After Effects

Sometimes, you want to sample post-expression values and then change the interpolation between them.The way to do that, is by baking the whole work-area of the comp, and then selecting the keyframes you want, which isn’t great.The best way to be a thing to only place the post expression value as a keyframe, I know that this thing is easy to be done using scripting, but having this as a built-in feature would be great!I recommend a shortcut to be: Ctrl + ‘Click on the Stop-watch’.If you like the idea, please upvote it!

I would like to request support for morph target animation (also known as shape keys or blend shapes) when importing GLB/glTF files into After Effects.Use Case:In common 3D workflows (e.g. Blender → GLB → After Effects), character animation often combines:Armature (bone-based) animation for body movement Morph target (shape key) animation for facial expressions (e.g. blinking, mouth movement)Currently, After Effects imports and plays armature animation correctly, but does not play morph target animation, even when it is properly included in the GLB file.Expected Behaviour:When importing a GLB file containing morph target animation:Shape key animation should be recognized and played alongside armature animation Morph target keyframes should be evaluated over time, similar to how they function in Blender or other glTF viewers Ideally, morph target channels could be exposed for further control within After EffectsActual Behaviour:GLB imports successfully Armature animation plays correctly

By default, Layer Markers are locked to layer - it will be good to have options for -  - lockedToLayer - and lockedToTime This will be great for music/VO spotting. And there should be a visual difference in the Timeline - perhaps something similar to the small strip at the start/end of a layer stem that demarcates its true start/end.  

Layer & Comp Markers provide critical Timeline navigation instruments but they can clutter the timeline and even worse, inadvertently cover/hide layer in-outpoints or Work Area start/end points. Being able to control the transparency of the Container/Icon and the comment separately will be really good while also giving the app a modern look. Their settings can be placed in the Labels Prefs Dialog with 20% being the lowest, allowed selection to prevent ‘accidents’. 

For Rectangles, we can define corner roundness, but, unfortunately for Polystars, this is not available. The Polystar features ‘Roundness’ which is nice, but something else. (add that to Rectangle!)

Proportional scrubbing and offset don’t work for properties and keys inside shape groups. Which is a shame. I use shapegroups if I don’t want to clutter my timeline or when I want to use one compound shape layer as a matte. Often these contain animated properties that would benefit mucho from the new proportional offset and scrubbing behavior. I guess this could benefit you too!

I’m not very impressed with the new format. Precise dates are missing from older posts, many of my replies, and conversations are not visible. I don’t care for the partial image preview when you share images or screenshots.The create a post system requires way too many steps to create a thread, and the Category section requires a bunch of scrolling when creating a new post, and the options are not in alphabetical order. More clicks, more scrolling, and it’s not as easy to find threads you were working on. Still needs more work. I know this post is not about After Effects, but I can't find a category for the forum… There used to be one.

It is very inconvenient to call up hidden tools by holding the mouse. Calling the panel menu is perfectly implemented in Photoshop, also perfectly in Illustrator - right-click on the top and immediately see the list of available tools. Why can't it be the same in AE, Premiere? This holding is a very inconvenient action. And also when you start learning other programs, and again have to get used to a different way of calling this menu.Let's vote in a friendly way and ask to add the ability to call this menu as it is in most normal programs, through the right mouse click. I hope this will get where it needs to go. Thank you.

When I merge two clips, one a wav and the other a video with bad audio track, the new merged clip always has two separate audio tracks instead of one. Can we get this as an option please?

Hi! I have a request to create sticky layers, so I can for instance stick Solid and Adjustment layer to the main video and it will resize together!You might say - just precompose them, but I like to keep them under control and not having 20 comps in one.PLease support me on this, because I am always bumping into microframes sticking out here and there.

When I click Time Stretch in AE I put in 50% to speed upt the clip to X2.In Premiere Duration I have to put in 200% to do the same thing.Could you please make it the same for both apps, because it is distracting and confusingThanks

Often while writing an expression, I'll need to refer to a property that isn't currently visible. In this case, I have to leave the expression editor to twirl down properties, and then have to open the expression editor again and find where I left off (and potentially have to resize the editor again).   It would be helpful, while the expression editor is active, to be able to hold down a key (eg. Alt), allowing the user to interact with other parts of the UI without closing the editor.

