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I’ve used the . key (on the numeric keypad) to preview audio when adding markers since 2007. In AE 26.0 (build 67) this function now no longer works. When I hit the audio preview key, the start time of out by approximately 1 second (which makes it unusable). The . audio preview was good because after you play, the CTI would still be where you left it.When I preview with the spacebar, the CTI moves and stops when you hit stop.My primary reason four this is when i am marking up audio - music or a voiceover.I’m on Windows OS - 11 - 25H2 - Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.291.0AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor Nvidia Studio Driver - 591.74 - Mon Jan 5, 2026  misc extra detail:NVIDIA system information report created on: 02/10/2026 14:51:27NVIDIA App version: 11.0.6.383Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Version 10.0.26200DirectX runtime version: DirectX 12Driver: Studio Driver - 591.74 - Mon Jan 5, 2026CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor             RAM: 96.0 GBStor

I regularly use the period “.” keyboard shortcut on the number pad just to play the audio in AE timeline, the last update has made the play head lag behind the actual audio time which makes it impossible to lay down markers whilst listening to the audio.AE 26 Build 67MacOS 15.7.4Mac Studio M1 Ultra

won’t open in safe mode; won’t open w/ 3rd party plugins disabled,  won’t import into other projects; won’t open on other machines. ChatGPT has no answers.    If not fixed soon, i want my money back! 

I’m on the latest After Effects (26.0) and I’m working on a video edit. I’m using some AI-generated videos as a base and then editing them. A lot of AI videos are slow, so I’m using Time Remapping to speed them up. The comp frame rate matches the footage.The problem is that when I Time Remap the video, it introduces random glitches on random frames (e.g., 3–5 frames). Normally, when something like this happened before, I could just remove the glitched frame and it was fine. But now it’s uncontrollable: when I change the bit depth, the glitch disappears in some frames but shows up in completely different ones. I’d understand if it was preview-only, but even when I purge the memory and disk cache, it just appears in different places. That’s why I can’t simply remove one or two frames—because the glitch moves.Frame Blending either shifts the glitches somewhere else or creates other visually weird artifacts. Time Remapping has always worked perfectly for me, so this is really frustrating. 

Setup : Windows 11 Local administrator account Account path has special character (C:\Users\François) Fresh AE 2026 install (same with fresh AE2025) Super basic test composition The bug :When exporting as MOGRT > dialogs flash > the export process fails silently before I get the “chose location” dialog. No error or crash.Workaround : Create a new local account without special characters (c:\Users\temp\). Login to that account, open the same composition… exports just fine.

I'm absolutely gutted, I just lost a whole day's work with a following day deadline.... I was working away using RotoBrush which must save all its frozen rotos into the AEP which results in a bloated file. Unbeknownst to me, since there were no errors or warnings, none of my saves actually saved, nor did the auto saves. I only found this out when i went to upload my AEP to send it off to the client, I noticed the "Date Modified" was from this morning, only a few hours after I started working on the project! Same with the autosaves. I went into the recycle bin of my Synology NAS and I found all these temp AEP saves and auto save files all with the same file size in increments of time all through the day until I stopped working, meaning it was trying to save and created a temp file but gave up with no warning (see attached image) The file size being around 2,175,221KB (2.07GB) for every file. When I try opening these up, I get the "After Effects error: missing data in file ( 33 :: 4

I noticed after the latest V26.0 update this issue kept popping up. Case in point, after I've imported my illustrations into AE, random layers seem to disappear even though they are still there in the illustrator file. As you can glimpse from the thumbnail the head of the character is still there but disappears in the AE comp.The solution is for me to open the illustrator file, click save again and wait for the link to update in AE. Trouble is random layers from other illustrations would again disappear every time I open my AE file again to start my animation. Another issue is that the blend mode from illustrator is not pulling through to AE, for example the neck shadow is multiply 40% but in AE it’ll just be Normal 100%. Then randomly it’ll correct itself or reset every time I restart my AE.The obvious solution is to create shape in AE but I have textures in my illustrations and it’ll be chaotic to redo the illustration just for 4 seconds of animation.Hope there’ll be a patch soon for

In past versions of After Effects, I have been able to click on the missing footage, hit the return key to make the name editable, type command c to copy the name of missing footage and paste that into the search bar. This made locating and relinking footage very simple. That feature seems to have gone away in the past year or so. It would be great to get that back again. Are there any other discussions on this? Or is there something in the preferences that I'm missing?

With Cinema4d, we can render EXR sequences containing both ‘Beauty’ (rgba-image) and AOV-channels. But unfortunately, it is not possible to interpret the image-part with the correct color space ( ACEScg Working Space). 

I’m trying to use the Config Variable font from Adobe Fonts in After Effects, but it doesn’t appear in the font list. It works fine in Photoshop and Illustrator. I'm using a macbook pro.  I’ve tried the following troubleshooting steps with no success:•Restarted AE and Creative Cloud•Checked Creative Cloud font sync•Cleared AE font cache (AdobeFnt.lst)•Installed the font locally (both OTF and TTF from a third-party source)•Tested on an older AE version Still, the font refuses to show up in After Effects. Any ideas on how to fix this? Font link: Config Variable on Adobe Fonts Thanks in advance! 

