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Photoshop layers taking forever to render

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:01 pm
by SpaceBoy64
I used the Photoshop layer import and was very pleased... until I decided to render.

I started a render, and left to go grocery shopping. When I got back, only a few frames had rendered! :shock: At that rate, my project will never be completed.

Anybody have any idea why it's so slow? Vector rendering is really quick.

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:16 am
by slowtiger
How many, how big?

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:22 pm
by SpaceBoy64
It's 1280 x 720. 10 layers maybe?

I shut off all but one layer and that was taking way too long.

I ended up using Trace Drawing to create vector characters and rendered them separately, then I did the rest of the compositing and animation in After Effects. I added a bunch of stuff and some blurring and distortion effects, and it still only took 19 minutes to render the whole thing in AE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEGgsWlgrs