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JyotDiliip
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February 18, 2025
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Rendering in After Effects is taking ages!

  • February 18, 2025
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Rendering Issue in After Effects (2024 & 2025) – Extremely Slow Performance

I have been using After Effects 2024 for a long time, and rendering a 1-minute video used to be much faster. Recently, I updated to After Effects 2025 (v25), and ever since then, rendering has become extremely slow—taking around an hour for a 1-minute video.

Steps Taken:

  • I rolled back to After Effects 2024 (v24), but the issue persists.
  • The project is not complex—it contains only basic color corrections and looks adjustments, with no 3D effects or heavy transitions.

System Specifications:

  • Model: Predator Helios 300
  • Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
  • RAM: 16GB
  • System Type: 64-bit
  • Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060

Issue Summary:

  • Before updating to After Effects 2025, rendering was much faster.
  • After updating, the rendering time increased drastically.
  • Rolling back to v24 did not solve the problem.
  • My project is lightweight, so it shouldn't take this long.

Would appreciate any help in troubleshooting this issue!

    5 replies

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    Yael32827509zzpz
    Participant
    April 3, 2025

    im currently dealing with this too, i thought itd be fixed with the latest update but no

     

      Warren Heaton
      Community Expert
      Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 20, 2025

      @JyotDiliip 


      While working in After Effects, what render time are you seeing for each Layer in the Composition Profiler? 

      ToolfarmJP
      Community Expert
      ToolfarmJPCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 20, 2025

      Have you used the lastest version of the graphic card driver?

       

      EyeCreate2024
      EyeCreate2024
      Participant
      February 19, 2025

      I am having the same issue. What would take a few seconds is now taking 30+ minutes for a 15 second video. Nothing has changed other than updates on AfterEffects and Media Encoder recently. My process has remained the same (clearing cache, etc.). I'm running on a W11 PC.

      EyeCreate2024
      EyeCreate2024
      Participant
      February 20, 2025

      I thought I'd make an update to my post. I installed previous versions of both After Effects and Media Encoder with the same issue still present. As of right now, it has taken an hour and a half so far, with another hour and half to go according to media encoder FOR 15 SECONDS OF VIDEO. I have a video that I will be working on for a client tomorrow that will be anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour. I'm scared to find out how long that one is going to take to render. This is unacceptable.

      nishu_kush
      Community Manager
      nishu_kushCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      February 21, 2025

      I understand the inconvenience. What are the details of the media (frame rate, frame size, format/codec) and which effects are used? If possible, could you share your project file with the media so that I can test it on my end? Feel free to share via DM if you do not want to share it publicly.

      Looking forward to your response.


      Thanks,
      Nishu

      nishu_kush
      Community Manager
      nishu_kushCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      February 18, 2025

      Thanks for reaching out, Dilip.

      Have you tested with a different project and media? Do you get the same results? Are there any third-party plug-ins installed? Do you get the same results when exporting using After Effects render queue?

      Let us know, we're here to help.


      Thanks,
      Nishu

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