Adobe After Effects Cc 2014 Google Drive
Juliano Nichols
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I am currently creating a new work flow for some high demand, comprehensive video production down the road. I would like to know what is the best way to store my files and assets for the videos I will be producing to get the best performance and workflow. Here are my thoughts so far....
A few question I have about this set up right now is: Should I keep my current project files and media assets (Videos/Images/Audio ETC..) all on the 1TER SSD where the Adobe programs will be installed and the media cache will go to? Or is it still efficient enough that I can keep them on the 4 TER Drive? I need programs like After Effects working at it's peak so I can do more effects and intensive projects. Thank you for the input!
All depends on how good specs of your workstation are ... but lets say that you have best of the best CPU and RAM and decent GPU (that is not so important) and your rendering technique is using 90%-100%m of those resources during render then I would:
- keep my Adobe software on the same SSD as operating system
- use separate SSD for cache
- use separate drive dor input files and separate for final renders
And now if you have unlimited money resources - I would make all of those drives a good quality and fast SSD drives. But if you have to find a golden mean - all depends on what kind of work you do. For example:
a) if in your AE work you use severa high resolution raw video files and you put them throu heavy modifications using AE effects that mean that you need a quick and effective access to your source footages and your CPU will render them resonably slow so you have to put your sources into SSD (for quick access) and renders to HDD (because it renders frames so slow that your HDD will save them without any issues and slowdowns
b) if you use simpe graphics or even not to many video footages and you are sure that your CPU will render final frames really fast - then put sources on HDD and finals to SSD because if render goes fast the output drive is always a bottleneck so you have to make sure that bottleneck is as large (SSD always win on that front) as it is possible.
This repsonse really helped me thank you. So to be clear the optimal set-up is:
1. Application (Adobe AE etc) on an internal SSD C:Drive
2. Media Cache on a seperate internal SSD
3. Footage/Assets (music etc) on a SEPERATE DRIVE to the Media Cache and Application (Does this make a huge difference if this is internal or external?)
4. Final Renders on a SESPERATE DRIVE to the Application; Media Cache and Footage?
So in short is the optimal set-up total 4 seperate drives for Application; Media Cache; Footage; Final Render files? If so, does the FOOTAGE AND FINAL RENDER files have to be on INTERNAL or EXTERNAL drive
Thanks,
Get a bigger boot drive and don't customize the Creative Cloud install location. That's a really bad idea. For all 3rd party effects, scripts and updates to work reliably you cannot fiddle with the install of After Effects or Premiere Pro. You are just asking for trouble. Unless the second drive on the same buss inside your machine it is going to be up to 10X slower
The transfer speed is actually more critical than the drive speed. You can plug an SSD into a Thunderbolt port or USBC port using the wrong cable and have the transfer speed drop from 40 Gbps to under 2. You can run into the same problem with SATA ports and cables. You have to use the best materials available.
My setup = 5 drive Raid 10 - 2X drives mirrored and 1 that is an automatic backup drive should one fail. I can pop any single drive out at any time and drop in a new unformatted drive that will fill up with data. Then I put the backup in a safe. I never spend a minute backing up or making archival copies because the Raid system takes care of it.
The only backup that I run is a backup of my system drive on a bootable disk. A new copy is made every two weeks and I always verify that I can boot to the backup drive before I run software updates. The result of this kind of planning is Zero downtime because of a drive failure in the last 8 years. If an update kills something all it takes to get me back in business is plugging in the system copy, booting to that drive. That usually takes less than five minutes. When things calm down I can either troubleshoot the bad update or just revert and wait for bugs to be fixed. If you rely on a single boot drive and storing your project files and source footage on single drives you will loose some of your work and you will be in trouble. It's guaranteed.
This repsonse really helped me thank you. Is this still the case? So to be clear the best set-up is:
- Application and Media Cache on the same internal SSD C:Drive
- Footage/Assets on a seperate internal (ideally) drive too?
Thanks,
Hint: Don't waste space by installing Adobe's apps on your 1TB drive. Your Operating System will likely never hit the 250GB mark and all Adobe apps are relatively small in size, so better install everything software-related on that one.
