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 

EnvironmentProduct: Adobe After Effects 2025 Version: 25.6.6.4 OS: Windows 11 24H2 (Build 26100) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Project type: Text-heavy template with many Source Text expressions referencing other text layers across compositions.SummaryAfter Effects consistently crashes while evaluating Source Text expressions. The crash only occurs when Source Text expressions are enabled. Disabling the expressions makes the project stable.The crashes occur in two different modules:libdynamic-napi.dll TXT.dllBoth crash dumps indicate that the failure happens during TextDocument evaluation initiated by expression evaluation.Steps to ReproduceOpen the project. Enable Source Text expressions. Preview the composition or modify/enable/disable a Source Text expression. After Effects crashes.The crash is especially reproducible when repeatedly enabling/disabling Source Text expressions.Expected ResultThe Source Text expressions should be evaluated normally without crashin

IssueAfter Effects 26.3 repeatedly crashes during normal editing.The crashes are not limited to one project or one specific plugin.I have experienced crashes while using:• BMF Map Ramp• Linear Color Key• Gradient Overlay• Cinema 4D RendererThe crashes also occur during unrelated editing operations.Because the issue occurs across multiple unrelated plugins and features, it does not appear to be caused by one specific third-party plugin.--------------------------------------------------Internal ErrorSometimes After Effects displays the following message before closing:<RenderTaskManager> <1> Destructor:GetOriginalProject() is nullImmediately afterwards After Effects reports:After Effects has crashed (0,42)--------------------------------------------------Other Crash BehaviourIn many cases After Effects closes instantly without showing any Adobe crash dialog.Windows Event Viewer reports:Application:AfterFX.exeException Code:0xC0000005Sometimes Windows crash dumps are generated

You need to fix the popup that someone else may be using my Adobe account. THEY AREN'T!!!! I've changed my password 3 times, I have 2fa set up, nobody is using my  adobe account except me on my other computer and never at the same time. FIX THE POPUP OR GET RID OF IT!!!! [edited by moderator]

Hello, I want to download Adobe After Effects 2019 or 2020 because my laptop can't handle the newer versions. I know that the 2019 and 2020 versions are no longer officially available, but is there still a way to download them?I stopped editing in 2021, and now I want to start editing again using the same laptop I had back then. My laptop has an Intel 11th Gen Core processor, but unfortunately it only has 8 GB of RAM. I can still run the newer versions of After Effects, but they're too demanding for my laptop, and they often crash or become unresponsive ("Not Responding").I wanted to upgrade the RAM, but I can't because it's soldered to the motherboard. And I'm too poor to buy a new laptop right now, lol.

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

Hello Adobe Team,I'm experiencing an issue with Adobe After Effects 2025 on my MacBook Air M2.Problem:When I click the macOS green Full Screen button, After Effects does not enter native Full Screen mode. Instead, it remains in windowed mode or immediately returns to the normal window.I have already tried:- Resetting After Effects Preferences- Resetting Workspace- Restarting my Mac- Turning Stage Manager ON and OFF- Checking Mission Control settings- Reinstalling After Effects and Creative CloudNone of these steps solved the issue.Could you please confirm whether this is a known bug or provide a solution?Thank you.

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.  

I can no longer copy text from illustrator and paste it into after effects.It used to copy and paste, including formatting. But now nothing at all happens!