• Ridiculously long AE render times
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So I'm trying to render this little clip with After effects. Recorded something in TF2, converted the demo at 480fps @ 1280x720 with startmovie (lots of tga files, wee), put them together using VirtualDub @ 240fps. Converted the same bit again with r_depthoverlay 1 to get the depth of view effect. Put them together in AE the way I should be doing, they're perfectly aligned. Now on to rendering: Est. Remain: 32 minutes For a 7 second clip. I've disabled the preview screen, shut down everything except AE and it still takes 35 minutes to export a 7 second clip. :/ My specs: W7 Ultimate 32bit i7 860 @ 2.8gHz 3GB DDR3 HD5850 1GB 7200RPM 1TB HDD (all files are on this) This isn't normal, but I haven't got a clue what's causing it to go so retardedly slow. Edit: Just noticed it's still rendering in 240fps, but even when I set it to 99fps it'll take 20 minutes. SOLVED, forgot to click multithreading when configuring Lagarith.
That will do it, if you can also allocate more RAM for AE so it can use more of a buffer for rendering.
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;24824869]So I'm trying to render this little clip with After effects. Recorded something in TF2, converted the demo at 480fps @ 1280x720 with startmovie (lots of tga files, wee), put them together using VirtualDub @ 240fps. Converted the same bit again with r_depthoverlay 1 to get the depth of view effect. Put them together in AE the way I should be doing, they're perfectly aligned. Now on to rendering: Est. Remain: 32 minutes For a 7 second clip. I've disabled the preview screen, shut down everything except AE and it still takes 35 minutes to export a 7 second clip. :/ My specs: W7 Ultimate 32bit i7 860 @ 2.8gHz 3GB DDR3 HD5850 1GB 7200RPM 1TB HDD (all files are on this) This isn't normal, but I haven't got a clue what's causing it to go so retardedly slow. Edit: Just noticed it's still rendering in 240fps, but even when I set it to 99fps it'll take 20 minutes. SOLVED, forgot to click multithreading when configuring Lagarith.[/QUOTE] and set it to 30 fps. Its more then enough for a video (tv is at 24 fps)
[QUOTE=taipan;24827143]and set it to 30 fps. Its more then enough for a video (tv is at 24 fps)[/QUOTE] Choose 60 if you want it to look smoother.
[QUOTE=GunfighterJ;24827203]Choose 60 if you want it to look smoother.[/QUOTE] Not really. Videos (unlike games) blend frames (one fades out while the other fades in) this allows for 100% smooth video at just 24fps. This is something else then your monitor refresh rate. 24Hertz will still look like crap.
[QUOTE=taipan;24827143]and set it to 30 fps. Its more then enough for a video (tv is at 24 fps)[/QUOTE] No. I want that much since I'm gonna use it for more editing later on. It's still taking 15 minutes for 7 seconds, simply by adding lens blur. Without lens blur it's 1,5 minutes. :/ [QUOTE=taipan;24827255]Not really. Videos (unlike games) blend frames (one fades out while the other fades in) this allows for 100% smooth video at just 24fps. This is something else then your monitor refresh rate. 24Hertz will still look like crap.[/QUOTE] Video exported at 60 will look smoother than exported at 30.
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;24827273] Video exported at 60 will look smoother than exported at 30.[/QUOTE] That would depend on your settings. If you export it correcly 24 fps is more then enough. (Full HD blue ray disks also display at only 24 fps)
[QUOTE=taipan;24827336]That would depend on your settings. If you export it correcly 24 fps is more then enough. (Full HD blue ray disks also display at only 24 fps)[/QUOTE] I find that hard to believe when they look a lot smoother when they are claiming to run at 240hz compared to 60 or 30.
[QUOTE=GunfighterJ;24827385]I find that hard to believe when they look a lot smoother when they are claiming to run at 240hz compared to 60 or 30.[/QUOTE] 240 hertz? What? Tv's work in steps of 50. So either 200 or 250 hertz. And ive never seen a computer screen with 240 hertz.
There are flat screen TV's out there that run at 60, 120, or 240Hz.
[QUOTE=GunfighterJ;24827457]There are flat screen TV's out there that run at 60, 120, or 240Hz.[/QUOTE] Show me one that isnt a syncmaster.
[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889005091"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889005091[/URL] [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889102326"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889102326[/URL] Here are some that even refresh at 600hz. [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889102369"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889102369[/URL] [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889005135"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889005135[/URL]
Bluray movies do run at 24fps. Hz has nothing to do with fps.
Then I don't see how they can seem so smooth even with frame blending.
[QUOTE=GunfighterJ;24827575][URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889005091[/URL] [URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889102326[/URL] Here are some that even refresh at 600hz. [URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889102369[/URL] [URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889005135[/URL][/QUOTE] Tow..... Those are all plasma.. They dont have a 600 hertz image refresh rate its just the backlight. Samsung/Panasonic/Lg use this stat to *wrongly inform* consumers about their new [B]600Hertz Super awesome TV!! [/B]while all the other brands are still at 100/200/300 *real* hertz tv's. 300 hertz tv is top of the lign and you wont even see any difference if you compare 300 and 600 *real* hertz.
Ok, that makes sense because I saw 600hz and I thought "wtf?".
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