Rendering HD stuff takes so freakin' long.
While I lack the scientific data to back up this claim, I'm pretty sure everything takes 1.52x longer when you're on a tight deadline (ie: the last FedEx pickup of the day).
Actually, that number may be too conservative.
Comparison of SD vs. HD render times:
I have some graphic elements that are rendering now. Visually, the look the same, aside from the different sizes. Same text treatment, same effects/filters, etc. The SD version took 59 seconds. HD took 3 minutes 49 seconds.
The times get worse in more complicated compositions.
SD: 1:51
HD: 5:59 (and that's including a pre-rendered proxy of the most complicated precomp, which took over minutes to render on its own)
Insanity, man. I'm pretty sure the only way to help fix this is to install a 64-bit operating system, quad-core (or octo?) processors, and at least 1 GB of RAM per core (2 GB would be ideal, 1.5 GB would be acceptable). And not to mention a big, super fast RAID.
That would be nice. Because this current setup is hard to tolerate when I have two concurrent projects (one due tonight, the other tomorrow, but I want to finish them both tonight and deal with other work tomorrow).
Maaan. And Ember wants to get dinner at 5:30. That's not gonna happen.
While I lack the scientific data to back up this claim, I'm pretty sure everything takes 1.52x longer when you're on a tight deadline (ie: the last FedEx pickup of the day).
Actually, that number may be too conservative.
Comparison of SD vs. HD render times:
I have some graphic elements that are rendering now. Visually, the look the same, aside from the different sizes. Same text treatment, same effects/filters, etc. The SD version took 59 seconds. HD took 3 minutes 49 seconds.
The times get worse in more complicated compositions.
SD: 1:51
HD: 5:59 (and that's including a pre-rendered proxy of the most complicated precomp, which took over minutes to render on its own)
Insanity, man. I'm pretty sure the only way to help fix this is to install a 64-bit operating system, quad-core (or octo?) processors, and at least 1 GB of RAM per core (2 GB would be ideal, 1.5 GB would be acceptable). And not to mention a big, super fast RAID.
That would be nice. Because this current setup is hard to tolerate when I have two concurrent projects (one due tonight, the other tomorrow, but I want to finish them both tonight and deal with other work tomorrow).
Maaan. And Ember wants to get dinner at 5:30. That's not gonna happen.
It's filled with nerd stuff so I got bored and stopped.