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After effects keeps crashing on startup. Older versions wont work, re-setting prefrences wont work, removing plugins wont work, i have tried everything i could to make this work but it still keeps crashing. I have tried re installing after effects, did a complete reinstall of the creative cloud app, went to the directory this error shows and tried to find abnormalities in it but NOTHING IS WORKING. I have assignments to submit. Someone please help me please.

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For a while now, After Effects has been loading up to 99%, and then crashing whenever I open a project. Normally, I just keep trying and eventually it works. This issue persists across every single project. However, today, this one project refuses to open and hits me with a new error 'Illegal Command Sequence', which takes loads of tries to close the pop-up window, and then it's followed by multiple 'Layer does not have a source' error messages. I can open the project on another computer, which is strange. I opened it up and Reduced the project (from 75MB to 25MB in size), but this hasn't helped.Does anyone have a solution for either of these errors? I have tried:• Removing plug-ins (from ScriptUI Panels folder)• Starting in Safe Mode• Reduced the project• Cleared all Cache• Importing the project into a new, empty AE project• Opening from 'File > Open...' Computer specs:• Mac Studio M1 Max• 64GB RAM• MacOS: macOS Sequoia 15.0.1• Assets are stored on an external SSD Ha

Hi all,I'm scaling some text from very large (2000%) down to 100%. Trouble is that the easing doesn't work when I do it. I have tried precomping the text, attaching it to a null and playing with the point size, but nothing has helped. I tried doing a smaller scale and it works just fine, so it appears to be something related to the size. Any thoughts?

If I select a mask on a layer by double clicking it, then try and move the mask with my mouse the mode of the mask cycles through each option (Add, Subtract, Intersect etc.) until the mouse is released. If I move the mask with the arrow keys on the keyboard it does not do this.I am not using a tablet and have not noticed this before. I am on Windows 11 Pro 24H2 build 26100.3194using after effects 25.1.0 build 68 I have uploaded a video starting off with an empty project to show that this is repeatable.  

 Please tell me how to fix this errorI get this error when saving 

Hello everyone,I have a question about animating confetti in After Effects. I want to animate confetti that appears and moves through the frame along a path. The confetti should keep moving slightly. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find a tutorial on how to do this. Is there anyone who can give me advice on the best way to approach this?

I was trying to render my composition using aerender earlier, but encountered some errors. In the actual project I am trying to render it's "aerender Error: After Effects error: layer does not have a source." So I did some testing, and it seems even just with a very simple project, that only contains one composition, as soon as there's an adobe character animator file (.chproj) in the project files - even if it's not being actively used in the composition - the render will not work:07:05:17 ~🔥 aerender -project /Users/user/Desktop/test.aepaerender version 25.1x68PROGRESS: Launching After Effects...07:05:37 ~🔥(Fails without error)After deleting the .chproj (not actively being used in the comp) from the project files:07:05:37 ~🔥 aerender -project /Users/user/Desktop/test.aepaerender version 25.1x68PROGRESS: Launching After Effects...PROGRESS: 13.02.2025 19:05:47 CET: Starting composition “test”.....PROGRESS: 13.02.2025 19:05:47 CET: Finished composition “test

Hi,I want this random expression to slow so that I can see the color change, I mean 1st color will stay for few seconds (Maybe 2/3 seconds), then the next color will also pause for some time, and then third color same...I want them to stay for few seconds before shifting to the next color. How can I slow it? what  should I write in the expression so that AE can make the color to stay for few seconds. Thank you   

I haven't used this in a while, I'm now reinstalling stuff over and over. I have this demo project I need to work on today to get this job and now I'm dealing with Maxon snags.  Can't I just run Cineware 2025? I have it installed, why is this error coming up? Do I need to back install? Please advise, thanks. 

Hello everyone,I recently stumbled upon this post that was made in 2013: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/bezier-curve-conversion-between-value-graph-and-speed-graph/m-p/5741221#M141939 talking about the mathematics for converting speed graphs to value graphs. I found the math to be fairly simple for one dimension, but with multi-dimension calculations, specifically in python, my curve values don't seem correct. The author hagmas provided a solution in which I tried to implement, but it seems incorrect when I run my own numbers. Python: import math x_first, x_last = 0, 100 y_first, y_last = 0, 200 z_first, z_last = 0, 0 duration = 30 x_diff = abs(x_first - x_last) y_diff = abs(y_first - y_last) z_diff = abs(z_first - z_last) x_avg, y_avg, z_avg = x_diff / duration, y_diff / duration, z_diff / duration avg_speed = math.sqrt(x_avg * x_avg + y_avg * y_avg + z_avg * z_avg) in_influence, out_influence = 0.50, 0.50 in_speed, out_speed = 200, 0 bezier_i

I've come across a few issues that are making AE crash. It is constantly locking up and crashing with just the bare minimum of me bringing in a single 422 hq movie and trying to get it to playback or when I try to purge the cache.  When I start in Safe mode it seems to work fine. Might be a plug-in issue bug (not using any) or corrupt preferences (did not change anything). I was able to work on things that didn't have mov files. Started crashing just trying to clear the cache.  Attached are the log files for the crash. I have also restarted my machine twice just to check. AE 24 is working fine with the same single files.

