How to stop the two-tone, dark yellow bar?

[John Cuevas]

Unless I miss my guess, that bar is the render current frame progress bar. Lower your working resolution and the bar will go away quicker.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[Ian Rosaaen]

Thanks, Johnny. I’ve tried that, but it still slows me way down. I wish I could simply turn it off.

[John Cuevas]

You didn’t upload the image. Upload it please just we know we are all talking about the same thing. Thanks.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[Darby Edelen]

Caps Lock disables rendering in the composition viewer. Alternatively you could disable Live Update (which I personally don’t recommend, it feels sluggish). Or try holding down option/alt while you “move around” which should temporarily disable Live Update until you release the mouse or the modifier key (opt/alt).

Darby Edelen

[Ian Rosaaen]

Thanks, Darby. I’ll try that.

Ian

[Todd Kopriva]

You’ve been given some good recommendations for making things faster while working, but there are far more such tips than can be typed into a forum thread.

See this page for resources about After Effects work faster: https://adobe.ly/eV2zE7

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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[Ian Rosaaen]

You’re right. The help here is amazing. Thank you.

Ian