AEGP Plugin Element: Leaked effect refs (5027 :: 12) | How to Solve

[Shaheer_Shahid]

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!

[Mylenium]

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

[mickaëlh17050627]

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 !

[Shaheer_Shahid · Accepted solution]

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

[refectvfx]

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]

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