After Effects - How to Enable GPU Acceleration

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A short tutorial on how to enable GPU acceleration in After Effects.
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[@ksh6]

This is what saved me from this problem - File -> Project settings -> Video rendering and effects Use - Mercury GPU Acceleration (CUDA) This will make aftereffects use the dedicated GPU like nvidia instead of internal GPU. Thus will not slow down or get stuck during playback

[@Oppo13]

thank you! saved me

[@mst571]

did the video work

[@emelio6928]

hi, is there any other solution? I think I did everything I could find on internet. I'm using rtx 3060 12gb/ AE 2020/21/22. I changed to Mercury GPU Acceleration (Cuda) but still nothing. No load on my rtx 3060. Therefore I can't even preview projects, I'm not even talking about rendering. How to fix that? It seems like AE and Cinema 4d don't see use my graphic card. I tested it on Furmark, everything was great, the load was 100%. But no results when I'm using AE with element 3d or C4D. Tried different versions, didn't help as well. Any clue what can it be?

[@ak_p3472]

I have Mercury GPU acceleration (OpenCL) And i am select that one. But also my effect option are disabled what I do. If you know how to fix it plz help US

[@amardeepgupta2001]

@@emelio6928 Same problem here.

[@dannycub76]

The option to enable GPU acceleration on the latest version of CC programs is under the "General / Video Rendering and Effects" tab in Project settings. (File > Project settings)

[@WellingtonSinceridades]

There is no way to change the renderer anyway. Does my video card not support the program?

[@otdosa]

thanks! but still the intel card is used at 20% and the Nvidia at 0%! why is that?

[@ZelardYT]

It won't let me tick the square, and everything is up to date.

[@waterstoneweddingfilms1188]

mine still uses CPU only after I turn it on, and only 11%.

[@THNHammerman]

uploaded in 2018 thanks dude

[@adonisserghini8420]

It worked perfectly for me. Thanks a lot!

[@hafizurrahaman4620]

If I not disabled what happened? Please help me brother please

[@letvarconst]

@@hafizurrahaman4620 didn't get your question

[@placedubert]

That was a big help. Richtig!

[@Moon-kx1pd]

for the gpu info thing i couldn't find the ray tracing part and the other bottom

[@ryanadrados1836]

Thank you so much!

[@maciejkpczk2058]

Thanks for this, I need to change graphic card but i finally know why Ps lag

[@scienceboss9268]

thanks you are a life saver...love you for this

[@hafizurrahaman4620]

If I not disabled what happened? Please help me brother please

[@anutpalgogoi9741]

How to take ownership of the text file. It won't edit.

[@rayStvdio]

thanks a lot. may god bless you.

[@musicmists7538]

Thank you man.

[@nakaitx5629]

Thanks a lot bro

[@adamwojtkowski4432]

Thank you :)

[@oganarchy2151]

How to have the permission to open this text file and save it? Click-right the text file, click "properties", go to "Security", click "Edit", click "USERS", allow "Full Control", Apply it then click "Okay. Now you can save it after add your card name in this file. ;)

[@fromunderthecorkdre]

thanks man.

[@oganarchy2151]

@@fromunderthecorkdre No prob man

[@marcowilcox3056]

thanks

[@oganarchy2151]

@@marcowilcox3056 no prob ✊

[@fakharmajid]

Hi bro! i am using i3 9100f with Radeon RX 580 i all the update the drivers but still inactive gpu. i also update the card name in raytracer_supported_cards with all the names which i can do. Please do let me know if you have any solution.. I am waiting for your kind response. Thanks

[@LearnwithAftab]

Thank You So much

[@Jmdxck]

I don’t get those choices for the gpu setting

[@CACTUS.mp4_]

Will this speed up render time? Or its just for RAM preview?

[@Mr_IBBI47]

thank you bro

[@sherlockholmes9781]

Dankeschön!

[@avishpatel328]

Thanks bro...

