After Effects

Hi, I've just dowloaded Overlord 2, hoping it would offer a seamless way of working between illustrator and after effects but I'm still getting a lot of issues. I've attached a snippet of some of the illustrator drawing, I am trying to import and the one on the right is how it got imported to ae. Does anyone have any ideas what I've done wrong? I used the overlord panel to perform it. I just want to create a simple video with text values that change over time but is proving to be incredibly difficult.  

Does anyone know how to resolve this? I uninstalled and reinstalled and getting the same error. After Effects can’t continue: The Common Extensibility Platform (CEP) suite couldn't be loaded. You may need to reinstall. After Effects can’t continue: unexpected failure during application startup. I'm running (Mac) Yosemite 10.10.5, using After Effects CC 2015 v.13.6.1. Any help is appreciated!

I need to use some animated Arabic text in an After Effects file that I'm working on, but I don't have the'Text Engine' option in my menu to change it to ‘South Asian and Middle Eastern’: 

Hi everyone,I am trying to use the RenderQueueMonitorSuite to listen for render queue events, but I've hit a wall. While the registration function returns success, the registered callbacks are never actually triggered during rendering.I noticed some very old threads mentioning this suite might be non-functional. Is this still the case in 2026, or is there a known workaround?Environment: SDK & AE Version: CC 2019 (16.x) My Implementation Details: I updated AEGP_SuiteHandler.h to include the suite so I can call it via the standard handler pattern. Calling AEGP_RegisterListener inside EntryPointFunc causes AE to crash on startup. To avoid the crash, I moved the registration logic to a CommandHook. When triggered via a menu item, AEGP_RegisterListener returns A_Err_NONE (0), but the callback functions (e.g., RQM_RenderJobStarted) are never executed when a render starts. static A_Err RQM_RenderJobStarted(AEGP_RQM_BasicData *basic_dataP, AEGP_RQM_SessionId jobid){ // This alert ne

Hi everyone,I'm trying to develop a CEP panel for After Effects 2025, but it's not showing up in the application. Here's what I've done so far:I created the folder structure with manifest.xml, index.html, and main.js.The manifest.xml is configured with:xmlcopyEdit<ExtensionBundleId>com.victor.elevenaudio</ExtensionBundleId><Extension Id="com.victor.elevenaudio.panel" Version="1.0"/><Host Name="AEFT" Version="[16.0,99.0]"/><RequiredRuntime Name="CSXS" Version="12.0"/>I placed the folder at:C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\com.victor.elevenaudio.panelI enabled debug mode in the Windows registry:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\CSXS.12]"PlayerDebugMode"=dword:00000001I restarted After Effects and still don’t see the panel under Window > Extensions (Legacy).I’ve also checked folder permissions and tried rebooting the machine, but nothing seems to work.Is there anything else that needs to be done in AE 2025 to make unsigned CEP panel

I have a LaunchKEY MINI MIDI controller. I wonder if I can use it in AE and Premiere for additional control? For example: assign a certain function to any of the keys. Or assign zoom or something else to a knob/pot. Is that even possible? Because I was thinking about buying a Stream DECK or something like that. Maybe it's not necessary if you have a MIDI controller. What do you think about it?

Hi community. Im using Element 3D plugin by videocopilot. I have a question regarding how 3D nulls behave. If I use the Create Null by the element 3D plugin, when I rotate the null object, the shape keeps its depth.But If I use AE null object, I also need to create a camera, and parent it to the null object, but when I rotate it in 3D space, Y Position, at some point during the rotation it becomes paper thin. But this behavior doesnt happen when Element 3D makes the null. This is the example for the null which element 3D creates, also camera is not needed when I rotate this shape.  Here is the 3D depth, when I use AE null at 90 degree Y axis, and I also need to use a Camera, because without the camera, the Null isnt animating any X.Y.Z positions. just the gizmo box animates.  Appreciate your help.

Hey everyone,I’ve been messing around with some GTA San Andreas gameplay footage, and I really love that stylized, slightly gritty look the game has — the colors, the outlines, and that almost comic-book vibe in some cutscenes. I want to try recreating something similar in After Effects for a short fan animation/video.I’m curious how other After Effects users would approach this. Do you focus mostly on color grading, use edge detection or cartoon effects, or maybe add some subtle motion graphics to capture that vibe? Are there plugins or techniques that really help bring out that “GTA” style without overdoing it?Would love to hear different workflows or tips — especially if you’ve tried recreating classic game aesthetics in AE before.

Hi! So I have rendered my character and unfortunetly the hair came out flickering, can any of you think of a good way to fix it if After Effects?https://www.itamargeller.com/kumucharacterFirst video in the page, I cannot upload videos here.Thanks!

I use cc particle world and a custom image to generate particles. The particles fades in during birth. I want them to appear solid right away. How?chat bots tell me there is an opacity map with a graph I can draw on. But I cannot find this map.The red line is where that map is supposed to be. It is not there.So how do I disable the particles fade in?

The issue is that aerender commands or after effects 25.6 or 26.0 is not opening with popup of dxcore.dll not found, I have already installed latestbeta version after effects but that didnt help

If i press spacebar and let it play, it gets blurry. Using mouse for fast preview or scrubbing on timeline, everything is fine. i’m on 100% magnification percentage. Resolution on Full. Cleared my cache. Updated to the latest After Effects 2026. But still nothing is working. Was working perfectly fine but suddenly this happened. On the picture, you’ll see its pixelated while it’s playing compared to the one that’s still (maybe need a bit of a zoom-in but trust me its very noticeable. Had this on other projects as well… Its a bit annoying. 

