@ravnorodom Fair enough. I very rarely work with Video. I'm primarily print these days, though I have not encountered any images disappearing on screen when moving multiple layers at once in Photoshop, and I work everyday on very (very) large, high-resolution, multi-layered files. Nor have I experienced any critical bugs in Illustrator (also part of my daily workflow), InDesign, Bridge, or Acrobat. (as well as coding editors outside the Adobe suite for web work).
Perhaps there is a processor, RAM or graphics card or storage issue relating to your current work station? I'm not picking sides, but only things to consider if you're having all sorts of issues.
I replaced and upgraded my entire work station last year in order to keep up with the more and more demanding MacOS upgrades and workflows.
That said, I have no idea how isolated or not these issue may be in the video community. I'm simply trying to help eliminate all possibilities for a fellow frustrated Creative Suite subscriber.
As for the animation codec issue, sounds like Apple has moved on from an outdated codec that (according to some forum posts, anyway) most have moved on from prior to Apple jumping ship. Unfortunately at some point, everything becomes obsolete.
Create a new Lossless With Alpha Output Module template and choose Cineware or ProRez 444 and change the color option to Straight. The animation codec is very old, creates huge files, doesn't compress or decompress as well as either of those codecs. The Animation Codec is now deprecated and no longer being supported by Apple or just about anybody else. Adobe was just a little behind the curve with their presets.
You can get to the Output Module presets by choosing the Edit/Templates/Output Module menu and then edit any of the presets or create new ones. I have not had the Animation codes listed in any of my Templates for a long time. You can do the same thing if you are using the Adobe Media Encoder to render your video with an alpha channel. Just edit and save or create a new preset.
[source: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/export-with-alpha-big-sur/td-p/11761305?page=1]
Cheers, @ravnorodom. Sorry to learn of your frustrations. Hopefully you have it worked out sooner than later. In the meantime, I'll keep my fingers crossed getting a fix to a problem that has resulted in outdated files going being sent off to print. (both costly and frustrating)
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