After Effects

When generating a Content-Aware Fill layer, the rendering process repeatedly stalls and stops advancing on its own.NOTE: I work with 8k monoscopic and work with reference frames every 1 second.The fill generation begins normally and creates placeholder fill PNG files. However, progress eventually stops and remains stuck indefinitely. CPU usage remains active (approximately 8–15%), suggesting the process has not completely crashed.The issue can be reliably reproduced and immediately resolved by causing a timeline frame change. Pressing Page Down, clicking a different frame in the timeline, or otherwise changing the current frame causes Content-Aware Fill to resume processing instantly. In many cases, a single Page Down key press causes the render progress to jump significantly or complete entirely.The issue does not appear to be related to GPU acceleration or cache configuration. I have tested with: Mercury GPU Acceleration (CUDA) Mercury GPU Acceleration (OpenCL) Mercury Software O

So, Rendering in either Media Encoder, or After Effects on a majority of my compositions is still crashing sue to memory leaks issues. I’m also having issues with projects not saving, not auto-saving and not saving as a copy, or saving as legacy versions… NBone of the above. I’m gtonna start looking inbto all the potential class action lawsuits related to this ongoing issue in Adobe apps. Current Mac OS X (26.5.1), Apple M1 Max MacBook Pro, 32GBs RAM. So tired of this crap. I’ve been using AE regularly since 2003, the last few years have been a complete wash, and it’s compromised much of my work because of these ongoing issues. There are multiple tags related to the same issues. Instead of fixing what’s broken you’re pouring resources in AI crap no one wants, except for lazy people.

🐞 Bug Report – After Effects 26.2.1 UI Text Missing & Plugin Crash IssueProduct: Adobe After EffectsVersion: 26.2.1OS: Windows 10/11 (please fill in your exact version)📌 Issue SummaryAfter updating to After Effects 26.2.1, several third-party plugins show missing UI text in the Effect Controls panel. In addition, interacting with certain plugin controls causes After Effects to crash.The issue only affects plugins with localized or non-native English UI systems, while other plugins (e.g. BCC, some Red Giant modules) remain functional.⚠️ Affected PluginsRed Giant (Trapcode / Universe / older Maxon components) Various localized/Chinese (translated) plugins Some legacy third-party plugins using custom UI systems✅ Working Plugins (for comparison)Boris FX BCC plugins (working normally) Some fully updated plugins using native SDK UI🔍 Steps to ReproduceInstall After Effects 26.2.1 Install third-party plugins (especially Red Giant or localized versions) Open Effect Controls panel Apply a

Hi,I’m trying to build a shape layer that adapts to the longest length between two text layers, but is limited to 850 pixels in size. Everything functions as it should until I add the clamp expression. The error “expression result must be of dimension 2, not 1” pops up on the first line. How can I fix it, or is there a better way to approach adding a limit to the size of the shape? const line1 = thisComp.layer("First & Last Name, PhD"); // reference top line text layer const line2 = thisComp.layer("Title or Position"); // reference bottom line text layerconst boxWidth = Math.max(line1.sourceRectAtTime().width, line2.sourceRectAtTime().width) + 220; // compares the length of both text layers and returns the larger of the two including padding and leadingconst boxHeight = line1.sourceRectAtTime().height + line2.sourceRectAtTime().height + 120; // height of box including padding[boxWidth, boxHeight];clamp(boxWidth, 0, 850);Thanks in advance!

Every time I use extractor on an EXR sequence AE will crash on re-opening said project. My work around is to disabble the effect, delete it from all layers, then re-open the project enable it again, restart again, then re-aply extractoR at which point it will work until I close the project and re-open it. I have seen many people complain about this exact issue, and it happens regaurdless of the footage I use. So it's not that or some other effect. I have multiple projects that require EXRs at the moment and it happens on all of them. I have tried all the recomended solutions updateding drivers, disabling multi-frame rendering, clearing all cache and media files, updating AE/Encodeer updating windwos etc. Does anyone have a propor solution for this? AE 25.5Windows 11 

Hello,I've been waiting for your help to solve a simple, annoying problem for a long time. In After Effects, the All Caps feature writes capital "İ" as "I" in English. This causes serious problems in local languages, and I have to recheck the text every time and try to fix the problem with temporary solutions. In Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, this is solved very simply with the character language setting. However, since this setting is not available in After Effects, it remains a problem. I hope this problem will be solved as soon as possible.

hello, ı cant find rotobrush tool in tools part in the after effects 2026 can you help? thank you 

I use the dropbox app to store and share files. Like Onedrive it creates a folder in which multiple people can access, add, modify and change files. You can see every file in the folder but they are just proxies that takes up no space. To use them you have to download them locally onto the computer, replacing the proxy file (on your end). The issue arrives when you open a project another person has created and you haven't downloaded all the files used in the project. After Effects gives the error "The source compression type is not supported. ( 86 :: 1 )" following up with another error window "file 'file_name.mp4' cannot be imported – this 'MooV' file is damaged or unsupported." One would think you just have to locate the files, download them and reopen the project. But After Effects will now hold a grudge against these files and give the same errors even though you have them downloaded locally. Trying to use 'replace file' or just reimporting them will give the same er

I use timeline markers (not layer markers) a lot for a big project. It helps me sort out the different parts that I want to export individually. I love all the customisation options for the markers, so feature-wise I'd say I'm more than happy. There is a bug that makes using the markers frustrating. When zooming in on my timeline to fine-tune the end point of a timeline marker, the end-point snaps away from the cursor. It doesn't matter if I hold SHIFT or not, when zoomed-in, it will always snap away.

