OpenGL support for After Effects
OpenGL high-fidelity support in After Effects CS3 Professional includes support for blending modes, adjustment layers, track mattes, accelerated effects, anti-aliasing, 2D motion blur, lights, and shadows.
On Microsoft® Windows® XP and Microsoft® Vista® systems, display card drivers that support OpenGL 2.0 or higher are required to take advantage of the high-fidelity OpenGL support in Adobe® After Effects® CS3 Professional software.
A note to Mac OS X users: Adobe After Effects CS3 does not currently support OpenGL accelerated previews and OpenGL rendering on PowerPC or Intel-based Macs. Adobe and the After Effects team are deeply committed to continuing our tradition of high performance on the Mac platform and are working closely with Apple to resolve the issues. Adobe will incorporate Mac OpenGL improvements in After Effects as soon as possible. Please continue to check this page for the latest information.
Please ensure the most recent driver for your display card is installed. See the technical document for more information.
| OpenGL Preview display card support in After Effects CS3 Professional | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model (Bus) | Windows Vista | Windows XP | Minimum driver version | ||||
| NVIDIA Quadro FX 560/4600/5600 (PCI Express) |
Yes | Yes | The minimum supported driver is 91.36. Please visit www.nvidia.com for up to date driver information. | ||||
| NVIDIA Quadro FX 350/1500/4500/5500 (PCI Express) | Yes | Yes | |||||
| NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series (PCI Express) |
Yes | Yes | |||||
| NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series (PCI Express) |
Yes | Yes | |||||
| NVIDIA Quadro FX 540/1400/3450/4400 (AGP and PCI Express) |
Yes | Yes | |||||
| NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series (AGP and PCI Express) |
Yes | Yes | |||||
| NVIDIA FX 5200-5950 (AGP) |
Yes | ||||||
| NVIDIA Quadro FX 500/1000/3000 (AGP) |
Yes | ||||||
| ATI Radeon HD2000 Series (PCI Express) |
Yes* | Yes* | The minimum supported driver is Catalyst 7.6. Please visit www.ati.com for up to date driver information. | ||||
| ATI Radeon X1600-X1950 series (PCI Express) |
Yes* | Yes* | |||||
| ATI Radeon X700-X850 (AGP and PCI Express) |
Yes* | Yes* | |||||
| ATI Radeon 9600/9700/9800 (AGP) |
Yes* | ATI FireGL V7300 Series and up (PCI Express) |
Yes* | ||||
| LAPTOP CHIPSETS | Windows Vista | Windows XP | Minimum driver version | ||||
| NVIDIA GeForce 8 M series | Yes | Yes | The latest supported laptop Windows XP-based video drivers are usually posted by the laptop manufacturer. Due to the resource management features of laptop graphics chipsets, OpenGL performance in After Effects may vary. | ||||
| NVIDIA GeForce Go 7 series | Yes | Yes | |||||
| NVIDIA GeForce Go 6 series | Yes | ||||||
| NVIDIA Quadro FX M/FX/FX Go series | Yes | Yes | |||||
| ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 | Yes* | ||||||
| ATI Mobility X1000 series | Yes* | Yes* | |||||
| * Some artifacts may appear in 32 bit-per-channel projects and when rendering shadows on these cards. Adobe is working with ATI to resolve these issues; please check back for more information. | |||||||
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