After Effects

Whenever I download AfterEffects templates from stock sites, trying to edit them is a nightmare. I roughly know how to edit the controller layers but it seems like the controller layers really only let me edit text & color, but I want to actually move the objects around, change composition, and even hide layers and make my own changes to the templates. But I for the life of me cannot figure out how to use these templates in a more editable way, the controller layers feel so limiting to me, what am I missing? Is there a way I can turn make these templates more editable? Like release the layers from the controller layers? 

Scratching my head over how to correctly work with D-Log footage from a Ronin in After Effects with ACES color management? Downloaded lots ot LUTs from DJI but not getting the correct results. If anyone has any experience I could really use some help! ThanksNeil

Does anyone have a workflow for this yet?  I’ve seen a few comments saying you can use Claude and After Effects to help edit?  I’ve seen some Higgsfield and After Effects stuff but I’m looking for something specific for my editing workflow.For context I review movies using an animated character that i made in character animator.Right now I’m using Character Animator Where I export my puppet and background into after effects.Once those 2 are in after effects I add the B-roll that im using and match it up to the right parts.My issue is thats it’s so much work, as I’m also adding in cuts to add sound effects and memes to make the video more engaging, but it’s a lot of editing takes me like 4 days sometimes, wanted to speed it up.Has anyone seen anything on this?

Using `.valueAtTime` in an Essential Graphics instance incorrectly returns values relevant to other instances, in what looks like cache collision.This bug is preventing me from migrating my project from an older version of After Effects (23.5), in which `.valueAtTime` and Essential Graphics reacted predictably together. Exact steps to reproduce:Create a composition with a visible layer inside it. Add a Checkbox Control to the layer. Link the layer's opacity (or other visible property) to the checkbox like this: `100 * effect("Checkbox Control")("Checkbox").valueAtTime(time - thisComp.frameDuration)` Add the checkbox control to the Essential Graphics panel. Drop two instances of the composition into a parent composition. Add some keyframes to the essential property on both layers, toggling it on and off.Expected result: Each instance is animated according to its own keyframes, with a 1-frame delay.Actual result: The two instances interfere with each other, and a keyframe on one layer ca

This is a recurring issue that started around the time MacOS 26 came out and I’ve been struggling with it ever since. After Effects (and sometimes Illustrator) fail to start. They don’t even get to the splash screen, the freeze before that. They will remain frozen and if you mouse over the control bar at the top, it will show the spinning beach ball. Pressing Cmd +Opt + Escape to open the force quit applications window shows After Effects as not responding.Waiting hours for it to start: No effect. Never starts Force quitting: launches prompts to report the issue to Adobe and Apple. All subsequent attempts to run After Effects get crash repair options but no options do anything. The window has the spinning beach ball when I mouse over it and in Force Quit Applications it shows that After Effects is already not responding. None of the buttons do anything when clicked.Uninstalled After Effects and restarted: no effect, still freezes on crash repair options Uninstalled all adobe apps, and

I created a 3D model of an iPhone in Blender, and I can't figure out what format what export settings it should be in so that it appears as I drew it. I don't see the transparency of the glass on the cameras, there is also no noise on the case, the color of the panels and materials are also not what they should be.Tell me what I'm doing wrong? 3D mode in AE - advanced 3D.

It's not possible to right click an effect parameter to reset it in the effect panel, right after loading a saved project.1 - Create a new project, new comp and new solid2 - Apply an effect to that solid, (it doesn't matter which effect)3 - Change one of the parameters to anything different from default,4 - Save the project,5 - Load the saved project6 - Open the effect panel7 - Right mouse click on the parameter from step 3 and hid "Reset"8 - Nothing happens9 - Change anything in any parameter, it doesn't have to be the parameter from step 310 - Reset now works for all parameters The reset should work from the start.I have a few plugins installed, but I don't think this is related.

