After Effects unresponsive after tracking, until I click out of the software and back in again.

[MartinHuntford]

Every time I try and use the built-in Motion Tracker to track Transform data After Effects is partially unresponsive until I Alt-Tab to another program and then back again. I can do things like select layers, but I can't do things like moving the playhead, or reposition the track points, or track another frame forward. It doesn't matter how long I wait, the ONLY way I can regain responsiveness in After Effects is to click into any other active program and then back into After Effects. It's really doing my head in. I'm doing comping on a lot of shots. All require tracking. It's making the task unbearably slow when for every frame I track I have to click out and back into the software before I can continue!

I'm running version 17.1.0 (Build 72) on Windows 10 1909. I was, up until today, running AE version 17.0.6 for ages. This issue started yesterday and I upgraded hoping it might fix the bug.

I have 32GB RAM, Intel i7-7700HQ 2.8Ghz quadcore, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max Q

Update: Now when I precompose anything it just shows as a black solid in my comp. Seriously, what is going on with this junk?

 Update 2: When I try to do a 3D Camera Track on any clip, it just holds for ages before saying "Unable to obtain dynamiclink server." Dynamic-link hasn't been used in this project.

[Mylenium]

Standard answer: Start by updating your graphics driver and check the relevant settings. Furthermore also check your user privileges, temp and cache folders and potentila blockages from security tools.

Mylenium

[nishu_kush]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for reaching out.

In addition to what Mylenium has suggested, try resetting the preferences of After Effects: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/faq-how-to-reset-trash-preferences-in-after-effects/td-...

Let us know how it goes.

Thanks,

Nishu