I made a simple 3D scene, add environment light, and shadows are "glitching". I've tried setting different values ​​in the render options, but it doesn't help. Has anyone encountered this problem? I've looked all over the Internet and haven't found a solution.Also I encountered a problem. There are no other light sources in my composition. But a small light appears on the layer in several places. after effects 2024

I just downloaded AE for the first time and it will not open due to missing font (AGM Adobe Clean Bold). I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times, I have resynced Creative Cloud several time, I have started in safe mode and changed preferences and disabled third party apps several times.I have two other apps installed and operating well (Premiere and Illustrator).PLEASE HELP. 

having issue with dragging keyframe in text layer animation, like scale and offset. happens when i use shortcut to add keyframe or copy paste keyframe, works fine when i add keyframe by changing the value. Version 26.0 in mac. 

Morning, Library doesn’t work well, the images didn’t have the preview file and this is a very big problem  and regression, can you fix it? 

I installed after effects for the first time on this computer, but I was met with a initializing mediacore error. After some troubleshooting I narrowed it down to my AMD graphics card drivers (I use a RX 9070 XT and the drivers are up to date). The only fix I have is to disable the drivers, but that’s not optimal.

"Adobe After Effects must have installed to import this file" Dynamic link needs to be better. How can this still be a thing?  Seriously, what needs to happen for Adobe to fix the bugs that have persisted through multiple versions for YEARS??  What combination of words and events is needed for Adobe to properly deliver on the products I have spent thousands of pounds on over the years? 

My PC is not compatible with the newer versions of After Effects because my CPU lacks the AVX2 support. I am also not able to change to older Versions of After Effects in CC. There is only the option to manage the Plugins. Is there a way to install an older version that is compatible with my CPU without using Creative Cloud?CPU: Intel i7 2700k 3.4Ghz

Since yesterday I have been trying to cut a few minutes video clip (H265 lossless) and apply Warp Stabilizer for each layer.And I see that it is too difficult for this program.1. Video offsets constantly appear on some layer - the program is unable to read the correct frame correctly. I thought I was accidentally moving the layer. However, no, it is the program that cannot read frames correctly.2. Warp Stabilizer - seriously, you can't select layers and have wholesale stabilization? Hello?3. Warp Stabilizer - and this won't show Track Points, and this freezes. The stabilization is supposedly complete and the effect is not visible. Restart the program and it starts working.4. Preview using spacebar - 5% CPU, 5% HDD load - and preview can stop. Because yes, and that's it.I've been working since yesterday, but Resolve is a demon of reliability and robustness next to you.

Hi Adobe Community,We are investigating an issue with After Effects aerender on Windows EC2 render workers. The same .aepx project and render command behaves differently across instances: on one instance After Effects crashes during render and produces a corrupt AVI, while on another instance the render completes successfully.I will attach a screenshot of the After Effects crash popup that appeared during the failed render.EnvironmentWe are rendering an After Effects .aepx project using aerender.Project file:    Outside NNL.aepxComposition:    RenderCompRender command:    aerender -project "C:\Users\Administrator\downloads\NNL Surfer 15 July 2025\NNL-Surfer15-July2025\Outside NNL.aepx" -comp "RenderComp" -OMtemplate "AmagiAVI_v3" -RStemplate "Best Settings_v3" -output "C:\Users\Administrator\downloads\NNL Surfer 15 July 2025\NNL-Surfer15-July2025\rendered\NNL-Surfer15-July2025_7d6681b313a82951.avi" -close DO_NOT_SAVE_CHANGES -v ERRORS_AND_PROGRESS -log "C:\Users\Administrator\downloads

I accidentally deleted the application.xml file inside D:\adobe\Adobe After Effects 2026\Support Files\AMT. How can I restore it? 

Windows, 26.3.0 x67 (but also present in current beta)I have an Illustrator file I’m using for a simple parallax effect by moving a one-node camera on X. I’m getting a consistent crash by moving this camera in the scene, OR by using [Edit: NOT Quick Offset!] Proportional Scrubbing (on Z Position) to adjust the Z positions on all the layers. This is typically triggering a chance-to-save crash, but has also given me a full-system lockup. .ai design and screen recording attached.