How to optimise Render Settings in After Effects

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Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on How to optimise Render Settings in After Effects:

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1. Click ‘Edit’ from the menu
2. Hover over ‘Preferences’
3. Select ‘Media & Disk Cache’
4. Check ‘Enable Disk Cache’
5. Set ‘Maximum Disk Cache Size’ to a value of your preference
6. Within the same window choose ‘Memory & Preferences’ on the left-side navigation
7. Check ‘RAM reserved for other applications’ is a least possible value (Ideally 10% of your Installed RAM)
8. Make sure that ‘Enable Multi Frame Rendering’ is checked
9. Close the window
10. Click ‘File’ from the menu
11. Select ‘Project Settings’
12. Under ‘Video Rendering and Effects’ make sure GPU Acceleration is selected from the dropdown if available
13. Click ‘OK’ to save the settings
14. Click ‘Composition’ from the menu
15. Hover over ‘Preview’
16. Make sure ‘Cache Frames When Idle’ is checked

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This is how you can optimise render settings in After Effects.

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