After Effects

playback is lagging since the new update my system has been lagging System info    Application: After Effects v25.1.0.68    OS: Windows v10.0.22631, RAM: 31.68 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 8

I keep getting stuck on render when working on projects with 2 minutes+ duration, the elapsed time stops moving and it doesn't matter how much I wait, nothing changes. also, everytime it gets stuck on a different frame, so it's nothing frame or effect specific. Shorter projects don't seem to have trouble rendering The program doesn't crash and I can still click on the stop button, but it doesn't do anything and nothing happens, either it's to h264 or prores, still the same This project literally only have 4 color gradient being used as an effect, nothing else but it happened on other projects as wellI've cleaned the cache and did everything except reinstall I'm running version 24.6 and I can't update to 25 because some plugins I use still don't work with the new version (although i have very simple plugins)Specs: Macbook Pro M3 Pro - 18gb RAM | 512GGB - macOS Sequoia 15.5Rendering local to an external SSD (tried rendering to my mac's ssd but still the same problem)

As i was working on my project, my after effects suddenly crashed. So i reopened it and it gave me the opportunity to launch it on "safe mode", so i clicked on it. After that, i realized all my projects were gone. Pay in mind i have my auto save on every 20 minutes so no clue how the folders could have just disappeared on its ownThe auto save feature was set to every 20 minutes and the save path was set to "next to project"I have used boris plugins but i uninstalled them. Though i recall that everytime i opened that project in the past. it would claim that some projects were missing. Perhaps the safe mode had deleted the files because of that?

Hello, I was using Roto brush got everything that I wanted and froze it however, when I played it back, my subjects body goes transparent for a frame so I jump back into after effects to try to roto brush this one frame I don't really know how to properly unfreeze? or to tell if it's unfrozen? And secondly, now my Roto brush layer everything is blacked out except what I already wrote a brush. How do I turn off that?

Hola, estaba usando ae como normalmente lo hago. Cree un nuevo proyecto y al adjuntar solo dos videos ya no me respondia o tardaba en hacerlo. ¿Alguna solución? Ya borré el cache.Gracias.

After Effects crashes on my Mac (M1 Max, 64GB RAM /  32 Core) whenever I import a video or perform similar actions—spinning wheel of death every time. It works fine on Windows 11, but I’d really prefer to finish the project on macOS. Any ideas on a fix? I could really use the help.

The software itself will open and then open again in the same window (as shown in photo) and then stops responding. I have tried all of the classic fixes and nothing has worked.This is the most recent version 25.2.2, but also does not work on previous versions.I am not even trying to open a project, this is just launching the program. That being said, it also doesn't work when trying to open a project. 

Hello, I am trying to use CC Libaries in After Effects and am running into a resolution issue. Multiple Photoshop files in my libary import into after effects at very low resolutions. However the source for this libary is high resolution. When I important this same file into photoshop instead of after effects, it is also high resolution. The low resolution issue is only coming from After Effects. An Example:  Any help is appricated! Thank you!

Hi everyone! 👋I’m new to Adobe After Effects and am eager to take my video editing to the next level. I’ve been inspired by creators like "The Conversion Doc" on TikTok, and I’m trying to learn how to create similar high-impact, engaging content with dynamic text, effects, and fast-paced edits.I’m hoping you can point me in the right direction with:Key After Effects techniques for TikTok-style videos (especially for text animation and transitions)Tutorials or resources that could help me master fast edits, cinematic transitions, and eye-catching visuals.Must-have plugins that can boost my workflow for this type of content.Any advice, tips, or resources would be greatly appreciated. Excited to learn and grow as an editor here!Thanks in advance! 🙏

Hi! I'm new to the AE community and new to learning the program. I know some very basic things, and I’d like to learn more about the most useful terms to understand more complex compositions or to create my own, especially for 2D animation.For example, I want to give an effect a limited time, and then make it come back later in the same layer. Or I want a loop to also have a time or frame limit. I’m not sure if I’m explaining this well, English is not my first language 😞I know basic things like how to make a loop and add effects, simple things like -loopOut("cycle")-, which applies for the whole time of the animation.So I tried looking for a glossary in After Effects, but after reading to understand some terms, I felt like I wasn’t getting anywhere. I’d like to understand the order in which expressions should be written, and what the difference is between setting a time limit and a frame limit in a composition.I’d really appreciate any help, especially if someone has a glossary

Hello AE community, I've been working on AE since more than 10 years now and have never encountered an issue like this. There was an issue on one of my projects regarding keylight a couple of months back and I had to do with another keying effect on it. However, post that Keylight seems to be missing from my effects altogether. I've tried everything from re-installing to moving the plugin folder in the Applications but nothing seems to work. Have attached a couple of screengrabs for reference. Has anyone else encountered such an issue? What's the fix for it? I'm running on an Intel MacOS and the latest version of AE if that helps. Highly appreciate any help. Thanks a ton in advance!

