After Effects

The new Object selection seems to mistakenly take the bounding box of the initial selection as a boundary, while the ‘object’ has moved outside. This results in unexpected cut off rotoscoped objects. Original with the human to be selectedCut off object 

Greetings! I have which I had for some time and AE worked just fine. Then suddenly it began to misbehave - freezing after several minutes of work, just a rotating circle instead of cursor. The comp is not affected, just AE is freezing. So I have to force quit it. Although I am in Moscow, Russia, not everyone here is an evil pirate) so our company pays for a license, so I reinstalled AE via Creative Cloud, removing preferences and settings, to no avail. I cannot figure out what could be a problem, it began yesterday, and not going away( No changes in configuration or setup, no obvious trigger…. No error messages, no warnings...Also, if I need to quit AE before it freeezes, it starts to freeze then, and fun lollipop begins to rotate...

Ahen rendering to QuickTime ProRes444, the processing is very slow. This is on a M3 Ultra with 96gb of RAM

I tried to change the default output path that gets assigned when I add a composition to the Render Queue, so I edited the File Name and Location Template preset.I had previously set a template named Preview as the default, so I edited it and saved it under the same name:[projectFolder]\preview\[dateYear][dateMonth][dateDay]_[projectName]_[compName].[fileextension]I also made sure the preset was marked as the default.However, when I added a composition to the Render Queue, the automatically assigned output path still used the old value.I ended up digging through the preference files and found that the issue was in "Adobe After Effects 26.2 Prefs-indep-output.txt". When I changed the old template directly in "Output Module Spec Strings Section v28", the problem was finally fixed.That section seems badly broken. It contains a lot of empty entries, and the same template appears multiple times in different slots. In this case, the template I saved as Preview was defined six times.Here is t

# Adobe Community Forum Bug Report (Form Format)## Title:“Create Multiple Compositions” produces comps that render completely black — silent failure, no error-----## Issue:Compositions created by dragging multiple MOV files onto the New Composition icon in the Project panel (“Create Multiple Compositions”) render as completely black output. Preview plays back normally. The render completes with a success status and no error message, making this a silent failure.## Steps to reproduce:1. Import multiple MOV files into the Project panel1. Select the MOV files and drag them onto the “New Composition” icon (film strip icon at the bottom of the Project panel)1. AE creates one composition per MOV via “Create Multiple Compositions”1. RAM Preview any of the created comps — video plays normally1. Add the comp to the Render Queue1. Render using any format (ProRes 4444, PNG sequence, etc.)1. Check the output — completely black## Expected result:Rendered output matches the preview with visible vide

I cannot go more than about 10 minutes without half of my dynamic link clips unlinking. The strange things is all of my dynamic links go to the same AE file. This is absolutely madding and just another thing slowing down my workflow.  Premiere 26.0.2, MacBook pro m3 max sequoia 15.7.5

Uppercase * is not uppercase when used in linked text fields or essiential graphics. Bonus wish - let me disable caps lock, im sick of the diable refresh.Other then that i Love AE ;)

Hi Adobe Community,I’m experiencing an issue with Adobe Media Encoder where Hardware Encoding is not available, even though I have an NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti installed.When I try to switch to Hardware Encoding in the H.264 export settings, I receive this error message:“Your system's hardware does not support hardware acceleration for the current settings.”

Here’s the error message after attempting to access the KSV. This error occurs when accessing the KSV via shortcut or Menu. Unfortunately, I don’t have crash reports to share.  

