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I have all kinds of problems with MP4 footage not updating properly, and I feel like it didn't used to be this bad in previous AE versionsMy standard workflow is to export MP4 renders from another animation software and composite them in After Effects.Whenever I re-render an existing shot and then switch back over to After Effects, the MP4 footage becomes all garbled / corrupt looking in the AE timeline."Reload Footage" does not help."Replace Footage" (with the same file) does not help.Purging All Memory & Disk Cache (then reload or replace) does not help.Most of the time, quitting out of After Effects entirely,  purging cache, re-opening the project and reloading the footage works.But sometimes it doesn't.Sometimes I have to change the file name of the MP4, then "Replace Footage" when After Effects reports it missing... and then change the name again every time I re-render it!This is unacceptable.I should be able to re-render footage in another app, tab back over to AE and se

If a library in the library panel is left open, the lock and sync icons are doubled and flickering really fast. After closing out of After Effects, the icons were still there and somewhat burned into the screen, but they were still flickering. Even with a restart and shut down, the icons remained, but they did appear to be fading. The icons seem to have disappeared completely after about 20 minutes.  The flickering seems to happen when the side panel is scaled/ pushed to the right enough to show the horizontal scrollbar.  Ae 25.1.0 (Build 68)Windows 10

Hello,I used a text preset and would like to use the same preset for another project.  How can I tell which one I used? Thank you!Holly

Hi, i was doing a edit and in one single clip i get this everytime can i fix this or not? Because when i try to export the file i get the same error everytime on the same clip. On the clip there is only a shake and a zoom in and out.

We faced a persistent issue in our recent project that involved several extension panels. Closing one extension panel window occasionally caused the content in another active extension panel to vanish.(Ref: https://youtu.be/8icV1-ORiLU )We investigated this issue and found that it is exclusive to Windows . After spending several hours of debugging, we found out the pattern. The issue applies to all the extensions that exist. Closing an earlier opened extension panel causes the content in the most recently opened panel to vanish. We confirmed this bug persists across several After Effects versions (from 2019 to 2024) on Windows 10.(Ref: https://youtu.be/c-c1G9ALV0E) To replicate this issue, follow these steps:Open one extension panel (A).Open another panel (B).Close panel A.Notice the content in panel B disappears Our project relies heavily on using multiple panels, and this bug could frustrate users. Hope you can find a solution for this. 

Hi everyone,I'm facing a very frustrating problem with After Effects. Every time I try to launch it, I get this exact error:"After Effects can't continue: An unexpected error occurred, and After Effects will now shut down. Check if you have proper permissions to access After Effects' preferences folder."Here's everything I've tried so far, without success:Completely uninstalled After Effects and Creative Cloud multiple times.Deleted preferences manually from:%AppData%\Adobe\After Effects%LocalAppData%\Adobe\After Effects%ProgramData%\AdobeDocuments folder caches and preferencesChecked and corrected folder permissions in Windows (including enabling inheritance and setting correct ownership).Reset After Effects preferences using Ctrl + Alt + Shift.Disabled antivirus and firewall temporarily.Verified the Windows hosts file (no Adobe entries).Used Adobe's official Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool to remove all Adobe software.Checked firewall rules (removed Adobe blocks).Installed and tested the

Hi guys.Does anyone knows how to Extend a timeline duration of composition AT THE START ??Basically BEFORE the start of the timeline.anybody ?? 

Hello to you all!I'm working on an animation project in AfterEffects and I have the problem that if you look closely at the vertical lines in the animation they flicker.You can have a look at it here: AfterEffects Vertical lines flicker - YouTube It gets better if I render the video with 60 frames per second but I don't have the option to give away the video with such a high framerate.It has to be 25FPS. So my question: is there a way to avoid this flickering even at 25FPS.I tried several things to avoid it:1. Reduce Interlaced Flicker effect: no improvement2. I  tried to put animated grain in the background: no improvement3. I slightly blurred the whole animation: a bit better, but not reallyThank you for any suggestion!

