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October 22, 2024

Advanced 3D Crash on both After Effects 2024 and 2025 (High End PC)

  • October 22, 2024
  • 2 replies
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Hey!
So I have a problem with Advanced 3D. Every time I enable it or open model files my After Effects crashes. "After Effects can't continue: Advanced 3D plug-in generated an unexpected exception."
I tried it on 2024 version and 2025, both crash.
Tried .gltf .obj .mtl .fbx .glb formats. It doesn't make a difference.
Tried everything I could find on the internet but nothing worked. I also tried using Cinema 3D instead of Advanced but when I upload the models it automatically stwitches to Advanced 3D.

I have a pretty high end PC - 4060 TI, Ryzen 7 5700X3D and my drivers are up to date.
Please help.

2 replies

Participant
October 20, 2025

Hello,

I am experiencing severe performance issues with Adobe After Effects. The application is lagging significantly during use and while rendering, even when I am working in quarter resolution and using it minimally ( minimal animation with 3d camera ). Additionally, the software frequently crashes and takes around 2–5 minutes just to save a project or export a video file, and it is also crashing frequently.

This is not due to my system configuration, as I am using a newly assembled high-spec PC with the following specifications:

  • NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti (16 GB)
  • 32 GB RAM
  • AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (6-core processor)
  • MSI Pro B650 S WiFi motherboard

I have already visited the PC service center 2–3 times, and they confirmed that there are no hardware-related issues.

The main issue appears to be that After Effects is not utilizing the NVIDIA GPU at all, and instead it is consuming nearly 98% of the CPU and MEMORY. Because of this issue, I am experiencing problems in other software as well, and my PC overall is also lagging. Cinema 4D is also crashing when used via After Effects. I have already tried adjusting both After Effects and NVIDIA GPU settings, but the problem still persists.

This issue is severely affecting my workflow, and also harming my other software as well, and wasting hours of productive time ( 5pm - 12pm i wasted on 7s animation 3d camera is also used ). I kindly request your urgent assistance in resolving this matter.

Thank you.

Participant
July 22, 2025

I have the same problem. Please help me.

 

nishu_kush
Community Manager
Community Manager
August 15, 2025

Could you share the following details?

1. What are your system specifications (CPU, GPU, RAM, OS version)?

2. What version of After Effects are you using?

3. Does it happen on a specific project or all of them?

4. If there's a crash report, please share it so that we can investigate.

Looking forward to your response.


Thanks,
Nishu