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October 31, 2022
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After Effects doesn't use my GPU

  • October 31, 2022
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Hello,

While I render or seeing a preview of work in After Effects the program doesn't use the GPU at all, only the CPU works like 70% or so, and GPU always in 0%
The program settings uses GPU Acceleration OpenCL already so it's not in Mercury Software.

And in Preferences> Previews the GPU was selected already. (I'm using AMD both GPU and CPU).

 

What should I do to make AE uses GPU?

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Correct answer Mylenium

You may want to educate yourself about when and how AE actualyl uses GPU functions:

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/gpu-acceleration-and-hardware-encoding.html

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/effects-animation-presets-overview.html

 

Anything more specific will require info about your project, your system, the relevant settings as already mentioned.

 

Mylenium

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Brainiac
October 31, 2022

You may want to educate yourself about when and how AE actualyl uses GPU functions:

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/gpu-acceleration-and-hardware-encoding.html

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/effects-animation-presets-overview.html

 

Anything more specific will require info about your project, your system, the relevant settings as already mentioned.

 

Mylenium

New Participant
October 31, 2022

Thank you Mylenium, this was helpful including I have read other old subjects was posted here you had replied them and I got my answers already.

Mylenium
Brainiac
October 31, 2022

Without any system info and details about your project we can't tell you much. A single effect used on a layer in your comp can cause AE to revert to CPU-only rendering. This is perfectly normal and if you keep using such non-accelerated effects there is no way to enforce GPU rendering.

 

Mylenium

New Participant
October 31, 2022

I'm not familiar with how AE works with the system. So AE normally doesn't use GPU at all? I thought the Graphic Design is the GPU's tasks!