After Effects

Hi guys, I’m running into a problem with my green screen. When I key it out with Keylight, a grey area is left behind, probably from a glass reflection behind the girl.I have no idea how to get rid of it. I also tried changing that grey area to green, but I still end up with visible edges because the hair is slightly out of focus. Any ideas?  

 The Echo Effect to create long streaks is normally the way you'd recreate the jump to lightspeed, but I think I've found a better, more controllable way. And also, the Hyperspace tunnel can be done entirely in AE with no plugins!When I was researching the VFX History of Slitscan, I realized that the "standard" After Effects tutorials for #StarWars hyperspace are often slow and hard to art-direct. In this tutorial, I throw out the old methods and use Shape Layer Repeaters to create perfectly controlled star streaks.I also dive into the NEW 3D Parametric Mesh tools in After Effects (v26) to recreate the iconic "blue tin foil" hyperspace tunnel using a free Adobe Substance material.In this video, you’ll learn:How to use a repeater on a shape layer. How to create a star field from a single line. Building a 3D Hyperspace tunnel using a Cylinder Mesh and Substance Materials. How to handle the "Flash to White" transition and deceleration. 

The viewport needs to be set to FULL res in order to track a mask.Set viewport to Half res Import a video Draw a mask to track. Track forwardThe video will play but the mask will not track.  It needs to be set at full resolution to track.After Effects v26.30Windows 11 

How do i create a 3d path from a shape (ie a circle) for an object to follow?It is easy to do with text as it has more advanced path options but i cannot figure out how to do it with an image. I create a circle shape layer, enable 3d and change the orientation. I then convert it to a bezier path and pastethe position onto my object. But when I do this, it just is inserted as a 2d path (ie before i had changed the orientation). Ive seen a lot of people post the same problem and the answers always suggest either: using the pen tool - i want a perfect cicrle and this is very hard / time consuming to achieve using a null object - same as above and also less orient options than a path. it seems like this should be simple? can anyone help?

I'm working on a plugin where very small differences in keyframe timing affect the final result.From what I understand, keyframe times in the SDK are represented by A_Time:typedef struct { A_long value; A_u_long scale;} A_Time; For example, suppose I have a 60 fps composition with a duration of 666 ms. A keyframe is intended to be placed at 13.947372 ms.Since AE uses a time scale of 30720 ticks/second, that time corresponds to:13.947372 ms × 30720 / 1000 = 428.46 ticksBecause only whole ticks can be stored, the keyframe becomes:428 ticksor428 / 30720 = 13.932292 msWhen I later retrieve it:A_Time kfTime;AEGP_GetKeyframeTime(stream, keyIndex, AEGP_LTimeMode_LayerTime, &kfTime);I only receive those integer tick values. The original time of 13.947372 ms appears to be unrecoverable. My question:Is the integer A_Time representation the fundamental precision limit of After Effects, or is there any SDK/API that can recover keyframe times with greater precision than the tick values

After Effects 2025 not working correctly – crashing/hangingWhat's wrong with my PC specs which all versions of the 2025 release of After Effects will not run successfully on my machine?Does anyone else have issues with After Effects crashing/hanging, where nothing works and then freezes?My PC spec is as follows:1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9950X AM5 Processor1 x ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero AMD Motherboard1 x Phanteks XT Pro Mid Tower Case - Black1 x Noctua NH-U14S Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler3 x DeepCool FL12 120mm PWM Fan in Black1 x Corsair Vengeance 192GB (4x 48GB) 5200MT/s DDR51 x Microsoft Windows 11 Pro1 x 1200W Be Quiet! Straight Power 12 Modular PSU1 x Palit GeForce RTX 5090 GameRock 32GB GPU1 x 8TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC320 3.5" HDD1 x 8TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SATA III SSD3 x 2TB Samsung 9100 PRO M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe

IssueWhen applying the Detail-Preserving Upscale effect to a layer containing fine regular textures, visible seam-like boundaries appear once the Upscale value reaches 116% or higher.The image appears as though it has been divided into sections.Example texture used for reproduction:Grid effect- Grid Size: Width Slider- Width: 2- Border: 2Steps to Reproduce1. Create a new composition.2. Create a new solid layer.3. Apply the Grid effect.4. Set Grid Size to "Width Slider", Width to 2, and Border to 2.5. Apply the Detail-Preserving Upscale effect.6. Increase the Upscale value to 116% or higher.Expected ResultThe image should scale uniformly without introducing any visible boundaries.Actual ResultNo artifacts appear up to an Upscale value of 115%.The artifacts appear consistently once the Upscale value reaches 116% or higher.Visible seam-like boundaries appear, making the image look as though it has been divided into sections.Changing any of the effect parameters does not resolve the issue.

