Looking to see if the latest AE 2018 has any form of usable multi processing back in it? We have some new machines and its insane how slow renders are compared to older rigs running 2014 with multi processing.
Has anyone seen performance improvements on modern multicore multi GPU rigs? I don't like when AE only uses 6% of my CPU and only one out of 4 GPU's.
The ongoing lack of multiprocessing with AE CC2018 is unbelievable.
We all have multi-core rigs, and most of them stay idle when using AE.
Except for the few cases mentioned by Szalam, MP rendering does make a huge difference, and the latest AE version still provides slower renders than CC2014. We are still reverting our projects to CC2014 whenever we can, and render times are up to 7 times faster. 7 times faster with a 4 year old version!
Part of the problem you see is that CPU speed is not increasing like it used to. Moore's Law is dead. Intel/AMD are combatting this by adding more cores. Though you may have more cores, the clock speed of a single core in your new system may be slower than the older Mac core. Since Adobe is not multi-threading very well, you may be running a slower single thread and seeing slower results. This is why we made RenderGarden. Give it a try!
But you're point is valid if the goal is to purely to increase transistor count. I always assumed the goal was to increase the speed of my computer. Which it is not doing unless the software is heavily multi-threaded.
But you're point is valid if the goal is to purely to increase transistor count.
I think Moore's Law is more of an observation than a goal. And, in theory at least, smaller transistors do equate to faster cpu's. And "computers" are still getting exponentially faster, aren't they?
As for how software utilizes all those transistors when they're divided up across multiple cores is not something I know very much about at all, but there are companies that are doing brilliantly, Adobe just isn't one of those companies.
It's Darwinism. If Adobe cannot keep up with the changing environment eventually they'll die off. It might literally take 100 years or more, but if they don't catch up, they will eventually die. Unless of course Darwin was wrong and Adobe has been ordained by...
Won’t take 100 years. Can happen in two. I’ve seen it happen so many times. Industry leading application disapears. Avid, FCP, Softimage, Matador, Commotion, Elastic Reality, Shake, Quark, etc
I made a windows app that does multicore rendering (basically, it spawns AERender.exe processes, checks exit codes and respawns if needed). Nothing beautiful or commercial, but it works well for me.
I've been working on a tool to make multiprocessing and Network Renders as easy as possible to deal with. (I got tired of entering code every time I wanted to render). If you wanna check it out, it's at http://www.AeRenderBoss.com/
It's a Dream, how much performance Grant Petty, with DaVinci can get out of graphics cards and good processors! Nuke is good if The Foundry stays that slow Nuke will soon be overtaken by merger.
Today's update to After Effects includes multithreading improvements to the grain effects. Also of note, some of the other newer features that have been added to AE recently (like the Camera Shake Deblur effect) are also multithreaded.
Did they fix the Font preview yet? My poor orange tabby cat is looking forward to moving in with you.
You can now arrow through fonts, if that's what you're asking about.
Well more importantly that the text actually updates in the composition panel as you do. This essential feature was broken in the new character panel but is now fixed wit this release. So I keep my cat...thank goodness.
RenderGarden is definitely an answer, but the trial was crashing Premiere for me. Restarting AE and PPro after a render solves the issue, but if you need speed, this little script helps those of us with Dual Xeons, ect, to fly again. I really can't comprehend why Adobe removed multiprocessing. Obviously crashes and performance were of concern, which explains why they removed it, but at least leave the option in. Or, absorb RenderGarden, improve the UI and integrate it in. Don't think they need to because they obviously knew how to do it in the past. Render speed is paramount.
Glad you're digging RenderGarden. We have not had any reports about Premiere crashes. Can you provide any more info? Were you using any 3rd party plug-ins in AE? I'm assuming the GPU got overloaded with Premiere. What GPU are you using?
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