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February 9, 2026

The UIs of AE versions 2025 & 2026 are lagging badly when internacting with the timeline/layers

  • February 9, 2026
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To start with, these are my specs:

Installed RAM: 31.83 GB    Current RAM Usage: 0.00 GB    Allowed RAM Usage: 25.83 GB

Graphics Card
Vendor:    Intel
Device:    Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics
Version:    3.000000
Total Memory:    14.51953125 GB
Draft 3D:    Available
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AE 2024 works perfectly and I have been using that instead of the newer versions until now.

2026 has some very good updates that I wanted to use so I am resorting in having to deal with this isssue again.

As shown in the video, the composition runs smoothly when hovering and previewing compositions.

As soon as you click on a layer (being shape, text, solid, etc.) the interface starts lagging. Badly. The mouse cursor moves at real speed but the interaction on the actual layers is extremely slow. Same goes for the panel where you see your composition.

I have tried all possible soltions that I found on reddit and here but none of them work.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AfterEffects/comments/1ihh7ib/after_effects_lagging_while_doing_basic_stuff/

https://community.adobe.com/questions-529/after-effects-25-lagging-badly-59975