Subject: Text on Path — First Margin expression has no visual effect in AE English (all versions)Description:In After Effects English, the "First Margin" property of Text on Path options does not produce any visual result when driven by an expression, despite the expression evaluating correctly.The expression value updates in real time in the timeline, the expression is enabled, the text is correctly assigned to a path mask, and all other expressions on the layer are working. But the text does not scroll along the path.This issue appeared suddenly during the day — the exact same script was working correctly in AE English this morning on the same machines, and stopped working this afternoon without any change to the script, the project, or the system.The issue affects all tested versions of After Effects: CC 2024, CC 2025, and CC 2026, on multiple Macs. The exact same script works correctly in After Effects French on the same machines.Steps to reproduce:Create a new project and a new HD

Hi team — Starting a project per usual. Fine for the first hour or so. At a certain point the composition window freezes. Playing and scrubbing does nothing. I then quit, which freezes the app, making me Force Quit. This has been an issue in all versions of 26. Currently still causing issues on 26.2. I have 25.6.5 which continues to work well. Have cleared caches, checked disk settings, reset preferences. Any others experiencing this issue? This version isn’t usable. **Apple M2 Max96 GBMac OS Tahoe Version 26.3.1 (a) (25D771280a)

Holding Ctrl with the Anchor Point Tool snapping is a fantastic recent QOL improvement.However it isn’t fully finished.Hopefully some resource is still allocated to fixing stuff like this, where it is impossible to snap to the midpoint unless zooming in to extreme levels. see attached little game of avoid the magentic corner points! Assuming Windows display scaling is still causing problems

Sometimes when trying to select keyframes by dragging around them, the entire layer is selected and moves.This has been in the interface for a LONG time now and REALLY seems like a good thing to fix.From a QOL point of view, users need to be able to drag select keyframes.No User ever asked for a 20 pisels tolerance around a layer to selct the whole layer.I don’t know wher it originally came from but I think it has been in for over 20 years now.Attached intende behaviour, as couldn’t replicate problem

After updating to After Effects 26.2, I noticed that some third-party plug-ins are showing garbled text in their UI controls.In my case, I can clearly reproduce this with plug-ins that include Chinese text, and I suspect it may also affect other non-English or non-Latin languages as well.What made me pay attention to this is the 26.2 release note saying:“Effect names are now correctly encoded for Unicode characters when accessed by third-party plug-ins.”So I’m wondering if this may be related.One detail that seems important: if I open project files that already use these third-party effects in Safe Mode (without loading third-party plug-ins), the Chinese parameter names display correctly. But in normal mode, some of those same labels appear garbled.I’m not the plug-in developer, just an end user reporting what I observed in testing, so I can’t tell whether this is an AE issue, a plug-in compatibility issue, or an interaction between both. But the behavior seems to have changed after up

The Perspective Offset checkbox in Turbulent Noise does not currently work. No parallax. It does wok as it should in Fractal Noise.

Intermittently, pressing the playback shortcut (Spacebar or Numpad Enter) fails to initiate a preview. On the first press, the UI appears to "stutter" but nothing happens. On the second press, the Current Time Indicator (CTI) moves back exactly one frame and playback still does not begin

Hola.Tengo el AEjuice Pack manager y lo utilizo muy frecuentemente. Cada vez que visualizo los efectos, me toca arrastrar la ventana del pack hacia un lado para poder ver la pantalla del after effects. Me parece que debería tener un atajo de minimizar. Este atajo se lo debe poner AEjuice o After effects??

After update to AE 26.2. i am facing sometimes bug that drag and move keyframes with mouse+shift does not snap even to frames nor other elements. It slide like on ice… pixel after pixel

In previous versions of After Effects I was able to load txt files with javascript variables inside into expressions with the $.evalFile() function. In the current version 26.2.0 (Build 49) this doesn’t work anymore.

