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After Effects CC17 doesn't utilize full CPU when rendering

March 2, 2017, 8:44 am
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Hi there,

 

recently I've discovered when rendering from AE, that my Mac doesn't utilize the whole CPU at all. I am running on a Mac with 12 Cores (detailed specs later on) but the activity monitor shows only about 300% being used - divided over all cores, so every core uses just a fracture of its computing power. Also, the distribution over the cores is not stable.

 

Specs:
Mac Pro (mid 2010), OS X Yosemite 10.10.5;

2x 3,46 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon, 64GB 1333Mhz DDR-3 ECC RAM, AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB

Storage: RAID System over 10G Network Connection with read and write speeds up to 670MB/s write and 400MB/s read via smb or afp. Our footage is located on the RAID, the Disk Cache is on the internal SSD of the Mac.

We're running on AE CC17 14.1.0.57

In this instance we are transcoding 4K ProRes 422 Footage with Keylight and little colour adjustments to ProRes4444 RGB+Alpha (premultiplied, Millions of colours+) also in 4K.

 

After having experimented with Multimachine Network Rendering - since our last Project had extremely slow Render times - I just realized that AE won't use the full potential of the CPU. So I've read about ways to make AE work faster again (more Memory, reducing PreComps, reducing Background Tasks, keeping your Projects slim, and so on), but I think I'm still missing out a lot of rendering power due to the fact that the CPU gets hardly used at all.
The other steps seem to be an improvement when you're at the cap of your hardware performance.

 

The results are the same no matter if I use GPU Acceleration (OpenCL) or Software Only. And the 3D renderer (classic, ray-traced, etc.) shouldn't affect normal rendering of comps with no 3D Layers, right? I even stripped down the project until I was left with only the source ProRes422 Footage to cancel out any effects that might render problematically. But even when I attached this Comp to the render queue there was no sign of better CPU usage.

 

Does anyone know what might be the problem here? Any idea is much appreciated, if I've left out any crucial information let me know.

 

Kind regards,
Arthur

 

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Video Playing too slow in After Effect 2017

March 2, 2017, 10:56 am
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Hello,

 

I have video file (.mov) which I exported from Premier pro 1280 x 720, 50 fps. , length 2:30 seconds. I need to update subtitle in this video but its frustrating that video is playing very slow in Composition in After effect 2017. Yesterday, I spent my all day to read all technical things to improve performance to play it smoothly in after effect but luck did not work. I have my Lenovo Laptop Z51

 

System Details:

Window 8.1

Processor:   Intel (R) Core (TM) i5-5200 CPU @ 2.20GHz  2.20 GHz

Ram:  8GB

System Type:  64-Bit Operating System, x64-bassed processor

C: Drive Total Memory   525 GB

C: Drive Free Memory   329 GB

 

Open GL -  ( According to After Effect/Preference/Preview/ Gpu information )

Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.

Device:  AMD RADEON (TM) R9 M375

Version:  3.0.13469 Compatibility Profile Context 21.19

 

 

I can not work in slow mode, I did not buy after effect to work in slow mode. I am very much frustrated that my work got to be pending because of it. Please Adobe Team Help me.  Any more information, I will give you.

 

Thanks,

Javed ( Waiting curiously )

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Rendering VERY slow no matter what codec i chose

March 2, 2017, 3:53 am
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Hopefully someone can help shed some light on this, because it's driving me up the wall. I am new to After Effects, I am getting into the Vj field. Basically i'm making 2-3 minute clips of still images with effects on them, by no means ground-breaking stuff. My problem is the rendering/encoding. The Vj software i'm using runs the clips best in Mpeg2 format. At first i was trying to render directly into Mpeg2 format in AME, and that was a nightmare. It literally told me over 24 hours to render a 1 minute clip!! No matter if i chose high bitrate, medium bitrate, 720p at 25 fps. I think i literally tried every one. Then i took a clip that i had already rendered into Mpeg4 then i put that in AME to render into Mpeg2 and it went relatively quick. So i thought i had found a way to make it work, buti started a new project in AE, 2 minutes, still even though im not rendering into Mpeg 2, I can't find ANY format that takes less than 3-4 hours to render. Im just thinking this can't be right, i only have 1 layer, maybe 2-3 sometimes 4 effects on it. I just don't see why it's taking hours and hours to render no matter what i chose. I will say i could definitely beef up my hardware, but i have looked all over the forums and there are people with super beefed up hardware that are having the same issues so thats making me hesitant to go and sink a bunch of money i don't have into some new super-computer. Please help, somebody.

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Problems with moving object along path in Z space (CC 2017)

March 1, 2017, 2:54 pm
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Hello.

 

I learned how to move object along path in Z space here: How to rotate a mask in 3D space when copied in property value of another layer.

 

This is a good method to animate solid objects orbiting around in 3D space, but I want to animate an organic, fluid object swirling around the Y axis.

 

So, I have my object as a pre-comp and I did make it to orbit around the Y axis in 3D space, but:

 

1) I am unable to auto-orient my object along path,

 

2)  and I'm not sure if auto-orienting will actually give the object elasticity/fluidity as it moves along the path around Y axis.

