After Effects

Hi guys, this questions seems stupid to ask but I for gods sake cannot make After Effects open in Full Screen on Mac.The window shows a green + instead of <> button, and the "view"/"enter full screen" option is greyed out. I'm on a 13 inch MacBook and obviously a visual program is unsuable if not opened in full screen.Cant find any articles on this so expect this is not a common issue:  

Hi guys, The Drop Shadow effect in my After Effects suddenly disappeared. I checked the Presets folder in my Mac and it is not in there. After Effects keeps telling me the preset is 'missing'. I'm using AE version 23.4 on an iMac with macOS Monterey. Does anyone have any idea what happened? I tied to re-install the AE app, but didn't help. That preset is still missing.  

I'm trying to replace just the xPosition property while retaining its yPosition for multiple layers.Current constructs are such that all selected layer's yPosition adopt the yValues from the first selected layer. The result is really strange and I'm wondering why would this be part of the product's design. If I wanted both X-Y position values to exactly that of another layer, I would copy paste that layer's position property - so, there's already an intuitive way to accomplish this. Hence, writing in/over just the xPosition value should allow for changing just the xPosition value. 

Hello,I've been working on a shot requiring me to isolate my subject from the green screen behind him. I chose to go with Rotobrush over keying the subject. I used the refine edge tool as well. In the middle of me finalizing this shot, my AE crashes on me giving me multiple error messages including "After Effects warning: Cant use the Roto Brush tool because the "Paint" effect plugin is missing. You may need to reinstall." Im very confused because I hadnt messed with any settings beforehand, I'm not using a third party plug in or anything, Roto brush was working fine, and then it just happened in the middle of me editing the shot. I've uninstalled and reinstalled twice now. I cant even open After Effects (Beta) or even open a project, the message shows up as soon as AE shows the startup screen. Help! 

I'm certain almost every user has seen the Missing Fonts dialog when opening an AEP -  So, today I said, enough of this crap - I'm going to get rid of this dialog. So ...How to RePro - 1 - in the Project Panel, input "Missing Fonts"2 - Project Panel displays comps that include one or more Text Layers with this "Missing Font"3 - Open each Comp and replace each instance of the font's use with a viable font. But you'll notice that each opened timeline displays only affected Text Layer(s).After completing the same task across all Comps I realize - DANG!!! How do I get back the layers? Shy Layer icon isn't in an enabled state. It seems like something at a lower level is hiding the layers unaffected by the "Missing Fonts".The only way I know (I think) how to get the other layers back into the timeline is to save-quit-restart. This is WILD! Hopefully this gets a quick fix - starting from the poorly thought Missing Fonts dialog which SHOULD include a list of the comps

Expected behaviour - if the same piece of footage is in the project twice, reduce to one instance for all uses.Current behaviour - 0 footage

Wel the titel says it all i guess: Is there a way to only render part of the timeline?

Hello, I want to use roto brush tool, but it doesn't work. When I choose roto brush tool and start selecting what I want, the whole video border turns purple, meaning the whole image is selected. I don't know what I need to do, to just select what I want. Any suggestions?

Every time I send something to process, and it finishes, I get this notification in CC. I haven't found anything to stop this particular notification, anywhere. Does anyone know how to deal with it? I don't want to disable notifications since some may be useful. Notifications are off inside After Effects. I'm using the latest version of CC and AE in macOS Sonoma 14.2.1, MacBook Pro 13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports.

It appears Expression Selectors have a bug with non-Latin scripts (Right to Left) like Arabic and Hebrew.   They don't render correctly on every frame, sometimes they're delayed, other times they're incorrect.   However, purging cache on each frame will render correctly. Also, sometimes it will seem to work fine, but then if you change or re-create the keyframes then the bug resurfaces.   In this example, the above text is animating correctly with a regular Range Selector, but the lower example is animating incorrectly with a simple Expression Selector driven by a slider.     Attached Project File for Reference.   (expression for reference) val = effect("Slider Control")("Slider"); if(Math.round(textIndex) == Math.round(val)) { [100, 100, 100]; }else{ [0, 0, 0]; }   Tested on: - AE 25.3.0 Build 71 - Windows 11

Hello there, it's my first time trying After Effects and I was trying to work my way around it. I managed to create some simple animations and it worked okay, but out of the blue, when I create shapes, I don't have the values on the right side, it only appears the pick the whip and it won't let me animate or do anything and I don't understand why I don't have any values when I create the shapes anymore, can you please help me out?  

