nightstalkerpoet said:

Sounds like we need to get you set up with SSDs in a 10 core multiprocessor server setup. :-)

haha, it's just photoshop's render video isn't nearly as fast as AE's renderer, probably because photoshop normally isn't used with videos, so Adobe is not as focused on the technology. For certain though, I couldn't output images as good as they are now (though none of them are final final yet) without using photoshop.

EDIT: just started googling sbout photoshop's slow rendering issues and am finding some solutions. :-)