 I’m experiencing persistent issues when exporting from Adobe Character Animator (Ch) to After Effects (AE) via Media Encoder (ME). The main problems include:Mouth sync lagging or speeding up in Ch.In AE, the mouth animation moves too fast, and some audio segments are missing.Occasionally, AE’s timeline doesn’t show visibility or sound icons for the imported video.A “posterized time” error appeared earlier in AE but has since disappeared—though it may be related.I performed a full clean install of Adobe apps, but the issue persists. Here’s a detailed breakdown:Issue Details:Character Animator (Ch): Mouth sync lags or speeds up inconsistently (24 fps project, using ElevenLabs audio, no live mic).Export Process:Exported a transparent video (QuickTime/Animation codec) via ME.Also tested direct import from Ch to AE.After Effects (AE):Mouth movement is too fast.Specific sections of audio are missing.Sometimes, visibility and sound icons don’t appear in AE’s timeline.Issue occurs regard

Hi everyone,I'm a 3D artist, and my workflow involves rendering 3D layers from Blender and compositing them in After Effects. Since 3D rendering can be very time-consuming, I’d like to set up my compositing using lower-resolution versions of my renders first. This way, I can identify any issues before committing to a full-resolution render.What’s the best way to properly manage this in After Effects?1. I know you can manually resize layers and compositions, but this can be unintuitive—especially when dealing with nested compositions. 2. I’m aware of the proxy system, but my challenge is that the final high-resolution version doesn’t exist yet. Since the whole point of using a low-resolution version is to preview the composition before rendering at full resolution.Does anyone have a recommended workflow or best practices for handling this? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

Hi all,No matter what I try I can not get new images to show up in my Composition Panel. They appear in my timeline as a layer just fine, but I can only see the handles for them in the Composition Panel while the image itself remains invisible. I tried the following ideas to troubleshoot so far: I tried multiple ways to import them. (File>import vs. drag/drop)I tried dragging them directly onto the timeline vs. dragging it directly into the timeline layers.I tried importing different file formats (.png and .psd)I tried re-saving the images and giving them a different names. I tried changing the images into comps and dragging them onto my timeline.  I made sure the timeline layer is not locked or hidden.I made sure the opacity is 100%I tested the images in a different file and they worked fine. I quit After Effects.I restarted my machine. THE ONLY THING I HAVE NOT DONE is to clear my cache. I was afraid to do it because it said it was 293 GB of cache and

I ain't the smartest when it comes to math and code. I have a setup that controls a color with two operators. A color picker and a slider that multiplies. Current code: // Get params baseColor = effect("Linear Gain")("Color"); gain = effect("Linear Gain")("Gain"); // Multiply the color by the gain value [baseColor[0] * gain, baseColor[1] * gain, baseColor[2] * gain, baseColor[3]]; I'd like to add an additional slider that can go from 0-100(%) that can control the amount of change from 0% which should result in [1,1,1,1float] ie. 'white' to the specified color*gain result being 100%.   Would love to have some assistance with this.

hello everyone! as of recently, I've experienced this annoying issue in the effects presets. anything I search that starts with an S, glitches the effects panel and I can't click on anything that comes up, nor can I scroll down. If I do, it does this weird thing where the panel's name duplicates itself?? for some reason, this only happens with the letter S, any other letter works. any ideas on how to solve this?  (I use After Effects 2018, by the way.)

Hi All,I've started to create motion graphics templates in AE, for use in Premiere, however I'm interested in other peoples knowledge/opinions on the following question: Should I be creating these animations in After Effects at various frame rates, if I know that sometimes the sequences they will be used in have a frame rate of 23.976, 25 or 30fps? Obviously I dont want a jittery animation if, for example I throw in a mogrt created in 23.976fps to a sequence running at 30fps (due to the footage in that sequence). Or vice versa. Thanks in advance for your responses.

