After Effects

I've been working within After Effects with imported illustrator files. The original illustrator character file was not created by me, I've been tasked with taking over development and I can't figure out why the character rig I created in After Effects seems to be changing colour once it's imported into another AE file. I've verified that everything is RGB and the color profile is 16 bit, but the original file I created the rig in was 8 bit, not sure if maybe that is the issue. I changed it to 16 bit after the fact, so maybe I'm just ignorant to how all of this works. I've attached an image of a few of the original rigs, which I can't/don't want to re-use. The one on the right is the one I'm currently working with. I'm at my wit's end and I think I'm at the point where I'm going to try and re-create the rig because I can't figure this out.

Hello, I’m currently working with some plug-ins that are only compatible with After Effects 2022. Unfortunately, I’ve been unable to get them to work with After Effects 2023 due to compatibility issues.Would anyone be able to help me with a setup file for version 2022?

Hi all, I am experiencing an issue where the preview rendering is very slow, taking sometimes 30 seconds or more to render after scrubbing and I am trying to figure out why. I have Googled and tried a number of common tips and tricks such as changing the resolution to a quarter, but that doesn't seem to help. Attached are my base computer specs as well as screenshots of my "Previews" "Video Preview" and "Media and Disk Cache" settings in Adobe After Effects 2024. Any and all help/ideas are much appreciated - happy to provide more info if it would be useful as well! Thanks in advance to all the kind souls out there! 

Hi. I just purchased Element 3D and I'm running the latest Adter Effects. When I render out my file, my Element 3D model doesn't render out. Can someone please help me out. My element3d model is on a canvas size of 1920x1920. I have cleared the cache within Element3D and still the problem persists.

Worked fine in 2024. Now exporting a corrupt file.  Tested it by opening a previous project I did in 2024 (again, worked fine in 2024). Opened that project in 2025. Doesn't work.    

Has anyone found a workaround for this? I tried uninstalling v25.01 and going back to v24.6.3 and it's crashing upon startup as well. I can't even submit a bug report in-app, just a plain white screen pops up and nothing on the menu bar is clickable.  

HelloI'm currently on AE 24, I wish to update to 25 but its the reason to the issue including 24 now...So this issue just started to happen, came out of no where. For the past few weeks, while I'm editing a video AE would randomly shut down with no warnings. This never happened to me before too, my computer was handeling it well it was never crashing, even during a simple rendering it crashes. what annoys me the most is that it just randomly started to happen, it was working really well, rendering it well too. With this issue I have to do so many complex things just top manage to render the video with CC. today all I did was put a clip and then a text, both had NO effects, they were still simple and it just shuts down randomy after 2 minutes.I really need a solution quick as this this is my work, Thank you.I'm currently on a macbook pro 2019 on the latest OS version.

I cannot understand this aliment issue. How can it be explained? Video is attached. -Where as flayer menu shows "Left align text" text in graphic area is aligned to Right.-Where as flayer menu shows "Rght align text" text in graphic area is aligned to Left. 

Hi guys, when I want to hide parameter, PF_PUI_DISABLED works as expected, it greys out param, but when I want to hide it's not doing anything. This is within UserChangedParam function:if (which_hitP->param_index == TEST){ if (params[TEST]->u.pd.value == 1) { params[TEST]->uu.change_flags = PF_ChangeFlag_CHANGED_VALUE; params[POSITION]->ui_flags |= PF_PUI_INVISIBLE; //PF_PUI_DISABLED works AEGP_SuiteHandler suites(in_data->pica_basicP); ERR(suites.ParamUtilsSuite3()->PF_UpdateParamUI(in_data->effect_ref, POSITION, params[POSITION])); } }Can someone please explain why  PF_PUI_INVISIBLE is not working like PF_PUI_DISABLED, thanks!

Hi, I'm trying to use clients Adobe After Effects 2020 for graphics and lower thirds via NDI, 4.5 version, to send to Wirecast or OBS with transparency. When the composition is being played live from AE or played rendered, alpha channel is not being transmitted neither to Wirecast nor OBS or NDI monitor. We get black background in Wirecast or OBS. However, if I export the same composition RGB+ alpha channel as a separate file and then import it into Wirecast or OBS, everything is fine. Full transparency. I tried this same scenario with clients Premier and ProPresenter, alpha channel plays fine live with those, but not AE. Was anyone here successful with this scenario? Mac OS Catalina, MacBook, Mac Mini and Mac Pro. Someone posted it on Vimeo with this setup and was successful. However, it was PC. What am I missing? I heard some people saying its somethign to do with the PRM not passing the alpha channel during live play. Is this AE problem or NDI's. Hopefully there's an updat

all the objects the background is white i guess i pressed some buttons and this happened i have atttached a picture with it  

I need to know the certified GPU card for AE GPU-accelerate,because your System requirements about After Effects was not written clearly.And I still don't understand why the certified GPU for premiere and AE is not same??

