Hi guys,
I've just upgraded my MacBook Pro to a unibody Core i5 model. Loving the speed increase all round in Motion & FCP etc.
Although it's a dual core (2.4), due to the hyper-threading on each core, it registers in Compressor and Shake as having 4 accessible processing threads.
So my question, perhaps obvious as it may sound, is: Should I enable Shake & Compressor to use all 4 threads, or should I cap them to 2?
Only reason I ask is because I'm rendering a project in Shake at the min with 'Max Thread' set to 4, yet it seems really slow. Perhaps it's an abnormally large project? Although it only contains 1 x ProRess 422LT video and one Quicktime SD file. The rest is a concoction of keying nodes and adjustment layers etc.
I've included a screen grab of the project in question (not sure if it helps at all):
shakerenderscreen.jpg
It's a bit of a messy project, but the original screen & lighting were quite poor, so I've had to work hard to get it to viewable state :) I am by no means, a shake-spert ;)
All help & advice appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Chaz
