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Shaheer_Shahid
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February 14, 2017
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AEGP Plugin Element: Leaked effect refs (5027 :: 12) | How to Solve

  • February 14, 2017
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Hello folks!

I encountered something very very annoying today and I was hoping if someone has a fix or maybe explain what this is.

Every time I load this one particular .aep file it gives me this message:

AEGP Plugin Element: Leaked effect refs
(5027 :: 12)

And its only happening with this one file which was working absolutely fine since last 8 months. Its basically a template which I use nearly everyday. All other files I load are opening just fine, with or without element except this one file which gives me the above mentioned message.

I am using AE CS6

Updated Graphics Card Drivers as well but no luck.

Please let me know if there is a possible fix to this.

Cheers guys!

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Correct answer Shaheer_Shahid

I have found a solution to this. Its the Nvidia driver version.

I had the nVidia 378.66 version installed, which is the most recent release. As soon it was updated I started to get this error. Basically this error popped up when ray trace was on. As soon I switched off ray trace, Element worked fine.

What I did was revert back to driver version 372.90. And YES it worked like a charm. No more leaked effect error.

Try this, it should work.

Cheers

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refectvfx
Participant
April 16, 2018

I am having the same problem but I also installed the old driver neither does it work with both drivers. Can someone help?

mody.ahmed
mody.ahmed
Participant
July 31, 2018

If you recently updated your windows, then just go back to the previous version, and it will work perfectly, that's what i figured out after reinstalling every version of after effects, element, and nividia driver for 3 days

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Shaheer_ShahidAuthorCorrect answer
Participant
February 20, 2017

I have found a solution to this. Its the Nvidia driver version.

I had the nVidia 378.66 version installed, which is the most recent release. As soon it was updated I started to get this error. Basically this error popped up when ray trace was on. As soon I switched off ray trace, Element worked fine.

What I did was revert back to driver version 372.90. And YES it worked like a charm. No more leaked effect error.

Try this, it should work.

Cheers

Mylenium
Mylenium
Legend
February 14, 2017

You have to be more specific about what the file actually contains. Presumably you are referencing something in AE like a group Null or a mask path for an extrusion and some of that stuff may be broken. Likewise something with your 3D comp settings could have changed and the plug-in fail to update settings.

Mylenium

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Mika988
Participant
February 20, 2017

Hi !

I Have the same problem. I use After Effects CC 2017 on Windows 10 64bits with a nvidia 970M.

In my composition, I have 4 layers : 1 camera, 1 light, 1 adjustement layer (with "Lumetri color" and "add noise") and a layer with Element 3D.

I try to desactivate my adjustment layer and light, I have the same error. In my mind, it's Element 3D.

In E3D, I use my own UV ( .png file) and on Render Setting, "Lighting", "Ambiant occlusion".

I send a message to VideoCopilot Support too.

Thank guys !

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