From: "Chris Zwar" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Subject: Constant hangs when switching between apps
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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 23:16:50 +1100
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>

Hi all,

I=E2=80=99ve decided to be much more pro-active about reporting bugs and =
problems with AE.  However when I have a problem, part of me is always =
wondering if it=E2=80=99s like that for everyone else too=E2=80=A6

The biggest problem in our office - this affects everyone using AE - is =
the way After Effects briefly hangs when we switch between apps and then =
back again.  I=E2=80=99ve mentioned this before on here but I haven=E2=80=99=
t really followed it up.  But it's always there, always a problem, and =
it affects me and everyone I work with.  We are working on Windows =
machines (currently CC 2018) and just changing to another app and then =
back again always causes a brief hang.  Always.  Even something like =
using the calculator or checking emails is a problem.

I had reported this with CC 2017 (it was much, much more severe) and =
deduced that it was caused by the Importer JPEG module, and I could =
=E2=80=9Csolve=E2=80=9D the problem by manually specifying the older =
JPEG importer.  The problem with Importer JPEGs seemed to be fixed in CC =
2018, however now we have hangs for everything.  MP4s are especially =
bad.

It=E2=80=99s been like this for years, in some form or another, and =
generally everyone blames the server.  But it isn=E2=80=99t the server, =
it=E2=80=99s something unique to After Effects and it=E2=80=99s slowly =
driving us all insane.

FWIW we have tried all the preference options - turning off automatic =
footage reloading, missing frame warnings and verify files etc etc.  =
It=E2=80=99s not those options.

Is anyone else experiencing these constant mini-hangs every time you =
switch to another app and back again?


-Chris