After Effects

I've been trying to create MOGRTs since yesterday. I create my animation (sometimes as simple as a short text), but when I try to export it, it doesn't even open the panel when I can choose where to save it. It just generates a temporary comp (see joint video). I feel like I've tried everything. I uninstalled everything up to Creative Cloud and reinstalled but the problem remains. I've seen on another post that the issue could come from a korean character in the Windows username, and I thought maybe the " ï " in mine was causing a pathing issue, but changing it did not fix it. I've also tried messing with parameters and checked if the panel wasn't opening outside of the screen. I really need to be able to create these MOGRTs for work. Thank you in advance for your help. I am on Windows 11, After Effects 25.6.

The tip of the day has a typo in one of the expressionsoopOut()Just thought I’d let you know. 😉

I cannot line up my playhead to. the start of my video in the timeline, I have tried unsnapping, snapping, clearing cache, pressing I + O. I have no clue how to fix this. All I want is to simply line up my playhead to my footage instead its causing such a headache. Truly unbearable please someone help me dearly. 

HelloAfter installing or updating any of my adobe applications via Creative Cloud i get this Application Error Winows 10 version: 22H2Software Version: After Effects 2025.6 Why am i seeing this and how to fix it.Thanks 

I’m getting green bouncing pixel noise in my comps and renders when adding specific effects to a layer. This has been happening for over a year, after many OS and software updates. I first noticed the issue when adding Maxon’s Red Giant Optical Glow. This effects is the main troublemaker. I’m now noticing even effects like Gaussian Blur or Fast Box Blur are also contributing to the problem. The glitch can happen on everything from .mov, .mp4, shape layers, solids, etc. It doesn’t seem to be dependent on layer type. I’ve changed the renderer from Metal to Software Only, turned off hardware acceleration, turned off multi-frame rendering, with no luck. If I send the problem project to a coworker’s computer (who is using the exact same Mac specs as mine) he can view and render the comp with effects and have no artifacts. Side note: I’m also having render issues with Maxon Cinema 4D. Maxon is looking into the problem and is thinking it might be a hardware issue over a software issue. If tha

Fallback fonts don't work for Korean. Take this example "중요성".   When you type them in AE on a Text Layer with a non-Korean font, you get a blank layer,   The Text Layer should automatically fallback to a font that supports CJK characters. This works for other languages. Unfortunately these Korean gylphs are unsupported in Myriad Pro and Times New Roman, so it must be patched with a supporting font.   Here is an Korean font from Adobe Fonts which you could use: https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/mgothic-210   Continuation of previous bug report: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-bugs/after-effects-fallback-fonts-broken-for-many-languages-arabic-hebrew-korean/idc-p/15478827#M16984    

When will you fix this?? Every time I use the RECENT list to access a project, open and then go to save, the folder that should open should be where the file comes from but no, it opens to where I last saved a project. Been asking for this fix for ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Before previous update, preview render worked fine. Now, it is slow and clunky... I need to purge ALL before it works like it used to. Please fix!!!   [abuse removed by moderator (title)]

AE shows invisible ghost image on alpha channel in completely empty compositionNo layers, no effects, color management disabled, Photoshop PSD/PSB clearedGhost persists in final render on M4 Pro, the latest AE update. 

It's been reported before and has not been solved yet, double clicking a text layer having Animation Composer installed gives the annoying After Effects error: having to focus on ourselves. (76 :: 59).Animation Composer team already has stated that it's a problem Adobe has to solve and it's been reported before, it's just a debug message that constantly pops in interrupting work, over and over again, just poping in, nothing else. It's beyond my comprehension why that message was not removed until now.Please, save me the answers like "install a previous version of AE of AC" we all know that works, the problem needs to be fixed in the current version, it does not make sense to loose all the great new funtions because of a problem as simple as this one.

Hello,I noticed that the "Properties" panel causes a significant slowdown when I want to manipulate keyframes with my Keystone extension. I tested with other third-party tools to verify that this was not due to the Keystone code, and the results are identical.I recorded a demo where I run a stagger on 750 keyframes, and you can see that when the Properties panel is displayed, it takes three times longer to calculate the requested stagger than when it is not displayed:Properties panel OFF -> 04:36Properties panel ON -> 14:93As can be seen in the video, it is worth noting that there is no need to completely close the panel to gain performance.

