After Effects

In AE 2026 is the new unmult effect which works well until you apply it to video which have transparency (alpha channel). Then the result is unacceptable with strong banding and color shift. If I compare result to other unmult effects or workarounds, the result of native new effect is totally different while other methods/plugins does well and practicaly the same output. I can provide the whole project with one frame from the footage, or the whole animation,Sample image attached.I tried change bit depth and colorspace but that does not change anything. 

 I've looked through many tutorials and they all show the button, for some reason it is not here.

When I tab to ‘Don’t Save’ in the dialog and press Return, the system still brings up the Save As window. However, clicking ‘Don’t Save’ with the mouse behaves as expected. 

I think the whole AE app just crashed on my Mac. I'm really hopeless right now.I have tried every option in the Crash Repair Options tab, but none of it seems to work. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, restarting the device, cleaning up, clearing the cache, and everything; still, it always shows these two tabs.I have given read/write access to the pref folder as well.Before this, I was doing well with both ver. 26 and 26.2. Plus, I never used third-party plugins in my AE.Please help me out... 

Hi, I want to Flip path direction, I want to mirror the flip in opposite direction. I googled. nothing is there. I used plugins. but it causes problem in rigging process. I want it done using inbuilt AE system. Is there any way I can do it inside AE using anythng inbuilt in the software? Thank you. Like I mirror any shape using scale, 100 - 100, I want to flip the path like this. using inbuilt AE system.       

What is the reason this “I” like icons are in front of play head. is there any way to hide this? . This icons are smothering keyframes [KF] when play head is over the KF.   

I’ve been using CC Glass in some texts, and it was working fine until I added the effect to… just another composition with texts. It doesn’t make much sense, I know.The compositions are basically copies of each other, just with other text content, and I’ve checked the Bump Map, and each layer is using its respective map.I’ve tried applying the CC Glass effect to each individual character (that is inside the composition), and it does work. But it also changes a little bit my animation, which I didn’t want to happen.The strangest part: when I render the video, the accent in the ‘é’ changes in the middle of the animation?? And the CC Glass is only applied to part of the layer???I’m attaching the video and the file, for reference. I thank in advance if anyone helps me figure it out.

After Effects Versions 22.5 to 24.2.1Operating System: Windows 11 ProMemory: 96GB DDR5 RAMGraphics Card: Asus TUF RTX 4080 OC with Studio Driver version 551.61Processor: AMD 7950X (Note: I've disabled the integrated GPU to allow Premiere to decode ProRes Raw. If not disabled, I encounter a decoding error. This workaround, which I found in an Adobe Community forum thread titled "ProRes RAW can't be decoded" (Thread ID: 13123838), has been a temporary fix for nearly two years, yet a permanent resolution is still pending.) All other ProRes Codec's work FlawlesslyIn my project configured with OCIO color management set to Aces 1.2, importing ProRes Raw clips operates smoothly unless I precompose or add any effects. When effects like Lumetri Color are added, the preview freezes, and actions like purging RAM and cache or closing the project cause After Effects to crash. Switching to Adobe's color management and modifying the ProRes raw source settings in the 'More Options' of the Interpr

I just switched over from Mac to a PC. The switch was quite a major upgrade from a 2017 iMac to a very high end PC.Old 2017 iMac Specs: Processor: 4.2 ghz quad core intel core i7Graphics: Radeon Pro 580 8GbMemory: 64Gb 2400mhz DDR4Storage: 2tb SSDNew PC Specs: Operating System: Windows 11CPU: AMD R9 9950X3DGraphics: Nvidia RTX 5090 32GBRAM: 64Gb DDR5 6000Mhz RGBHard Drive: 4tb NVMe Gen4CPU Cooler: 360mm AIO4 FansMotherboard: X870Power Supply: 1200W Gold ATX 3.0 This is a brand new computer. Storage is completely free, hardware check shows all components running smoothly, and After Effects has zero additional plug ins installed as of now. It’s just the base download from the suite. As of this post, I downloaded After Effects on May 12, 2026. Current version is 26.2.1 When I open up an AE project and begin to do rotoscope edits, the entire system basically freezes and preview renders begin to play at a horrifically slow speed. I’ve tried clearing the cache on all forms, increasing the ca

Ever since version 25.2 we have been noticing a weird bug.We work in 32bit ACES exclusively.Every now and then we come across a composition that just clamps all the HDR values down to 1.I've managed to isolate a comp like that and the problem itself:- AE ver 25.2 or later (even Beta)- comp has minimum 3 layers- at least two layers must be in Add mode - both have to have motion blur turned on- motion blur in the comp is on The problem fixes itself in any of the following cases:- one of the layers gets hidden - so that only one additive layer remains- you disable motion blur in the comp- you disable motion blur on one of the layers, so that only 1 layer has motion blur- you switch renderer from GPU to software- you open the same project in AE 25.1 This occurs rarely, but if we find a comp like that it bugs out on all our machines- rtx 4xxxx or rtx5xxxx- win10 or win11- throughout the last year we've reinstalled gpu drivers 3-4 times already I have an example project - I can upload it, ju

Hi, Scince updating to the latest version  25.3.2 and something weird happened. I re named a file and it went missing of course. So I re linked it and saved the Ae files.But every single time I open the Ae file, I keep getting the same missing files msg and I have to re link it EVERY SIGNLE TIME. I tried saving a new file version but it's the same. I just installed a fresh windows 11 today and got the same thing!! Help please

Seemingly recently, dynamic linking is no longer working. Issues:Multiple AE files in premiere are forever pending Premiere requires me to open AE before opening premiere project in order for any previously linked files to open If premiere timeline contains multiple AE files, only one will load while the others remain pending or even offline, requiring a consolidation of all AE files into one AE file  Even when dynamic linked files are active on timeline, the export occasionally will show them offlineHas anyone else experienced this?

When i put 1800x1800 as composition it becomes more of a rectangle than a square even if my pixel aspect ratio is on square pixels. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Is this additionally paid extension or included in Ae subscription?   

Havent used after effects for awhile, when I doubled clicked before it use to fill the window with anything else going to a tab. Now it opens a new window beside the composition window which makes it small I dont need to see the composition window just what I am working on. 

I’m in Free Transform, is there any way to shear or skew the bounding box?  

For some reason, I cannot use the 3D camera tracker anymore. It worked fine on my last project. I’ve tried to track multiple clips to no avail. It doesn’t move past “Initializing.” After a while, I get an error that reads “timed out obtaining dynamiclink server” even if it’s a standalone project that isn’t connected to Premiere. I’m using AE v 26.2.1. Anyone know how to fix this?

God, I have no idea why i keep crashing, I didn’t have anything complicated, no script. Just come footages and simple composition.Anyone can help ?

I encountered a serious UI bug in After Effects affecting the Timeline panel switches.After using the new Angular tool / Bone Structure workflow (possibly related), certain layer switch controls in the Timeline panel became completely unresponsive. Specifically, the Switches area (including Shy, Solo, visibility and other switch icons) appears visually active, but clicking any switch only highlights the entire switches region with a selection outline instead of toggling the actual switch state.The controls behave as if the Timeline panel is frozen, while the rest of After Effects continues to function normally.What I already tried:Restarting After Effects Clearing cache Resetting workspace Renaming the composition Opening different projects/compositions Restarting the computer Testing other Timeline layoutsNothing resolved the issue.This may possibly be related to running DUIK/Angular rigging tools or to a GPU/UI rendering issue. I am using anMy specifications:Windows 11NVIDIA RTX 3060