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I just have to vent.
I've been working in advertising for 15 years as a motion designer / animator. After effects has been my main program for most of my career. I just lost about 30min of work after a crash (not a huge deal) ... but it's a regular occurrence.
Not only does AE crash randomly, it's incredibly slow at everything I throw at it.
Blender has been my main application for 80% of what I do now adays, and in comparison it handles insanely complicated tasks with ease, while after effects chugs after putting a radial-blur adjustment layer on a 10sec pre-comp.
It's just insane how bloated this tool has become over the years, and performance is a huge issue.
My machine is powerful: 16core 5950x, 64gb of ram, 4080.
I'm aware AE runs better on a mac. I have a macbook air m1 as well, and it seems to work better on that in most cases.
It's just extremely frustrating at times. I feel like Adobe just needs to start from scratch.
We all wish there was a modern, fast program for motion graphics and I guess âvisual effectsâ that wasnât a full 3d program like Blender. After Effects occupies this very specific place between graphic design and a catch-all effects program. Iâve seen the conversation pop up recently that either After Effects or something new needs to be built from the ground up.
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Letâs be real thoughâ fusion sucks for motion graphics and work that leans towards animation. I love Resolve but it doesnât address the very specific niche that people use after effects for.