• Adobe After Effects

  Troubles with OpenGL preview

  Posted by Zdenek Dovole on October 19, 2007 at 11:39 pm

  Hi,

  I am working With AfterEffects 8.0.1.8. My videocard is nVidia 7600.

  Sometimes, when I start the program and open the file, is impossible to switch the Preview to OpenGL mods {Aways On, Interactive – both}. In this situation, in the window in “Edit > Preferences > Preview” there is written “No compatible OpenGL video card found” and is no way to rapair it.

  Sometimes {35%} this situation does not happend and fast OpenGL previews works.

  Sometime has helped the “System restoring”, but in truth no file was changed. In many cases the System restoring was useless.
  I tried also to backup some files {Program Files, Aplication Data, WINDOWS/System32, drivers},hidden files too, but also unnecessarily.

  The updating of card driver, uninstalling and reinstalling of AfterEffects I tried many times…

  Have You any idea about this really strange behaviour? I am affraid, that condition of my OpenGL depends on the dew point behind my winodw… :-}

  Thank You Zdenek

  Kevin Camp replied 18 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Hunter Christy

  October 22, 2007 at 12:06 am

  i am JUST NOW having the same problem, though my opengl hasnt turned back on. it was fine the last time i used it, now it isnt.

  THE BiG HONKIN’
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  Kevin Camp

  October 22, 2007 at 2:56 pm

  if adobe says the card is supported in ae, and the drivers are up to date, then i would either call adobe and say wtf, or search/post on adobe’s ae forum.

  i’ve heard this complaint before, and there may be a technote or work around that adobe has already.

  i can also say that i can live quite happily without opengl in ae, however, if your system is slower i could see some advantages to dealing with opengl’s flakiness.

  Kevin Camp
  Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

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