Only previewing one frame ahead instead of the entire project

Question

every time i press space to preview the preview instead of playing all of my footage it only plays one frame ahead and then freezes

Rick Gerard · Accepted Answer

It looks to me like you have created a fairly complex composition without taking any time to figure out how AE works. Ram Preview depends on available resources. If you are not getting a decent preview purge everything, change comp resolution to Auto instead of setting the resolution in the Comp Panel and set the Magnification Factor to 50% or even less.

AE is not an editing app. 90% of my comps are one shot and under 7 seconds. Your comp looks to be several minutes long and it looks like you are trying to edit in AE. Source video format can also have a tremendous effect on AE's ability to preview. I'm guessing that there is nothing wrong except your expectations and lack of experience.

Angelica Roja23263379d9xh · Answer

After trying many things, this worked for me:

Here is how you can reset the preferences:

Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while launching After Effects. You can release the Alt or Option key when the splash screen appears.

To reset preferences and plug-in cache at the same time, hold downControl-Shift-Alt (Windows) or Command-Shift-Option (Mac OS)while the application is starting. Release the keys when the splash screen appears.

Link here -

It also reset my plugins

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