What specs would your PC need to have to be able to edit

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:17 am

trythil wrote:After Effects' rendering engine can take advantage of multiple cores and machines.

However, it's rather poorly implemented. After Effect's multithreading basically consists of starting up new instances of After Effects in the background and letting them render some frames. In practical terms, this means if you want it to use 2 cores to render, then you need to have twice as much ram as you would for 1 core to render. Start using 4 cores and the ram requirements are astronomical. Many people recommend having 8gb of ram if you want to run after effects with 4 cores.

Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:58 pm

atm I'm on a P4 w/ 256mb RDRAM. I'm too scared to install prem pro on it. I'd figure Prem Pro requires significantly more resources than regular Prem. WMM actually requires even more than THAT!!... but than I don't know if their's a computer in existance that can satisfy WMM

Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:09 pm

trythil wrote:Not unless the processes you're performing are parallelized, of course.

also it still helps ease the use of the processor just because whole threads like say a simultaneous audio encode, winamp session or... who doesn't get distracted by Word.... er, the internet, during a long encode, or even an antivirus scan. all of these processes together may only be single threaded, but they could also benefit greatly from more cores if used simultaneously.

gazzarix83 · Post by **gazzarix83** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:33 pm

i am looking to start creating my self and i would like to ask the following: would my single 2.4ghz cpu with 512 ram make the cut?

Org Profile · Post by **GloryQuestor** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:11 pm

gazzarix83 wrote:i am looking to start creating my self and i would like to ask the following: would my single 2.4ghz cpu with 512 ram make the cut?

The CPU is fine, but the memory isn't. You will probably want to up that memory to at least 2GB at the minimum. Also make sure you have at the very least a 120GB hard drive just for AMV creation.

milkmandan · Post by **milkmandan** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:53 pm

Zarxrax wrote:Years ago, I would run Adobe Premiere 6 on a 650mhz machine with 512mb or ram. It was quite quick and responsive.

Today I have a 2.7ghz quad-core machine with 4gb of ram, and it struggles with premiere pro and after effects.

whoaa.. O_o

struggles?

my friend has a similar set up to yours. 3.0Ghz quad, and 4gb. His didn't seem to 'struggle' at all. O_O each program booted up quickly, and could swap between the two.

Zarxrax wrote:However, it's rather poorly implemented. After Effect's multithreading basically consists of starting up new instances of After Effects in the background and letting them render some frames. In practical terms, this means if you want it to use 2 cores to render, then you need to have twice as much ram as you would for 1 core to render. Start using 4 cores and the ram requirements are astronomical. Many people recommend having 8gb of ram if you want to run after effects with 4 cores.

true. which is why i am excited for CS4. Hopefully these issues will addressed in it ><

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:01 pm

Originally, this board started out pushing Adobe Primere 5.0 until Virtual Dub and Sub Station Alpha were used for Subbing Videos. Currently, Sony's Vegas is the hot topic. -- if it works for you and you can get the file below 40meg for 3 minutes then it can be uploaded and shared.
-- its when your AMV is larger than 40meg that we have placed FAQ and Quick Tips through-out the site. . and, yes, they do allow up to 100meg files if you really "want to be known" as a Slop-Artist.