I'm having some massive issues with Cineware in After Effects 2025 (25.3.2). Haven't submitted a ticket for Maxon yet because I think it's something wrong on my end, but can't figure it out. Whenever I import even the most basic .c4d scene file into AE (made not only with Cinema 2025.3.2 but with any 2025 Cinema version) I'm unable to open it into a comp with crashing. If I drag the .c4d file to the button to create a new comp, it'll simply crash with this following last log message: <######> <BEE_MiscTasks> <5> Set Artisan Task: Classic 3DIf instead I try right-clicking the .c4d file and select New Comp from Selection, I get the following error message first: "After Effects error: Error during event PF_Cmd_EVENT Code (PF_Err_INTERNAL_STRUCT_DAMAGED) : GlobalData image was nullptr during DrawEvent(512) ( 25 :: 101 )"I've reset preferences, uninstalled, reinstalled etc etc. And not only that, I'm getting this exact same error across multiple machines:2022 Mac Studio /

Issue - When trying to open the colorspace options in After Effects 26 Project Settings on a second monitor attached to my MacBook menu I am unable to scroll up or down to select more colorspaces. When I bring the same window on to my MacBook’s monitor, the colorspace options immediately closes when clicked on, selecting whatever colorspace my cursor was over. If I hold down the mouse button I can hold the menu open, but I can not scroll. Steps to reproduce - Open project settings > Color > Colorspace - can not scroll up or down to see other options - the pop out menu of color spaces exceeds the screen. Expected result - A scrollable menu of color spaces to choose from. Actual result -  the pop out menu of color spaces exceeds the screen, or instantly closes after opening unless holding mouse1. Screen recording –   Adobe After Effects version - 26.0 Operating system - MacBook Pro Apple m5 Tahoe 26.1 GPU driver version (Windows only) -  Video format -  Comparative information Only

Issue   -- Can’t use “Shift + \” as a keyboard shortcut for split comp viewer and lock without breaking the ability to type “|||||||||”  Steps to reproduce: ​​​​​​​Set New locked comp viewer to “SHIFT + \” New Type Layer Attempt to type the characters --- ||||   Expected result - Type layer takes precedent and types out |||||||. Actual result - Comp viewer splits many times.  Adobe After Effects version - 26.0.0 Operating system -MacOS 26.3.1 Video format - n/aWorkaround -- switch to default keyboard map so you can type properly or copy paste from another app…  

Issue - Cine4d Lite - Will Not Close with “Edit Close, or Clicking “Red X”. Only creates new project. Steps to reproduce - Open Cin4d Lite, create project, save, try to close Cin4d with “X” or Menu>Close. (It does close when right clicking on Icon in doc (Max OS)  Expected result - App Should Close? Actual result -  New Project Copy is Created   Adobe After Effects version - CC 26, Operating system - Osx Tahoe 26.3.1 Comparative information helps us understand more about when the issue occurs:  Only tested on One project Does it affect new projects?  When did the problem begin? First Try.  

I am unable to change the brush settings when using the RotoBrush or the Clone Stamp tool. All Brush options are completely greyed out. This is a consistent and repeatable bug for me. This bug exists when operating in Safe Mode.   There is a workaround – if I select the Paint Brush tool, adjust the brush size, and then switch back to RotoBrush or Clone Stamp, the brush options become adjustable again. It's annoying, but I could live with it, except sometimes switching between the two will cause AE to crash (the crash is not consistent, nor am I able to predictably repeat it).  It's a small bug, but a bug nonetheless.  I am using AE 25.5.0 build 4 on a M1 Max Macbook Pro with 64GB RAM running macOS 15.6 (Sequoia). 

Every now and then i’ll try to use lumetri on a jpg or footage in After Effects and i’ve seen it do destructive things to the footage or image. Today I added lumetri to a jpg on layer 2 and it stretched it out. see attached screenshots (“before” and “after” images below to see what I mean). so i precomped the jpg and then tried to apply lumetri and it immediately stretched out again. Not sure what is causing this but I’ve seen lumetri do weird stuff to my footage before. cant say how long i’ve noticed this issue. but i’ve stopped using lumetri altogether because of this issue surfaces a few times and now i just use colorista. I’m on After EFfecst 25.6.4 (build 3). Sometimes i have to hand off these projects to a company that isnt using 2026 so I have to use 2025. pretty sure ive seen this issue in other versions too. Mac oS Tahoe 26.3.1 (a). adding a simple lumetri filter to a layer should not be causing it do such wild things. hope this can be fixed.