What features would you like to see implemented in After Effects? New ideas for plugins? Interface changes? Post 'em here! Let's keep bug identification to individual posts, as these will probably be addressed more readily. Let's use this thread for specific ideas about ways that AE can be improved and expanded. These Forums are for users, not Adobe employees, so don't forget to also fill in an Adobe feature request form. To view the Wish List posts prior to September 2009, look here.

Hi,I have a CEP plugin that works great in PPRO but is having a problem in AE. I have a simple function in a jsx file to return an object. I’ve tried returning the object or even a string with JSON.stringify() but the stringify seems to fail and return nothing and the object is just a string “object object”. The same code works in PPRO. I’ve tried this on a Mac (Tahoe) and Windows 11 but they both have the same problem.All I need to do is list out all the items in the project.Has anyone else seen this problem before? I’ve tried AE 2024/25/26. Any help would be amazing as it’s very odd!

我無法在AE中使用C4D(2024 build 5) 

Rendering in Adobe After Effects CC 2017 on my gaming laptop is too slow! I have performed a test with two laptops and a desktop PC.Let's name my gaming laptop as PC1. This computer is where the slow rendering happens. It took 4 hours to render my video. Here are the specifications of my laptop:CPU: Intel Core i5-7300HQ OS: Windows 10 Home (64-bit)RAM: 4GBGPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (2GB GDDR5)The next laptop will be named as PC2. This took only 40 minutes on rendering the same video. The specifications are:CPU: Intel Core i7-5500UOS: Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)RAM: 8GBGPU: NVIDIA GeForce 820M (4GB)The desktop PC will be named as PC3 and it took almost 50 minutes to render the same video. The specifications are:CPU: Intel Core i3-3210OS: Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)RAM: 8GBGPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 (4GB)How can I achieve fast rendering on PC1? Two of the major reasons in buying this laptop are video and photo editing. Can AE use my GPU on rendering? Please help me how to adjust or upgrade som

There's a simple question that seems impossible to answer (at least for me).Is there a way to know all the formats supported for importing 3D cameras into After Effects?I think that C4D, .ma files, or .jsx (via a Blender add-on) are the only ways, but I'm not completely sure. Are there any other methods?Is there a place where I can find documentation on how to import cameras using these three methods?FBX, GLB, and OBJ are supported by After Effects, but only for geometry, right?Thanks in advance! I hope someone can help me with their knowledge.Thanks!!

Hi, I have a problem with bodymovin exporting. I made a simple animation and I want to export it for my website. But when everything is ready and I press render button it wont render. It just keep loading and nothing is happening for a hours. Any solution please ? 

I want to select all paths on an SVG layer. If I enter this parameter path in the search, groups and other unnecessary positions are displayed. How to display only the parameter that I need? This is necessary in order to select all paths and move them to another group or to another layer. I just don't want to select each one manually, because there are a lot of them in SVG, so I would like to find a solution and quickly select them all to move them to one group or to another layer. I know there are scripts for this, but I don't like to use third-party scripts because they accumulate, and there will be a lot of them on the screen, and it will be distracting. I think there should be a solution with standard AE functions. Thanks!AE 26.

Hi all,when trying to change the scale of a selected layer using the property panel, I also change another layer scale. It looks like the property panel has two layers selected even if I select one layer only. It also doesn't matter which layer I have selected because it keeps working on the same 2 layers. Hopefully you can see it in this ugly screeen recording. Sorry I'm in a rush.  

Hi team, we are facing issue in processing aep graphic files This is the zip file with 3 fontsWe have all these 3 fonts installed in our system2025-09-12T23:56:38.542Z INFO: Aerender#install_font: Font Coronette.otf is already installed2025-09-12T23:56:38.542Z INFO: Aerender#install_font: Font FranklinGothicLTProDmCn.otf is already installed2025-09-12T23:56:38.542Z INFO: Aerender#install_font: Font FranklinGothicURWLig.otf is already installed  This is the logic used to check the fonts.File.exists?("C:/Windows/Fonts/#{font_name}") or File.exists?("C:/Windows/Fonts/#{font_name.gsub(/\.otf/i, '.ttf')}") But still aerender is throwing error1. WARNING:After Effects warning: Project has missing fonts.2025-09-12T23:56:57.824Z ERROR: Reported Error/Warning in aerender: WARNING:After Effects warning: Project has missing fonts. can you please let us know, how to resolve this issue

So these previews have twixtor in them, the video and the twixtpr is 30 fps but the composition is set to 60 fps, whenever I played the preview I see this random frame glitch, plzz help me 

 In this tutorial, I talk you through the full workflow for taking a static astrophotography image and turning it into a cinematic fly-through using After Effects. We’ll be collaborating with the expertise of astrophotographer Alex Linde to bridge the gap between photography and motion graphics. What you’ll learn:Star Removal: How to use Photoshop and StarNet++ (and alternatives like StarXTerminator) to prep your image for 3D depth. Camera Rigging: Setting up a 2-node camera with a Null Object for smooth, professional movement. Parallax Backgrounds: Creating a distant starfield that reacts realistically to camera movement. 3D Particle Stars: Using CC Particle World and a clever expression to generate thousands of static stars you can actually fly through.  

Hi there,I have a problem with my After Effects project. Whenever I move forward or back in the timeline, this error message comes up. I can not work properly on the file anymore, but I urgently need to export some plexus effects as SVGs and work in it. Can someone help me how to fix the mistake?Regards Stephan

I recently updated Ae to version 25.2.  My current projects were all defaulted to automatically open with version 2024. I went into my settings (using Mac OS 14.5) and changed to 2025 as default, but when I tick the box to "change all" it forces the Beta version as the default.  How can I make the 2025 version the default? This used to work, I feel like it's an issue with this update?