After Effects version 26.0 freezes when I use the 3D camera with two views. After Effects version 26.0 freezes when I use the 3D camera with two views.Since version 24, After Effects has had this problem of freezing the view on two screens when using the 3D camera. At first, I thought it was due to my PC's configuration, but I recently upgraded it and the problem persists. I've reset the After Effects settings several times and it's still the same. Now, something strange is that if I work with only one view, After Effects doesn't freeze, so I only work with that single view currently. Screenshot of the frozen screen:PC specifications:Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro version 10.0.26200CPU: Intel Core i7-10700F 2.90GHzRAM: 32 GB DDR4Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070SSD: 1.8 TB

IssueAfter Effects intermittently crashes shortly after opening a project or when the first effect/render work begins on a Windows workstation with two NVIDIA GPUs from different generations (RTX 5090 + RTX 3090). Every analyzed crash is a stack overflow inside NVIDIA's Direct3D user-mode driver. Disabling the RTX 3090 in Windows Device Manager makes the same projects stable across repeated launches, without changing the project or After Effects settings.Steps to reproduceOn Windows 11, enable both an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 3090 in Device Manager. Install NVIDIA Studio Driver 610.62. The issue also reproduced with 610.74. Driver 610.62 was installed after DDU cleanup in Safe Mode. Start After Effects 26.2.0 (Build 49). Open a project that causes initial render/device work. The captured case used one image layer and one GPU-accelerated third-party effect. Wait for the project to finish opening and for After Effects to initialize/render the composition. If it does not crash, clo

New to AE and I have been following this tutorial to get my mouth syncing working.  Unfortunately nothing shows. Anyone got any ideas of what I am doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.  

suddenly my AE project didn’t work anymore. The preview playback stuck randomly within a few frames no matter what settings i chose. eventually i figured out the bug. I’m using exr renderings for my animation. I’ve got 50 frames but in between frames 30-40 are missing in the OpenExrSequence. Here comes the problem: When using the EXtractoR effect on the files but some frames don’t exist it effects the preview playback immediately. No matter the whole composition is not able to play anymore. please fix it. 

Hey guys!I saw a really cool text transition in a Minecraft video (0:20)And I'm trying to recreate it. The creator mentioned they only used Premiere Pro and After Effects for their editing workflow.The effect is a fast camera fly zoom to the sky where a 3D text (like "INTRODUCING") appears in the middle of the screen, perfectly locked in place with zero jitter.I tried using the 3D Camera Tracker in After Effects, and also tried 2D tracking (Position + Scale), but because of the repeating Minecraft textures and the fast camera rush, the text constantly jitters, shakes, or the tracker points just slide off the blocks.How is this transition actually made? What is the proper, clean workflow in Premiere or AE to get that rock-solid, smooth look without any shaking?Thanks in advance!

My computer has 32.0 GB RAM but I often see 92% of RAM is used when I worked with certain Ae. I wish to increase the RAM. Is 64 GB enough for Ae or I have to go for 128 GB. 

Issue - When applying the effect, “VR Chromatic Aberrations”. I get a red screen with glyph’s across the screen. Steps to reproduce - Apply “VR Chromatic Aberrations” to a layer in AE 2026. Expected result - The Effect should properly apply. Actual result -  A red screen appears with white glyph’s across the screen Screen recording – If you think it might be helpful, include a recording of your screen, showing the issue.    Adobe After Effects version - 26.3.0 Operating system - macOS Tahoe 26.5.2 Comparative information helps us understand more about when the issue occurs:  Affects all projects. Optional but useful: Upload project files, screenshots, or screen recordings that demonstrate the issue.

I saw in the new version of after effects 26.3 there is rotobrush tool and I don't have it between my tool 

Hey there, I updated my AE and my User Animations presets are gone. Is there any way to recover them? Cheers,Rui