no longer worked. It's yet another issue they've run into trying to get AE to properly run on multiple threads.

        But they are working on it. The whole point of this re-do of AE's architecture is to replace the old, buggy multiprocessor with a true multithreaded app that runs more quickly and uses system resources better. The AE team is very small though (especially when compared to, say, the Photoshop team), so it's going to take a while.

        I use CC 2014 to render and it hasn't been an issue for me. Sure, it's a tiny extra step, but it's not too annoying.

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        samuelv36553033
        samuelv36553033
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        August 18, 2015

        Test results for the same composition, no external plug in 's:

        Render on CC2014 multi processor: 3 minutes 29 seconds (+-30% cpu)

        Render on CC2014 single processor: 4 minutes 47 seconds (+-10% cpu)

        Render on CC2015: 4 minutes 42 seconds (+-10% cpu)

        I guess it's better to wait for a CC2015 with multi processor mode. One day, I hope to see 100% of cpu usage.

        Setup: 2X Xeon processor 32 Gb ram

        MXF 1080p + graphics -> MXF 1080p

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        Chris Hocking
        Inspiring
        August 19, 2015

        Thanks for sharing - very interesting!

        You wouldn't happen to have Element 3D on your system by any chance? Be interested to see the same tests with an Element effect thrown into the mix!

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        samuelv36553033
        samuelv36553033
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        August 27, 2015

        Sorry, I don't have Element 3D.

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        TavTHF
        Participant
        July 9, 2015

        Welcome to Adobe's revolutionary new cloud based software model - If software isn't ready within the year, we'll release it anyway ...

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          Dave_LaRonde
          Dave_LaRonde
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          July 9, 2015

          TavTHF wrote:

          Welcome to Adobe's revolutionary new cloud based software model - If software isn't ready within the year, we'll release it anyway ...

          Amen.  You've got to keep those Adobe Marketing Weasels placated, y'know....

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            ekreidler
            Participating Frequently
            June 22, 2015

            My CC 2014 (13.2) got uninstalled when I upgraded. And I was never able to get multiprocessor to work through Media Encoder. Kinda missing the multiprocessor final render -- this render seems much slower. When you say "future versions"...how long are we waiting? Wish MP was left as an option until CURRENT version showed the improvements you're promising.

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            Szalam
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            SzalamCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            June 23, 2015

            ekreidler wrote:

            My CC 2014 (13.2) got uninstalled when I upgraded.

            The next time you update to a new version, make sure you uncheck the option to remove previous versions: keeping previous versions installed when installing CC 2015 applications | After Effects region of interest

            ekreidler wrote:

            And I was never able to get multiprocessor to work through Media Encoder.

            Yeah, multiprocessing (and some other things like GPU acceleration of the ray-traced renderer [not that anybody cares about the ray-traced renderer anymore...]) never worked in the Adobe Media Encoder.

            Other things also didn't work with multiprocessing; certain effects and certain expressions weren't compatible so multiprocessing would shut off. Super-annoying.

            Sometimes you could get inconsistent results with multiprocessing too. Using the shading with Particular, for example, could result in flickering with multiprocessing turned on.

            ekreidler wrote:

            Kinda missing the multiprocessor final render -- this render seems much slower.

            Good news! Do your work with the snappier interface and improved expression handling of CC 2015 and then open that same project file in CC 2014 to do your final render with multiprocessing. The project files are compatible between versions.

            Here's how to install CC 2014 (or CC or CS6, for that matter): How to Find and Install Previous Version of Adobe Apps in CC 2015 | Adobe Customer Care Team

            ekreidler wrote:

            Wish MP was left as an option until CURRENT version showed the improvements you're promising.

            According to the official page I linked to earlier, multiprocessing isn't compatible with the new framework. They released this version now so that we could enjoy some of the benefits, but if they're not enough for you, just wait for the next big update.

            ekreidler wrote:

            When you say "future versions"...how long are we waiting?

            I think we can all agree that we would like that to be "not long"!   There is a bug fix update scheduled for sometime next month that should solve some of the big issues people have had in CC 2015 and then we'll just have to wait and see when the next big update is with the new renderer.

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            ekreidler
            Participating Frequently
            July 10, 2015

            Hi -- thanks for the response! I felt a little bad about this post (it was in the heat of a project deadline) -- all in all, CC 2015 does seem pretty zippy. I will keep an eye out for the "remove previous versions" checkbox in the future.

            Two bugs I've hit so far:

            - puppet tool problems that require application relaunch to fix

            - scrubbing a timeline sometimes makes the red line disappear, although scrubbing again eventually brings it back

            Again, all in all I'm liking CC 2015 so far. The live dynamic preview takes some getting used to but it's pretty slick.

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            Rick GerardCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            June 16, 2015

            It is removed. Please read up on the changes. 2015 is much more efficient and has an entirely new rendering architecture.

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            JC de Blok
            Participating Frequently
            June 16, 2015

            It's what the brochure says, but I've tried a few projects and don't notice a lot of change  in either speed and/or CPU usage..  both are around 20% of a 12 core system.  in CC2014 I was able to get in into to 60%.. 70% range by using 4 threads..

            I'm using a lot of multichannel EXR's (with channel cache on) but they seem to be quite a performance hit for large resolutions a multiple channels so maybe that's bottle necking the whole thing..

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            Szalam
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            SzalamCommunity Expert
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            June 16, 2015

            The speed change is in interactivity for this release. We were promised future versions would have increased interactivity AND rendering, so the rendering increase will likely be in a future version. Here's a tip: a 13.5 project file is compatible with 13.2 So you can benefit from all of the workflow enhancements in 13.5, then use 13.2 to render faster (if your project benefits from multiprocessing...and that's a big if).

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