After Effects

Adobe After Effects 25.2 will pop up an error message when starting, Windows 11 system. After the error message is turned off directly, it does not affect the loading and use of the software. I disabled all the plug-ins and plug-ins, and the problem still exists, and the error message will also appear when starting in safe mode, excluding the problem of plug-in incompatibility. The old version of the software can work normally.It should be noted that there will be no error when starting from Adobe Creative Cloud, but if it is started from a shortcut, or even running AfterFX.exe directly from the software installation directory, an error will still appear. The dll file mentioned in the error message exists. The error message is as follows: After clicking the OK button, the software will continue to load until the loading is complete. As shown in the figure:    

Can someone tell me why is this app so crazy slow? I cant even play one simple 4k video smoothly in timeline. FX3 or Mavic 3 footage. Even when I play it in quarter resolution...Everything is set right, new drivers. It is totally unusable! GeForce RTX™ 3080Intel core i9-13900FNVMe disc96 GB RAM 

So im trying to create 3D shape layers using advanced 3D. But everytime I switch from classic 3D to advanced 3D my shape layer becomes invisible. But when I switch back to Classic 3D or Cinema 4D it becomes visible again. I've been trying to look for solutions but cant find one. How can I fix this advanced 3D issue?

I can't open After Effects anymore. I keep getting an STD::EXCEPTION error and then the posted error.  I've copied the crash log below:Log file created: Fri May 2 19:18:48 2025-------------------------------------------Ticks = 1 <24133> <AppVers> <5> App Version = 25.2.2x2 releaseTicks = 1 <24133> <AppDirs> <5> App Dir = /Applications/Adobe After Effects 2025/Adobe After Effects 2025.app/ContentsTicks = 1 <24133> <AppDirs> <5> Executable Dir = /Applications/Adobe After Effects 2025/Adobe After Effects 2025.app/Contents/MacOSTicks = 1 <24133> <AppDirs> <5> Resources Dir = /Applications/Adobe After Effects 2025/Adobe After Effects 2025.app/Contents/ResourcesTicks = 1 <24133> <AppDirs> <5> Package Dir = /Applications/Adobe After Effects 2025Ticks = 1 <24133> <AppDirs> <5> Plugin Dir = /Applications/Adobe After Effects 2025/Plug-InsTicks = 1 <24133> <AppDirs> <5&g

Hello everyone, I have never been able to open After Effects on my Mac because there is a problem with the CEP suite. I have tried everything but nothing works.If you know what to do please ! I keep having these 3 messages :"After Effects cannot continue: Unable to load the Common Extensibility Platform (CEP) suite. You may need to perform a fresh installation.""We detected a crash during your last session. Crashes can potentially be caused by faulty plugins or corrupted preferences. We recommend starting a session in Safe Mode to diagnose the issue. During a Safe Mode session, default preferences are used and third-party effect plugins may be disabled.""After Effects cannot continue: An unexpected error has occurred and After Effects will now shut down. Make sure you have the appropriate permissions to launch After Effects and read/write access to the After Effects Preferences folder. If you received other error messages before this one, please review them and resolve them if possible

I've found a bug in the expressions which breaks some functionnalities in Duik (so it's a big problem and I can't find any workaround)The value of `layer.outPoint` is not updated when the layer is a precomp which has been trimmed 1. Create a long comp "A", let's say 10s2. Add it into another comp, "B"3. Add an expression to any property using the layer "A" outPoint, just throw the value or display it on a text layer for example. I used this in the sourceText property: var l = thisComp.layer("A"); "Layer outPoint: " + l.outPoint;4. Trim or change the duration of precomp "A"The value of the outPoint should change, but it does not5. Edit the outPoint of the layer "A" (cut it), now the value of the outPoint is updated and it's the right one. Here's a GIF to show the issue  I have attached the project, as it is just after having trimmed the precomp, with the wrong value shown in the text layer. I've searched a workaround but found nothing, the issue persists af

i want to edit on after effects 2023 but I can't get the version and I was told that a empolyee can send you a link for the 2023 version so i was wondering if i could get the link

I've looked for possible ways to download the 2021 version but I can't, could someone help me?

For some reason after effects is causing a few of my clips to  become corrupted despite the original source being fine (image attached). This issue then carries on through to the render and i have no idea why. Can anyone help, many thanks.