[@elijahlovkoff160]

Thank you.

[@sheeshman2319]

Bro please help when I press supported files then there is only a map called plug-ins and presets and not that rac thing that u told us to scroll down and look for

[@yusufg01]

thanks!

[@13thnotehifireviews7]

Not possible to save changes even when changing permissions ?

[@archivektom]

mine says old graphics driver... but I just installed a studio driver a few days ago... what do you advice I do?

[@DrazV2]

I've done this but if I scrub through the timeline it gets laggy and I can see my CPU usage spike to 100%. GPU usage hovers around at a solid 5%.

[@Akash9410]

samee problem with me

[@user-qf4hs1qb2l]

What about AMD RX 6800. And in support folder, there is no raytracer_supported_cards.txt

[@MoneyMonkeyTV]

I dont get it... It shows that it would be supported by the GeForce titan but even after i added my exact card "GeForce GTX TITAN X/PCIe/SSE2" it won't show me the checkmark to activate

[@kalyankrishna4142]

Already i done all of this, but when am render my file suddenly After effects closed ... and i have 16 gb ram in my pc, but in render time Render file takes 25 - 40% are using then suddenly after effects closed i don't no why it happens... please resolve my problem

[@R2jjj]

It's showing me that you do not have permission to open this file see the owner of the file or the administrator

[@akmalyusuf2636]

yes me too

[@thepercyjacksonpage]

Your background is from Firewatch. I have the same one. ahaha

[@shaznishiraz]

where can i find this animated wallpaper

[@Khalid-wn1zv]

Shazni Shiraz From (wallpaper engine)

[@kc._.1105]

How do u find out what is ur GPU number thingy?

[@abi6aill]

Windows key + R. Type in "dxdiag". Go to display at the top and ur GPU is ur chip type. (if u havent figured this out by now)

[@user-lt9lv9kg6d]

@@abi6aill thank u so much

[@mojtabakeshavarz1316]

hi I install the 2020 version and I don't get any error when I open the after effect an check the option in the project setting then put it on acceleration (CUDA or OpenCL) and in edit preview and check GPU information after that I change the ray tracing but when I want to render the project in my task manager I saw just use the CPU and ram and doesn't use my graphics can you help me? what should I do?

[@monishwithmachine]

same man whats the solution

[@monishwithmachine]

????

[@GalaxColor]

I tried doing this in After Effects 2020 and it wont work, even if I edit the notepad

[@nithucraison1132]

I am using Nvidia GTX 1060..i have followed all your instructions in ae 2018..but still the rendering is happen on my CPU instead of GPU..task manager showing 1% and 0% performance of GPU in the rendering time and cpu working on above 40%..is there anymore settings do??

[@angadgupta7033]

how to enable for AMD GPU?

[@saiprasanthlove7563]

display acceleration disabled after effects cc2018 windows 10. Pls tell solve tha problem

[@Twinand]

Hello there, What do I do if it showed display acceleration disabled? Thank you for your kind assistance in advance. Have a nice day:)

[@techow]

Is your graphics card working and up to date? Also you should make sure that After Effects is up to date. :)

[@Twinand]

@@techow Hahaha.....I have no clue. I have just spoken to Adobe team. They said Adobe effect won't work on my laptop as RAM is only 4 GB:(((((

[@techow]

Ah this can be an issue too. :/

[@Twinand]

@@techow Thank you. I have liked your video as you have tried to be helpful. Have a nice day:))))))

[@Twinand]

@@techow Hi, sorry it is me again. Can you please teach us how to remove a video background without green screen? The reason I asked is because you are good in explaining things. Thank you:)

[@saghana2774]

i have cc 20 and the gpu drop box isn’t there in fact there’s nothing to click when i select ‘gpu information’?

[@Dajoux-ut6uh]

same oof

[@Validatedt]

How did you solve this?

