<p>Quarter of 4K is still 1080. Depending on your rig it still might chug thru playback. I would look into proxies as they are pretty quick to set up and would drastically improve workability.</p>

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2019-09-12T16:21:30.423Z
I'll second looking into setting up a proxy workflow. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX18PMX-nS4    (AE) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w7RIdACweQ   (Premiere)
Joshjurg
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2019-09-30T01:00:08.590Z
Good point but this was not the case. Even 1080p footage was still being shown at full 1080 instead of being scaled downwards.
Taimoor Ahmad
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2019-09-12T04:53:47.723Z
2019-09-12T04:53:47.723Z
HermanCHS04
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/InGmu.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/InGmu.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a>I have the preview resolution set to quarter, frame skip set to 5 and yet After Effects is previewing at full resolution constantly. I have tried changing the settings through the sidebar and the bar under the preview.</p>

<p>I have purged the RAM, cache, etc. several times and even re-opening the program does not help.</p>

<p>The preview is indeed set to 'Adaptive resolution'. This is making the preview playback impossible since my footage is 4K. </p>

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After Effects is not changing the preview quality!
Taimoor Ahmad
# After Effects is not changing the preview quality!

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-09-11)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/InGmu.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/InGmu.jpg)I have the preview resolution set to quarter, frame skip set to 5 and yet After Effects is previewing at full resolution constantly. I have tried changing the settings through the sidebar and the bar under the preview.

I have purged the RAM, cache, etc. several times and even re-opening the program does not help.

The preview is indeed set to 'Adaptive resolution'. This is making the preview playback impossible since my footage is 4K.

**Tags:** after-effects, preview


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-12. Score: 1

Quarter of 4K is still 1080. Depending on your rig it still might chug thru playback. I would look into proxies as they are pretty quick to set up and would drastically improve workability.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I'll second looking into setting up a proxy workflow.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX18PMX-nS4    (AE)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w7RIdACweQ   (Premiere)  
> **username_0**: Good point but this was not the case. Even 1080p footage was still being shown at full 1080 instead of being scaled downwards.  

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