Hello everyone,When I am trying to open After Effects I get this screen. All Options are Greyed out. I spoke with Adobe Customer support and the told me that is Microsoft Issue because the program Opens correctly when I use another account. Anynone that has the same issue?

How bad is this software ?RTX 5090, Ryzen 9950x, 128g of RAM and your software goes to flame when showing a waveform.Mp3 or aiff, doesn't matter. 15 years I'm in motion design and it still happening.Is there a way to fix it or do we have to wait for your team to finally splash the cash on developers and remade this software from scratch ? 

I'm trying to refine a mask on a difficult footage, but now the mask is having a weird behaviour while working on it. Suddenly some keyframes of the mask turned black, while others flips the image. I tried modifying the keyframe a little bit by moving mask point one pixel and then it "updates" and "refresh", but then other keyframes started to do the same.  Working on latest After Effects, under:NVIDIA system information report created on: 06/18/2025 13:01:31NVIDIA App version: 11.0.4.148Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Single Language, Version 10.0.26100DirectX runtime version: DirectX 12Driver: Studio Driver - 576.52 - Mon May 19, 2025CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13620HRAM: 16.0 GBStorage (2): SSD - 953.9 GB,SSD - 3.6 TBGraphics cardGPU processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPUDirect3D feature level: 12_1CUDA cores: 3072Graphics clock: 2250 MHzMax-Q technologies: Gen-5Dynamic Boost: YesWhisperMode: NoAdvanced Optimus: NoMaximum graphics power: 120 WMemo

I recently learned how to do a green screen replacement on AE using Mochae, it worked really well the first few times. It's super easy and efficient.BUT!Since then I haven't been able to save any new tracking data, I updated AE to the latest version, still doesn't work. On the right part of the screen I see the loading info saying "Saving 2%" and it disappears right away, failing.I really need to submit my video edit and make the green screen replacement!!!! Please help. I don't know what's wrong!

When I export a transparent video from After Effects, the .mov Quicktime file isnt playable. Here's what I'm doing:In AE ...File > Export > Add to render queueFormat = QuicktimeChannels = RGB + AlphaVideo codec = Animation When I try to preview the .mov file, I get an error message that says "The file isn’t compatible with QuickTime Player." Any ideas?

I can't find my previous post, maybe it was deleted?I have reported problems with deactivating an old CS6 license and have already tried everything possible. it seems to be because it no longer works with Win 7.So would an upgrade to Win 8 be a solution or would it have to be 8.1?The whole thing is strange, because there must be a solution if the PC breaks down, right?

 i have a new pc and when i try to run ae it opened but when i click new project it dos't work and give me this messsage my pc 5070 and core i5 14600 with 32gb ram 

Hello,I was using CC 2018 with no issues, everything was working fine. But for the new cool features i wanted to upgrade to CC 2020. But I couldn't even try it because I can't import any kind of file. Each time it says"Could not read from source. Please check the settings and try again. (86 :: 1)"And then "this .xx file is damaged or unsupported"These files work well with CC 2018 but CC 2020 doesn't accept them, tried different video formats, different codecs but it just keeps saying that. Solution provided here https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/ae-cc-error-86-1/td-p/9376397?page=1 didn't work also. What should I do? Is there something wrong with the installation of AE? Thanks in advance. 

Hi Everyone,I'm building a custom CEP panel for Adobe After Effects 2025 (v25.3) and facing an issue when executing .jsx scripts via csInterface.evalScript().On the first run after launching After Effects, when I click a button that triggers a script from the Scripts/ folder, I get the following error: Unable to execute script at line 5. Expected: ;Strangely, after dismissing the error popup, the script still runs correctly. And on all subsequent clicks (until AE is restarted), the script executes with no error.Why does this error only occur on the first execution after launching After Effects? 

i'm new to after effects and i want to render my composition. everything looks perfect when i preview in timeline but while rendering the clips i'm stuck with this error.please help

I am curently using a Mac, whenever I open After Effects(2024), the Menu Bar at the top disappears. The menu bar comes back when I click on other softwares or even the desktop, but quickly disappears when I go back to after effects, which is troublesome since I want to go to the Windows, Effects, and other tabs only available on the Menu Bar. Is there a way to fix this problem?

Hi!Is there a way to set matte on layer with expression?

How can I remove the black man walk through the camera in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfsfp2T14zoat 0:17 to 0:19The black area occupied too much area, but the rest of the frames do not change much.