When the caching phase is completed, real-time playback will begin from the time defined by the Play From control, or simply continue if rendering was faster than real time.įrame Rate is the default setting for all shortcuts and is recommended for general use. Playback of cached frames begins immediately, but no faster than real-time frame rate. If the cache fills available RAM before all frames in the range are rendered, only the frames in the cache are previewed. During the rendering and caching phase, frames are rendered and cached as fast as possible. When Preview Favors is set to Frame Rate, After Effects renders and caches frames until the available RAM is filled and then plays the cached frames in real time. This control is similar to choosing between RAM Preview and Standard Preview in previous versions of After Effects however, there are several differences in After Effects CC 2015 (13.5). Choosing this menu command gives the same result as pressing the Play/Stop button.Ĭhoose to optimize the caching and playback behavior for better Frame Rate performance or unlimited Length of preview. The Composition > Preview > Play Current Preview menu command is linked to the Play/Stop button. Pressing the Play button in this state will interrupt rendering and caching and play back the cached frames, and the Play button changes to the Stop icon. When you start a preview with Preview Favors set to Frame Rate, the Play button will change to a “cache and play” icon while frames are being rendered and cached. If you change Shortcut to Numpad 0 and this causes Play From to change to Start of Range, pressing the Play button will start preview from the beginning of the range.
For example, if Shortcut is set to Spacebar and Play From is set to Current Time, pressing the Play button will start preview from the current time. This means the Play button’s behavior will change when you select a different Shortcut. Pressing the Play button will start a preview with the settings currently displayed in the Preview panel.