OpenGL support for After Effects
OpenGL high-fidelity support in After Effects CS4 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® CS4 Professional software.
A note to Mac OS X users: If you’re using After Effects CS4, be sure to download the After Effects CS4 (version 8.0.1) update, which for OpenGL support requires you to be using Mac OS 10.4.10 or higher. For the newest MacBook Pros with NVIDIA display chipsets, you will also need to install the MacBook Pro Software Update from Apple. To download the After Effects CS4 8.0.1 update, launch After Effects CS4, then choose Help > Updates.
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 CS4 Professional | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model (Bus) | Mac OS X 10.4.10 | Windows Vista | Windows XP | Minimum driver version | |||
| NVIDIA Quadro FX 560/4600/5600 (PCI Express) |
Yes | Yes | The minimum supported Windows 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 | Yes | ||||
| NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series (PCI Express) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series (PCI Express) |
Yes | 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 | 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 Windows 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* | Yes* | ||||
| ATI Radeon X700-X850 (AGP and PCI Express) |
Yes | Yes* | Yes* | ||||
| ATI Radeon 9600/9700/9800 (AGP) |
Yes* | ||||||
| ATI FireGL V7300 Series and up (PCI Express) |
Yes* | ||||||
| LAPTOP CHIPSETS | Mac OS X 10.4.10 | Windows Vista | Windows XP | Minimum driver version | |||
| NVIDIA GeForce 8 M series | Yes | 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 | 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* | 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. | |||||||
