Full-res previews are much faster than actual rendering.

Report · Jul 05, 2019

Hi there,

OS: MacOS 10.14.5 Mojave

iMAC, Late 2012

3.4 GHz Intel Core i7

32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2 GB

I am working on a project that involves 2d graphics and

element 3d. When I preview a particular frame it takes 5 seconds to appear on my viewport in Full-Res, but if I render it out as prores or png sequence in After Effects, it takes between 4-6 minutes for each frame. If I use terminal rendering it takes like 6-9 minutes per frame.

I did much complicated projects before using same plugins and never remember it took this long to render.

Since AE 2019 and MOJAVE update, weird stuff is happening but this is literally effecting my life in a bad way. I can't deliver the video to my client on the same day if they ask for a change. Always has to be the next day or the other day because of the slow rendering and of course I look like a lazy person.

I am wondering what may be the problem.

Thanks.

Report · Jul 05, 2019

Is motion blur involved?

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*Martin

Report · Jul 05, 2019

Are you rendering through Ae?

Png sequence is the slowest rendering format, try tiff/dpx/exr

rendering in Ae is uncompressed so it make sense it would be the fastest. if the RAM ia loaded, Ae will use that with the render.

try other formats like DNX or Cineform