After Effects

Hey im sure several people have made post about this but ive had after effects for a while and have not had any problem with it until recently. for some reason it would just crash on start my old pc was pretty weak especially trying to run something as demanding as AE so i gave up after unsuccessful attempts to troubleshoot it. just last week i upgraded some stuff in my pc and decided "hey why dont i try my hand at some AE projects." but the crash still persist i uninstalled AE and reinstalled it and it still just refuses to work. i keep gettin this message: "After effects error: crash in progress. last logged message was: <15764> <NGL><5> GetAMTData returned mErrorCode = NglStatusCode:401 workflow required"  my pc specs are as followscpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10850K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHzRam: 32.0 GBgpu: AMD XFX Speedster Qick319 7800xt Radeon 16 gb vramOs: Windows 10 Pro 

I am trying to replace the card art on the attached clip. In Mocha Pro, the new AI matte tool does a really good job of tracking the card. Is there a way I can use that data for planar tracking? If not, what's the best way to make sure a planar track works correctly? I start running into trouble when the card tips forward (top edge moves toward the camera), and things get really bad when the bills obcure the card (I knew this would be a problem from the outset). I've got the tools, I just lack the knowhow. Any help is appreciated!

I am using the full version of Cinema 4D 2025 and After Effects 2024. When I am attempting to file>>> export >>>Maxon Cinema 4d Exporter absolutely nothing happens. I've also tried to Layer >>> new >>> Maxon Cinema 4d file and I get an error message which states that Maxon Cinema 4d 2024 must be installed.  Anyone else experience this since they've upgraded to the latest C4D? 

If I view it in the layer source there's no crop, but as soon as I drop it into a composition it crops. The aspect ration on both the video and the comp are 1920x1080 so I'm not sure why it's doing this. Help is appreciated.

Hello, I've imported an OBJ model from Dimension. The light has an image source that isn't from Dimension, and because the material of the model is meant to be super reflective, the image source is affecting its appearance. I'd like to remove/replace the image, to have greater control, but I have no idea where this lives. I've added an Environment Light which allows me to edit the light's Intensity etc., but the source itself is not available. Layer > Light is also greyed out. Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks! 

Hi, I was trying to export my video and ened up exporting it as a proxy video now it has the red bar saying proxy enabled I just wanted to now how to remove the proxy from the video as the quality has decreased a significant amount. Thank you in advance for your time and answers.

Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing well. I have been posting here occasionally about the challenges I face while working as part of a video editing agency. This time, I am dealing with a particularly frustrating issue with one of my client projects for a company https://allofinsta.com/. The project involves creating dynamic video ads optimized for social media platforms, but I’m stuck at the rendering phase in After Effects. Every time I render the video (which includes multiple compositions with keyframe animations and some third-party plugins), the output either gets corrupted or has random glitches like flickering frames or desynchronized audio. I've tried different codecs and export settings, but the problem persists. This issue is delaying the project delivery, and I am running out of ideas to troubleshoot it. Has anyone here faced similar rendering problems or knows what might be causing this? Could it be something with the plugins, or is it related to ha

After updating, my After Effects suddenly changed all the points in the UI to commas. I use the decimal point button in the numeric keypad a lot. Now I can't use this button anymore for decimals since its all commas in the UI.I have tried reinstalling older versions and also tried changing the language, but UI still has the commas.Current AE version 23,3Creative Cloud language is set to English (North America)

I've looked for this answer everywhere and the only answer I found was here https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/why-does-my-path-change-position-when-i-paste-it-to-a-mask-or-position/m-p/6036243#M7451and still, it does not help me. So let's settle this for once and for all.How DO I SOLVE THIS?

So my friend sent me this clip of his cat. It was taken indoors hence very orange lighting. Is it possible to correct for this in After Effects or Premiere Pro? I'm aware that it's best to correct at the source.Thanks  

Hi community. When Im Aligning to canvas, I gets some of the shape pixels extend out from the canvas.  In PS when I align shapes it doesnt extend beyong the canvas dimensions.   

Hey everyone! Hoping y'all can also help with what I and some others seem to be dealing with... newly restricted functionality when it comes to building .mogrts in AE.The selling point of "Essential Properties" was that you could define certain controls and properties that you wanted to elevate and access via a single PreComp layer. I understand that this is still functioning correctly (albeit now accessed through the "Properties" panel).**What seems to have LOST support is the ability to bring those elevated Essential Properties from that single Precomp layer and then add them to a .mogrt via the Essential Graphics panel.**Regardless of whether I'm selecting those properties in the Properties Panel, or via the Essential Properties twirldown on my PreComp, neither allows me to drag/add to the Essential Graphics panel. It's greyed out, and when an attempt at manuall dragging them in is made, we're met with a new error message:         &n

Hi Guys,After Effects version 25.0.1 freezing and crashing again and again. Even with simple file. Somtime when working and sometime when rendering. What should I do?Anyone facing this problem? Using MackBook ProChip: Apple M3 MaxMemory: 128 GBmacOS Sonoma Version 14.5

I have three layers that I am going to animate with the puppet pin, when I go to click it doesn't work on two and the last one does, pre comp and animate doesn't work either.

It happens more often than not, when there's a comp with all its layers ON, but one SOLOed, if changing the SOLO switch to another layer, AE doesn't update until the timeline is moved forward or backwards.

hi, recently my after effects (2024&2025) has been really slow (genuinely takes 10 minutes to load a single effect+freezes) even though i have good specs. i have no idea how to fix this. i cleared all my caches and nothing happens. it has never been this slow before. 

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In previous versions (24.6.4) expression calls to "thisComp.activeCamera" when there is no Camera layer present in the composition returns "Default" (falls back to the Default 3D camera). In 25.1 it produces an error "No active camera at time 00:00:00:00". Wrapping these calls in a try/catch moving forward. Stats: Windows 11 23H2, 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H 2.30 GHz

I am trying to have after effects 2020 use my GPU to render my comp. So far my online research has lead to the conclusion that very little effects use gpu and I understand that. But I am using trapcode form and rowbyte plexus plugins that I know to be using GPU (or atleast thats what they advertise).I have installed cuda drivers 10.2, in AE project settings I have selected selected mercury CUDA. I am using cinema 4d as 3d engine, in trapcode form plugins I have selected rendering acceleration as GPU. Despite all these steps I am still not able to see any GPU activity (2-5% max usage). Is there anything I am missing here?Also in my settings -> preview -> gpu information, I only see openGL. I should see cuda there too which is missing. Please help.

Hi, I don't understand why but After Effects crashes when I try to start the program on my Mac Mini M1 OS Sequoia. I used to use it without any problem before but now it won't even start. There is no error message; it simply won't start. Can anyone help me? Thanks

Hey, I've been trying to create a graphic animation template in after effects for premerie for hours, but I keep getting the same errors. When I click on "Export graphic animation template" in the Essentail Graphics window in After Effects, I first confirm saving and then I always get the same error

I have always had the continuously rasterize button available to me but now any new comp's/project files do not have the button. I like to bring in Illustrator layers and this is forcing me to import old project comps to get access to the button. Am I missing something?

since the new update on after effects 2025 I've realised that the transparant animation i used before has a black background.Before that it was transparant.is there a way i can fix this? Please share

If my After Effects project is set to 8-bit but I choose 16-bit in the render settings, will that result in an actual increase in color depth, or does it simply render the existing 8-bit data in a 16-bit format? Will it still utilize the original 16-bit data from the footage and effects during rendering?