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JakeInMotionCommunity Expert
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August 31, 2023

Slow performance when changing shape layer colors with properties panel open

  • August 31, 2023
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Issue - The performance of After Effects drops significantly when attempting to change the fill and stroke colors of multiple selected shape layers while the Properties Panel is open and visible. When using the color picker, AE takes multiple seconds to update and has even completely frozen at times. The performance drop increases as more shape layers are selected. If the properties panel is open, but not visible, the expected performance returns.

 

Adobe After Effects Version Number - 23.6.0 (Build 62)

 

Operating System - Windows 10

 

Steps to Reproduce 

  1. Open the attached .aep
  2. Make the Properties Panel active and visible
  3. Select all of the shape layers in the comp named "Scenery"
  4. Attempt to change the fill or stroke color of the selected layers using the toolbar
  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 with the properties panel closed

 

Expected result - AE will quickly change the colors of the selected layers, with little to no lag, with or without the Properties Panel being open.

 

Actual result - AE is very slow to update with the Properties Panel open and is very quick to respond with the Properties Panel closed. See the attached video for a demo.

 

 

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    3 replies

    JohnColombo17100380
    Community Manager
    JohnColombo17100380Community Manager
    Community Manager
    March 28, 2024

    Hi @JakeInMotion,

    This issue was fixed in 24.0. Please let us know if you've continued to experience slow performance when changing Shape layer colors while the Properties panel is opened.

     

    Thanks again for letting us know about this issue,

    - John, After Effects Engineering Team  

      JohnColombo17100380
      Community Manager
      JohnColombo17100380Community Manager
      Community Manager
      September 11, 2023

      Hi @JakeInMotion,

      Good news! You should see an improvement in the scrubbing performance in the next available Beta build (version 24.1). Once that build is available, please let us know how it's performing for you.

       

      Cheers,

      - John, After Effects Engineering Team 

      JohnColombo17100380
      Community Manager
      JohnColombo17100380Community Manager
      Community Manager
      August 31, 2023

      Thanks, @JakeInMotion! We are able to reproduce this slowdown as well and will be investigating a fix for a future version of After Effects.

       

      For now, a workaround is to use the Properties panel itself to change the colors, rather than the toolbar. That appears to be as fast as expected.

       

      Thanks again for reporting this issue,

      - John, After Effects Engineering Team 

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