After Effects

The layers are getting duplicated and auto grouped while importing in after effects. and some times colour is not updating as well. I found a time being solution for this. but previous version does not have this bug.I found solution for this, in new version while editing in illustrator, while giving release layer to sequence. if there any layer that is inside the parent layer and if it has any artwork or path. it automatically duplicates inside after effects and colours are sometimes not updating. I fixed it by just removing the extra layer inside the parent layer and map the artwork path directly below the parent layer. now its working smoothly. But this should not happen in adobe. Basic things are getting harder and harder things are getting better. please fix this in update. thanks 😀

I’m running AE 2026.3 (Build 87) and I’m seeing AE use up all of my available RAM. The screen shot below is from my activity monitor right after I purged all cache with AE open. It looks exactly the same when I close AE. AE 2025 didn't seem to be doing this. Source footage is 2k, and it does this with just basic footage layouts with no complicated comps. After Purging, this repeats after a just a few minutes. The memory usage just climbs until is uses up everything. System: Win11 Pro, i9 9900X, 128Gb RAM, RTX A4500.  

Hola,Cuando intento abrir After Effects 23.3 en Windows 11, no se abre y al mismo tiempo crear dos iconos en el Escritorio, estos icono se llaman AfterFX_2026-08-23_205305.crashHe intentando ejecutar en modo Administrador, pero no funciona.Tampoco puedo actualizar After Effects a una versión reciente ya que mi laptop tiene 8gb de ram. (Tengo también Photoshop y este si funciona)¿Alguna solución?Gracias

IssueRendering a composition using the Advanced 3D Renderer causes memory usage to steadily increase throughout the export until After Effects reaches its memory limit and fails with the following error: "After Effects error: After Effects has unexpectedly run out of memory and cannot complete this export." The issue reproduces consistently on both macOS and Windows and appears to affect all versions of After Effects after 25.4. In addition to the render failure, After Effects does not appear to fully release memory after the error occurs, leaving the application in an unstable state until it is restarted. Steps to Reproduce1. Create a composition using the Advanced 3D Renderer.2. Add multiple 3D layers that are pre-compositions.3. Have those prec-ompositions contain additional nested pre-compositions.4. Configure the nested prec-ompositions so they reference different sections of a large master composition.5. Apply Geometry Options > Curvature to some or all of the 3D layers.6. Ren

After Effects freezes when importing a Premiere Pro clip with a tracked circular maskI am experiencing a serious freezing issue when using Premiere Pro and After Effects.My workflow is as follows: Premiere Pro: FHD (1920×1080), 60 fps Video length: approximately 5–10 minutes I apply a circular mask to a clip and use automatic tracking so that the mask follows the subject. I then use “Replace With After Effects Composition” to send the clip to After Effects. When After Effects imports the clip, After Effects freezes 100% of the time and becomes unresponsive.I understand that Adobe applications can be relatively demanding compared with other video editing software. However, I find it difficult to work when a relatively normal 5-minute video causes After Effects to completely freeze.I would like to know if there is a recommended solution or workaround to prevent this from happening.Important: Splitting the clip into shorter sections is not an acceptable solution for my workflow. I n

BackgroundI'm new to After Effects — I'm working through a beginner course and this is the first time I've actually tried to use the app for real (I'd previously only opened it a few times to follow along with a template's instructions, and didn't touch the type tool then). This issue showed up the first time I tried to change a font. To be clear, this isn't a "type tool is unfamiliar to me" issue — I've since done extensive troubleshooting (below), and everything else in After Effects seems to work normally: layers, effects, keyframing, rendering, other panels, other tools. The font dropdown/font-creation step is the only thing that's broken.SummaryOpening the font dropdown in the Character panel (or Properties panel in the new UI) in After Effects triggers a warning dialog: "After Effects warning: Cannot create font '[font name]'." Clicking OK / pressing Escape does not resolve it — the dropdown either loops through repeated versions of this error and after a while for different font

My Frame.io account was just upgraded to v4 and I’m now unable to use Frame.io inside After Effects.I’m on Windows 11 and I’ve updated to the latest version of After Effects 2026 v26.3 and see the legacy Frame.io review window in the review workspace. This old legacy window no longer works with my v4 Frame.io account - that I understand. Unfortunately going to Window > Frame.io V4 does absolutely nothing. No new windows are opened and I’m completely dead in the water. Things I’ve tried so far:Uninstall AE 2026, reinstall without retaining any previous settings - same issueStart AE 2026 in safe mode - same issueControl Panel > Credential Manager > completely deleted anything related to Adobe or Frame.io, restarted windows, launched AE 2026 - same issue

Since updating apps last week, any Illustrator files imported to After Effects include duplicates of each layer that are blank 1x1px. As they also duplicate the layer names, this leads to layers "disappearing" later when reopening/editing files as they've re-linked layers to these "blank" layers.

when I’m using masks i need the masks to snap to edges and points , like if i want a simple rectangle reveal i need the start keyframe to be exactly on each other, while I’m activating the snapping option why it’s not snapping?

Issue — After Effects menus and UI lag severely when the Tools panel is open.Steps to reproduceOpen After Effects with the Tools panel enabled (Window > Tools / Ctrl+1) Click any top menu (File, Edit, Composition, etc.) Observe lag/freeze when opening or navigating menusExpected result — Menus open and respond instantly.Actual result — Menus lag or freeze noticeably while the Tools panel is visible. Disabling the Tools panel via Window > Tools (Ctrl+1) resolves the issue.Adobe After Effects version — 26.0, also happening in Beta 26.3 (Build 38)Comparative informationAffects all projects Issue does not exist in 25.6.4 Introduced sometime after 25.6.4Operating system — Windows 11 ProGPU driver version — Version 595.79 Released Tue Mar 10, 2026

I'm genuinely losing my patience with After Effects breaking fundamental functionality for absolutely no goddamn reason.I'm working on a VFX project using an OCIO color management workflow, and After Effects is randomly deciding to clamp the values of one of my layers in the viewport. Sometimes it displays correctly, and sometimes the values appear to be clamped to a maximum of 1.The most frustrating part is that this isn't even consistent.If I perform practically any action that refreshes the viewport, the image suddenly displays correctly again. But the moment I move the timeline, it can immediately go back to displaying the broken, clamped version.What's even more ridiculous is the difference in behavior depending on playback: If I manually scrub through the timeline and allow frames to load individually, everything displays correctly. If I let After Effects cache the composition and play it back using NUM0 or Spacebar, it loads and displays the completely broken/clamped version i