From: "Greg Balint" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:46:43 -0500
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Subject: Re: [AE] Constant hangs when switching between apps
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Is it happening even in simple projects with no imported content? Like say,
just a comp with a solid and some keyframes on the solid?

I've never had hangups between apps myself. Win 10 with 2018, "2019" and
others.

Might it be something like the "use gpu to accelerate UI panels" option?


On Mon, Nov 12, 2018, 7:17 AM Chris Zwar <AE-List@media-motion.tv wrote:

> 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 i=
f
> 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=
=99t 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 checkin=
g
> 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 gener=
ally
> everyone blames the server.  But it isn=E2=80=99t the server, it=E2=80=99=
s 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
>
>
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<div dir=3D"auto"><div>Is it happening even in simple projects with no impo=
rted content? Like say, just a comp with a solid and some keyframes on the =
solid?<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I&#39;ve never had hang=
ups between apps myself. Win 10 with 2018, &quot;2019&quot; and others.=C2=
=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Might it be somethin=
g like the &quot;use gpu to accelerate UI panels&quot; option?=C2=A0</div><=
div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><br><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Mon, Nov 12, 2018, 7:17 AM Chris Zwar =
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv">AE-List@media-motion.tv</a> =
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8e=
x;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
<br>
I=E2=80=99ve decided to be much more pro-active about reporting bugs and pr=
oblems with AE.=C2=A0 However when I have a problem, part of me is always w=
ondering if it=E2=80=99s like that for everyone else too=E2=80=A6<br>
<br>
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.=C2=A0 I=E2=80=99ve mentioned this before on here but I haven=E2=80=
=99t really followed it up.=C2=A0 But it&#39;s always there, always a probl=
em, and it affects me and everyone I work with.=C2=A0 We are working on Win=
dows machines (currently CC 2018) and just changing to another app and then=
 back again always causes a brief hang.=C2=A0 Always.=C2=A0 Even something =
like using the calculator or checking emails is a problem.<br>
<br>
I had reported this with CC 2017 (it was much, much more severe) and deduce=
d that it was caused by the Importer JPEG module, and I could =E2=80=9Csolv=
e=E2=80=9D the problem by manually specifying the older JPEG importer.=C2=
=A0 The problem with Importer JPEGs seemed to be fixed in CC 2018, however =
now we have hangs for everything.=C2=A0 MP4s are especially bad.<br>
<br>
It=E2=80=99s been like this for years, in some form or another, and general=
ly everyone blames the server.=C2=A0 But it isn=E2=80=99t the server, it=E2=
=80=99s something unique to After Effects and it=E2=80=99s slowly driving u=
s all insane.<br>
<br>
FWIW we have tried all the preference options - turning off automatic foota=
ge reloading, missing frame warnings and verify files etc etc.=C2=A0 It=E2=
=80=99s not those options.<br>
<br>
Is anyone else experiencing these constant mini-hangs every time you switch=
 to another app and back again?<br>
<br>
<br>
-Chris<br>
<br>
<br>
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