Re: getting the most out of RAM with AE CS3

well... i've just read that you don't want to increase the max ram cache setting beyond 60% 'unless necessary'. i'm not sure when it's 'necessary', but based on that you may not want to increase that cache setting to 67-70% as i had mentioned (if you had a dual g5).

if you have a quad g5, i also just read a note (by a guy who wrote the ae manual) that multiprocessing will work best with 2gb of ram per core... he went on to say that you may get better performance by restricting the number of cores available to match the 2gb per core ratio. so you may be able to get better performance by doing the following steps to restrict ae to using just 2 cores (again, if you have a quad):

1. Quit After Effects.


2. Open the After Effects text preferences file, Adobe After Effects 8.0 Prefs.txt, located in the following folder:
   Mac OS: Users//Library/Preferences/Adobe/After Effects/8.0
   Windows XP: C:Documents and SettingsApplication DataAdobeAfter Effects8.0
   Windows Vista: C:UsersAppDataRoamingAdobeAfter Effects8.0


3. Find the ['MP'] section.


4. Change the "MaxNumberOfProcesses" value to "2".


5. Save and close the preferences file.

Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
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