After Effects

I have a lot of text layers. I have two expressions working but they're not working together. col = 0;row = index - 1;sl = thisComp.layer("CNTRL").effect("Text Size")("Slider");txt = footage("Use Cases.csv").dataValue([col, row]);text.sourceText.style.setFontSize(sl); So, if this expression ends with the "style.setFontSize" command, then it ignores the text that it pulls from the CSV and defaults to the set sourcetext. But if it ends with "txt" then it pulls in the proper text from the CSV, but I have no control over the Font Size. How can I get these two commands working together?  I've tried all sorts of rearranging. ChatGPT suggested this: USC = text.sourceText instanceof TextDocument ? text.sourceText : new TextDocument("");USC.text = txt;USC = style.setFontSize(sl);USC but I don't know what it's referencing thinking that this is viable. The "instanceof" and "new" commands aren't something I've ever been aware of and they're definitely not wo

Dragging a file from the Project window and unto the Project window's file viewer/file information area doesnt move the selected file to the top of the hierarchy as it used to do. This was really useful when managing comples project with many files and folders, instead of having to drag a file from a folder all the way to the bottom of the project windows list to be able to drop it at the top of the hierarchy. 

Hi,Not a new problem, but I thought I’d report it now. When the Properties panel is open, dragging keyframes and layers becomes really laggy – especially with text layers. The more properties are shown in the panel, the worse the lag gets. If I close the panel, the lag dissapears immediately. (see attached video)It would be great if this could be fixed someday. A slow UI is the reason I don’t use the Properties panel and stick to the "old" Character panel instead — which is a pity. Specs:After Effects 25.2.2Windows 11 Home (23H2)Core i7-12700K128 GB RAMGeForce RTX 4080

I'm at a loss trying to figure out what's happening.  I'm using the latest version of AE (25.3) After Effects has been working fine just last night, then all of a sudden, I noticed opening up dialogue boxes were leading to these black square pop-ups: If I do this while I have a project open, it will often crash, usually without an error message.  Sometimes it will emit a message like this: After Effects error: Crash in progress. Last logged message was: <7356> <DBSync> <5> BEE_ThreadedRenderUpdateQueue::Render_DeserializeFullProject ZANZIBAR-2: old=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, new=56c585a5-568f-4f08-96fd-f07fefa5723e, new-ts=21748 After Effects can’t continue: sorry, After Effects has crashed. For After Effects Help and Support, go to http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_support. If you still can’t resolve the issue, please contact Adobe Technical Support (2). ( 0 :: 42 ) Things I've done so far:-Restarted Computer.-Reinstalled A

I recently updated to the 25.2 version and I'm now having an issue which I never had previosuly with any other version.  I'm using the below. Hardware:Mac Mini M2Apple M2 chip8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores10-core GPU16-core Neural Engine100GB/s memory bandwidthOS: Sequoia 15.5 The issue is when I updated After Effects intially to 25.2 it ran perfectly but when I close down my Mac for the day and restart it th next day and launch After Effects 25.2 I get these issues. (see attached below) So I uninstalled and waited for an updated version 25.2.2. figuring the issue would be resolved but nope. Same issue with 25.2.2. Works after intial install but the next day the same re-occurring issue. I have done every posted possible fixes and always the same outcome, I'm not even able to launch in "Safe Mode" at all.  There is no "Error Log" produced as it doesn't even open the program. Does anyone know why this is happening o

Once I hit the spacebar the sequence keeps playing over and over and won't stop, even when Ihit the space bar or click on other parts of the project panel. I tried updating the application and it stopped for a bit but now it's still happening. Not sure what to else I can do. 

Buenos días, tengo problemas a la hora de aplicar efectos en alguna capa ya sea 2d o 3d. Le aplico a una capa un efecto pero no se ve, es decir modifico los parametros pero no hay cambios en la capa, por ejemplo aplico en una capa 2d efecto de resplandor para simular una luz y no se aplica. Probe descargando versiones anteriores a la de 2025 pero no logro encontrar una solucion. Me esta dificultando mucho ya que me inpide hacer trabajos y me limita a la hora de crear. Si alguien sabe que puede ser, gracias

These are precomps made from 23.976 fps footage. It looks fine at first, but once I restart After Effects, the timing becomes incorrect as shown below.This issue has existed since at least 2023, and likely earlier, but I only started using After Effects in 2022, so I can’t say for sure. Version of the app: 2025.3Platform and OS version: Windows 23H2Basic steps to reproduce the problem: Precomp a 23.976 fps clip in a 60 fps comp, save the project, then restart After Effects.

Why does my PC automatically restart while working in After Effects and Premier Pro?

