Introducing the GPU.  Over the past ten years the GPU, or Graphics Processing Unit, has probably made greater advances...

Does adding more RAM to your computer make it faster? It’s a surprisingly tricky question.  Strictly speaking: no. But...

When is multiprocessing not multiprocessing?  When it’s rendering multiple frames simultaneously. In part 8 we’re going to have a...

When you install After Effects, Adobe also installs a separate program that can vastly improve productivity.  You already have...

When we look back over the last 25 years of After Effects’ history, and how its performance has evolved,...

Introducing the CPU – Confusing Products, Unfortunately… At the heart of every modern computer is the CPU – the...

Have you ever wished that After Effects was a bit faster? I’m guessing that every After Effects user has...

If you’re reading this then you’re probably an After Effects user, and if you’re an After Effects user then...

When discussing the history of After Effects and performance, there’s one single, critical, all encompassing factor that we have...

Introducing the Introduction When it comes to After Effects, “performance” is a complicated topic.  The notion of performance affects...