+ Linked in with this rewrite, multiprocessing is greatly improved. Michael Coleman (After Effects product manager) recently posted some benchmarks a 30% improvement is typical.

The chart below provides some typical scenarios for the types of improvements you should see with varying configurations note that the more RAM you have, the bigger the difference: The most obvious advantages are longer RAM Previews, the ability to handle larger media and create larger comps without out-of-memory errors, and the option to work at higher bit depths than you normally would for improved color fidelity. + After Effects can take advatange of all of the available memory in your computer, instead of being restricted to 2-4 GB per instance of the application (depending on OS). This brings several pros and a few provisional cons: The largest fundamental change in After Effect CS5 is rewriting it to be a 64-bit native application. Meanwhile, here’s some of the significant new features in After Effects CS5:

(If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a free 7-day all-access pass.) Finally, we have completed on the fifth edition of our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects (“CMG5” for short), which covers the major new features in both CS4 and CS5. In addition to this preview, we also have a 2.5 hour course we’ve created for on AE CS5 called After Effects CS5 New Creative Techniques. Adobe has seeded us with preliminary versions, and hired us to help create some documentation on the new release we wanted to share with you our own impressions plus insights into the new features in After Effects CS5. Adobe has officially launched Creative Suite 5, which includes major updates to virtually all of their applications.

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