Hi, I’m new to this support community and new to After Effects so I hope someone can help me with this problem. The version of AE I have is v17.5.1 (Build 47). I’m using Premiere to assemble some old 8mm film footage I had transferred to mp4 files and I was hoping I could use AE Content-Aware Fill to get rid of some hairs in the film gate, which are pretty much static. I have looked at a lot of how-to videos but am stuck at the “Generate Fill layer” stage where I am getting the error message “AE Warning: All target frames are blank. The Content-Aware Fill layer generation has been aborted.” FYI, I’m not using Dynamic link but importing the files separately into AE as a stand-alone project. I’ve attached some screen shots that I hope will explain the situation better. I should underline that I'm totally new at this and am aware that it's probably something I'm not doing, or doing wrong. Hope someone can help, thanks so much.

When trying to export ( File > Export > Add to media encoder queue ) I receive the error message in the subject line of this post. Mac is up to date and I've attached image of computer specs. Here is what I've tried so far:Restartde-install and re-install latest versions of After Effects and Media Encoderde-install and install previous versions (AE 17.0.4 and ME 14.0.4) based on another support articlede-install AE + ME again + run repair CC Cleaner Tool I restarted computer between each step and removed preferences using CC prompt (no manual deletion) I would greatly appreciate support help on this as nothing is working and I continue to get the same error message, and therefore cannot export anything from After Effects to Media Encoder.

While working with the puppet tool (advanced or legacy), suddenly my comp will no longer render. There are no error messages or any other feedback. The preview just suddenly stops when the layer with the puppet animation should start, and the entire comp fails to render when exported. I've seen a thread  from 4 years ago about this exact problem, but I can't find any solution that works in the new version of After Effects. Any help would be greatly appreciated.  (My system is up-to-date, my memory & cache is purged, I have enough memory, and the animation itself is pretty simple)

I am using the lastest AE version. I tried making a text for a video as paragraph text and it doesn't work, I typed the first line and pressed enter, but the new text just gets mixed with the first text. I adjusted the text box and it still doesn't work properly. Any ideas? I am uploading a picture showing that it is already selected as paragraph text.

The after effects camera has another symbol instead of the 3D square and does not act on objects placed in 3D with this other symbol, can you help me? 

Problem 1:Dynamic Link keeps getting disconnected after saving linked AE files.Problem 2:Cannot select a point on masks also cannot select multiple points on masks.I had to draw a point, delete that point, and only then i could select a point as a work around..... but still wasnt able to select multiple points..Problem 3:All preferences and keyboard shortcuts didnt copy over to ae 25

I have an extension that executes function test() on a button click, to show/hide properties with keyframes: function test() { var res = false; var msg = 'default'; var comp = _proj.activeItem; if (!comp || !(comp instanceof CompItem)) { msg = 'No active item or active item is not a comp'; return toJSON(res, msg); } var layer = comp.layer(1); if (!layer) { msg = 'No layer selected'; return toJSON(res, msg); } layer.selected = true; var cmdStr = 'Reveal Properties with Keyframes'; var cmdId = executeCommand(cmdStr); if (cmdId == 0) { msg = 'Command \'' + cmdStr + '\' id not found'; return toJSON(res, msg); } msg = 'Executed \'' + cmdStr + '\' (' + cmdId + ')'; layer.selected = false; return toJSON(res, msg); } function executeCommand(cmdStr) { var cmdId = 0; cmdId = app.findMenuCommandId(cmdStr); if (cmdId == 0) return cmdId; app.executeCommand(cmdId); return cmdId; } When I call test() the first time, it works and opens keyframed props, but when

I am writing to express my deep dissatisfaction and frustration regarding the ongoing performance issues I am facing with After Effects on my HP Pavilion Gaming setup. The software's persistent lag and freezing are making my work environment unbearable, and it's seriously impacting my motivation to continue using the application.As an animator, I heavily rely on After Effects to bring my creative visions to life. However, the continuous disruptions caused by the software's poor performance are draining my enthusiasm and motivation to work. The lag and freezing have become so prevalent that it's increasingly difficult for me to complete projects in a timely and efficient manner.Despite utilizing a system optimized for graphic-intensive tasks, After Effects seems to be pushing my HP Pavilion Gaming setup to its limits. This is reflected in the significant slowdowns and freezes, which occur even when I'm working with basic texts, expressions, and images.I've tried various solutions, inclu

Hi, is there any way to loop the CC Rainfall animation, since I need to generate 10 - 20 second clips and edit them successively but the last rain frame is not equal to the first one. How can I do that?