Not truth. 250 GB is not so big as you think. You are right that you don't have to use 1TB for OS but 250 can become crowdy really soon. In my case on one of my workstatyons I have 250 for OS and with only necessery programs (from Adobe only AE, PPro, Ai and PS) and several from other vendors and now - only 20 something Gb of free space avaliable. And my cashe folders are on different drives, large libraries (like for models for E3D etc.) ar on different drive. So 250 is not so much as you think.
I have a Patriot Viper M.2 VPN 100 for my system SSD, and I have the After Effects image cache installed there as well. After about 5 to 10 minutes of using After Effects the Active Time jumps to 100% and, for the most time, as long as i keep AE open, it stays that way, even when i'm not actively editing in the program. Needless to say, the whole PC takes a nose dive performance-wise, and i can't even properly navigate a web page. The transfer rate stays low throughout this process so i'm guessing there's a bug somewhere that makes the device go into overdrive.
The only partial fix i found for this is moving the AE cache to another drive, but that's a normal HDD. The Active Time problem stays the same, but because it's not a system drive, the PC performance is not affected. Still, it being a HDD makes AE much more slower, and it defeats most of the purpose of having a SSD in the first place.
Can anybody help me solve this problem? I know this is not a general issue, because on other PC's i don't see the same problem, even with AE having the cache on the system drive. And i don't see much info on the internet about this particular correlation.
LE2: Maybe this helps, but another weird issue i noticed for a while, is that sometimes, when i'm playing a game, and try to save, the HDD chugs really hard, and the saving takes a few seconds more than it should. This happens only after i had the system running for some time, and done stuff on it. So, if i play the game right after startup, the saving process happens almost instantly. But if I play it in the evening, the saving takes some 15-30 seconds, and i hear the HDD chugging heavily.
LE3: I've attached a screenshot of Task Manager when the issue happens. This is made while working in AE, hence the Memory usage as well. The SSD in the picture is not the Viper i mentioned above, (that one is C:) but, as i said, the issue is the same on all the drives i move the AE Cache to.
I have been trying to use Adobe after effects but i kept getting that error. I have updated my intel UHD 620 graphic driver through my device manager to the latest version on the server. I have also downloaded the driver available on the adobe website but I'm getting an error that the driver is not for my system that i should contact my manufacturer. Please what should i do? I have attached my system info below.
While checking your system report, I noticed that you are using Intel and Nvidia* graphics card, when using hybrid graphics, it is highly recommended to use the system manufacturer (OEM) drivers, this case the HP's drivers. Based on that, please try the following suggestions:
2. In case you prefer using the Intel generic graphics drivers, keep in mind that it will overwrite the OEM customized driver. OEM drivers are handpicked and include customized features and solutions to platform-specific issues. The generic Intel driver provides users the latest and greatest feature enhancements and bug fixes that OEMs may not have customized yet to address platform-specific needs. In order to install them, please try the following:
*Links to third-party sites and references to third-party trademarks are provided for convenience and illustrative purposes only. Unless explicitly stated, Intel is not responsible for the contents of such links, and no third-party endorsement of Intel or any of its products is implied.
Intel does not verify all solutions, including but not limited to any file transfers that may appear in this community. Accordingly, Intel disclaims all express and implied warranties, including without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, as well as any warranty arising from course of performance, course of dealing, or usage in trade.
Additionally, platforms like Threadripper and Xeon can allow for higher RAM capacities than the more mainstream Core and Ryzen models. In workloads with higher resolutions or longer timelines, the option for more memory (and thus more cached frames) will likely be more important.
Adobe has been making increasing use of the GPU over the last several years, but After Effects is overall much more reliant on the speed of your CPU. While it is important to have a supported GPU, you typically will not see a large increase in performance with a higher-end model.
For After Effects, it is extremely important to have a supported GPU, but the impact of a more powerful GPU depends on how many GPU-accelerated effects you are using. The latest NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 and 40 Series GPUs give terrific performance, but the difference in raw performance from one card to another is pretty small. With the advent of multi-frame rendering, however, the amount of VRAM on the graphics card is more important than it has been in the past. That makes the GeForce RTX 4080 16GB the top overall choice in our estimation, but if you want the absolute best performance then the RTX 4090 24GB is a little faster.
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