Essential Graphics comp Instance with only Shapelayer and Text renders at 8s/frame

[markusbergelt]

The comp "Demo" which contains an essential graphics instance is not usable due to extremely slow rendertimes, whereas the subcomp "MultiStyleTextLine" renders quite fast. I often had the feeling that essential graphics comp instances render very slow, but this exagerates it to a point where it is not possible to work with it in a template project anymore. 

Tested in 

• AE 22.6.0 Build 33
• AE 22.5.0.Build 53

both with the same result. 

It would be great to know what causes this slowdown and how we can optimize the comp.

Best regards,

Markus

[DaciaSaenz]

Hi @markusbergelt, 

Whoa! That project brought my UI to a screeching halt! This project is really perfect for some debugging analysis. Thanks so much for sharing. 🙏🏽 

We have a bug on Text Expressions slowing Essential Props rendering down but its been hard to nab. This confirms the bad behavior without a doubt. I suspect its the for loops running per character across multiple text layers. On my way to find out!! 

I'll report back as soon as I have more info. 

Thanks again for the awesome project,

Dacia