Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #52615
From: Robert Kjettrup <robert@stvmayday.dk>
Subject: Re: [AE] AE CS6 Epileptic Fit - For Todd
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:57:41 +0100
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I have tried to take notice of what is running when i see it now. And the last couple of times has been when i have been using many layers of Element 3d in AE, Photoshop open (another GPU using app) and maybe Mocha and Softimage in the background too.
So maybe it has something to do when the graphics card is running low on memory?

- Robert


2014/1/22 Mr. Eric D. Kirk <kirkproductions@gmail.com>
Yeah - that's not the case with me and from what I've read, others having similar issue are experiencing it as I described.  That is, when it happens, it's usually out of the blue and disrupts all applications and goes until it stops.

My last post however, for whatever reason, while it's flickering, if I "right click" on the menu bar (just anywhere, I do it right in center top), it stops in a couple seconds.  Sometimes it drags the window around in doing so but it at least stops.

That's right - a right click seems to interrupt it and rather quickly.  So, my sometimes full minute is only a few seconds now.

Eric


On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 1:35 AM, Darby Edelen <dedelen@gmail.com> wrote:
I think what you're describing happens to me on occasion in CS 6 on Windows 7.  I'm pretty sure it's only ever happened while RAM previewing with Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously enabled in a pretty heavy comp.  If I click into another application and then click back to AE (dual monitors) it stops.

I always assumed it had something to do with the background processes momentarily tweaking out and sharing their bounteous wealth of crazy with the foreground app.  I'll try to pay more attention next time it happens.

-Darby


On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Mr. Eric D. Kirk <kirkproductions@gmail.com> wrote:
This is all very interesting.  I had no idea when I started this thread the number of others that are suffering this same problem.

Sounds like it might be worthy of looking in to.

I am unable to switch to anything during the time this occurs and basically stuck until it simply stops.  ALthough in clicking around, I discovered last night, of all things, right clicking on PC at the title bar for some reason seems to reduce the time and in a few cases, stop it completely.  What I've noticed throughout is once the main stuff stops, there are still a few short seconds where just the menu in top left flutters some more before AE is usable again.

Maybe others can try my right click and see if you have same reaction.

Eric


On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Michael Powers <MPowers@cramer.com> wrote:

Happens on our PCs quite often, with a variety of nVIDIA grfx cards and Ae versions. Usually on large projects with comps with 200+ layers and expressions. As Robert says, switching to start menu or minimzing Ae seems to shorten the time of the behavior.

 

From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of Robert Kjettrup
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 9:16 AM
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] AE CS6 Epileptic Fit - For Todd

 

I see this on all our windows 7 workstations once in a while, and i think like Todd it is some graphics card/driver related. It seems like it fights over screendrawing, and i have only seen it with AE, but im not blaming AE to be the problem, it just happens i spend ~90% of my time in AE so it usually is seen with AE :-D

 

I can fix it by quickly pressing the Windows key to bring up the start menu, that seems to force a redraw of the screen and everything is back to normal.

Now that you are on Win8 the win key of course works a bit differently. Maybe try to press Win+C to bring up the clock and Charms menu and see if that forces a redraw too and stops the flickering.

 

Robert


 

 

2013/12/31 Mr. Eric D. Kirk <kirkproductions@gmail.com>

Hello,

 

This is probably suited for Todd but if anyone else has experienced this, I appreciate the help.  I keep getting what I've been referring to as an epileptic fit with AE.  That seems the best way to describe it.  Every once in a while (too often) it just starts this spasming and flickering where I see all of the other windows showing through as it flickers.  I've never lost anything due to this but it goes for like a full minute or more sometimes before it stops.

 

Any thoughts on what could cause this?  I purge my memory probably way more than necessary, thinking that might help but it doesn't.

 

I'm running windows 8 and it's done it quite a bit and more so since the recent update to 8.1.

 

Any settings or anything that could cause this?

 

Thanks,

Eric

 

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Eric D. Kirk | Kirk Productions

Hidden in the Woods | VFX

The Night Visitor | VFX

 

 




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Eric D. Kirk | Kirk Productions
Hidden in the Woods | VFX
The Night Visitor | VFX
 




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Eric D. Kirk | Kirk Productions
Hidden in the Woods | VFX
The Night Visitor | VFX
 

 
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