• Adobe After Effects

  comp doesn’t get redrawn in AE

  Posted by Adam Lastoff on January 11, 2011 at 7:17 pm

  Hi

  I have a rather silly AE question. Why doesn’t my comp get updated when I drag sliders in effects. It only redraws the comp only when I release the mouse. Surely it must be updating the preview live when I drag sliders around.

  Any ideas?

  thanks

  Todd Kopriva replied 15 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Joey Foreman

  January 11, 2011 at 7:23 pm

  I wonder why that gets inadvertently toggled off for so many people. My version of AE (CS 4) gives a very clear warning of the consequences of doing so, to which you must respond in the affirmative.

  Joey Foreman
  Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist
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  Adam Lastoff

  January 11, 2011 at 7:39 pm

  Ah, lovely. That was it. thanks a lot
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  Todd Kopriva

  January 11, 2011 at 8:24 pm

  Yep. This happens because people are clicking buttons somewhat randomly to “see what stuff does”. And they click right past the warning message.

  This is why every time I see someone just clicking around to “see what stuff does” I want to grab them and tell them to stop because they’re actually digging themselves into a hole of confusion.

  This item is #1 on the FAQ list that I created.

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