 

Maybe there are other methods to achieve this effect? Here is the video example of what I want to achieve (that elastic blue waveform, swirling around the building):

 

example - YouTube

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The blue screen of AE and C4D Lite

March 2, 2017, 10:41 am
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Wanted to try C4D for the first time.

 

The steps i took:

 

Started AE > File > New > Maxon Cinema 4D file > Save As > gave file name > Save > Cinema 4D Lite opened > dragged C4D Lite file to new comp >

 

Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 19.14.15.png

 

Switched to C4D Lite > added cube and saved:

 

Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 19.28.25.png

 

 

Switched back to AE:

 

Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 19.14.15.png

 

As I understand this is not supposed to happen. I'm supposed to see the cube in AE.

 

Why is this happening and what must happen to make the cube visible in AE?

 

I did update C4D:

 

Screen Shot 2017-03-02 at 19.37.59.png

 

 

Thanks and advance for any feedback on this issue.

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How to make these effects? (Beginner )

March 1, 2017, 5:06 am
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Hi guys! I want to know how to make effects which I marked below at these times (I think about auras, beams, flashes, ugly "granade style" booms):

Chuck Norris in Oblivion Episode 9 - YouTube

9:50

11:10

11:44

 

The most important thing is they are in fact ugly effect, perfect for making machinima from game like this. I don't have any idea how to manage Adobe After Effects, so I would appreciate links or name of some things I must learn that EXACLY will allow me to do that kind of stuff, or even better, tutorial to do nearly same effects.

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Getting a lot of expression errors after opening back an old project.

March 2, 2017, 2:01 pm
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I found an old project I worked on back on AE CS5.5, I tried to open it back but i get 266 expression errors. I remember that ever was fine on CS5.5, maybe something got messedup during the conversion of the project files. Any suggestions?

 

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After Effects CS6 not opening

February 1, 2017, 2:47 pm
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Hello i have been trying to open my after effects cs6 and keep getting the same error - After effects error: Crash in progress. Last logged message was: <1317664 <DynamicLink> <5> C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS6\Support Files\32\dynamiclinkmanager.exe
Then it follows with - After Effects can't continue:sorry, After Effects has crashed. For After Effects Help and Support go to http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_support. If you still can't resolve this issue, please contact Adobe Technical Support (2)  (0 :: 42)
Then i contacted support and they tried there best but then told me to post on forms so if someone could help i will be really thankful PLEASE RESPOND ASAP
~ Entice Douglas

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Animated type with changing letters

February 1, 2017, 1:06 pm
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I want to know if theres anyway i can animate a piece of text to change letters but i wanted to be able to control which letters change and when they change and what they change to. Is there anyway i can do this?

 

any help is appreciated.

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background blur with roto tracking how?

February 1, 2017, 12:56 pm
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guys please help i already did a lot of frames with roto and tracking my object but i dont know what to do next

what i was thinking that i will totally blur make composition file and apply this tracked layer on it so it will give a effect of background blur but now i am lost

 

 

please any one help me

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Creating a Hollywood style Film intro in After Effects

December 15, 2010, 10:57 pm
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With the invention of a great tool - After Effects, film creation has become much easier. Creating a Hollywood style film is just a 5 minutes of work. I created the film intro using special effects from the Videocopilot and trapcode particular, for the sound I added the sound effects from the Designer Sound FX from videocopilot. Without the presets, getting the parfect result as per our expectation would be difficult in After Effects. I would suggest the users of After effects to download the presets of Videocopilot and then start editing their movies. Here below is the sample of my film intro created in After Effects using Videocopilot presets/plugins.

 

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Adobe Application manager..........

October 4, 2016, 6:41 pm
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Ok so i bought adobe after effects and when i first installed it everything was fine and dandy but bam, out of nowhere Application manager would say its broken or missing. I would re-download it and it would work fine for a little then again, application manager is [expletive deleted]ing broken or missing. Same goes for [expletive deleted]ing creative cloud, i would install that and get after effects working and again, it would work fine for a little and when i close creative cloud and open it back up to continue what i was doing, after effects it magically uninstalled itself.

 

Is there a fix for this [expletive deleted] show that doesn't involve me having to keep installing everything 100 times a day.

 

 

For a company like adobe i should be able to use the product i pay monthly for and not have install everything time i want to bloody use it.

Sorry for the language but their online chat support is 0 help and its not worth giving money to a company when i cant use their product.

 

[Edited by moderator for some (quite understandable) language]

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"Unable to acquire rendered frame" while using Warp Stabilizer while Dynamically Linked

February 1, 2017, 4:58 pm
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I continually run into this issue of After Effects "Unable to acquire rendered frame" when using the warp stabilizer while dynamically linked through Premiere Pro. Running off of After Effects CC 2017 and Premiere Pro CC 2017 (Most up to date versions of both.) on a late 2015 iMac (Processor: 4Ghz Intel Core i7, Memory: 32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4096 MB). I'm working with 6K and 8K .R3D files that are zooming in and out on a 4K UHD timeline (Not sure if that's important to note.) I am able to use warp stabilizer in AE without a problem if I import the files by hand into a new comp, but this is rather arduous when I'm trying to work with a number of clips that I've already cut to size and scaled in premiere that I had hoped to simply dynamic link and do graphics work with in AE. Has anyone else encountered the issue? Any help would be much appreciated!

