After Effects Product Manager Steve Forde has put forward this tantalising question to all After Effects users:
“What if we did NOTHING else in After Effects during 2014 other than make it faster? I mean MUCH faster. I mean much faster without a specific hardware requirement (new CPU, GPU, disk, machine, etc)? ”
The overall response so far, including my own, is an overwhelming “Hell Yes”. What about you? Could you manage with no new features for a while if After Effects was made much faster? Be sure to have your say.
Yes, I would be ALL FOR IT 🙂 I was just thinking “I wish they would try to blend the diff. software apps together by borrowing what works better/best for each program” considering there are many overlaps and more consistency across the board, I believe, would be way better then spending time on creating new effects, plugins, etc.
So I would not be opposed to speed performance increases 😛
John
I’ve been asking this question for a few years now!!
I can almost guarantee that Steve Forde posted that blog entry as a response to this speed comparison between After Effects and Motion that I posted on Vimeo.
https://vimeo.com/69563518
I wrote a letter to one of the After Effects engineers last week asking about software optimization. I know for a fact this letter has hit the inbox of Todd Koripova. I’m still waiting for an answer.
You can read the letter here:
http://www.thepromacblog.com/a-direct-line-to-the-after-effects-programming-team/
Let me know if you think this will bear any fruit. Ae is in dire need of an upgrade. I feel like Adobe is milking the legacy code for all its worth at this point.
Lou Borella
Thats the BEST question they have ever asked… Like you I say “MAKE IT HAPPEN ALREADY”….