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ugoharris
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November 3, 2009
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Caps Lock error message

  • November 3, 2009
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Hi all,
   I'm using adobe after effects cs3, and sometimes I get the error message as show on the red line at the lower section of my image in my attachment  image file which reads:

"Refresh Disabled(release Caps Lock to refresh view)"

This error message actually affects some actions my after effects project.
Please, does anyone know how I can solve this problem or how to  "release Caps Lock to refresh view "

Thanks and hope some can help

Ugoharris.

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    sillybomb
    Inspiring
    October 4, 2017

    I too have this problem, started this exact moment.

    AE CC version up to date on cloud

    info about the mac

    Hardware I am on a macbook pro. its a keyboard built into the laptop no other keyboard to try but certain it should work with this standard mac keyboard inbuilt.

    Also I don't agree with xxxxx54321 but I do that the price of the software should come with some kind of quality assurance.

    does anyone have the link to submit a bug to adobe? looks like that might be the productive solution atm

    Szalam
    Community Expert
    SzalamCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 5, 2017

    sillybomb  wrote

       does anyone have the link to submit a bug to adobe? looks like that might be the productive solution atm

    Sure! You can file bug reports here.

    brendanflanigan
    brendanflanigan
    Participant
    September 15, 2017

    I just had the same problem and it was also a wireless keyboard issue. I often use an Apple Wireless Keyboard with a larger external monitor and my Macbook closed. However, when I was having the Caps Lock issue, I had my computer open but the wireless keyboard was still connected. I think having the double keyboard input confused After Effects. I disabled it from the Bluetooth Preferences and now it works fine. If you have multiple keyboard inputs at the same time, I would try removing one.

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      ciarag35458132
      Participant
      September 8, 2021

      this just saved me! I have the same exact setup - my laptop caps was on and my wireless keyboard off - OMG DUH! thank you!!!

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      wcreamer3
      Participant
      August 29, 2017

      I just started using After Effects this month. I am getting these errors. I have an Alienware laptop. I am almost certain that it's not sticky keys or some other hardware issue. If my caps lock were to accidentally turn on it would be indicated by a light. I haven't tried to hook up another keyboard to my laptop because I don't have another keyboard. I hope this issue is resolved because, I'm very new and I am having trouble learning because of this.

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      Werefie
      Participant
      May 9, 2017

      Also I am currently using AE CC 2017, hopefully this issue gets fixed... it seems that quite a few people are having this issue

      Szalam
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      SzalamCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 9, 2017

      There is likely something other than After Effects happening here. This isn't a widespread issue; I've only seen this thread about it in all the forums I frequent.

      The thing we need to figure out is what is causing it. It could be a hardware issue or a software issue.

      What input devices are you using? Exact model of keyboard, mouse, tablet, 3d mouse, etc.

      Besides Adobe software, what else do you have installed?

      Any OS modification stuff running?

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      Werefie
      Participant
      May 9, 2017

      Hi. Thanks for the response. I am on a Mac from around 2011ish and I use a non-wireless keyboard that came with it as well a standard Mac mouse that is plugged in also. I don't have a tablet or other things. I don't really have much else installed on my computer, I have the game Minecraft, Skype, Discord, nothing really intensive besides some anti virus stuff that my dad put on there since it's his computer that I use. I haven't installed any other software after getting after effects also so I wouldn't think it would be other software affecting it since it started yesterday. I'm not sure if any other added on plugins would affect it as I only have Red Giant Universe and Video Copilot and I have had those since I first got AE and it's worked fine the whole time until yesterday. I'll see if I can figure anything out when I get home today I'll try reinstalling it again and rebooting my computer possibly. You  know rebooting might fix it lol.

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      Werefie
      Participant
      May 9, 2017

      I am having this issue as well. It started randomly today. I opened one of my unfinished projects and it started to act odd and the caps lock message kept coming up even when caps lock was not pressed and active. I even uninstalled and reinstalled AE and it did not seem to resolve the issue. Hopefully Adobe can figure out a solution to this in an upcoming update. It makes working in the program extremely difficult. I can live with it, but it is extremely annoying and frustrating and makes me not even want to continue working on my projects :/

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      DanielFriend
      Participant
      February 26, 2017

      Well, I'm still having this same problem and no solution. Any advice?

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      yoranr18520874
      Participant
      February 28, 2017

      I re-installed the application and removed the update. Then I updated again and it worked for me. Hope this was helpful !

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      sillybomb
      Inspiring
      October 14, 2017

      could you please help me? i am having the same problem?


      hey all

      silly question but have you tried restarting the computer?


      After some research I found that at least in the instances where it is happening on a mac, it may not even be related to adobe but something that just happens on a mac sometimes.The suggestion was to restart the computer.

      I did that and haven't had the problem again since.

      see if it works for you

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        Anonymous
        November 3, 2009

        That's not an error message. It's a warning.

        Caps lock is the key you use... to lock caps, ie the shift key (SO EVERYTHING WORKS AS IF YOU KEPT THE SHIFT KEY PRESSED).

        In After Effects, pressing the Caps Lock key makes the application stop trying to render/update the contents of the active Composition. Why would someone would do that? For example, when the app starts rendering a Composition frame that you know will take a very long time, and you want to interrupt that to make a change, for example. Or when the Comp panel becomes very sluggish for some reason, and you just want to make a minor adjustment, you can press Caps lock, adjust a parameter and then see the results when you release caps lock.

        To exit this state, just press the Caps lock key again (it's usually located above the left shift key).

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          yoranr18520874
          Participant
          January 16, 2017

          Everytime I move something in my composition in happens, so basically, everything I do, before I can see what I do, I need to press caps lock two times..

            Szalam
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            SzalamCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            January 20, 2017

            yoranr18520874 wrote:

            Everytime I move something in my composition in happens, so basically, everything I do, before I can see what I do, I need to press caps lock two times..

            What, exact, version number of AE are you using?

            What OS?

            What are your system specs?
            What kind of keyboard and how is it connected?

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