After Effects

Dear Adobe Teams,Working through the After Effects SDK's (2019) Smart Render pattern, and the sample code leaves the ownership/lifetime of pre_render_data genuinely ambiguous.In PF_Cmd_SMART_PRE_RENDER (SDK/Examples/Effect/R_O_I/R_O_I.cpp, ~line 201):cppextra->output->pre_render_data = new ROI_RenderInfo();ROI_RenderInfo infoP = reinterpret_cast<ROI_RenderInfo>(extra->output->pre_render_data);if (!infoP) {    err = PF_Err_OUT_OF_MEMORY;} else {    // ...infoP fields get filled in here...}Then in PF_Cmd_SMART_RENDER (~line 392), the same data comes back through extra->input:cppinfo.we_care_about_alphaB = (static_cast<A_Boolean>(extra->input->pre_render_data));That's the entire lifecycle shown in the sample. I checked the whole file for delete, free, or any assignment to output->delete_pre_render_data_func — there is none. The struct allocated with new in PreRender is read once in SmartRender and then never explicitly disposed anywhere in this 400+ lin

I've been having this problem lately where After Effects gets stuck at the end of a render, without ever finishing it; but at the same time, when I check the render folder, it has finished the render. I always work in image sequences, so when some render breaks it's not usually a problem, but this has happened multiple times now and with some semi-simple renders, so it's strange. Here's a screenshot of the render queue I left last night:As you can see, the render queue got stuck at the end of the very first render. However, when I went to check the render folder, my surprise is that it seemed done: all the frames were there, with their corresponding information, the sizes were correct and they looked fine. So that's the most strange part. Even though After Effects said only 397 frames were processed, I found the whole 419 of them. And again, this has happened multiple times in the past few days. Any ideas why? Anyone experienced something similar in the past? How di

Hi,I followed your recommendation and moved the Camera Raw.8bi plugin file out of the following folder:C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\File Formats\After moving the plugin, After Effects 2025 (25.1.0.68) launches and runs normally without any startup crashes.Based on this result, it appears that the issue is related to the Camera Raw plugin rather than After Effects itself.Could you please confirm whether, as a temporary workaround, it is preferable to:Keep the original microsoft.ai.machinelearning.dll (1.24.4.0) and onnxruntime.dll (1.24.4) versions installed and simply move/remove the Camera Raw.8bi plugin, orContinue using the older 1.17 versions of microsoft.ai.machinelearning.dll and onnxruntime.dll, which also prevent the crash?Since disabling Camera Raw allows After Effects to launch successfully while keeping the Adobe-provided DLL versions unchanged, I would prefer this approach if it is considered the safer and officially recommended workaround.Could you also

Hi there,I have a problem with my After Effects project. Whenever I move forward or back in the timeline, this error message comes up. I can not work properly on the file anymore, but I urgently need to export some plexus effects as SVGs and work in it. Can someone help me how to fix the mistake?Regards Stephan

When I export any video in After Effects, regardless of the composition settings, frame rate, resolution, or quality, the render consistently freezes one frame before the 1-second mark. The only workaround I've found is exporting as an image sequence, but there is an additional issue with audio synchronization, and it is corrupted. Standard video exports freeze every time, while renders sent through Adobe Media Encoder (AME) complete successfully. I've already tested different compositions, export settings, frame rates, and quality levels, but the issue remains the same. Any assistance in diagnosing why After Effects stops rendering at the same point on every export would be greatly appreciated. PS: I’m using the latest version of After Effects on my Apple M4 Max with 48 GB of RAM.

Hi! Where can I download the After Effects installer for macOS Catalina 10.15.8? I believe After Effects version 17.5 should be compatible. Thanks!

Is it possible to bring srt files to after effects as editable separated text layers? In other words, I want to reverse this progress on this video: https://youtu.be/GLSFtuBUWmI      

This is an issue I've begun experiencing this year.  I'm praying someone can help me.<IMAGE ATTACHED TO OUTLINE ISSUE> SUMMARY:I will create and work on simple projects that use a combo of JPGs, mp4s or MOV assets.  AE will operate fine.  Renders will be fine.  Everything will be fine. ..But without fail, days/weeks/months later, I will go to open one of these projects and be met with an infinite loop of pop-up messages  Each pop-up will appear one after another, and they will say the same thing for each asset in my library  1) "AE error: File Exists, but couldn't be opened."and then2)"AE Warning: Unable to open ____. If the file is open in another application, closing it may solve the problem." ...I will spend minutes clicking OK for each of these pop-ups, but they never stop.  Eventually I will always have to force-quit after effects. I know it could be a number of things, but I'm most confused by the fact that th

Hello!! I have to make a video template that features a single line of text which repeats using an echo effect and moves along a frame, similar to what the Montreal Victoire did for their goal videos as seen here. Because I’ll have to make about 30 of these videos and the text that needs to travel along the path will be different lengths, I set up a separate comp to use as a parent layer with an expression to scale text in that comp to its width (in this case, 200px), so I would only have to set up the number of echoes/delay between echoes one time. I tried using the expression “comp("Dynamic Text (player names)").layer("Player Name").transform.scale;” in my main composition to adjust the text moving along the path to match this scale, but this changes the scale of the path the text is travelling along as well. Is there an expression I can use to scale the text, but not the mask/mask path it’s travelling along? Alternatively, is there a way for me to have text move along a path in this

Look at this image I got a problem the whole creen become black sovle it if anyone known

Hey! I've been using After Effects 2024 for a while, and it's worked the best with slim to none crashes. I recently reinstalled it as in wasn't opening until it didn't let me reinstall it anymore. Hopefully someone would be able to help me install it as I've tried AE 2025 and 2026 yet they both crash alot and my computer cannot handle it!

I applied a Lumetri color effect to a clip in my comp and it caused the image to stretch (as if I had distorted the horizontal size of the image). I toggled the effect on and off and the stretching disappears when toggled off. I removed the effect and reapplied, nothing. Restarted After Effects, nothing. Tried another clip from the shoot, no problems. I've had this, and other small bugs, appear randomly when using the Lumetri Color effect. Is there something that I'm missing or is this a known bug with After Effects CC 2017?