[@fayeweb]

same :+

[@mariamkasradze873]

how am I supposed to add my gpu when I don't nvidia or sth like that!?so display adapter(if that's even it) doesn't start with Geforce. it's like hd... I've tried adding that as well but it won't let me save and replace. I'll be glad if you could help me(ikr that up there everything sounds so stupid but I ain't clever with those things and I've to enable display acceleration for once!)

[@techow]

strange, you don't have an NVIDIA GPU or it's not showing up? Try to update your gpu drivers

[@mariamkasradze873]

​@@techow no, I don't because I'm using intel and I've just updated its adapter but not much has changed. btw thanks for a reply! gonna subscribe you in case if I ever sort this thing out :D

[@techow]

I'll check if this is a common problem :) Thank you!

[@GummiesAJ]

@@mariamkasradze873 I'm facing similar errors; this issue has been unresolved for me^^

[@B_Adam]

Not worked to me, pls help to me.. I have TRX 2070 Super

[@alinaahamad5612]

Does AMD Redon R7 370 is compatible for after effects??

[@Ashtynonyt]

Every time I try to click edit ae says “invalid menu operation....

[@tknowngaming7534]

i got rtx 2060 but in ae when i enable the gpu theres (unsupported) what is that mean ?

[@teeeee]

it means that your gpu is not supported

[@mocanbro]

I have All in 1 PC, the GPU option is disabled cpu is enabled what should i do?

[@Shian_n]

Upgrade your pc

[@sankitty]

Does anybody know why I click on the GPU Information I don't get what he's getting?? It just shows me that Fast Draft is Available with Texture Memory, etc

[@amyaziracrow]

me too, did you fix it?

[@sankitty]

@@amyaziracrow unfortunately no, I'm getting a new laptop soon with more space this time so I'll let you know how that goes soon

[@amyaziracrow]

@sankitty I think it's mostly ae 2023 faults, because the same thing happened with ae 2022 and I was able to fix

[@sankitty]

@@amyaziracrow how'd you fix it with 2022? I only downloaded 2020's and 2021 and they didnt work

[@amyaziracrow]

@@sankitty I think I changed the expression engine on project settings to Javascript

[@karentingshini9872]

cant change cz it say need permission to change

[@hamadaorabi5234]

copy it in Desktop And Change What u want and paste it back to same file

[@letvarconst]

@@soyrebelejay Press windows button & search for "notepad" right click and "run as administrator". locate the .txt file and add your graphics name. Done

[@teevee7678]

help it wont let me press the “mercury software only”

[@DragonMagicVape]

This method doesn't worth with my RX580 and Adobe After effects CC 2019 :(

[@billB101]

@Hb Music Rx580 is AMD, they're not supported. Same here although I have a Vega64.

[@basharulalamsunny58]

@@billB101 I am struggling with my RX 580 too :(

[@mindhormone]

@@basharulalamsunny58 , bill borez Plot twist Nvidia owns Adobe., so AMD needs divine intervention. LOL

[@waterstoneweddingfilms1188]

Works great with Premiere, but not After Effects. Only using 11% of my CPU. Very slow!

[@AceuPH]

Does this work on GTX 1070?

[@shubhambhatia5259]

Done all things. But my GPU is stuck at 12℅ use on render and CPU usage around 40℅, why my GPU is not exceed more than 12℅? Nvidia 1050 Ti Intel i5 4 gen

[@therandompwdguy6849]

SAME HERE// PLS HELP ME ..

[@georgionawfal9995]

I need that wallpaper please

[@NONSmarTp]

I think it's from a game Firewatch

[@Kn2ght]

what theme u using?