Looks like a bug from 2021 has returned.After Effects 25.6, Win11, my PC specs don't matter.This button in the title does nothing. I checked it in a couple of projects with different media.

Hi there, we’ve replaced our file server and the UNC path has changed.  The mapped drive is still the same but it appears that the After Effects Project files reference the UNC path, which no longer exists and therefore takes a very long time to load as the paths time out.  Is there a way to force After Effects to ignore the linked media files and request a relink immediately?Some assets are still linking to the old UNC path which stops the project from oppening or crashes when you do get into the project.

I’m experiencing a severe performance issue with After Effects 2025 on Windows:as soon as I open the program, RAM and Disk usage instantly jump to 100%, even with an empty project.This happens with:No project loadedA blank projectOnly one empty compositionClean installation of AENo plugins installed (fresh install)The program becomes unusable and the entire system slows down heavily.1. Main symptoms RAM → 95–100% usage immediatelyAfter Effects alone consumes nearly all of my 32 GB RAMEven without any project, layers, effects, or mediaWindows becomes slow after opening AE Disk → 80–100% usageDisk usage spikes to the maximumStops only after killing Adobe background processes, but RAM remains maxed outAfter Effects sometimes locks the NVMe at constant high read/write usage (70–100 MB/s)2. Adobe background processes involvedThese processes reopen automatically even after being closed:Adobe Dynamic Link Manager 2025Adobe TeamProjectsLocalHub 2025Creative Cloud Interprocess Service (32-bit)H

I’ve been working full‑time in After Effects for years, and recently a client who runs a Korean movies website: https://tvmon.com.co/ asked us to create a branded homepage video.The project itself was straightforward: a logo reveal, bilingual type, and a dynamic grid of thumbnails. But during editing I ran into one of the strangest technical issues I’ve seen in a while. The animation looked perfect inside AE’s preview and even rendered fine through the internal Render Queue, but the moment I sent it to Adobe Media Encoder with multi‑frame rendering enabled, random flickers and one‑frame freezes started appearing in the grid comp. What makes it maddening is that the problem isn’t consistent—different frames glitch on each render, and sometimes the flicker is subtle, sometimes it’s obvious. I suspected collapsed transformations combined with time‑remap and expressions using valueAtTime were clashing with AME’s evaluation order, but even after baking keyframes, disabling Posteri

I have a very crazy bug that I've never seen before. It is Mac platform specific under AE. I've reproduced it on multiple Macs. But it renders fine under Windows. I have this issue where, when it hits a specific frame where a sub-comp appears, it causes the layer underneath to shift left by about two pixels. Even if I pre-render the sub-comp and bring it in as a ProRes4444 file, with alpha, and turn of the sub-comp layer... it still causes the left bump in the render. This problem does not appear when I do any form of RAM preview in the viewer. No bump shows up. ONLY when I send it to the Render Queue does it cause this problem. This problem does not appear when rendering from Windows AE. This is a critical flaw. I'm luck as I happen to have access to a Windows workstation in our studio as well, otherwise it would be a very serious problem for me meeting deadline.

meu after esta mandando essa mensagem de erro com frequencia.

As of After Effects 2025 and 2026 Beta, plugins are still unable to draw any custom on-screen UI at the native resolution of most Mac displays, in HiDPI aka Retina resolution. Steps to reproduce:- Install FxFactory 9 https://fxfactory.com/download/ - Launch FxFactory and install FxFactory Pro (trial version OK)- Launch After Effects and apply the Trackable PiP plugin found under the FxFactory Pro Video category:- Select the effect name in the inspector to display its custom on-screen UI:- When the on-screen controls appear, notice how pixelated they appear: - This is especially obvious in the row of buttons displayed below the image. It is 2025... Retina displays have been around for a while 🙂 And Premiere Pro has been supporting Retina-resolution on-screen controls for a while, by reporting the backing scale factor (using Apple’s terminology) via DRAWBOT_SurfaceSuite2->GetTransformToScreenScale(), which returns 1.0 on 72dpi displays, and 2.0 on HiDPI/Retina displays.  It can be ea