(The problem video below) This issue started today, and I have no idea why. My only thought could be that it is my most recent Mac update, but I am not sure.I've tried using "Purge", "preferences", "clearing caches" and everything but most of the time, they do not appear in preview, but when rendering and when the video finished rendering, those glitches would appear as well in the final video. 

Estoy tratando de levantar mi composición con Cinema 4D render para poder darle volumen a los shapes pero me sale esta avertencia. Ya desintale y volvi a instalar y me sigue saliendo el mensaje.

I have a valid yearly subscription with Adobe creative cloud.I frequently use Photoshop, illustrator and inDesign and all of them are working fine.I start talking some After effect classes. After a few days of using After effect I start getting this error message. I update the drive of the Nivide chipset on my laptop but it is not loading.  I can use it on safe mode but i prefer to use it on normal mode. 

Hello, I was using AE earlier today and then all of a sudden my keyframes stopped moving. My layers were not locked, and the only way I could fix it is by deleting a keyframe and then redoing it. The only way I could select a keyframe was by dragging not clicking. But the keyframes are just stuck they won't move. I would select a keyframe, and it won't move. I use AE 2022.

i was making an edit, and while watching the preview, it was completely in sync with the audio and wasn't delayed whatsoever. however, when i render it, it's fine for the first few seconds but then the video delays and no longer matches up with the video. ive never had this happen before when making similar edits. this also only happens to my edits that contain transitions, never simple velocities. ive attatched 2 streamable videos. one is the rendered product and the other is the video of the preview. PLS HELP! https://streamable.com/zdiwi1 https://streamable.com/02uidr 

I'm looking to create a faux 3D extruding animation by connecting two copies in different sizes of the same shape. Ideally, it would be even better to make it in a 3D environment, but a 2D could do the job. I have found several ways to connect individual vertices with lines—but ONLY lines, not all vertices of a shape.I made a mockup using the Blend tool in Adobe Illustrator (See the GIF images below).

Hello and Happy Day! So, I was merrily working along when After Effects (25.1.0 Build 68 on a 2023 Mac Studio) gave me an error, saying I was missing the "Tint" plugin. After trying all the usual methods to rectify the situation (running about the room in a panic flapping my arms around in an alarming manner, opening the same file fifteen times in a row hoping that would magically fix things, and experimental cursing) I tried resetting my plugin manager, to no avail. I checked and the plugin DOES exist in my "Adobe After Effects 2025 > Plug-ins > Effects" folder, which confuses me a bit. I tried moving the plugin in the desktop and back into the folder again to reset things but that didn't work. I verified that my Project Settings were set to use "Mercury Software Only." I can't find the effect online anywhere to reinstall just the plugin, so finally I tried uninstalling After Effects and all my plugins altogether and reinstalling the software, but I still get the same error

I have several long ProRes shots that I've broken up into 10-second chunks with shutter encoder, and dropped into sequences so that I can more easily rotobrush. I have been using rotobrush on these sequences for several weeks without issue. But today Rotobrush has started crashing AE on a new sequence. It specifically crashes when another person crosses in front of the person I'm rotobrushing. At several times across the sequence a person crosses, and each time AE crashes with a rotobrush error "unknown exception". The strange thing is, people crossed in front of my subjects in other shots I was working on just a day or two ago, and it never caused any problems. I have reinstalled AE on windows 10, flushed the caches, etc.  My PC has 128 RAM.  I have 3 TBs on an SSD for the cache.

Hello. I am wanting to apply nulls to points in a shape in a 3D space. From script "Create Nulls From Paths" I select my path from a 3D shape layer and click "Nulls Follow Points" and it does create the nulls, but only in a projected view as 2D, ignoring any Z positioning. I have tried separating the postions and seeing if I can force the Z positioning out in the expression with no luck.  My goal is to use the shape to control the null positions which I can attach images/comps to. 

I have two text layers, (Text 1 and Text 2) each is controlled by Slider to change the text, now the script work as it swap their position the higher number always remain at top, but if someone can help the position swap too quick, how can i easy ease them, like it change in 5 frames script :slider1 = thisComp.layer("Text 1").effect("Slider 1")("Slider")slider2 = thisComp.layer("Text 2").effect("Slider 2")("Slider")originalPos1 = [value[0], 1002.753];originalPos2 = [value[0], 1349.9595];// Determine target position based on slider valuestargetPos = (slider2 > slider1) ? originalPos1 : (slider2 < slider1 ? originalPos2 : value);// Smooth transitionsmoothTime = 2; // Adjust for slower or faster transitioncurrentTime = time;previousPos = valueAtTime(currentTime - smoothTime);linear(currentTime, currentTime - smoothTime, currentTime, previousPos, targetPos);

Hello, the newest media encoder version in macOS(Sequoia 15.0) has a problem rendering the AfterEffects composition, which contains expressions referring to other compositions. This problem occurs ONLY in MacOS.  (Windows works well) It works fine in the After Effects preview and the After Effects renderer (lossless). However, as soon as I start rendering with Media Encoder, the plain video(H.264), which isn't applied the expression comes out. How to reproduce the errorThe problematic expression is simple:Please test using the expression below. 1. referring to other compositions in the object expressioncomp("otherCompName").layer("something").position[0] 2. render the composition, which contains the expression above, using a media encoder (So that you know, I used many expressions in my project under the problematic  situation.)