Weird layers disappearing.

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Weird layers disappearing.

Posted by Matt St-pierre on June 26, 2016 at 6:01 pm

Hi guys! My name is Matt. I read for a while different posts here but this is my first post so I want to say hello to everyone here before I start my post! 🙂 Hell’o!

Say Hell’o: Done √

I know specs are important so there they are:
-> https://support.apple.com/kb/SP731?locale=fr_FR&viewlocale=en_US
-> I have 24go of RAM installed.

Ok well, there is something weird right now. My layers are disappearing.. First I thought it was only when I zoom in the render viewport but no.. happened to me at 100% but with 2 viewports. I’m using many alpha matte and things like that for this comp but I dont know if this can cause the problems. Please refer to my 3 videos I made showing clearly the problem. Also, while I was writing this post, 2 errors popped to me (refer to the 2 screenshots) and the second was impossible to close.

Video shots:
https://youtu.be/eiSin2Mp8Hw
https://youtu.be/pd6pefFWNmM
https://youtu.be/4aWzWhib9ZE

Not sure to understand whats wrong right now because my RAM now with AE closed have more than 17go free. I have no RAM problems.. no CPU problems.. the iMac is brand new..

I tried clearing the memory.. the cache.. image.. everything. Closing after effects, etc.. etc..

My AE version is 13.7

I guess thats a AE bug while using too many TrackMatte.. dont you think?

Thanks guys!

Matt St-pierre replied 9 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
5 Replies

Walter Soyka
June 28, 2016 at 1:34 pm

If you are running 13.7, you should consider updating to 13.7.2.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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Matt St-pierre
June 28, 2016 at 2:26 pm

Hi. Thanks for the reply. In fact I didn’t thought there was a very big difference but im using 13.7.2.3
Walter Soyka
June 28, 2016 at 2:31 pm

There were some important bug fixes in 13.7.1 that I think affected screen drawing.

Does it make a difference if you toggle Preferences > Display > Hardware accelerate composition, layer and footage panels?

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
@keenlive | RenderBreak [blog] | Profile [LinkedIn]
Matt St-pierre
June 28, 2016 at 2:33 pm

I’m currently rendering a 3D ray traced comp. I’ll try after that 🙂
Matt St-pierre
June 29, 2016 at 4:24 pm

I’m currently rendering a 3D ray traced comp. I’ll try after that 🙂

[Update]
Sorry for the late reply. Finally I reopened the comp (as done many times ago..) and its now working perfectly. Probably a bug then.

I’ll keep you method in mind and try it if happen to me again.

thanks

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