Frame Rate in Preview is Low

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July 14, 2022
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Hello!

I just purchased a 2022 Macbook Pro (Apple M1 Max chip with 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine, 64gb of Memory) and a simple scene (5 characters -- created in AI-- walking from point A to point B, then some dialogue) is painfully slow in preview. It starts at 24fps, immediately goes to 10fps, and goes all the way down to 4 fps at its worst.

I opened up the activity monitor and saw that it is only using around 2-3gb of memory, and around 230-250%CPU.

How do I optimize CH so that it is not so slow in preview?

Thank you

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Correct answer oksamurai

There are no "draft" modes or anything similar in Character Animator yet, so what you see is what you get. In heavy scenes I will try:

Disarming/toggling visibility off for characters I'm not currently focused on
Disarming behaviors I'm not using (some of the heaviest are physics, head turner, and body tracker)

With 5 characters, I would say try turning off 2-3 characters at a time and see if performance increases (I believe it should).

oksamurai

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There are no "draft" modes or anything similar in Character Animator yet, so what you see is what you get. In heavy scenes I will try:

Disarming/toggling visibility off for characters I'm not currently focused on
Disarming behaviors I'm not using (some of the heaviest are physics, head turner, and body tracker)

With 5 characters, I would say try turning off 2-3 characters at a time and see if performance increases (I believe it should).

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FlacotaAuthor

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ok thank you! I will try that.

By the way, the product is incredible, this is the only "snag" I have encountered so far. We are constantly amazed at the speed of which we can do things, but then in preview it is a bit slow. Keep up the amazing work, and many props to the team!