Element 3D Issues....

[Michael Millichamp]

So I purchased the Element 3D plug-in for After Effects, and it is simply amazing. I think it's one of the best tools for an independent film maker to have so far... but there is an issue.

It is constantly crashing AE. I just don't understand it. Literally everything I do makes it want to crash. I kind of fixed this issue by going real slow and letting it take it's time. So after I got my scene done, I decided to render it out.

It isn't too complex. 3 lens flares, 3 lights, 2 element 3d models, and a couple of adjustment layers...

It won't render out the whole thing at all. I tried 30 times last night.. nothing. Literally every output I tried made AE lock up and crash. I was wondering if anyone has had the same problem... It's getting real annoying.

My comp spec is:
Ivy Bridge 3770k
GTX 580
16gb RAM
Asus Z77 Mobo

It's definitely not my system... at least I think not.

 

[Joseph Seuferling]

Did you get the new update?

 

[Joseph Coleman]

Few things to look into:

1. If you have multiprocessing enabled you may want to disable it. If you don't have enough ram for each processor AE will behave like that.
2. Hold Shift- click preferences and that should open up the Secrete tab in Preferences and tell AE to purge memory every 3 frames. That will open up more ram for each process but may slow things down a bit..
3. Also if your in CS6 I've noticed that when the new Disk Cache folder gets full, AE starts to get a little weird so make sure and purge that when it gets close to full. Preferences > Media & Disk Cache > Empty Disk Cache.

Hope that helps.
Elements is a dream come true

 

[Michael Millichamp]

I got the new update, I don't have multiprocessing on either.

Ill try emptying my Disk Cache. Hopefully that works.

That's Joseph.

 

[Eric Y Lin]

Motion blur

Motion blur

Sometime optical flare has issue when you turn on motion blur, try to turn it off and see if it works, I don't know why but it's kind of frustrated sometime...

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Also, some plugins have settings where you choose it be rendered with the GPU or CPU. These settings are usually GPU by default, trying setting things to CPU if you can.

 

[Bob Gruen]

For me it won't work for solids larger than 2K. So far I've worked around it by creating a 2K solid and moving it around my 4K frame as needed.

Bob

 

[Joseph Coleman]

I was working in a full 5k comp the other day. I think its your GPU that limits how big your comp can be. What kind of GPU are you using?

 

[Josh Miller]

I just found this thread while searching the same topic that I just had an issue with today. I have a 4K comp and the minute I click "same as comp size" or adjust my solid settings to anything above 1920x1080 when Element 3d is already on the solid after effects crashes and I have to restart. Anyone figured out this issue? I have the latest version installed. CS6, 48gigs of ram, Nvidia G-force 570, MAC.