Welcome to After Effects 25.1     The Adobe After Effects 25.1 December release is now available for download, introducing significant enhancements to streamline your workflow. This latest update includes a notable feature allowing users to specify whether 3D objects in their compositions interact with scene lighting. Additionally, the release addresses multiple bugs, ensuring improved stability and performance.     New in 25.1   Here are the new features coming with 25.1   Try the Latest Version Accepts Lights switch for 3D layers Disable a 3D layer from accepting lights to ensure the object’s appearance is unaffected by light sources in the 3D scene. 3D model preview thumbnail Preview 3D models as thumbnails in the Project panel to speed up model identification and enhance workflow efficiency. Cinema 4D 2025 upgrade in After Effects Take advantage of the Cinema 4D 2025 upgrade in After Effects and unlock

whenever i try and use text i can only write it on 1 line, when i press enter to go down a line it just goes back to the beginnning and writes over the line i just wrote. its been happening since i first got ae and i cant find a solution anywhere. I attatched a video of me trying to type that shows my text settings. please help.

Hello friends, I ran into a problemI want the parameter Range Selector /Advanced/Mode switching using the checkbox controllerFor example, if the check box is off, value AddIf the check box is on, value SubstractPlease respond, knowledgeable friends! I am very bad at expressionsChat GPT does not know anything about this))effect("Reverse Direction")("Checkbox") == 1 ? 1 : 0;this code doesn't workThanks in advance!

Hi, I'm trying to do here an accelerating rotation, but I'm just unable to solve one issue.  I have here a wind turbine, which is rotation in constant speed, however in One moment, I want it to speed up to reach a set peek of speed and then slowly slow down to normal speed.  I'v set up expressions on the rotation:baseSpeed = 100;boostAmount = effect("Boost")("Slider");value + time * (baseSpeed + boostAmount);I'v added Slider, named it Boost and set up 3 keyframes at values 0-100-0, added Easy In and Out.  However I found out, that during the peek speed, the turbine rotation switches to the other direction and in the end slowly stops and starts rotating back its original direction. When I look at the speed graph,i guess it is trying to compensate the value of speed, which went up, by doing it in negative values. Which in many cases is necessary in order of the rules of physics, but here it is not. I'v tried to find solution on the internet and tri

I am trying to create a simple script where Guides will be generated from the Grid. I know all of this is pretty basic, but I am having a problem accessing "Anchor" in the "Grid" effect. As you can see I am trying to test it just by accessing the name but even that doesn't work. I do not have a problem accessing for example property(4) which is "Width" and I can access the value of the same but with Anchor, I can not. Also, I would like to access each of the Anchor values [x,y] individually. Another question is the guides on/off visibility. I have used the line from "AE scripting guide 2022" but I am obviously missing something basic.So to summarize:1) how do I access Anchor in the Grid effect?2) how do I access Anchor each [x,y] value individually?3) what and I missing to enable/disable guides visibility with click on the "Visibility" button? I am working in Visual Studio Code and this is what I wrote so far. Thank you in advance. var window = new Window("palette", "Grid To

I have created an animated gradient in After Effects. I now want to mask that gradient with a vector logo. The only way I can think of doing it is rendering the gradient and then masking the video. Surely there's an easier way?

I want to know exactly what the software being used for this English lesson explanation.I've already asked ChatGPT and it told me Adobe After Effects. But if so then how can I use it to do such lesson? 

I finished a project but once I start to render, an error always pop up at the exact frame stating:"After Effects error: Invalid image buffer size (40003x40002)"(37 :: 102)I have tried purging every 5 frames, yet it still doesn't work.I am using a mac with 2 gigabyte ram.Hopefully someone can help me with this, really need to render because I need to submit it soon.Thanks.

Hi. I turned on Auto-Orient to make a bud rotate along the branch, but for some reason it twitches at the beginning.More details:This branch is a trimmed version of the bigger "main branch" — I used trim paths to do it.Then I adjusted the original path from the big branch so that it'd fit this smaller branch.The original path works perfectly fine. But this adjusted path makes the bud twitch for some reason. I'm not sure if that's the reason, or maybe something else? I also tried to adjust Rotation parameter — but to no avail, it still twitches.

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