I urgently need to us After effects 2025 but it will not open. My device meets the requirments to use After effects and all of the other adobe apps I have work fine e.g illustrator,photoshop,Premier pro but one day after effects stopped working. This was nearly 2 months ago The splash screen will load then disapper or The splash screen will glitch and not allow me to close it meaning I have to use task manager to close it - photo of the second outcome attached.  It gives me options to start in safe mode or reset prefernces but none of these options work and I do not have any plugins installed  I have repeatedly uninstalled and reinstalled and even updated to the latest version v25.2.2 However even switching to older versions does not work. Here are my system specs - Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz 2.80 GHzInstalled RAM 20.0 GB (19.8 GB usable)System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor I have even tried

so, I made a 20 seconds video, 1920x1080  I don't use any heavy effects, it is one of the "heaviest" effect and that's it. in the beginning, media encoder wrote 1-2 minutes as estimated time for render, but it's taking like 1 hour or more..  I built this PC for HEAVY Adobe use, PLEASE help 

I'm trying to set my font to Trade Gothic Next LT Pro Bold. The text is "1. Touchscreen". The 1 is acting so bizarre. It will change to any weight of the font except for Bold or Heavy. Even if I have all of the text selected and change it all to Bold, the number is the only character that will not change. (screenshots attached) And it's just those two weights. It will change to any other weight in the list. I've even tried typing the number in the middle of the word, and it will either switch to the default text (Myriad Pro) or the previous weight I used. And it's just the number 1. I tried typing all the other numbers, and it only switches font when I type the 1. (Screenshot attached) After Effects 25.2.0 (Build 131)iMac Sequoia 15.3.2  

So I'd been using after effects 2022 dor about 2 years now and had no issues with it. However I decided i wanted to try newer versions of after effects so I installed the 2023 version to see what new features I was missing out on.  Come to find out, one of the most important thing that i use on a daily basis had a key component missing. The 3d Camera was missing the pick whip that I would use to parent it to a null object. Without it, after effects is basically useless to me, I cant work without the 3d camera and a null object.  I've tried parenting the camera's individual position to the null but the point of interest would'nt be parented to anything so it would just be stuck there. I've also tried using the camera by it self but since I cant seperate the dimensions on the point of interest I could not animate it properly.  I don't want to go back to the 2022 version as I'd already installed the 2023 versions of every plugin that I need and they all have amazi

Hey everyone, my rotoscope was working for a second, then just completely stopped.  I know the basics of AE, so I'm sure I must have clicked something wrong.  Basically, I will start using my roto brush tool (see image below): And when I try to go around a fully highlight the subject, the roto brush tool doesn't connect/isolate the subject in pink like it's suppose to.  It just shuts off and goes back to normal like this (see image below):  I'm sure there is an easy fix or something I might be doing wrong!  Can anyone help please!?!  I've been trying to fix this for 2 days.  I cleared my cache, shut down and restarted a billion times.  Any suggestions or thoughts?  Thanks for any info in advance!  🙂 

Hello,I am facing the below error message while installing Bodymovin Plugin in after effects.I would be very helpfull if anyone knows the solution to fix it.

Tutorial showing how to take advantage of the Advanced 3D Renderer to add a ring to world. You’ll learn how to: Build a procedural ring using Fractal Noise and Polar Coordinates Add fake shadows and lighting that respond to your scene (older versions of AE, not needed for the latest release) Use CC Particle World to simulate rock-filled space rings Create realistic shadow interactions between your ring and planet (older versions of AE, not needed for the latest release)   This video builds on my earlier tutorial, where I showed how to create your own planets directly in After Effects, building up the textures and exporting them to use with a 3D wavefront OBJ file. Following on from that project, we now get to take advantage of the planet being in 3D space by adding a 2.5D comp of a ring system and have it loop around our sphere. But if you want to go further and depict the rocks that make up the rings, then I also demonstrate how to use the included CC Particle World to create

Specs: Mac Studio M1 max, 64GB, Ventura 13.0.1 I am running into a strange issue with a few files I got from Motion Array. The files are a variation of 3D renders exported as Mp4s and MOVs that I am using for some green screen backdrops and overlays. The original files have no artifacts, or glitches but once I bring them into After effects they are unusable. I have also tried rendering them to prores 422 using media encoder, but the artifacts appear in the renders. I thought I found my issue here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/footage-glitch-in-both-after-effects-and-premiere/td-p/10317417  Unfourtnately none of the fixes suggested worked, the anything enabling mercury acceleration helped with reducing the artifacts. Any suggestions would be amazing. 

In premiere pro, I have a lot of video one after the other. I want to make a transition between each of them (the same transition each time). Th transition is quite complex for Premiere, so I want to create a mogrt in after effects. So in AE, I have two video layer. But I need to be able to change the start time of each one.In PP :-video1-mogrt-video2in AE-end of video1-start of video2-in mogrtcursor 1 : time to start video 1cursor 2 : time to start video 2 In PP, I will change the videos and the cursors in the mogrt, each time I'll use it. But in AE, how can I change the startTime of each videos at the "start" of the mogrt ? Like this kind of script :on startmogrt() --execute this just before playing the mogrt  video1.startTime=cursor(1);  video2.startTime=cursor(2);end I try to put this (correct) script in lot of place (nul object->position, remap time of  video layer, ...) but, of course, nothing works ! My question : is there a place where

Hello, I created a video in After Effects where, in the middle of the video, an orange circle appears and gradually enlarges until it fills the entire screen. I would like to make this a touch-interactive video: When a user taps on the orange circle, the video should continue playing from that point forward. I plan to display this video on a touchscreen (interactive display), and I am looking for a simple and free method to achieve this, as it’s my first time working with interactive videos.

Hi Adobe Community,I’m a Creative Cloud subscriber and I need to install After Effects 2021 (version 18) for compatibility with certain plugins and templates that don’t work properly on newer versions of After Effects.Unfortunately, I can’t find version 2021 listed in the Creative Cloud Desktop App under “Other Versions.”I would appreciate it if someone from the Adobe team could help me with a direct download link or guide me through how to install it safely through my subscription.Thanks in advance for your support!—Wafeek