Comments Just a quick shout-out to Brad Chmielewski who just posted a test that demonstrates the benefits of pressing Caps Lock and closing the Composition panel when rendering.
There are a lot of tips for improving performance in After Effects, and I’ve frequently heard people question the relative benefits of each. Well, Brad has just shown us all how in only a few minutes (less time than folks waste on just about any forum argument), anyone can get empirical evidence that beats any speculation.
Great work, Brad!
UPDATE, 3April2010
Stephen Schleicher has done a similar set of tests and confirms the value of closing the Composition panel when rendering.