Is newest AE better performer than AE6.5 on Intel Mac?
by BRussell
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Oct 3, 2007 at 12:24:55 am
I am using AE 6.5 on a 4-core Intel Mac. The nature of what I'm doing means renders are slow. Is a newer version of AE a better performer (and how new), either on the Intel or in general? -- thank you!
Re: Is newest AE better performer than AE6.5 on Intel Mac? by moldyboot on Oct 3, 2007 at 1:29:22 pm
in addition to not needing to run under powerpc emulation you will also be able to utilize all your ram (rosetta had to restrict the ram available to apps under emulation) and better use your available processors (cs3 now has a multi-processor render feature, prior versions only had a few mp aware effects). note that prefered ram for multi-processing is 2gb per processing core, so you may want to purchase more ram when upgrading.
Re: Is newest AE better performer than AE6.5 on Intel Mac? by bogiesan on Oct 3, 2007 at 2:04:16 pm
But there are still issues. Especially with third party filter systems like DigiEffects and with OpenGL and apparently the render engine is busted for Macs.
I'd send you over to Adobe's user forums but they've been "improved" to the point where you can't logon.
Re: Is newest AE better performer than AE6.5 on Intel Mac? by moldyboot on Oct 3, 2007 at 2:29:02 pm
true, there are some issues with some third-party effects... in order to use third-party effects on the intel version of cs3 you need intel versions of the plugins, so you should check your plugin providers' sites for compatibility with cs3 and intel macs. some companies provide the updates for free, others you may need to purchase upgrades, and some may not be available yet (or if they are old, maybe never). note that you could force cs3 to run under rosetta and regain access to powerpc effects, but that's not a workflow i would desire.
the opengl issue was fixed in the 8.0.1 update, and i have the multiprocessing feature enabled and working on my 4-core macpro, although i wish i had more ram...
Re: Is newest AE better performer than AE6.5 on Intel Mac? by Timothy Kurkoski on Oct 3, 2007 at 4:31:37 pm
> apparently the render engine is busted for Macs.
Bogiesan, can you clarify? There's a known problem with running the RE under Rosetta, but there's a way fix the issue:
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402510
Or is there some other problem that you're referring to?