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Render Time Is Ridiculous!!!!

February 2, 2017, 4:30 am
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I am working on a project similar to Trap Nation, I am using a mix (15:30) of various songs with background equalizer and particular effect from trapcode (red giant) this video is 15:30 long and so far it has taken 4 days to render and STILL isnt done!!!!!
I am using multiframe processing, most of my ram's brain compacity, idk.

 

 

 


I am rendering in h264 1080p60fps

 

Specs of my PC:
asus 79zk
i5 4690k
16 GB DDR3 RAM
GTX 970
1 TB harddrive
250GB SSD

 

I don't know what I can do better or what Im doing wrong... PLEASE SEND HELP.

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C4D File in After Effects - Frame limit?

February 2, 2017, 6:05 am
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Hi;

 

I have an after effects file where i have a C4D file placed in it. i'm rendering out the C4D file with cel renderer, so its a 3d object, with a 2d look, then in after effects having type that comes in and out in relation to the c4d objects movement.

 

I have communication turned on between the two apps so that my timeline is linked, and they are both set to 25fps.

 

However since adding to the movements and extending the amount of frames in the C4D file, these changes aren't reflected in AE. i've reloaded the footage or 'file', re-imported it onto the timeline everything. Normally if its another comp that you make longer, you just drag out the block on the timeline but whatever i do this c4d file stops in AE at 208 frames, even though the animation is 350frames.

 

I'm stuck! any ideas?

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Quicktime Reference in Adobe CC 2017

February 1, 2017, 3:57 am
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Hello, I´ve updated Adobe CC2016 to adobe CC2017.
Now there is one big Problem.

 

I want to sent my Avid MC sequnze to After Effects CC 2017 and i want to use a Quicktime Reference.
But After Effects couldn´t import the File 86§1
In CC 2016 there was no Problem with this workflow.

 

Could someone Help me?

 

Jannik

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I can't adjust the pixel size of a shape with 'Edit Values' dialog box

February 2, 2017, 1:02 am
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The dialog box shown on tutorials where others do this looks different in my AE than others. (The box when you right click the scale property and select 'edit value')

 

Missing is the option to specify units and then PX
Screen Shot 2017-02-02 at 09.00.44.png

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why shape path vertices disappear when adding keyframe?

February 1, 2017, 4:06 am
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hello, I have AE CC 2015 and I am experiencing a huge bug. When I create a path in a shape layer I can see all the vertices and change their positions only when they are inside the composition working area. When I move the path out of the area (for instance the object moves out of screen) I can't edit the vertices anymore. I can see them, but the moment I change one and consequently a keyframe is added, they disappear, which makes it impossible for me to change them again or edit the handles. That's really distressing and it never happened in previous AE versions and I use the software since 2000. I'm attaching two pictures to show what's happening. Image 1 - path clearly visible out of composition working area and no keyframe. Image 2 - add the keyframe and oops! path disappears!Screen Shot 2017-02-01 at 11.36.34.pngScreen Shot 2017-02-01 at 11.36.27.png

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Crash Dynamiclinkmanager.exe

March 21, 2012, 6:47 am
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Out of nowherethis errorstarted happening

 

Crash in progress. Last Logged Message was: <704> (AlsoI get an error"3528")<Dynamiclink> <5> C:\Program Files (x82)\common files\adobe\dynamiclink\cs5\dynamiclinkmanager.exe

 

Hellogood day.
I am facingthis problem
I tried to installagain, andjustformat the computer andstill givesthe same error

triedto freefirewall, delete the preferencesfolder10, tried to installjust theafter effectsbutwhen I doarampreviewor when the programis4 minutesopencasethe error again.

PCSpecification:

PhenomIIX61090T
GTX560Ti
12GBDDR3
AsusM4A785TDV-evo
Seagate1.5TB

Windows 764

 

bitI'm desperatebecause I can notdo mywork, Thanks for the help


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After Affects can't overwrite file Premiere is using

February 1, 2017, 3:58 pm
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Hey all! I used to be able to have AE and PR open at the same time, my finished render sitting in a Premiere timeline. I'd then go make changes in AE, render and replace the file, go back to PR and it would refresh in the timeline. Now AE gives me the "Baaa!" (I HATE THAT SOUND SO MUCH) and says it can't overwrite the file because its in use. Now I have to go into the exports folder, delete the original and cut and paste the correct name and then alt+tab to PR and it will refresh as expected. Feels like 2012 all over again.

 

I recently switched to a PC from a MacBook, so is this an OS-level issue or is there an Adobe setting somewhere I've forgotten about?

 

I've searched the forums, so for clarity's sake: this is NOT an imbedded composition in my timeline. This is rendered footage.

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