{"id":46995,"date":"2022-04-16T18:41:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T18:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/video\/adobe-after-effects\/why-does-after-effects-take-so-long-to-render\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T18:41:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T18:41:01","slug":"why-does-after-effects-take-so-long-to-render","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/video\/adobe-after-effects\/why-does-after-effects-take-so-long-to-render\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does after effects take so long to render ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those in the VFX industry are all too familiar with the time-consuming nature of rendering, and may even find themselves asking, \u201cWhy does <strong>After<\/strong> Effects render so slow?\u201d After <strong>Effects<\/strong>&#8216; render engine heavily relies on your computer&#8217;s central processing unit (CPU)\u2014more so than it does the graphics card (GPU).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Considering this, how make After Effects render faster? <iframe style=\"margin-top:25px;width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/izhaL5fA8ks\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this regard, why is my render time so <strong>long<\/strong>? <strong>Render<\/strong> times are CPU and project dependent. CPU: The faster your computer&#8217;s CPU the faster your rendering will complete. In general, for shorter rendering times, a faster CPU is better. PROJECT: Larger, more complex projects will also have longer <strong>render<\/strong> times compared to shorter, simpler projects.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, how much RAM does <strong>After<\/strong> Effects use? The minimum amount of RAM that After Effects needs to run is 8GB. However, Adobe recommends using 16GB of RAM. For my system I run 32GB of RAM which allows After <strong>Effects<\/strong> to run incredibly smooth.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, will more RAM increase rendering speed? RAM doesn&#8217;t really affect rendering speeds all that much. The CPU and GPU are the ones mostly responsible for this task. However, if your computer does not have too much RAM \u2014 let&#8217;s say 4GB \u2014 and you increase it to 16GB, you may notice a difference in rendering speeds.One of the biggest reasons that Cycles takes so long to <strong>render<\/strong> is because it calculates light bounces. What are light bounces you ask? Light bounces are indirect light that bounces off walls and other objects. It&#8217;s what makes the scene look so good in comparison to the Internal renderer.<\/p>\n<h2>How can I get my bike to render faster?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Because cycles will concentrate all resources to the render region instead of the whole viewport. Since a selected render region is smaller than the viewport, cycles will render the region faster. To select a render region, click Ctrl+B.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How long should video rendering take?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>For an hour-long video, render time could total between an hour and eight hours, depending on the video&#8217;s complexity and the hardware being used. But for a CGI-heavy movie like Shrek, render time could take 5,000,000 hours, which was actually the case for the Pixar movie.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Is i3 good for After Effects?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>After effects need as much as RAM you can put into it and you need a processor to use all that RAM so i3 is not recommended but if you want to just tey the software for fun then go ahead. Also After effects is not an editing software, you should use premiere pro for that.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Is Intel Core i5 good for After Effects?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>An i5 will work to run After Effects. The clock speed of the processor will make a big difference in how fast AE renders things.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Is 4GB RAM enough for After Effects?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you need at least 8GB RAM to render 3D projects faster. 4GB is quite good for like 10\u201320 seconds render but not enough for HUGE rendering. I&#8217;ve run Adobe After Effects in 4GB and it worked REALLY AWESOME but took a lot of time to render. Also, a multi core CPU is ideal to reduce your CPU load and fry it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Is 32GB RAM enough for rendering?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>RAM (system memory). For some 3D rendering jobs, 8 GB of RAM will get the job done, but to be fully optimized, 32 GB is recommended, with a MHz rate as high as possible (ideally not less than 2.2).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Is 16GB RAM enough for rendering?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>16 GB is enough for a great variety of work. Also, it boils down to your personal preferences and the programs you use. For example, if I am going to make a huge city with people moving with ultra realistic textures and populate it with a lot of stuff in Unreal Engine, I might easily run out of RAM.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Is 16GB RAM enough for 3D rendering?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>I recommend 32GB of RAM for most 3D Artists. If you sculpt or work on high-poly meshes, use lots of large textures or have complex scenes with thousands of objects in them, you might want to go with 64GB of RAM. 16 GB of RAM can be enough for many starting out with 3D, but usually, you outgrow this quite quickly.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Is it okay to export without rendering?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>There are no restrictions about your source footage, you don&#8217;t need to pre-render the timeline before you export. This works even if you&#8217;re doing lots of effects and color correction in Premiere. The first time that you export, you have to wait for the normal export.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I make my Eevee render faster in blender?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oo6ZmMyU5nM\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those in the VFX industry are all too familiar with the time-consuming nature of rendering, and may even find themselves asking, \u201cWhy does After Effects render so slow?\u201d After Effects&#8216; render engine heavily relies on your computer&#8217;s central processing unit (CPU)\u2014more so than it does the graphics card (GPU). 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