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If this registry key is present in the system, then After Effects 25.4 crashes on startup:reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options" /v DevOverrideEnable /t REG_DWORD /d 1AE runs the Microsoft AI MachineLearning block from the ACR module. The Microsoft.AI.MachineLearning.dll library (c:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\File Formats\Microsoft.AI.MachineLearning.dll) has version 1.17. This library runs the onnxruntime.dll library. Without the DevOverrideEnable registry key, onnxruntime.dll version 1.17 is used (c:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\File Formats\onnxruntime.dll). With this registry key, onnxruntime.dll version 1.22 is used (c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2025\Support Files\onnxruntime.dll). Due to the large version difference, Microsoft.AI.MachineLearning.dll v1.17 and onnxruntime.dll v1.22 are incompatible. This leads to the above problem. In AE version 25.3.2, onnxruntime.dll v1.19 was

Hi, at the moment I am learning the basic principles of animation in AE, and I have encountered a problem. In any composition with animation that I have created, the CTRL+ALT shortcut for creating a bezier curve directly in the composition window does not work, and the "Move across time" button is also blocked, but as soon as I open other people's compositions, everything works. I don't quite understand what the problem could be, maybe someone  encountered something similar? Even the vertex transform tool works exclusively in the diagram editor.  I would be very grateful if anyone could help!  

I am having a problem where everytime I try to importat a Photoshop file as a Comp, it crashes.  I am import the same files as footage and they import fine.  It happens every time with all verisons of AE 22, up to 22.1.1.  The project it creates as a result of the crash as the comp created form the PS file, but nothing in it.   I have attached the crash warning.  anyone else seen this or found a solution?  My workaround it to importat each layer individually as footage.  Thanks,Scott

Hi there, the following behaviour has happened to me a few times the last days.I have an EXR Cryptomatte image sequence that works fine for the most part. The issue is that one specific frame shows black, as if the Cryptomatte effect is not affecting it.File size of that spefic frame is correct and it opens in photoshop normally -via Exr-IO pluging etc.AE, drivers, Windows and Mac (problem persists on both OS) are updated.Things I've tried:I imported that single frame -not as a sequence- and it works and acts fine (in fact I'm using this as the way to solve this issue, but it's a pain)I have tried replacing that frame with another one from the sequence (copied and renamed) and the problem persists -so it's not the actual frame it seems.Also tried with previous version of AE, problem persists.Thanks in advance for any help

Hey there! I'm trying to make an remake of this logo orbit/spin thing in After Effects.  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_FHOk2P6c Full video for example) First of all, is this an animation preset? If so where could i find it?If it's something custom, is there an tutorial for it? i don't know what it is called so i couldn't find it. How can i recreate it? I tried to make it by parenting the logo to null object and keyframing it in 3D Space but it's good and not even close to the one in example.

hello, I had some slider on a layer and have keyframes on it, and when I tried to stagger these keyframes.I didn't behave as I expected.You can watch the video to see the bug.Thank you!

This page lists solutions to common After Effects crashes.   First things first: Windows: Make sure your Windows build is 1903 or higher. More on Windows release information here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/ Mac OS permissions: A lot of launch and crash issues on Mac OS are due to bad permissions. Reset your Mac OS permissions for After Effects by following the steps given in this article: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/after-effects/kb/fixing-startup-permissions-problem.html After Effects system requirements: Make sure your computer meets the minimum requirements to run After Effects: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/after-effects/system-requirements.html   After Effects is stuck on the splash screen Take a closer look at the splash screen and check if the app is frozen while loading a specific plugin. Most of the time, it freezes on a third-party plugin and removing the plugin temporarily should fix the problem. However, if it is fro

Hi, I dnt understand something. I want a mask path (I masked a text) to follow a shape layer's path. so That I dnt need to create multiple keyframes. but the text mask path changes its position the moment I whip it with the rectangle's path keyframes. I want the animation to be same, red rectangle will reveal and simultaneously the text mask will reveal another text beneath (white text,) . so long I created keyframes for two layers. one rectangle path and the mask path. Then Suddenly I think why dnt I use expression. I can use expression to link one's path with another. right? But as usual I failed. 😣 please help me. please 😥 no way I can insert gif or any images. weird       

