Re: whats with the speed of after effects?

Everyone just keeps sending me the same links that Ive already seen. I appreciate the help but I read it all umpteen times and none of it makes much difference at all particularly as a lot of it is focused on pcs and not macs.

The adobe general workflow page says this -
"Preview
Previewing compositions on your computer monitor or an external video monitor is FAST and convenient, even for complex projects, especially if you use OpenGL technology to accelerate previews. You can change the speed and quality of previews by specifying their resolution and frame rate, and by limiting the area and duration of the composition that you preview."

So what kind of computer is it they are talking about because from what Im hearing it aint fast on any computer.


I also noticed the following "keep the source footage files for your project on a fast local disk drive"
Macs don't even have the option of different disks to choose from. So how does that work on a mac?

Ive got all the settings how Im supposed to and still the preview is way slow. Perhaps this is just how it is. Im really not sure how one is supposed to sync footage to sound though when its all so jumpy and slow.