I’ve been experiencing an issue where my After Effects artboard freezes or stutters when I try to pan/drag around. This problem started after I formatted my PC to install a new SSD and liquid cooler. After reinstalling everything, the issue suddenly appeared.Adobe support connected remotely, and I also exchanged emails with AMD support. Adobe tried reinstalling the program, adjusting memory settings, and other fixes, but nothing worked. Today I even upgraded my RAM to 32GB, but the same issue persists.I was able to use After Effects perfectly before, so I have no idea why this is happening now.ChatGPT suggested the problem is caused by a known issue:Windows 11 + AMD GPU + After Effects = HAGS (Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling) bug.Apparently disabling HAGS fixes the stuttering, but in the latest Windows update I no longer have the “Graphics settings” section in the system settings. ChatGPT tried to guide me through registry edits to restore the missing menu, but it got too complicat

As we all know, After Effects is in serious need of fixing. This is happening daily now, tools in my toolbar that I’ve installed either disappear or trigger this error: “Unable to execute script at line 0. After Effects error: Cannot run a script while a modal dialog is waiting for a response.” This never used to be an issue. I’m on version 25.5.0, but the software continues to be unreliable.What can I do to sort this out?

In Short: Limited ability to locate an instance of an asset in the project Since when: this has been going on for years in After Effects on Mac.Situation: Select any object in the Project panel, and next to the preview icon at the panel's top, click the dropdown menu to see a list of all the instances where the object is used throughout the project.The problem: this list is greyed out, you can't click any object on the list in order to see its instance in the target composotion.Workaround: attempting this and then switching to another application and immediately back to Efter Effects, makes the list clickable.Problem with workaround: this solution is temporary and needs to be repeated every time I click the menu. thanks!

After Effects simply will no longer render now.I set the queue and file paths, all of that works fine.  Hit Render -- Nothing happens.  Also this is the worst timing possible.  The rendering was working completely fine earlier today and then for no clear reason it stopped working. MacBook ProApple M4 Pro48 GBI closed and restarted, reset preferences, then I was able to view the comp.  Then it simply stopped working again.  I have a bunch of precomps I was going to pre-render all of them roughly 737x246 so there is no reason why this shouldn't work.  Rendering them out as Quicktime 4444 RGB+Alpha.What is going on with After Effects, I have never ran into more issues in my 20 years of using this software than the amount of brick walls that I have run into this year.  What am I paying this company for??  Higher cortisol levels, come on man..... Please assist.

No crash UI shows as startup image hangs after "Initializing Audio Devices" text disappears:  I have tried: tried safe mode and no plugins opening from a projectopening as adminupdated my NVIDIA studio driverinstall older versionre-updated to current versionmoving out plugins from commons folderturned firewall offrestarting computer Here's the logs: -------------------------------------Ticks = 0      <43448> <5> App Version = 25.6x101 releaseTicks = 0      <43448> <5> App Dir = D:\\Programs\\Adobe\\Adobe After Effects 2025\\Support FilesTicks = 0      <43448> <5> Executable Dir = D:\\Programs\\Adobe\\Adobe After Effects 2025\\Support FilesTicks = 0      <43448> <5> Resources Dir = D:\\Programs\\Adobe\\Adobe After Effects 2025\\Support FilesTicks = 0      <43448> <5> Package Dir = D:\\Programs\\Adobe\\Adobe After Effects 2025\\Support FilesTicks = 0      <43448> <5> Plugin Dir = D:\\Programs\\Adobe\\Adobe Afte

HelloNot sure if this is new.I have a hundred layers using SampleImage to set scale from a map layer precomp.One of the layers had its expression disabled.I replaced the map layer by alt dragging  with a different precomp, and the expressions updated.They did not update on the layer with the disabled expression.This is also the case if thereference layer is renamedHas this always been the behaviour?Can I highly recommend it is changed?!Disabled expressions referencing a comp layer should still update when renaming or replacing the reference layer. Tris   

Then F9 key does not trigger easy ease, if you look in the shortcut panels, the shortcut is in grey. I have tried to change system setup, i followed other tutorials but nothing done. F9 is still unavailable. I'm on a mac book pro, Tahoe 26.1 (25B78), after effects 2025thanks