how to speed up animation playback in maya

[KielFiggins]

-Hide elements that are not seen in the camera
-close the attr editor, hypershade and outliner
-turn off polySmooth divisions
-set the displaySmooth to 1
-Use Default material in the viewport (or wire frame for faster still)
-dont re sim dynamics, bake them out
-only have one view port open
-deselect everything
-viewport in Default Quality Rendering
-compress the background / camera image (if its a sequence) to smaller files


This should get you started. If its still slow, you might have too many calculations happening from smooth binds, experssions or general lack of computing power.


Good luck.

[Applestarr]

Thank you. That did the trick.

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