AE26において標準プラグインの「パステキスト」に日本語入力をすると、結果の表示が文字化けしてしまいます。どうにかなおるでしょうか？

I’m trying to add a feature to my panels so they can be closed using the ESC key. The code below is just a basic test. When I run it and press ESC, it works the first few times. However, after about 5 to 10 presses, I start getting the attached error.I’ve tried several workarounds, including using scheduled tasks, but the error always shows up after a while. It also completely ignores my try-catch block.Can you explain why the error happens on the .close() line, and if there is a better way to close a window using the ESC key? Reference code for test:var palette = new Window("palette");palette.text = "Dialog";var button1 = palette.add("button", undefined, undefined, { name: "button1"});button1.text = "Button";button1.onClick = function () { palette.close();};palette.cancelElement = button1;try { palette.addEventListener("keydown", function (k) { if (k.keyName == "Escape") { palette.close(); } });} catch (e) { /* Ignore registration errors */ }pal

Hi !I created a Premier Pro effect plugin using the After Effects C++ SDK. The effect moves an image randomly. In order to achieve this, I used the SDK’s subpixel_sample function, very similarly to the shifter exemple provided within the SDK. Here is the function to achieve this :PF_Err Pixel8Iteration(void* refcon, A_long x, A_long y, PF_Pixel* inPixel, PF_Pixel* outPixel) { PF_Err err = PF_Err_NONE; SettingsInfo* settings = (SettingsInfo*)refcon; PF_Fixed new_xFi = INT2FIX(x) + settings->offset.x; PF_Fixed new_yFi = INT2FIX(y) + settings->offset.y; ERR(settings->in_data.utils->subpixel_sample(settings->in_data.effect_ref, new_xFi, new_yFi, &settings->samp, outPixel)); return err;}We used subpixel_sample in order to achieve smooth transition when the movement is between to integer pixels. My issueThe effect works well in every Premier Pro version until the version 2025.The effect with fluent moveme

To start with, these are my specs:Installed RAM: 31.83 GB    Current RAM Usage: 0.00 GB    Allowed RAM Usage: 25.83 GBGraphics CardVendor:    IntelDevice:    Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe GraphicsVersion:    3.000000Total Memory:    14.51953125 GBDraft 3D:    Available-----AE 2024 works perfectly and I have been using that instead of the newer versions until now.2026 has some very good updates that I wanted to use so I am resorting in having to deal with this isssue again.As shown in the video, the composition runs smoothly when hovering and previewing compositions.As soon as you click on a layer (being shape, text, solid, etc.) the interface starts lagging. Badly. The mouse cursor moves at real speed but the interaction on the actual layers is extremely slow. Same goes for the panel where you see your composition.I have tried all possible soltions that I found on reddit and here but none of them work.https://www.reddit.com/r/AfterEffects/comments/1ihh7ib/after_effects_lagging_while_doing_basic_

Issue - Shape Layer with Transform Effect using layer mask as effect mask – adjusting keyframes crashes AE. Steps to reproduce - Add a mask to a shape layer (created by Overlord in my case) using Layer>Mask>New Mask, add a Transform Effect, add position keyframes so the contents of the Shape layer are outside the mask and animate to the original position. Use the mask as an Effect mask. Notice that mask is not masking on first frame but otherwise appears to animate into position. Adjust first position keyframe to crash After Effects. Expected result - Shape layer contents should move via the Transform Effect. Actual result -  After Effects crashes. Screen recording – in safe mode and slightly different order of process to reproducehttps://vimeo.com/1162398792/cf38ed938b?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Adobe After Effects version - After Efects Beta 26.2.0 Build 13 Operating system - macOS Sequoia 15.6.1 (24G90) on Macbook M1 Pro GPU driver version (Windows only) - If you're on Win

Product & VersionProduct: Adobe After Effects Version: 25.2.0 Operating System: Windows 11 SummaryThe ParagraphRange.direction property can be set programmatically via ExtendScript, but the value does not persist after calling Property.setValue(). The justification property on the same ParagraphRange object works correctly, indicating this is specific to the direction property. Steps to ReproduceCreate a new composition in After Effects 2025 Add a text layer with any content (e.g., "Hello World") Run the following ExtendScript code:var comp = app.project.activeItem;var layer = comp.layer(1); // First text layervar prop = layer.property("Source Text");var td = prop.value;// Get paragraph rangevar paragraphCount = td.text.split(/\r/).length;var paraRange = td.paragraphRange(0, paragraphCount);// Log current state$.writeln("Direction BEFORE: " + paraRange.direction); // undefined// Set direction to RTLparaRange.direction = ParagraphDirection.DIRECTION_RIGHT_TO_LEFT;$.writeln("Directio