I made a simple 30second countdown timer - keyframed the value 0,50 (half a min, thus 30 seconds) at 00:00 and then 0,00 at 30:00. I assumed this would change the text every second, however I noticed that the text changed in between two seconds (so instead of the timer still reading 27seconds when I'm at about 00:03 and 5 frames it already changed to 26seconds).Then I thought moving the last keyframe to 31 seconds would fix this, it did not. The time still changed a few frames before the new second.I played around with the last keyframe position, but can't find a spot where it changes exactly on the second, and not a few frames before or after, for every single second.I hope my explanation makes sense.My frame rate is 24fps. Am I using the wrong values for the keyframes? What am I doing wrong?Please help.

Pr2025上でクリップを選択し、Aeコンポジションに置き換えをした後、Aeで作業し、Prの画面を開いて再度Ae上に戻るとプレビューができなくなります。インジケータも動かないです。再生のショートカットも反応せず、手のひらツールに切り替わります。Pr、Aeともに2025版を使っています。

Estou tentando colocar um texto onde a pessoa atravessa este texto, o texto que fica na parte de trás é preenchido normal e o texto que fica na parte da frente é somente o contorno, como fazer isso no AE? porque eu fiz o rastreamento de camera para fixar ele na parede, porém quando tiro o preenchimento para ficar somente a borda ele ficar vermelho e não é isso que quero.

일러스트레이터의 3D and Materials 기능을 활용해 제작한 오브젝트에 그래픽, 텍스쳐를 적용하였는데 이를 obj 파일로 추출하여 애프터이펙트에 삽입하니 모델링만 가져와지고 그래픽과 텍스쳐는 유실되었습니다. .mtl 파일이 함께 생성되었기에 이를 활용할 수 있을지 보았지만 애프터이펙트에서는 .mtl 파일을 지원하지 않더라구요. 일러레에서만든 3d 파일을 텍스쳐 포함된 채로 애프터이펙트에 불러올 수 있는 방법이 있을까요?3D 기능을 활용해야하기 때문에 JPG나 PNG 같은 2D 이미지로 활용하려는 목적이 아닙니다

If you're experiencing a problem with After Effects, we want to hear from you! We'd also like to know if you've found errors or omissions in our documentation. The most critical information in a problem report is how to reproduce the issue. It is challenging for us to address a problem we cannot replicate. Please provide detailed steps for us to follow to observe the problem you're encountering. Use the template below to provide us with information: Issue - A short description of the problem.  Steps to reproduce - A numbered list of the exact steps needed to reproduce the problem.  Expected result - What should happen after completing the last step. Actual result -  What actually occurred after the previous step Screen recording – If you think it might be helpful, include a recording of your screen, showing the issue.    Adobe After Effects version - FAQ: How to find the exact version of After Effects you're using? Operating system - Specify Windows or macOS, along with the version GPU

i wan buy an new macbook pro M5 , 16GB , 512GB and i want to know if work good in After Effects

This video shows Changing UI Font Size. Is this a acceptable way? because there is no feature in preference tool.How To Change UI Font Size In After Effects ? 

After Effects (and probably Premiere too) incorrectly reads frames in an H265 lossless encoded video file with open-GOP.It skips some frames and the file sees several frames shorter than it actually is.

When generating a Content-Aware Fill layer, the rendering process repeatedly stalls and stops advancing on its own.NOTE: I work with 8k monoscopic and work with reference frames every 1 second.The fill generation begins normally and creates placeholder fill PNG files. However, progress eventually stops and remains stuck indefinitely. CPU usage remains active (approximately 8–15%), suggesting the process has not completely crashed.The issue can be reliably reproduced and immediately resolved by causing a timeline frame change. Pressing Page Down, clicking a different frame in the timeline, or otherwise changing the current frame causes Content-Aware Fill to resume processing instantly. In many cases, a single Page Down key press causes the render progress to jump significantly or complete entirely.The issue does not appear to be related to GPU acceleration or cache configuration. I have tested with: Mercury GPU Acceleration (CUDA) Mercury GPU Acceleration (OpenCL) Mercury Software O

So, Rendering in either Media Encoder, or After Effects on a majority of my compositions is still crashing sue to memory leaks issues. I’m also having issues with projects not saving, not auto-saving and not saving as a copy, or saving as legacy versions… NBone of the above. I’m gtonna start looking inbto all the potential class action lawsuits related to this ongoing issue in Adobe apps. Current Mac OS X (26.5.1), Apple M1 Max MacBook Pro, 32GBs RAM. So tired of this crap. I’ve been using AE regularly since 2003, the last few years have been a complete wash, and it’s compromised much of my work because of these ongoing issues. There are multiple tags related to the same issues. Instead of fixing what’s broken you’re pouring resources in AI crap no one wants, except for lazy people.

