After Effects

Hello! We're experiencing a new issue across multiple computers & users. The viewport will not render, it only displays black. Depending on Resolution/DownSample and zoom factor, sometimes the viewport will render with completely random colors or a digital glitch pattern. This bug is affecting multiple project files and/or comps randomly. It does not matter the source/comp resolution or source image format.After Effects 25.0.1AMD Ryzen 9GPUs are variable RTXWindows 10 & 11What we've tried:Uninstalling/reinstalling AE (discarding preferences)Rolling back to previous AE versionsUpdating GPU driversDisabling hardware accelerationPurging cacheCaps lock is OFFDifferent file formats and source resolution/sizesRemoving pluginsWe don't know what else to attempt and this is a critical disruption. What info do you need? What can we try now? Thank you!

Hello!I'm trying to get a value from the Position property that have an expression which is modifing the original value to a new one, but whenever I use the Get Attribute type "Value" block, it gets the raw value instead the new one with the expression.I even tried using a custom script block with the ".valueAtTime(currentTime, true)" to get value with expression but still no good.Is there a way to actually get the current value of the property? Thank you!

Hi Everyone, I'm having issues with my 3D camera tracker. When I put a video on my timeline or an element and make it 3D to follow the Camera track, the video moves out of place, it would scale up and the positions would be all messed up. I I have tried re-analysing the clip and adjusting the scale manually but it doesn't work. But when I create a solid, the solid stays in place.  Any help please? 

When I click a after effects file the video doesn't show, what is the best way to open a after effects file? I am just following a tutorial

Hi! I'm using AEGP_RegisterListener (in AEGP_RenderQueueMonitorSuite1) to register callbacks for a render in my AE plugin, but none of the functions I provide are getting called. My goal is to display an update dialog with a progress bar that updates during the render.When searching for solutions, I found mention of "boilerplate" code that people added to get access to the Render Queue Monitor Suite, but I didn't have to do this to be able to call AEGP_RegisterListener. Is that boilerplate still required, and if so, how would I do it in 14.2 SDK?Here's some relevant lines from my code (not the entire functions!):// Structure to provide callback functions. These functions are defined in my code.const AEGP_RQM_FunctionBlock1 g_renderFunctionBlock =    { NBAERenderJobStarted,      NBAERenderJobEnded,      NBAERenderJobItemStarted,      NBAERenderJobItemUpdated,      NBAERende

I've been doing subtitle layers according to this tutorial:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a-_flGOAkI neded dynamic text boxes for multiline text.This is working otherwise, but if I want to be able to change the source text of the main text layer in a way that the borders width scales with the main text. Now it only picks the width of the main text in the last keyframe. The borders are parented to the main layer. In the border layer source text i have expression:borderText = "g\r".repeat(thisLayer.parent.text.sourceText.split("\r").length - 1); borderText += "g" ; thisLayer.parent.text.sourceText.style .setText(borderText) .setFont("Webdings") .setFontSize(1) .setAllCaps(false) .setSmallCaps(false) .setFillColor(style.fillColor)and in the scale property I have added:margins = [2, 1.7] * thisLayer.parent.text.sourceText.style.fontSize; x = linear(thisLayer.parent.sourceRectAtTime(outPoint - framesToTime(textIndex) - inPoint).width + margins[0], 0, 5000, 0, 100); y = linear(m

Tengo problemas al importar videos en after effects. como que no los reconoce. alguien sabe que sucede y como lo puedo solucionar

hallo therei have 2 layer:Layer 1: text layerlayer 2: shape layer i want to change the Source Text property of layer 1 in scale property of layer 2; How can I do that? thanks

Bonjour, je tente de faire un pattern liquid et pour rajouter de la texture au projet j'aimerais utiliser une image transparente qui réagirais à la luminosité de la composition pour s'adapter automatiquement en taille et créer une texture intéréssante. Merci d'avanceBonne journée

When using the feather tool in face tracking, it cannot be applied to every frame. After applying the feather tool to a portion of the video, the next frames do not show the feather controls and automatically reset. feather tool applyed frameNext frames

Hello, I just made a podcast edit (have done XXXX with the exact same protocal before), I noticed that initially the video and audio are synced perfectly and for some reason it starts to fall out of sync by the end of the podcast... (I havent found the specific point of ref yet) Any ideas why this is happening? Appears to be off by half a second starting somewhere around 40 mins in... 

