After Effects

Your documentation suggests that users can configure their Cinema 4D installation path.https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/desktop/work-with-compositions/cinema-4d-compositions/cinema-4d-composition-renderer.htmlThey can’t. There is no Choose Installation button anymore. Users should be able to to configure their Cinema 4D app location in any of these ways:Environment Variable Javascript api preferences fileTo bring up the above dialog:Create a comp Go to Composition Settings 3D renderer > Cinema 4D Click on OptionsRelated Bug that needs attention: 

On updating AE to 26.3 and launching I got a system compatibility warning saying “This version of windows is no longer supported, future versions of this app cannot be installed on this OS.” When I click for more info it takes me to the Premiere system requirements page. From the generated system compatibility report, my versions of Windows is being reported as 10.0.22631.1 which I believe is fully up to date.  

Hi,I'm working in AE 2026.3.0 and the convert vertex shortcut from the selection tool (cmd+option) is now invoking the camera gizmo. This was an issue many versions ago and it looks like the bug is back if there are any 3d layers in the scene. Anyone have a workaround? I’m on a MacBook Pro with an M3 running Sequoia 15.7.5.Thanks!

Here is the problem guys while editing in after effects, AE doesn'nt use my gpu at all, I have to constantly switch from mercury GPU accleration (OpenCL) to Mecury software only cause when i switch to mercury GPU accleration (OpenCL) an pop up appers that says your gpu is out of memory when its not even using 1gb og video memory and the rendering time is horriable it takes 15+ hrs to render an 17sec clip, If you know the solution please help and I use intel arc a750 gpu if you wanna know.  

Hi team,I am experiencing severe performance failures and system instability across After Effects on macOS Tahoe (version 26.6). The apps are crashing, effects fail to load, previews freeze during playback, and exported/rendered video files are coming out corrupted or broken.Equipment Specs: Model: MacBook Pro (M1 Max) Memory: 64 GB RAM OS: macOS Tahoe 26.6 Software: After Effects all versions failing Main Issue: System diagnostics via powermetrics show that during playback and rendering, the Mercury Playback Engine / Metal renderer fails to engage the GPU. The hardware remains completely stuck in an idle state: GPU Active Frequency: Locked at 389 MHz (idle baseline). GPU Power Draw: ~258 mW – 335 mW (minimal power draw). High-Performance States (648 MHz – 1296 MHz): 0% activity. Because the system is not utilizing GPU acceleration, processing falls entirely on the CPU, causing heavy lag, frozen previews, effect render failures, project crashes, and corrupted media exports.Is

Scrolling font list is very slow with mouse wheel. One mouse roll equals the movement of few pixels compared to other scrollable items like Project items list for example. Please fix this.

aerender command line does not render compositions with cineware. How to fix this? New project, 1 composition, very simple project opened in cineware. When trying to render via command line, it just hangs on the line "progress...".

PrPro has  colum in the media panel list which shows how many times the clip is used in the project. In Ae i can only see that option for one clip at a time that too by scrolling to the top and seeing the poperties thumbnail which shows used x times in project. Is there a feature to tell for the entire list which ones are used and which ones arent at a glance ?Thank You

i need help plzwhy suddenly my after effects shapes become pixelated not vector when i draw any shape or import any doc its pixelated like when you create a circle in photoshop till yesterday it works well idk how to fix itcheck the attachment file while i zoomed a vector circle

I’ve just switched from AE2025 to AE2026 but I have a problem with Aces colors interpretation.I have a tiff sequence RGB+A (premultiplied alpha) with sRGB color space. The Project is set as follows in both AE25 and AE26 (AcesCCT):  The footage’s colors are interpreted as follows:This is my workflow and I’ve never had problems with colors until I’ve worked with AE25.In AE2026, when using AcesCCT I see washed-out colors; with AcesCC, the colors are ok. This is the only difference between the settings:Same machine, same footage, same color settings, different version of AE = different colors. Any ideas?I’ve searched in AE Preferences but they look very similar and they seem to have same settings.

I'm running into a consistent crash in the latest version of After Effects whenever a composition requires the Advanced 3D renderer. The app immediately throws an error stating:"After Effects can't continue: Advanced 3D plug-in generated an unexpected exception."I am forced to switch back to Classic 3D, but I really need to use the Advanced 3D features. I've already installed Cinema 4D, but the issue persists.Here are my system and driver specs: GPU: NVIDIA T1200 Laptop GPU (4 GB VRAM) Driver Version: Release 595 (Conservative / Production-tested branch) Application: After Effects (Latest CC Version) I have tried many versions including 26&25

Hi allI use CC (AE 26.3.0) and previously, when i have rendered a file, then at a later time updated that composition, and re-rendered it, it use to ask me if i wanted to over-write (which I do) then over-wrote the original file, thus keeping the name right, and Prem Pro happy when looking for that graphic (normally a Mov file with a transparent background - ie lower thirds). For context I film and edit football matches, so will do graphics initially, then alter them with changes to times etc).Recently it has started to not over-write, but add in a ‘_1’ to the name, which means prem pro will need to be altered to find the new file, or me deleting the file, and renaming the new one. Both more work than I previously had to do.My render output is ‘[projectFolder]\graphics\[compName].[fileextension]’ (saved as a default called project folder).  Each project (match) has its own dedicated folder, with its own AE file within that folder. So when i render a graphic it will automatically create

This is an old problem I have, and after a long time using this software, I do not see a way to solve this.1. You create a Text Box.2. You write your text.3. Press ESC as a fast way to get out of editing mode.Boom! you've lost your text.Is there any way to fix this or an alternative mode? 

Hi, I have a 15 mintues long comp. I have to animate a character. but its soul touturing to copy paste all the marker manually. is there any way? or tricks I can follow?I want to copy paste the comp markers with the note after every 20 frames 

Is there a way to repair this? Because every time I try to preview my footage the video shown is completely black. Is there an option to tick or something? This problem started after doing some 3D edits.

server problem 

EnvironmentProduct: Adobe After Effects 2025 Version: 25.6.6.4 OS: Windows 11 24H2 (Build 26100) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Project type: Text-heavy template with many Source Text expressions referencing other text layers across compositions.SummaryAfter Effects consistently crashes while evaluating Source Text expressions. The crash only occurs when Source Text expressions are enabled. Disabling the expressions makes the project stable.The crashes occur in two different modules:libdynamic-napi.dll TXT.dllBoth crash dumps indicate that the failure happens during TextDocument evaluation initiated by expression evaluation.Steps to ReproduceOpen the project. Enable Source Text expressions. Preview the composition or modify/enable/disable a Source Text expression. After Effects crashes.The crash is especially reproducible when repeatedly enabling/disabling Source Text expressions.Expected ResultThe Source Text expressions should be evaluated normally without crashin

I am trying to install plugins in AE but they crash. The plugin company (red giant) says its because adobe apps are not registering in the MacOS system in the System Information app under applications. I keep running deep clean to erase all adobe things from my system and reinstall the apps. Still won’t register. What to do? AI is no help on this one.