🐞 Bug Report – After Effects 26.2.1 UI Text Missing & Plugin Crash IssueProduct: Adobe After EffectsVersion: 26.2.1OS: Windows 10/11 (please fill in your exact version)📌 Issue SummaryAfter updating to After Effects 26.2.1, several third-party plugins show missing UI text in the Effect Controls panel. In addition, interacting with certain plugin controls causes After Effects to crash.The issue only affects plugins with localized or non-native English UI systems, while other plugins (e.g. BCC, some Red Giant modules) remain functional.⚠️ Affected PluginsRed Giant (Trapcode / Universe / older Maxon components) Various localized/Chinese (translated) plugins Some legacy third-party plugins using custom UI systems✅ Working Plugins (for comparison)Boris FX BCC plugins (working normally) Some fully updated plugins using native SDK UI🔍 Steps to ReproduceInstall After Effects 26.2.1 Install third-party plugins (especially Red Giant or localized versions) Open Effect Controls panel Apply a

Hi,I’m trying to build a shape layer that adapts to the longest length between two text layers, but is limited to 850 pixels in size. Everything functions as it should until I add the clamp expression. The error “expression result must be of dimension 2, not 1” pops up on the first line. How can I fix it, or is there a better way to approach adding a limit to the size of the shape? const line1 = thisComp.layer("First & Last Name, PhD"); // reference top line text layer const line2 = thisComp.layer("Title or Position"); // reference bottom line text layerconst boxWidth = Math.max(line1.sourceRectAtTime().width, line2.sourceRectAtTime().width) + 220; // compares the length of both text layers and returns the larger of the two including padding and leadingconst boxHeight = line1.sourceRectAtTime().height + line2.sourceRectAtTime().height + 120; // height of box including padding[boxWidth, boxHeight];clamp(boxWidth, 0, 850);Thanks in advance!

Every time I use extractor on an EXR sequence AE will crash on re-opening said project. My work around is to disabble the effect, delete it from all layers, then re-open the project enable it again, restart again, then re-aply extractoR at which point it will work until I close the project and re-open it. I have seen many people complain about this exact issue, and it happens regaurdless of the footage I use. So it's not that or some other effect. I have multiple projects that require EXRs at the moment and it happens on all of them. I have tried all the recomended solutions updateding drivers, disabling multi-frame rendering, clearing all cache and media files, updating AE/Encodeer updating windwos etc. Does anyone have a propor solution for this? AE 25.5Windows 11 

Hello,I've been waiting for your help to solve a simple, annoying problem for a long time. In After Effects, the All Caps feature writes capital "İ" as "I" in English. This causes serious problems in local languages, and I have to recheck the text every time and try to fix the problem with temporary solutions. In Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, this is solved very simply with the character language setting. However, since this setting is not available in After Effects, it remains a problem. I hope this problem will be solved as soon as possible.

hello, ı cant find rotobrush tool in tools part in the after effects 2026 can you help? thank you 

Good evening everyone.I'm using ChatGPT because my English isn't very good.Like many other users, i've been experiencing major issues with the latest version of After Effects. Despite working on a PC with 128 GB of RAM, a 32-core CPU, an RTX 4090, and an ultra-fast SSD dedicated to the cache, After Effects has become practically unusable.Not only am i constantly running into "Out of Memory" errors, but the entire system eventually becomes unstable and unresponsive. It's been a complete disaster.After searching all over the internet, i finally managed to get things working again by applying the following changes. i have no idea whether all of them are related to the fix or if only one of them is actually responsible, but it certainly doesn't hurt to try:Disable idle caching in the Composition Preview: Composition > Preview > Cache Frames When Idle. Disable Enable Compressed Frames in the Disk Cache options. Reduce the Idle Delay value in Preferences > Preview to a very low numb