I’m experiencing a recurring crash issue in After Effects that I have not been able to resolve, despite trying a wide range of solutions.After I open a project, After Effects crashes consistently within 5–7 minutes, or sometimes immediately upon launching the project, sometimes when I tried to render. The crash messages vary with each occurrence, and I have attached screenshots of the errors for your reference.This issue happens not only with an existing file, but also with completely new projects — After Effects crashes even when starting from scratch, showing different error messages each time.It also affects multiple projects, regardless of their complexity.Updated After Effects to the latest version via Creative Cloud.Uninstalled and reinstalled both Creative Cloud and After Effects.Attempted to open and run the project in an older version from 2024 — issue still occurs.Simplified the main project by pre-rendering individual layers.Disabled all third-party plugins.Created a new pro

Hi everyone,I have a brand new high-end setup, and so far, I haven't found any working solution.My system specs:After Effects 25.3Windows 11Nvidia RTX 5090 (tested with latest studio drivers + older versions)AMD Ryzen 9 9950X96GB RAMThe problem:During very light projects, the preview window randomly freezes after a few minutes.The rest of the AE interface remains responsive — I can click around, open panels, but the composition preview is stuck.GPU usage stays around 1%, so it doesn't look like a performance or overload issue.I have tried the following with no success:- Switching to older versions of AE- Switching to "Mercury Software Only" for rendering- Testing multiple versions of Nvidia Studio drivers- Clearing cache and resetting preferences- Disabling Multi-Frame Rendering- Using a single monitor setupInterestingly, I had a similar issue with Blender, where the viewport would freeze. I solved that by switching from OpenGL to Vulkan. Unfortunately, After Effects doesn’t seem to al

Every time I try to import a file from adobe animate in to After effects 2024-2025 it remains stuck at 0 then displays the error message "an error occurred while importing this file . Please try again". I have tried every troubleshooting method possible and spoken to Adobe customer service, no luck. Please help.  

Hi, I am using workflow DaVinci Resolve (for edit) -> XML -> AAE (for VFX) for years. Today, wanted to import XML timeline to AAE again, but nothing happened. Tried close all panels, but still XML import is not working, nothing happens. When I try to drag&drop it, the red icon appears next to the cursor. I was using it normally for years, I don't know what happened. I have newest update of AAE 25.2.2 (Build 2), BUT weird thing is, that it doesn't work even in older CC2024 version. That probably means that something happened with my system? Is there some shared .XML plugin for import XML to AAE, that would stop working? Or anything? Thanks for suggestions.Dave 

Quiero hacer la animación de un trazo con la herramienta pluma en after effect y al momento de escribir una palabra con la pluma, reproduzco el vídeo y cuando llega a la parte donde está el texto escrito con la pluma la pantalla de previsualización se pone negra, que hago? 

Double-clicking on a composition does not open it in the project window.I’s the same issue on the composition window. It is impossible to access the menu by left-clicking on a composition in the project window.

I have a comp size solid that I have a layer style stroke on and. when I change the Advanced Blending it punches through all layers below as if it was on Stencil Alpha. And oddly enough trying Stencil Alpha or Silhouette Alpha changes nothing. But if I move the layer 1 pixel it operates as expected. Also if I draw a mask on it. So my workaround right now is to have a mask that is bigger than the layer.

I'm on Windows, using a UHD 4K monitor and running 175% display scaling.After Effects scales the UI correctly, but the performance of the Timeline panel especially is atrocious. Merely trying to scrub the timeline is very laggy. There are also visual glitches, like vertical black lines, and the playhead not redrawing correctly when using J & K to move between keyframes (the playhead gets disconnected from the line in a redraw glitch). Even doing a RAM preview on a fully cached timeline causes frame drops.If I use the Windows high DPI settings dialog to override the scaling behavior (set scaling to be performed by System), all these performance and glitch issues go away. Scrubbing the timeline and resizing panels is smooth, and no visual glitches appear. Unfortunately, the entire UI is drawn in low res - pixellated and blurry, so it is not usable like this.This has been a long-standing bug and I reported it over a year ago, thinking it was a graphics card issue, but it is clearly re

I have had this before in earlier AE versions, but it's back, or still here. About one third of my keystrokes are not registering. It's not the keyboard, all other apps work fine. Just typing to rename a layer will ignore some of the letters, copy-past via keyboard is totally unpredictable because a lot of the times the copy or paste keystrokes are not registered. Changing tools, entering numbers, anything that uses the keyboard is becoming unpredictable because a lot of the keystrokes are just ignored. Sometimes I have to press a key several times (like 4 or 5 times) before it’s registered. Also there sometimes is a lag before a keystroke is registered, which is extra super annoying, having to press 5 times, and ending up with 2 times the keystroke with a delay.This is becoming unworkable, I fear my keyboard will not survive my frustration…I’m using a Mac Studio Ultra with 128GB RAM, macOS 12.6.2, AE 23.1It wasn’t doing this before, nothing was changed or updated in my setup.Only thin