Description I’m using an Alienware Area 51 system with an Intel Ultra 9 275 CPU, 64GB RAM, and an NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPU running on Windows 11.After Effects 2025 consistently crashes on startup when using the RTX 5090 GPU. However, when I force the app to use Intel integrated graphics via Windows Graphics Preferences, the application launches and functions correctly.I have tried:Clean reinstalling After Effects 2025Reinstalling NVIDIA drivers (latest Game Ready and Studio versions)Using the latest Windows updatesResetting preferences and pluginsDisabling hardware acceleration (when accessible)This issue affects both After Effects 2025 and Premiere Pro 2025, while other Adobe apps like Photoshop and InDesign work fine.This appears to be a critical compatibility issue between AE 2025 and RTX 5090 or its driver layer (likely CUDA-related), as it happens even on a fresh install with no projects loaded.Steps to Reproduce:Launch After Effects 2025 with RTX 5090 enabled as the GPU.Observe c

I was working on a project in After Effects 2025. I went out for lunch, came back to open the files and it just shows opening files dialog box but doesn't open the file. Tried all the methods that need to troubleshoot but no luck. Transferred the same files to another workstation, it opened at first and then the same thing repeats again. Any solution to this?

I hope someone could help because I'm at a loss with this problem.I had several versions of after effects installed (23/24/25). I was working in 25, all went well and suddenly there was a crash. Since that moment I'm not able anymore to open any of these AE versions anymore.When opening AE it freezes on "Initializing Media Core", it hangs and that's it.Things I tried so far:- removed all third party plugins- removed all files in the Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common map- uninstalled andn reinstalled all AE- even did the total Adobe clean up and installed everything again- but the problems is still there Needless to say this is really frustrating and stressfull because I have projects to deliver. I am a user of Adobe and after effects since 2001 (!) now, and I never experienced such a severe crash problem as this one. Adobe how on earth is this posssibe. So far my complaint, I hope someone can help me.I'm on Mac, M1, 15.1.1 (Sequoia). Updated a few days ago, maybe that

Please help. I've just rendered a video with some effects (shaking, twitching, coloring) and I guess messed with one layer. I've reversed one to make a transition . The reversed layer was with some color on it (effect like tritone you know) using a reversed turbulent displace either. So now I created a clearly new project, where's none of videos that I was using in the last, but on my preview page this one layer with color effect still stays like I added it to a timeline, but there's nothing! No one layer on it. And it renderers with this layer when didn't even add the file. Don't know how is it even possible. I'm sorry for my English, it's not my mother language. I can send video with the problem to a dm on insta/telegram/discord/twitter and stuff like these

I am rendering a 1 minute credit scroll with an mp4 of bloopers next to it in AE2025 v25.3.2 (build 2). See image attached. This should not take more than a couple minutes. Why is it taking 4½ hours? It was going so slowly I cancelled and used AME instead, but am getting the same render time. I am on Windows 10 with 32GB RAM, i9 11900KF processor @ 3.5GHz with a 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti card (it's an Alienware system). I don't recall such bizarrely slow render times in the past, especially for such a simple comp.

Update: Camera RAW version 13.0.1 has been released which takes care of this issue. Please ensure that your Camera RAW is updated to 13.0.1 to solve this issue.The latest release of Camera Raw (version 13) requires macOS 10.14 (Mojave) or later to work properly. Updating Photoshop will also update Camera Raw. If you are on macOS 10.13 and have updated Photoshop to the latest version, you might experience a crash at launch with the latest version of After Effects (v 17.5). To solve this issue, please install Camera Raw version 12.2.1 from this link.

