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fps problem in after effects

  • June 6, 2017
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i have a problem with fps in after effects cc 2017   and the number 23 is keep getting bigger but very slowely , but in after effects cc 15 it starts from 4801 ram already

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Correct answer Szalam

yes i am new to after effects ,

Operating System:Windows 10 Home, 64-bit
DirectX version:12.0
GPU processor:GeForce 940MX
Driver version:378.78
Direct3D API version:12
Direct3D feature level:11_0
CUDA Cores:384
Core clock:1122 MHz
Memory data rate:1800 MHz
Memory interface:64-bit
Memory bandwidth:14.40 GB/s
Total available graphics memory:10182 MB
Dedicated video memory:4096 MB DDR3
System video memory:0 MB
Shared system memory:6086 MB
Video BIOS version:82.08.59.00.75
IRQ:Not used
Bus:PCI Express x4 Gen3
Device ID:10DE 134D 8216103C
Part Number:2701 0006

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and i am using red giant effect but by the way it does this without using effect also , when i try onlyu to put a picture and song when i play the song it does this lag dropage in fps


After Effects will usually not play things through smoothly until it's been cached. After Effects is not like a video editing program. Premiere Pro, for example, will just play through video and audio files quite smoothly without needing to cache anything (assuming no effects have been applied), but AE doesn't work that way.

Now, in recent versions of After Effects this has been improved, but generally speaking After Effects needs to cache a preview first before it can play it back. This is one of the biggest "gotchas" that bite newbies in the butt if they haven't gone through a decent Getting Started course.

Speaking of latest versions, have you considered updating? The latest version is 14.2.0.x

Anyway, here's an example. Here is my timeline as I'm working in a project. Note that there is green over the frame I am on (AE has rendered that frame to show it to me in the composition window), but there is no green anywhere else. If I hit play, it will be jerky and slow as AE renders the frames:

Now that I've cached the preview, there is green over my whole timeline and I can play it back real time:

There are settings in your preview panel you can mess with to change how AE does previews (and you can specify different behaviors for starting and stopping with different keys too).

You really, really need to go through some getting started resources to understand how all of this works. AE is way too complicated to try to use it without a solid foundation first!

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Szalam
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June 7, 2017

Is this happening while its caching or has it already cached (that is, is the green line over your timeline)?

What, exact, version of AE CC 2017 are you running? Is it 14.2.0?

Participating Frequently
June 7, 2017

it's version 14.0.1

and sorry i cant understand of the meaning of (Is this happening while its caching or has it already cached (that is, is the green line over your timeline)?)

coulkd you please illustrate it more

Szalam
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SzalamCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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June 8, 2017

yes i am new to after effects ,

Operating System:Windows 10 Home, 64-bit
DirectX version:12.0
GPU processor:GeForce 940MX
Driver version:378.78
Direct3D API version:12
Direct3D feature level:11_0
CUDA Cores:384
Core clock:1122 MHz
Memory data rate:1800 MHz
Memory interface:64-bit
Memory bandwidth:14.40 GB/s
Total available graphics memory:10182 MB
Dedicated video memory:4096 MB DDR3
System video memory:0 MB
Shared system memory:6086 MB
Video BIOS version:82.08.59.00.75
IRQ:Not used
Bus:PCI Express x4 Gen3
Device ID:10DE 134D 8216103C
Part Number:2701 0006

http://

and i am using red giant effect but by the way it does this without using effect also , when i try onlyu to put a picture and song when i play the song it does this lag dropage in fps


After Effects will usually not play things through smoothly until it's been cached. After Effects is not like a video editing program. Premiere Pro, for example, will just play through video and audio files quite smoothly without needing to cache anything (assuming no effects have been applied), but AE doesn't work that way.

Now, in recent versions of After Effects this has been improved, but generally speaking After Effects needs to cache a preview first before it can play it back. This is one of the biggest "gotchas" that bite newbies in the butt if they haven't gone through a decent Getting Started course.

Speaking of latest versions, have you considered updating? The latest version is 14.2.0.x

Anyway, here's an example. Here is my timeline as I'm working in a project. Note that there is green over the frame I am on (AE has rendered that frame to show it to me in the composition window), but there is no green anywhere else. If I hit play, it will be jerky and slow as AE renders the frames:

Now that I've cached the preview, there is green over my whole timeline and I can play it back real time:

There are settings in your preview panel you can mess with to change how AE does previews (and you can specify different behaviors for starting and stopping with different keys too).

You really, really need to go through some getting started resources to understand how all of this works. AE is way too complicated to try to use it without a solid foundation first!