Currently, if you’re pickwhipping and you need to access a property that’s hidden, then you need to stop pickwhipping, open up the property, and then pickwhip again.It would be helpful to be able to hold a designated key to temporarily suppress the pickwhip, allowing you to interact with the UI (eg. twirl open properties, unshy layers, or open another comp), before continuing to connect the active pickwhip.The above is an example for the expression pickwhip (where this would be most useful), but this would also be applicable to layer pickwhips and matte pickwhips (eg. if you need to unshy layers).

We mock up tweets, Instagram and Facebook posts daily for our newsroom and color emoji fonts simply don't work in AE. We have to go find each individual emoji as a PNG, import it manually and sync it up with our text animation.Having emoji support would be a big deal for us. And I'd argue it's necessary in today's social media obsessed world!

Hi everyone, I need a new expression to find a specific word in a sentence and apply another style to it. best regardFabrice

Alignment is so essential in After Effects such as Align Left, Right, Center, Bottom, etc but till this now they don’t have shortcuts ! Assigning custom keyboard shortcuts to these functions is crucial for speeding up our workflow like adobe illustartor  Any idea if this will be implemented sooner?

Stop adding new features until you fix the bugs and make AE work reliably 

There doesn't seem to be any way to make audio editable in a mogrt, would be great to be able to do things like link audio levels to a checkbox to make it possible to enable/disable through the Essential Properties etc.   Currently manipulating audio with Essential Properties appears to be impossible

Property panel is great when dealing with complicated and nested shape layers.But adding fills, strokes, rectangles, or modifiers like merge paths, offset paths needs you to go in the timeline.It will be really easier if there was an ‘add’ bottom in the Properties panel, then what you choose to be added is added to the selected properties!My Request:Adding ‘Add’ button to the Properties panel for adding special shape groups like the one beside the ‘Content’ property group.How it will help my workflow:It is very helpful when dealing with complex shape layer and stylize them!Upvote if you like the Idea!Property panel 

Often rendering social media files with safe area guide layer that would be nice to not see when playback

Currently, the only way to prevent accidental spatial movement of a layer is to use the global "Layer Lock." However, this prevents all other interactions (trimming, adding effects, color grading, or adjusting masks).In workflows like conforming, color grading, or technical compositing, we often need to ensure a layer remains at its exact coordinates without freezing the entire layer. A simple accidental press of an arrow key or a "click-and-drag" in the Composition window can create sub-pixel shifts or black edges that are hard to spot until the final QC.Proposed Solution Individual Property Locking: Add a "lock" icon next to the Transform group in the Timeline. Clicking it would disable any spatial changes (Position, Scale, Rotation, Anchor Point) while keeping the layer selectable and editable for effects. Visual Indicator: A small lock icon visible next to the "Transform" text when the layer is unrolled. Preferences: Add a setting in Preferences > General to "Auto-lock Trans

please go back to the old UI when it comes to opening saved projects. When I click the project on my coputer it should just to open. Skip the homepage, just open the project. Premiere does this, why does AE have this extra unnecessary step? 

More than ever, motion design projects need to work across different aspect ratios, typically 1920×1080px (standard for 16:9 videos) and 1080×1920px (for Instagram and TikTok videos). Adding a simple composition orientation button — similar to the one already available in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign — would greatly improve the composition creation workflow.

It would be great to be able to collect a project from the Commandline. It would be great to collect data from a project to a json file without having to pop open the UI for the app. It would be great to be able to swap media without having to save out and string parse an .aepx file.How would one automate this?aerender already works headlessly, but is not useful for anything other than rendering.That’s my human request. I’ll attach my AI one here for the bots:  ---  Summary  After Effects lacks a documented, reliable command-line interface for headless script execution. This is a significant barrier to integrating After Effects into professional VFX pipelines, where every other  major DCC application provides this capability as a first-class feature.  ---  The Problem  In a VFX production pipeline, artists work across multiple applications — Nuke, Maya, and Houdini — that are managed by pipeline tools responsible for:  - Opening projects and collecting metadata (shot info, asset refere

I would like a feature that allows me to import zip file sequentially numbered files into After Effects without unzipping them.