[@Mike343ful]

I can't find the raytracing text file. Made one and added my gpu but didn't work. Maybe needs a reinstall

[@efemji]

it's on adobe >> after effects >> support files it's wherever you install the software, ex. i installed it on my drive D, so it's on drive D instead of C, because i can't find it in C

[@efemji]

also, maybe try to update driver and a restart. much better, shut down your pc and maybe wait for a few minutes

[@R2jjj]

Just update your graphics driver

[@hellfreddy2337]

hello, I have a problem, I tried to put the name and number of my graphics card in the notepad, I wanted to save it, but it does not work, what should I do? thank you in advance

[@Gameskashaukeen]

Download notepad++ and run as administrator when editing the file

[@polochon5735]

@@Gameskashaukeen thank you a lot hero

[@Gameskashaukeen]

@@polochon5735 lol I forgot what was I talking about

[@Labrenaith]

Did you solve the problem? If you solved it I would like to know

[@MrKawasajin]

my 1060 6 gb is not found. help please

[@letvarconst]

edit as administrator and add into the list

[@creativewalls31]

not working for amd processor ive rx570

[@didacpamies]

Oh, text in German. Very fucking useful!

[@D3Z_animations]

hey, is gtx 1650 s supported? it isnt showing up for me

[@angadgupta7033]

follow step 2

[@bruhitzkiki7541]

It says GPU not available- incompatible device or display driver

[@techow]

Which GPU do you have? Try do update your graphics and display driver

[@boredomvibez1510]

tech How how do you update it

[@SpaceMonkey98]

Damn

[@jonny2557]

danke

[@DATNENCUCHI2024]

how to enable AMD rx 580

[@coolhani10]

same problem here

[@coolhani10]

Hb Music This is sad 💔 Fuck them. I’m gonna buy an i9

[@caoi]

@@coolhani10 give me money

[@Benexlo]

It doesnt work with rtx 2070

[@fxdarkx]

I cant change it why?

[@tweet334]

no permission to change text file

[@abi6aill]

if u still have this problem, right click ray tracer, go to properties, go to security, and click the edit button next to "To change permissions, click Edit." THEN click allow on every box for the Users. Apply changes and retry changing the text

[@tekmusic5429]

@@abi6aill ily thx

[@Fafko]

it says i dont have permission to edit that file. plz help

[@user-zy4kl7cv7w]

Look man create anywhere raytracer.txt, after copy every thing from original one and copy it to created. then move it to somewhere, and name created one as same how old one was, simply put that in support files. it will work fine man. Ive tried

[@Kraken7HD]

@@user-zy4kl7cv7w how do u create a document text

[@DineshKumar-bx9id]

GPU information off 🥺 not available problem

[@danel1406]

Die Geforce GT 710 wird scheinbar nicht unterstützt schade

[@JayVFXChannel]

How do you add amd ryzen 5

[@Lada333]

That's a sick gpu

[@JayVFXChannel]

@@Lada333 how do you add it tho

[@ZapRain]

@@JayVFXChannel that’s a cpu not a gpu

[@ryxsnt]

Endlich ein deutscher

[@omarshaheen3489]

Make a video where u Can run Fortnite at 60 FPS with Gt 610 and Intel pentium g3250 3.ghz plz

[@techow]

have you watched my config file video about improving FPS in Fortnite? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJO6fmOde6uon9E It should help.

[@kabirazeez2487]

there's no raytracer in windows 11, 2024 after effects

[@reynoldcracker02]

I just check the usage and my CPU was at 100% while my GPU was at 0% what a waste of time when rendering.

[@soheiltaherian7876]

no thats not working

[@return3116]

bruh lol. nice lol.

[@benjymadethis]

Cap

[@lordjahzeh]

theres nothing popping up when i hit gpu information or option for me to change to cpu to gpu wtf ass tutorial

[@Klinkertfotodesign]

same here.... i have a radeon VII. Cant change anything...

[@LightspeedTutorials]

Outdated, in german and does not help. This video deserves to be trashed.

[@techow]

Trashed because it's outdated? :)

[@ziwalker2954]

What if you use an APU

[@oru]

Thank You :)

[@ellissia9678]

Mine says ‘incompatible device or old graphics driver’