After Effects

After Effects will no longer open, versions 25.2 and 25.2.2. I get the attached error messages. I updated my mac. I completely uninstalled AE and preferences and reinstalled it. I restarted my computer. I updated from 25.2 to 25.2.2. and back down to 25.2 again. AE has read/write permissions on all my folders. It worked just the other day, and today it's bricked.--Mac Studio Apple M2 Max64 GB memorySequoia 15.5

Hi,I am having trouble with the extensions panel in AE - It doesn't expand when hovered over, and therefore I can't use my installed plugins. All other menu panels work as normal. I am using a MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro Chip, MacOS 12.6, and v22.6 of AE. So far I have tried:Restarting After Effects and my MacReinstalling AEDowngrading AE to previous versionsRemoving the plugins and reinstalling them As you can imagine this is rather annoying. Any suggestions would be massively welcome. 

Iv created a .mov quick time rgb alpha file in after effects that is supposed to have a transparent background in webflow however when I loads the file in Background Video the background displayed is black with the red square in the center. Is it possible to make a transparent background in webflow using quicktime .mov file in Background Video.     

Hello, this is my first post after more than 10 years of using AE but now I have a problem and I don't know how to solve it. I don't even have a clue where it could be coming from. I've searched and no one seems to have this problem. Basically, for some time now I've had a problem with my mouse cursor. When I click on a layer, or do a manipulation (like changing the scale, opacity etc.) or whatever I'm doing, in 80% of cases my cursor "stays down" for a few seconds (2 or 3 sec). As if I hadn't released the click.It's getting very, very annoying, because it's doing it more and more. Especially on precision work. I've noticed it's starting to happen on Premiere Pro too. But only in Adobe apps. It's not a problem with my mouse because it does it with the trackpad too. So I've tried a few things, purged the cache, reinstalled the apps, everything's up to date. Safe Mode, remove plugins too. I don't know what to do... I've got a Macbook Pro M1 Max, 64GB if that helps. Th

I'm new to Boris AE. When I open it, the track option buttons (trans, scale etc) are unresponsive. From the effect controls panel, if I choose 'create track data', I have no available layers to choose from. I've ensured I've selected the layer I want to track. I've tried:-different projects and comps, and with different footage-using it on mov, mp4 and precomps layers-clearing caches (both boris AE and AE itself) I've ensured that the comp's timecode is 0:00, and that the footage matches the comp. Software and OS are both up to date. I'm on a Mac Studio with M4 Max chip, running Sequoia 15.5 AE is version 25.2.2 (Build 2).  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I am trying to control the opacity of layers using the luma value of sample from beneath it in another comp, but it's not capturing the full spectrum from 0 (Black) to 1 (White).My setup looks like this:Main Comp - COIN_STYLE_DITHERControl Comp - COIN (Contains a 10 step gradient from black to white)40 x TILE_X Comps distributed across X, each with 10 x COLOR layers ('COLOR_X') that should turn on and off depending on what luma value is sampled from beneath it in the main comp.My issue is it's combining steps of the gradient and only mapping from 0 - 0.443 Brightness.I want every gradient band to a new colour appear over it so that 10 Colour layers map to 10 gradient bands.I know sampleimage isn't supposed to be used in this way but I thought it would work, any help would be appreciated!mainComp = comp("COIN_STYLE_DITHER"); tileName = thisComp.name; // e.g. TILE_01 mainTile = mainComp.layer(tileName); // Convert center of tile to main comp space (assuming 50x50px size)

The April 2023 release of After Effects, version 23.3, is now available for download from the Creative Cloud desktop application.   Here's what we fixed Fixed an issue that caused the Expression editor to display incorrect font. Fixed an issue where PSD-based layers showed "Zero denominator comparing ratios" errors. Fixed an issue with the Expression editor that caused text selection to be offset from the cursor. Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when using certain MXF format files.  Fixed an issue where migrating preferences from the n-2 version did not migrate workspaces and keyboard shortcuts. Fixed an issue that caused Adobe Illustrator files imported from Creative Cloud Libraries to be renamed. Fixed an issue with long library file paths causing the import to a project to fail. Fixed an issue where OCIO color management didn't update the display color space when the project color bit depth was changed.  Fixed an issue where ICC profiles were embedde

Quiero utilizar la función 3D advanced de After Effects o la de Draft da igual y no me deja. Me sale este error (After Effects can´t continue: Advanced 3D plug-in generated an unexpected exception) Pasos que describan como encontrar el error:1) Creo una nueva composicion2) Creo una forma (circulo, cuadrado da igual)3) Selecciono para convertirlo en 3D4) Salta el errorUtilizo windows 11 y la última versión 25.2.2. Probe desinstalando e instalando nuevamente After Effects pero no funciona.  Cuando guardo el proyecto como tal y vuelvo a entrar a ese proyecto guardado me vuelve a salir el mismo error sin que yo pueda hacer nada y entro en un bucle repetitivo. Agradecería muchísimo su ayuda, gracias. 

I set the display color space to none to use ocio color space transform, then nothing show up, black or glitch, :(( pls someone help memy spec: m3 ultramonitor: asus proart 27'

I have some text with keyframes to change position from off screen to center, then scale up 3x with hold keyframes. When I add Pixel Motion Blur, it breaks the positioning, showing the text near the center, though the bounding box still follows the correct route. The text moves appropriately once the bounding box moves over it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhCP6m_Rx9k

Hi, im working on a 6400 by 1800 comp and when i try to use camera tracker, it wotks the first time, but after that it just stuck at initializing.The only workarround that i've founded is to close the program and delete all adobe related process from task manager, but that is not ok when i have more than 20 shots. Any ideas? thanks! PC Specs:R7 2700X48gb of RAM2080 Super GPU

Hello.Can you please help how to export a 360 video with a 3D object.Is it possible to export this in AE?It can export a normal video output, but not 360.Thank you.  

