I wanted to start this discussion in order to hopefully gather some thoughts and explanations as to why on earth Adobe can't seem to make a stable version of After Effects.
I've been using the Adobe Products for 10+ years now. I'm primarily a motion designer and video editor, but rely heavily on a lot of the CC products. In recent years, I've become more and more frustrated with After Effects and Adobe Premiere specifically. While I appreciate the effort by Adobe to make the products better, I often feel that they are actually making them worse.
I've used all kinds of machines Mac and PC over the years and have the same issues regardless of the machine I use. I generally produce pretty simple animations. Nothing thats too power intensive, and yet, I experience incredible slow downs, crashes, glitches, and just about every issue you can imagine having with a piece of software.
To be completely honest, I've looked for alternatives to Adobe's products because I simply can't deal with the fact that I have to spend a ridiculous amount of time troubleshooting issues or restarting AE and PR because of crashes.
While I've found good alternatives to Premiere, there isn't really any other software like After Effects, or at least it's not as good or it's more difficult to use. I feel trapped and frustrated by Adobe. I rely on AE and PR for my lively hood. Am I the only one encountering constant issues? Does anyone else feel like they spend an un reasonable amount of time troubleshooting and fixing issues? Why doesn't Adobe focus on making a stable version of AE?
