After Effects

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. 

I'm trying to recreate this timeline effect, but I can't work out how to make the text/shapes inverted inside of the TV box whilst also moving everything along. Also does anyone know how that blue hue is caused?  Here is the video at the time the effect takes place: https://youtu.be/W9mPEquFKKA?list=PLYvpAiMpY4V-xV3r4W3en4jTCHCDSdaoW&t=50  Any help would be much appreciated!

Hello! Based on the Documentation, I should be able to set the settings on the Output Module by doing: render_queue = engine.adobe.app.project.renderQueue render_item = render_queue.item(1) output_module = render_item.outputModule(1) output_module_data = { "Format": "QuickTime", } output_module.setSettings(output_module_data) print(output_module.getSettings().toSource()) However, when I try to set settings in this way, there is no effect. I saw there's a bug that causes "[the] OutputModule object to be invalidated after the output module setting is modified, so you need to retrieve the Output Module again after you modify it." I tried reselecting, but either way the setting does not seem to be modified. Can anyone help? 

I was having a regular problem where After Effects would freeze up my whole computer when I was switching to File Explorer to find footage to import. The whole screen would freeze, the mouse wouldn't respond, CTRL+ALT+DELETE did nothing and after a few minutes the screen would go white and eventually come back. Even when it did, AE would remain unresponsive and need to be restarted. It turned out there was a really simple solution which can be fixed in the Preferences. In the import section, uncheck "Enable Hardware Accelerated Decoding". It's requires a restart but after that, the problem hasn't reoccurred for me!

Not quite sure how to explain this as I am very new to After Effects so hope this makes sense! I used the rotobrush tool at the beginning of my project to remove the background of a video. It's been working really well until I removed a section of video from later in the project (not sure if this is the actual cause of the problem though) and now the rotobrushed section keeps jolting ahead of the video. Everything I've seen says this could be a problem with the frame rate but I haven't changed anything since it was working and the composition rate seems to be the same as the original.

Hola a todos, tengo actualizada la versión, lo reinstale varias veces probando configuraciones, pero aún no me funciona Cinema4D, me sale este error y se cierra el programa, por favor necesito su ayuda, la semana pasada si pude usar el Cinema4D sin problemas, desde la última actualización no, como puedo solucionarlo? gracias.

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

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.