I've read multiple posts here over recent years complaining about the working performance when using .csv files and I'm still experiencing those issues in AE 25.0.1 (and AE 24.6.3 too). I inherited a project that is using some expressions to pull in the csv data into some essential graphics comps. The problem is so bad I'm about to scrap this entire project and rebuild it using an aescript plugin and not touch csv's again. Are there any other workarounds or updates coming soon that may help? My setup:Recent Windows 11 Intel/nvidia PC workstation that works perfectly in any other AE/C4D project. CSV (exported from a spreadsheet) that is less than 20kb. I don't touch or update the csv while AE is open. In the Essential Graphics comps my frame render time is around 200ms. In my main comp that has just that same EG comp and a precomp of the csv text data (that is freeze framed) has a frame render time of ~5 seconds. Performance in this project is generally slow (click and wait +1 seco

 I don't quite understand from which axes are the rotation values in the timeline panel of a 3D layer measured? I used to think that the Z rotation is measured from the normal vector of the layer, and X and Y rotations from the X and Y axes in the plane of the layer and mutually perpendicular to the normal vector. But this experiment (linked video) shows otherwise.In the experiment above, I changed the Y rotation value first, but upon changing the X rotation value the layer doesn't seem to rotate about the transformed X axes (which was transformed due to the Y rotation), rather it rotates about the X axes parallel to the comp's X axis. I'm certainly missing something.GPT told something like rotation values are calculated in an order. Always x first, y second, and then z, and that's the reason why the final result looks like this. That even though you've made the x rotation after the Y rotation it would still be calculated as x first then y. I sure can't trust that though.

Issue with the Radio Waves Effect — Not Showing on Screen in After EffectsDescription:Hi everyone, how are you?I’m facing a strange problem with the Radio Waves effect in After Effects.When I apply the effect to a solid, the solid becomes invisible and nothing shows on the screen (even with the Toggle Transparency Grid enabled to check).In the tutorial I’m following, when the effect is applied, the waves appear immediately on the screen, but nothing happens for me — it seems the effect simply doesn’t generate anything visible.What I’ve already tried:Changing the main parameters (Wave Type, Polygon with multiple sides, Stroke, Expansion, Frequency, Lifespan).Setting Stroke Opacity to high values.Switching the composition preview mode to Full Resolution.Adjusting Render Quality within the effect.Using solids of different sizes (200x200, 1920x1080).Clearing media cache and disk cache.Turning GPU acceleration on/off.Creating a new composition from scratch.Additional details:After Effects v

I cannot find a way to enlarge all the UI fonts in After Effect, I am getting blind with my new 4K resolution monitor... Any help?   Thank you Carlo   Mac Os and AE 24.4.1

 Issue - I created a new comp within a file to play around with video color. When I clicked back to the original composition, I got the error as seen in the screenshot. I cannot continue, and am essentially forced to close AE. Opening that comp at all results in the same error. Steps to reproduce - I am not sure what caused this issue. I updated AE, and had the issue out of nowhere. Adobe After Effects version - 25.4Operating system - Mac Sonoma 14.7.7Steps I have tried to fix Reverting back to an older version of AEOpening an older version of the file before the error happenedSent the file to another person, had them save it, then sent it back. Did not work.Restarted the computer after updatingTried deleting Comp 1 to only have the problem composition left.Tried deleting the last added files to the project. Tried opening with the caps lock onComparative information  I was able to complete another project without issues. But o

This was weird. I was trying to rememeber where to set my default output module, and while in Preferences > Output I noticed "Enable ProRes hardware accelerated encoding, if available." First off, Adobe, how about removing the "ifs" and instead only enable this option if hardware accelerated encoding is available? Is ProRes hardware encoding available on this computer? I don't know, but After Effects knows.  After enabling the option, I was told to restart After Effects.Upon relaunching After Effects, the app told me I was using Adobe products on other computers and that I needed to sign out of one of them first. It also offered me a link to click to manage my account. Ok, not true, but Ok... click the link but Safari warns the server does not exist. There seems to be a typo in the address it sent me to, there is no "accounts.adobe.com" Eventually I give up on the web site, because this machine I'm using *IS* activated, so I clicked Continue in After Effects (it