Bonjour,Je rencontre actuellement un problème bloquant avec After Effects. À chaque fois que je lance un projet utilisant la 3D avancée, que je change le moteur de rendu vers la 3D avancée, ou que j'importe un élément 3D, j'obtiens le message d'erreur suivant :"After Effects ne peut pas continuer : le plug-in 3D avancé a généré une exception inattendue."J'ai essayé plusieurs manipulations, mais sans succès. Étant donné que j'ai des examens dans une semaine, je suis à la recherche d'une solution rapide pour pouvoir continuer à travailler.Merci d'avance pour votre aide.Bien cordialement

Hola a todos:Tengo una precomposición formada por un texto y una capa de formas, colocada en una composición 3D. Activo la opción 3D en mi precomposición, pero al activar la opción "rasterizar continuamente" la precomposición no se visualiza.

I tried pasting unicode Indian Language fonts in After effects CC 2020, and also copying and pasting from text programs, but they are all displayed wrong.According to previous solution for this problem, these are the steps suggested - 1. Go to Preferences>Type2. Select ‘South Asian and Middle Eastern’ in ‘Text Engine’3. Select ‘Indic’ in ‘Languages Selection’But in CC 2020 Version, there is no ‘Languages Selection’ option in Preferences>Type.So I can't change the formatting of my Indian language fonts to 'Indic' - which is required for correct displaying of Indian Unicode fonts. Please help me.This option was available in previous versions of After effects as specified in the article link below - https://blogs.adobe.com/creativedialogue/video/create-text-layers-in-indian-languages/

Hi! I have a lower third and need to export it as a .mogrt to use in Premiere Pro. The responsive time/protected regions works perfect in After Effects, but when I export it as a mogrt and import it to Premiere, it does'nt work.. it's like it doesn't maintain the protected regions.Has anyone the same issue and know how to fix it?

Back in ae 2024 we could fully customize our outlines but now when i tried to follow up tutorial from yt (he was using 2024) i came up with this problem - there's no damn tick box, even if i type "TRUE" nothing happensAnd heres what it probably should look after i turn it on(from 2024 ae)   

Hey there!I've had a problem where I can't drag and drop audio files from the Adobe library. The files are greyed out. Any idea of what could be the issue? I had this problem even with the older version of AAF.Windows 11 23h2, Adobe After Effects 25.1.0 (Build 68)Thanks for any suggestions!

why does the blend mode option go away when you make a layer 3d? is that on purpose? or a glitch? I Dont remember having this issue in After Effects 2023. i'm running AE 24.6.1 (Build 2)

cuando abro este proyecto de after se queda congelado en abriendo proyecto por mas que espere nunca carga no se como mas solucionarlo, como dato extra pasa cuando importo un proyecto de premiere a after, alguna solucion?

Hi, So I'm trying to make an edit on Alvin and the Chipmunks and I'm using the tracking feature but motion tile effect isn't working. Like it'll mirror the clip, but the mirrored clip will be too far away for it to look good instead of having these black bars in my video. I don't want to scale my video up so much to fix the issue because then the edit will look bad.I'm using Ae 2025, I'm on pcGPU: Mercury GPU Acceleration (OpenCL)CPU: 100% CPU for AeRAM: Total is 8 GB, 1.5 GB for other applications, 6 GB for Ae, Multi-Frame Rendering is onOS: IDK how to check

Hi, I'm trying to make an edit and I put on tracking but for some reason when I try to cache it, it just uncaches and goes in a loop. Are there any fixes for this? 

Hello, I am very new to AE, so please excuse my lack of background. I do have some familiarity with Premier Pro.I would like to draw a line that traces the movement of an object in a still frame, much like in this video:https://youtu.be/GSRYaz1gJWs?t=3m47sI have some overhead drone footage of me holding a marker and walking in a spiral. I would like to animate a line that follows the marker, ending up with a drawing of my movement. I have got as far as motion tracking the marker. I'd like to do something like converting those keyframes into a shape path that I can then animate. I'd like to avoid having to trace the path manually if possible, as I've got a few of these to do. Any help would be much appreciated. TIA

Hello, I have been having trouble with AE 25 ever since it came out where the video playback is incredibly laggy, even with the simplest animation. (Video attached.) I've tried clearing my cache and about every other setting trick. I have never had this issue with any other version of AE (2024 or before). I've been using AE24 in the meantime but would really like to update to AE25 to better integrate my workflow. But this bug remains a problem and makes the program unusable.System info    Application: After Effects v25.2.2.2    OS: macOS v14.0.0, RAM: 64.00 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 12