Re: AE CS3 for Mac Very Long Time to Quit

There are differences in how multiprocessing native in AE CS3 works and NP2. The real short version is - we had to spend a year working on this issue (amongst others).

Both technologies use multiple instances of AE to render single frames, and then mux them together into a movie etc. They both consume large amounts of RAM.

Especially on Mac - there needs to be a "clean up" of RAM on shutdown. This isn't always easy - especially with huge amounts of used RAM. We had to develop some pretty nifty code on this.

This is what causes the long shutdown. To properly purge all that RAM and return it to the system takes time. The more used RAM - the longer the shutdown can be.

BTW - all those who clamor for 64bit programs - this is the downside of it. Massive GB's of RAM all used can make the application seem sluggish and the system slow (why bus speeds are so important on CPU and RAM). Also - all that RAM needs to be cleaned up.

We've worked hard to try and make it snappy and seamless - but would also keep an eye out for improvement here.

Steve
GridIron Software Inc.