I keep on having issues with After Effects CC 2018 hanging on me. In the task manager it tells me that the status of the program is "Suspended". I'm working with a multi-layer EXR file from V-Ray, and its happening quite a lot... Fix needed asap. After a few minutes of being suspended, the file shows the save dialog then immediately disappears.
I just bought a new laptop which is way better than my current pc. When I start After Effects it stays on for a little while and then In the task manager it gets suspended. Why is this? I cant find a solution anywhere.
I'm also having the same issue and have traced it down specifically to an AE 15.1.2 and 15.1.1 issue.
Every time I ram preview in either of those versions, Windows will "suspend" AE, as seen by the greenleaf symbol in the task manager, and then AE will crash. Every time, with every project.
This is only repeatable on AE 15.1.2 and 15.1.1
AE 14.2.1.34 and 15.01 do NOT get suspended by windows during RAM previews.
this seems to be an issue that affects after effect 15.1.2. on my machine, it refuses to run successfully, and i have had to return to 15.1.1. the upgrades are useless if the program refuses to run at all. whatever has been done, it seems to be unsuccessful. as of this date, 7 october 2018, it is impossible for me to access the bug report page. therefore, i have posted this here. not sure why, but returning to 15.1.1 worked for me. didnt need to fully uninstall, just reinstalled previous version.
This happens for me when combining two or more compositions to a new composition when there are multiple layers per composition. If you do a preview render, at some point AE just locks up.
I suppose a workaround would be to just copy all of the layers from one composition to the other one. Still...it is frustrating and silly since you can preview render the multiple layer compositions just fine individually. But once you add those multiple layer comps to a new comp...POOF. Good stuff.
The same thing is happening to me STILL. This all started after the CC 19 update.... It pretty much mainly happens when using dynamic link between AE and premiere. I'll edit premiere clips in after effects compositions, and not even 5 or so minutes after editing, AE just freezes. No "not responding", no blue spinning circle, no errors. When I check the task manager, it says AE is "suspended" and never goes away unless I shut the program down. This is extremely frustrating, and I even have to completely restart my PC for the dynamic links to work again. Ugh !!! Get your shit together adobe.. I am not paying these ridiculous fees to have malfunctioning programs
- Left click on After Effects and select "Select priority"
- Set priority to "High" instead of normal.
After Effects will work much better and it will use much more RAM from the PC. If you run other programs at the same time, these other programs will have a hard time (lag).
Thanks Yianis for the response. It seems that when I launch AE I have access to change the priority in Task Manager, but when the program is “suspended,” the options are greyed out. I looked at the article and troubleshooted a little, but may have to keep trying. No solution just yet.
Whenever you start After Effects CC, you must then change the priority setting to high and then continue working. When you work in After Effects in a high priority, it won't get suspended. It will only when you are working with 4K or more K footage and you have lots of effects involved. If you don't have a professional graphics card, you might consider de-activating it and don't use Mercury hardware acceleration. Just use "Software only". This might be the cause of suspension, as well.
Same happening to me now. last two days getting "AE suspended" often in task manager. (never had this at all before, for anything) Nothing I'm able to do to fix the issue. Every two weeks or so I have a new problem to solve regarding AE. Why? My system is up to date and loaded. (I know because I have to make sure of this every time I troubleshoot a new problem.
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