Hello everyone. I m trying to create a parameter with 2 or 3 dimension. Actually just like the scale parameter. I tried to create it with PF_ADD_POINT, but it does not work by default with 3 dimension. How to specify that i want three dimensions? I did not fine any revelant field in paramDef.u.td... the other problem is that i want to have %, can I specify % in the display parameter of point? I also wold like to set the precision of my field. I would like to be able to link my paremeter naturally to a transform scale. Wich succeed with a point parameter when we are in 2D, but fails when you swap to 3D layer... any ideas?

When using the Dynamic Link feature in AE 2020-2025, after making changes in PR, the bottom-right corner of PR indicates it is syncing. At this point, editing in AE causes it to become unresponsive for anywhere from ten minutes to several tens of minutes, seemingly until the entire AE project finishes rendering. This issue does not occur in versions prior to 2020 (e.g., 2019, 2018). What could be causing this? My system specs: CPU: R9 7945HX RAM: 64GB Storage: 4TB OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, Version 10.0.22631 Build 22631 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU GPU Driver Version: 566.36

There's a gap of variable size when the end meets the beginning. I can't get the speed just right. See the transition halfway through this video:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JEx4mJbBMek A simple setup. A 3D space, with a wall and a few characters in front. I'm moving the camera from left to right, slowing down at each character. Pre-comose the whole thing, then putting one copy next to the other.I'm fairly amateur at AE and I'm grateful for any help. 

This might be a bit obscure, but for anyone using aerender for command line rendering  ( AE 25.2.2 on Mac OS 15.5 ) In certain cases, if a comp includes a footage layer (so far witnessed with mp4, but perhaps other kinds of footage have the same issue), although the comp can be rendered fine from the render queue, it fails when using aerender in the command line.  No error message is reported, or "layer has no source" is reported.  However, if I turn on the -v ERRORS_AND_PROGRESS flag, the render completes normally. Seems like a bug DB

Is there a way to make a composition to go to a random frame and stop. I want to have a grid of these random compositions in a larger main composition and each one will be stopped on a random frame. I'm going to place earch random composition into the grid manually, so there's no expression needed there. The random composition doesn't need to find out how many frames it has either if that makes it more complex, I'm fine entering that into the expression manually.  This has to be easy but I'm not good at writing expressions and all of the expressions I've found stop or go to a random frame but not both and trying to combine them hasn't worked for me. 

After Effects of Media Encoder is now rendering my files to .aep.AME suffix on the file name.  It happened after I installed the latest version.  How do I change it back and why did it change.

I'd like to achieve a water surface effect similar to that one. Can anyone guide me?

Hola, estos ultimo días he notado que after effects se bloquea con cada que paso del programa a otra aplicación, ya sea el explorador de windows o el buscador de internet, he tenido que devolverme la versión 2020 para no tener problemas de rendimeinto y me parece muy raro por que mi pc tiene buenos componentes, Ryzen 9 5950x, 64 gb de ram, 2 tarjetas graficas rtx 2060 super.  en ocaciones la pantalla de previsualización se queda en negro y en otras ocaciones reinicia el pc, y solo me ocurre con la versión 2024, ya intente cambio de drivers, reistalando el programa, cerrando otras aplicaciones, pero en definitiva no se porque el rendimiento de after 2024 es menor en mi pc que la versión 2020. alguien podria ayudarme a solucionar ese problema? 

Hello, I am trying to make a 3D model spin in After Effects. I was successful with the first model, however, there's a particular body type that doesn't seem to like spinning. I can't tell if the parts are clipping into one another or if there's something else going on, however I have tried fixing it by turning off shadows and lights but that doesn't seem to be the case. 

I am trying to export my video in 1500 x 1080 using a 20 frame rate but it will not let me export it in 20 due to a "settings mismatch." It says it will do this due to "format constraints" but it will not tell me what needs to change. Can someone help me? 

I need to change the setting of my jpeg sequence in after efects and so when I go to the interpret footage dropdown, the save option is not seen on my device. even after many attempts to scroll,zoom out change the size I cant access the bottom part of the dropdown. Ive attacthed my viewport image, pls see it and rectify the issue asap. Thank you 

For several months now, AfterEffects has made my whole Macbook crash. It freezes the IOS system and then restarts). I work daily with this program, which shuts down every hour or two. Lately, it even corrupts the current AE files I'm working with after crashing. –> "After Effects error: file is damaged ( 33 :: 7)"I deleted the app and all caches and reinstalled AfterEffects without success.I also updated the latest IOS and AE versions several times, but the problem continued.Any hints on what to do and or how to fix it?Eternal thanks for any help!!

Hello.Currently running into a very frustrating issue where after effects v25.2.2 makes the whole comp viewport (not just the comp itself but also it's background) much darker when I have HDR enabled on windows and I have any colorspace selected (like srgb, rec709 etc, on a 32bit project). If I have colorspace selected to "none" it looks as expected.I'm not able to take a screenshot as windows snipping tool makes the image blow out when capturing so I had to take some photos of my monitor with my phone.On the photos you can see that with colorspace "none" the comp looks as expected, but when switched to any other colorspace (srgb in this particular photo) the comp and the comp background turns significantly darker.I have tried to updated After effects, reset preferences, dissable all plugins, re-install after effects, update nvidia drivers, revert back to much older drivers, update windows, but nothing is solving this issue.I'll also add that this issue is not occuring on the after eff