Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

srfrosky t1_itjk9nr wrote

I want to hear from the nerds versed in 3D animation. How well would this architecture fare with Cinema 3D/Blender/Maya et al? I’ve heard that the current issue is the application software itself not being sufficiently optimized for the M1/2 studio/ultra macs. Is that still the case and the outlook?

9

drjonase t1_itk8vux wrote

I am completely on C4D which runs exceptionally well. After effects itself supports m1 but we use ae only as a platform whilst the plugins are most important and they perform very well on m1.

I completely switched from intel to m1 and never was happier in the last 20 years about a system change :)

8

sparda4glol t1_itq6tei wrote

I don’t know how you manage to get plugins to run well. My AE gets choked up hard with memory issues with just a Red giant/maxon FX or after cleaning roto footage. The thing just gets to choked up. Have to purge constantly. Work for 10 minutes. locks up, purge again. I’ve tried running them on rosetta as well

1

drjonase t1_itqc4sx wrote

I am experiencing RAM issues when other Adobe Apps are open although I set their allowed RAM usage to the minimum amount. This is different to x86 where this setting really had an effect.

So even a passive Media Encoder or Illustrator are slowing down AE on M1, but when AE is running alone, its very smooth here.

1

shotsallover t1_itk5coy wrote

Blender runs OK on my M1 Max. It's roughly the equivalent of a GTX1080/1090 in a laptop form factor. You'd have to check out other benchmarks to see if it'll do what you want. But a current-get Nvidia GPU is gonna run circles around it.

7

[deleted] t1_itkknqx wrote

[deleted]

−17

ten-million t1_itkosqg wrote

>I don’t see anyone who genuinely works with computers using Apple anytime soon

?????

>22yo. So I don't know too much

!!!

15

PhysicsMan12 t1_itkttwb wrote

Maybe you should go watch some reviews benchmarking Apple silicon before you write this stuff. Apple silicon is absolutely incredible is many workloads. The performance per watt is out of this world (in many tasks) And the flat out performance (in many tasks) is just plain superb. Go watch some reviews/benchmarking videos.

4

alc4pwned t1_itl7n52 wrote

> I don’t see anyone who genuinely works with computers using Apple anytime soon

A ton of programmers use macs. Software engineers at Google use macs, even.

4

cpraxis t1_itjnodv wrote

They don’t run that well on current gen macs so safe to say that tradition will continue

2

sparda4glol t1_itk7x7o wrote

i completely had to ditch my 16in m1 pro and still just use my PC. It works on the max but crazy slow compared to just an I7 and 3070ti desktop

−4

benanderson89 t1_itkp999 wrote

You bought a laptop thinking it would out perform a full sized desktop?

3

sparda4glol t1_itq6hsg wrote

No i bought a laptop as a toy to mess around with. I have a 3070 laptop. 3070 desktop rig and a dual 3090 rig. The m1 render times are significantly slower for octane and AE on the m1 compared to the 3070 laptop. Not all workloads get hit so hard. But larger pipelines will eat away at the memory. Like the difference in my render times is nearly 3-4x. It’s just upsetting because the m1 was over 1k more than the 3070 laptop. The performance for my sled at 3.5k was just a lot of money to put in the table for what i felt were not the best returns. Just my personal experience.

0