I’m experiencing a recurring issue with After Effects (v24.5 / 2025) on a brand new machine built for motion design and 3D. AE consistently freezes during preview after a few minutes — the interface remains responsive, but the preview image stays locked. No crash, no error message, no way to report the bug.🖥️️ My setup:GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti (Studio Driver)Power: 330W adapterRAM: [insert amount, e.g. 32 GB DDR5]OS: Windows 11 ProAE Version: 24.5 (2025 release)🧪 What I’ve already tried:Mercury GPU AND Mercury Software Only rendering modes (same result)Different AE versions, projects, and compositionsNo third-party pluginsClean cache & preferences resetUpdated NVIDIA drivers (Studio and Game Ready)Disabled all sync services, antivirus, background apps Observations:Preview freezes after several minutes regardless of project sizeRAM usage stays stable / doesn’t max outNo GPU or CPU spikes before freezeAE doesn’t detect this as a crash or bug, so no report is generated&

Hello Adobe staff. I have written a script in AE2025 that uses the app.scheduleTask method to switch icons in the listbox to achieve the effect of playing sequences. But when the listbox switches icons, the computer's memory keeps rising until it is full. If the sequence image is relatively large, or if there are many items in the listbox, this situation will be particularly obvious and severe. I think the problem is with the listbox. As long as the listbox displays images, the memory usage will accumulate and not be released. And the same script has no problem in versions below AE2025, and the memory is normal. My computer is a PC and uses the Windows 10 operating system. Hope Adobe staff can check this bug, thank you!

Hi All, I'm Using after effects 25.4.0 (win10). Turbulent Displace with amount set to 0 creates at glitch with some sort of memory dump (bad!)Quick temp fix:  set value to 0,0001  or any number that is not 0. Has anyone the same problem? /J  

Hi guys, I am hoping someone can help.I have the creative cloud suite and use these daily, but after effects seems to crash routinely, sometime within minutes, some times within about 45 minutes. This will then crash my entire machine, and while some functionality comes back eventually, I have to restart to be able to do anything useful. It always pops up with the same error about running out of memory, but having spoken to my internal IT team, the laptop is more than powerful enough to run this (HP ZBook Firefly G11, 32GB RAM), and i use to run it on a lesser machine perfectly fine. Is there any settings that might be causing this? I'm pulling my hair out! Thanks!Sam 

I'm trying to make a comp that is 1px wide for a slit scan type effect but the minimum seems to be 4px? I've never run into this before is this a known limitation?  

how to solve missing/black frame in after effects guys? Im editing 2k video clip with 1080p composition setting

After Effects warning: Undo group mismatch, will attempt to fix. Have reinstalled After Effects a number of times, and now have a new computer. IT support at work are baffled. This happens as a result of not being able to import files in the normal way (File> Import, double click the media browser, right click on media browser and import) This is not a continuous issue, when I first open AE, I am able to work as normal, import at normal. Only after importing a few different comps does this begin to happen. I am suddenly unable to import any type of file or media. It does not respond or react to opening a box to even begin browsing for what I wish to import. The only other way to import would be to drag and drop my desired media into the project. As a result, when attempting to edit key frames for that imported item, this error (as before) will appear, and all imported media will disappear. Any idea how on earth to fix this issue, or what else I can do? The work around I have at the

Issue with the Radio Waves Effect — Not Showing on Screen in After EffectsDescription:Hi everyone, how are you?I’m facing a strange problem with the Radio Waves effect in After Effects.When I apply the effect to a solid, the solid becomes invisible and nothing shows on the screen (even with the Toggle Transparency Grid enabled to check).In the tutorial I’m following, when the effect is applied, the waves appear immediately on the screen, but nothing happens for me — it seems the effect simply doesn’t generate anything visible.What I’ve already tried:Changing the main parameters (Wave Type, Polygon with multiple sides, Stroke, Expansion, Frequency, Lifespan).Setting Stroke Opacity to high values.Switching the composition preview mode to Full Resolution.Adjusting Render Quality within the effect.Using solids of different sizes (200x200, 1920x1080).Clearing media cache and disk cache.Turning GPU acceleration on/off.Creating a new composition from scratch.Additional details:After Effects v