Why are cryptomattes still so slow/unsuable in AfterEffects 2023? It's been 8 years since they're implementation. We have to use them on a daily basis for post-production work. We have to use Nuke and Fusion to extract the obj id's and then import them back into AfterEffects which is a really ineffective workflow.Unless I missed something, I can't see any update on the topic since 2018. Could members of the community please bump this to show Adobe this is priority feature to fix.Thanks

I have this composition which contains several squares. My idea was to create a mask that gradually reveals each square from a specific point. My plan was to use a simple circular mask, but I was wondering if there's an effect or an expression that can make each full square reveal instantly as soon as the mask touches it? or when the mask has covered the majority of a square. Thanks

Hello,I am experiencing a severe and persistent issue with my After Effects 2024 (v25.3.2) installation on Windows 11. The global JSON object is consistently undefined in ExtendScript, which prevents JSON.parse() from working.This is a fresh, clean installation performed just two weeks ago, and this is the first time AE has been used since.I have already tried the following troubleshooting steps:Ran a simple diagnostic script (typeof JSON, JSON.parse('{"key":"value"}')) - consistently reports JSON is undefined.Launched AE as Administrator - no change.Confirmed only Windows Defender is active; temporarily disabled it - no change.Performed a hyper-meticulous clean reinstallation of AE and Creative Cloud components (using Cleaner Tool option 16 - Clean All). The Cleaner Tool itself completed with errors ([Error 13] Access is denied, [Error 41] Directory not empty, etc. for various Adobe paths/files), suggesting locked files or deeper corruption. Even after this, JSON remains undefined.My

When I render any composition, Creative Cloud Desktop still pops a “Render Complete” notification even though I’ve disabled Render Queue notifications in Edit → Preferences → Notifications and turned off After Effects notifications in the Creative Cloud app.Open After Effects 25.3.2 on MacOS Sequoia 15.5Go to Edit → Preferences → Notifications and un-check Render Queue notifications.In Creative Cloud Desktop → Account Icon → Preferences → Notifications, disable all app notifications.Create a new comp (any settings) and add it to the Render Queue.Click Render and wait for the render to finish.No Creative Cloud Desktop notification should appear, because both relevant notification toggles are off (see screenshots) but Creative Cloud Desktop still shows a “Render Complete” toast/badge the moment the render finishes.But whyyyy?

I need the offline installer for after effects 2021 on my windows 11 pc, in order to get plugin compatibility. As it isn't available using the creative cloud desktop app, I contacted adobe support and they said it's discontinued and they don't have the link. Does anyone have the installation link?

I have a 2TB SSD for cache, currently only 400MB is being used and After Effects warns me that I'm running out of space, what's happening?I'm worried, I've already deleted the temporary files and the same notification keeps popping up.  

Hello all,  Okay,   So this is an issue with After effects 2025 and Element 3d, the Video CoPilot Plugin.     I have been expereincing multiple crashes when using the plugin in a project.  After Effects will always fail to close and will need to have the task ended via Task Manager.    Then upon reopening AE, it will prompt with the Safe Mode/Reset Prefrences options and then once the project has been reopened Element 3d will be "missing" and I would then have to close the app out again (Which closes without crashing) and reopen it to proceed working in the file normally.   The second possible crash I experience usually happens (not always) when I open up a file browser or navigate outside of the app.   The whole Operating Software will freeze up and after about 30-60 seconds all screens will go black and I recieve two error messages (included below)  forcing me to close the App and go through the same proc

I'm using an Apple Mac Studio with M1 Max and 64gb of memory. Also using After Effects 25.2.2. I have a reset my preferences and made sure project link was checked in my quicktime prores 422hq output. Despite this, I cannot "edit original".  The video defaults to quicktime player instead of After Effects. As you already know, this is something we use all the time.  Any ideas of what to do next? thanks in advance, tom   Title edited by Mod.