Hello. We are implementing a plugin that use GPU for it's internal rendering, So far, we implemented succesfully OpenGL and D3D11 renderers.currently in the process of implementing the D3D12 renderer, while iterating over the different adapters (like described here:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/d3d12/nf-d3d12-d3d12createdevice  ), we stumble upon a DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_RESET that block us from getting the device.After a quick talk with the DirectX12 guys, they stated that:Direct3D 12 devices are singletons per adapter. If a Direct3D 12 device already exists in the current process for a given adapter, then a subsequent call to D3D12CreateDevice returns the existing device.If the current Direct3D 12 device is in a removed state, then D3D12CreateDevice fails instead of returning the existing device.  Is there any internal query of After Effects to D3D12 Device that could cause this state ?  Tested on two different computers (one AMD; on

Usually when you select a file name, composition name or actually any text box, a vertical flashing line shows you where you're about to type. This is now missing when editing comp or pre-comp names in After Effects. This makes it difficult to make minor changes to comp names such as altering version numbers, variations in names etc, as until you type you have no idea where you're typing. After Effects 2025 version 25.0.1 Build 2MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1Macbook Pro 2023 M2 Pro

I want to copy everything, including the layer itself, and its keypoints. 

so I have the following code, it works when the layer is not parented , but when the layer is parented to another layer it fails.I know this happens because the transform properties of the parented layer doesnt change when you move the parent layer, is there a workaround for it? app.beginUndoGroup("Add Guides to Anchor Points"); // Get the active composition var comp = app.project.activeItem; // Check if a composition is selected if (!(comp instanceof CompItem)) { alert("Please select a composition."); return; } // Check if there are selected layers if (comp.selectedLayers.length === 0) { alert("Please select at least one layer."); return; } // If "autoclear" is enabled, clear all existing guides if (Autoclear.value) { app.executeCommand(2276); // Clear all guides } // Loop through each selected layer for (var i = 0; i < comp.selectedLayers.length; i++) { var layer =

I have a layer with a few keyframes. I would like to temporarily disable the keyframes to test the animation without them. I don't want to delete them I just want to turn them off and back on again.Is there a way to do that?

expect matte with round cornerbut ... it doesnt

I've updated to the latest version of AE (25.0.1) on my Macbook Pro M2 Pro 16GB. I am now getting multiple errors when launching:- .mov / prores files that were recognised previously show up as missing footage and can't be re-linked or re-imported. - Getting this message: "After Effects warning: Unknown exception" on launch.- I am unable to export from After Effects- When launching Media Coder I get the message: "Adobe Media Encoder has encountered an unexpected error and cannot continue". So can't even use Media Encoder.  These are major issues as this now makes the software unusable.  I was running Sonoma and thought upgrading to Sequoia might do the fix but the same issues.I've tried clearing the cache and uninstalling/reinstalling. Please fix asap!! 

Does anyone out there have the installer for the final version of After Effects CC2019. (16.1.2 or 16.1.3) that they wouldnt mind sharing?  Thanks!

 How do i make those bright patches of my glow effect have a much stronger red colour, rather than white?

Hi, I want to create a basic effect where text falls away with a natural gravity like effect. this was possible in the last a.e version I used, but, shock, they have changed it again. There is no simulate > gravity. They have changed it AGAIN. How do you guys keep up with this madness?  It is unworkable for me. Any online tutorials are soon rendered useless. This program is beyond frustrating. 

I am unable to move layers up or down in the Timeline panel using keyboard shortcuts. Typically, the shortcuts Cmd + Shift + [ (Mac) or Cmd + Shift + ] would allow me to rearrange layer positions in the stack, but in my case, they only select layers instead of moving them. I have tried using both the keyboard shortcuts and dragging layers manually, but neither approach resolves the issue. I've also ensured that I'm in selection mode, made sure I'm focused on the Timeline panel, closed and re-opened AE, and restarted my MacBook.Unfortunately, none of these methods have worked, and I’m still unable to move layers within the Timeline panel. I don't know if this is happening because I'm doing something wrong, or if it's a bug. It's my first week using After Effects, so any guidance would be appreciated.