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cmatts
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April 30, 2024

UI performance is slow when Faux Bold/Faux Italic is enabled

  • April 30, 2024
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interaction / render of text in bounding box is very slow. click, wait 20 sec, click wait 20 sec, even moving cursor around text box to edit text copy it is doing this.
no other effects are on the text.

other text is fine
tried diff font and adjusteting monitor resolution.


ae version 24.3.0 build 50
mac 14.4.1
128gb of ram

extenal monitor at 3200x1800(2x res)
mbp monitor at 1496x967(2x)

is this the ony place to submit bugs to adobe ?

 

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    cmattsAuthor
    Known Participant
    June 28, 2024

    thank you. 
    mac ae 24.4.1 - fuax bold slow performace is no longer issue.

    JohnColombo17100380
    Community Manager
    JohnColombo17100380Community Manager
    Community Manager
    June 28, 2024

    Hi all,

    The fix for the performance issues when Faux Bold or Faux Italic are enabled on a Text layer has been released with After Effects 24.5. Please let us know right away if you continue to experience this same issue in 24.5 or later.

     

    Full list of issues fixed in 24.5 is viewable here: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/kb/fixed-issues.html 

     

    Thanks again for your reports,

    - John, After Effects Engineering Team 

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      cmattsAuthor
      Known Participant
      May 17, 2024

      hey,

      things working as expected, super smooth, thank you

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        Community Manager
        jenkmeister17177426Community Manager
        Jenkmeister
        May 17, 2024

        A fix for the Faux fonts has been added to the AE Beta 24.5x40. If you're able to download it (CCD -> Betas) and give it a go to confirm this is fixed for you, that'd be greatly appreciated and then we'll be able to get the fix into the 24.5 non-beta release. 

          JohnColombo17100380
          Community Manager
          JohnColombo17100380Community Manager
          Community Manager
          May 10, 2024

          Thanks very much for reporting this, @cmatts. We've got a ticket filed and are looking into what is causing Faux Bold to cause such a big performance degradation. 

           

          Thanks again,

          - John, After Effects Engineering Team 

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            cmattsAuthor
            Known Participant
            May 10, 2024

            updated my last comment - not as bad on m1 but could be version of ae in use?

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            yarivYO
            Participant
            May 13, 2024

            when im using Faux bold - The software starts responding very very slowly

            Almost unworkable at all

            Steps to reproduce -  just use the Faux bold 

            Expected result - As it has always been - that the use does not create any problem

             

            after version 24.4.0

            osx 14.2.1

            3.3 GHz 12-Core Intel Xeon W

            AMD Radeon Pro Vega II 32 GB

            96 GB 2933 MHz DDR4

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            cmattsAuthor
            Known Participant
            May 10, 2024

            edit-- confirm w a colleague on m1 mac studio ae 24.0.3
            - its a bit laggy on this system/ae version. but nothing as bad as what i have been seeing.

            i will have to check if 24.0.3 works better with this on my m3.

            but looks like it is the fuax bold.
            turning it off makes things work as expected.

            this type was converted from a client provided psd. i kept looking for layer styles or something weird i dont usuall use - like the faux bold.

            it also the TT set ont he type but its not all caps which is weird.


            nishu_kush
            Community Manager
            nishu_kushCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            May 10, 2024

            Thanks for sharing the details.

            I see you've Faux Bold enabled on the text layer in the After Effects project you shared. Can you disable it and see if that makes things any better?

            Let us know.

             

            Thanks,

            Nishu

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            dz_dapper
            Participating Frequently
            April 30, 2024

            I'm also having the same issue. I thought at first maybe AE was struggling with the massive comp size I was working in, so I moved my text animation into a smaller precomp, 640x936. The moment I enable motion blur in the comp for my text layers, I can no longer preview anything live. Just simple moving text is enough to bring my computer to its knees. I'm using a M3 Max Macbook Pro with 128GB of ram. Running macOS 14.4.1

             

            I included a screen recording of the behavior and the project file as well.

            nishu_kush
            Community Manager
            nishu_kushCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            May 9, 2024

            Thanks for sharing the screen recording and the project file. I could see the problem on my end my too. I noticed you had Faux Bold enabled. Turning it off made the preview work as it should. Can you try that and let us know the outcome? We're now invesitgating this behaviour.

             

            Thanks,

            Nishu

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              Community Manager
              jenkmeister17177426Community Manager
              Jenkmeister
              May 10, 2024

              Thanks for the video. Does this happen if a different (say Helvetica) font is used in the text box? 

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              cmattsAuthor
              Known Participant
              May 10, 2024

              every thing in the ae interface grinds to a halt.

              i cant move layers around the frame or in the time line.

              the screen capture doesnt make clear how long it take btwn clicking to edit text, being able to enter type and how long it takes to update.
              its also not super clean in the capture that ive clicked on the type layer to move it around and the long lag before it starts moving.

              also this maching is less than a month old.

              https://f.io/0TJnORUo

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