After Effects

I am unable to change the brush settings when using the RotoBrush or the Clone Stamp tool. All Brush options are completely greyed out. This is a consistent and repeatable bug for me. This bug exists when operating in Safe Mode.   There is a workaround – if I select the Paint Brush tool, adjust the brush size, and then switch back to RotoBrush or Clone Stamp, the brush options become adjustable again. It's annoying, but I could live with it, except sometimes switching between the two will cause AE to crash (the crash is not consistent, nor am I able to predictably repeat it).  It's a small bug, but a bug nonetheless.  I am using AE 25.5.0 build 4 on a M1 Max Macbook Pro with 64GB RAM running macOS 15.6 (Sequoia). 

I went to double check my auto save and realizerd that the “General” tab is completely missing from the preferences menu. I reset my preferences file and it’s still gone. I can’t find any reference to it moving. 

AE is stealing focus after rendering finishes. The AE window automatically pops in front although I'm using another application. Please fix this. This is highly annying!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every now and then i’ll try to use lumetri on a jpg or footage in After Effects and i’ve seen it do destructive things to the footage or image. Today I added lumetri to a jpg on layer 2 and it stretched it out. see attached screenshots (“before” and “after” images below to see what I mean). so i precomped the jpg and then tried to apply lumetri and it immediately stretched out again. Not sure what is causing this but I’ve seen lumetri do weird stuff to my footage before. cant say how long i’ve noticed this issue. but i’ve stopped using lumetri altogether because of this issue surfaces a few times and now i just use colorista. I’m on After EFfecst 25.6.4 (build 3). Sometimes i have to hand off these projects to a company that isnt using 2026 so I have to use 2025. pretty sure ive seen this issue in other versions too. Mac oS Tahoe 26.3.1 (a). adding a simple lumetri filter to a layer should not be causing it do such wild things. hope this can be fixed.  

Issue — After Effects menus and UI lag severely when the Tools panel is open.Steps to reproduceOpen After Effects with the Tools panel enabled (Window > Tools / Ctrl+1) Click any top menu (File, Edit, Composition, etc.) Observe lag/freeze when opening or navigating menusExpected result — Menus open and respond instantly.Actual result — Menus lag or freeze noticeably while the Tools panel is visible. Disabling the Tools panel via Window > Tools (Ctrl+1) resolves the issue.Adobe After Effects version — 26.0, also happening in Beta 26.3 (Build 38)Comparative informationAffects all projects Issue does not exist in 25.6.4 Introduced sometime after 25.6.4Operating system — Windows 11 ProGPU driver version — Version 595.79 Released Tue Mar 10, 2026

Win 11 64Gb Ram, Nvidia Studio Driver 572.83. The update to AE went ok, but I am getting incredible strained lag when I use the general top drop down menus - especially if you navigate back and forward. Even in AE Safe mode and Software only. Looking at Task Manager it briefly flickers the word 'efficiency' when it freezes but not sure if thats anything. Anyone else notice this. May have to go back to an older build of AE.   Your comment has been branched into a new post by mod.

This is the screenshot of my project. You can see a basic rectangle and an 'asset' (Both imported from AI using overlord).The only effect used is CC Repetile and the basic rectangle is just one single shape, the 'asset' is split into groups within the layer contents.When using CC Repetile effect on them, it creates a thin gap in between.However it should be noted that, when I use a shape created within AE, this problem doesn't occur.I tried to apply the effect after pre-composing, but that didn't remedy the issue. If you require anything more for a deeper diagnosis, I would be happy to provide.(The same settings for effects are used for all the shapes, only that the Expand Right values  differ for each)Thankyou for taking the time to assist.

Why is a Photoshop temp file created when I run After Effects?

<6696> <DBSync> <5> BEE_ThreadedRederUpdateQueue::Render_DeserializeFullProject ZANZIBAR-2: old=00000000-0000-0000-0000000000, new=98d5e90c-28b6-4794-adb5-1070850c60dc, new-ts=91004994How can i solve this error 

My custom file exporter plugin works great on After Effects on Windows on x86_64. But recently Microsoft asked if I’m interested in supporting ARM64, so I started working on this.Both Premiere and After Effects plugins work perfectly on x86_64. The Premiere Pro plugin works also perfectly on ARM64, but the After Effects plugin doesn’t work.We investigated together (using Procmon and TTD) but only found this in the registry:HKCU\Software\Adobe\After Effects\26.0\PluginCache\en_US\VoukoderPro.aex_74697f7d-6eaa-731e-5ba9-290933586ec3\Ignore = 1Do you know why and how this could happen? How and where can I find more information to solve this issue?

Hi everyone, I would like to know if Element 3D is still relevant with the lastest After Effects update? Can we do the same with 3D without it?   Thank you! 

Hi i work with one projekt in adobe after effects.its a tamplate with a crt and vhs tapes and one problem i am struggle with now is on the vhs player there is a logo and i change the logo to somthing els and for some reason the logo is gold and i dont want it to be in gold i want it to be in original colorsso my question how do i make the logo in original colors? https://aedownload.com/download-old-tv-vhs-opener-videohive/you will se the yellow/gold logo in the vhs player 

The kerning of a font with an animated variable is determined by the currently selected instance in the drop-down menu not the instance of the animated variable. I am a font designer trying to animate variable font changes in After Effects. When you add an animator for a variable font axis, the kerning data for that font does not change with the animator. Say for example, if you have an upright style selected from the style drop-down, if you, with the animated variable change the value to slanted, the program will still use the kerning values from the upright instance.

I'm new to After Effects 2026. I pressed the space bar to check the image to produce a simple video, but it won't play. I looked up the shortcut bar and configuration settings, but I can't find an answer. After searching, people said that this was a bug. Please give me a solution to this situation. I only have three days.

You can see in this screenshot in the LHS all layers properties are opened. Unwittingly I pressed the F key, that closed the all layers properties, you can see it in the RHS. I cannot find out the function of F key in the keyboard shortcut window. How can I find it? Video also attached        

Basically if I try typing settings into an effect manually, try to use the effects and presets panel search bar, or the text tool, it doesn’t work. I’m able to click on the search bars, but it’s like a hold instead of a toggle and doesn’t let me type anything in. I’ve tried resetting my preferences, safe mode, disabling my plugins, and nothing will work

i've had after effects cc 2020 for over 2 weeks now and yesterday i started having a problem. when i render my edit, it renders for around 5 seconds of the edit and then my computer randomly shuts off and i have to restart it again. i've tried rendering many times and my computer keeps shutting off. if anyone could help me, please let me know.

Creating a new ticket for this issue:Started a dialogue with @JohnColombo17100380 about how the 24.0 After Effects no longer read as a window by time tracking software like Timely. I've emailed Timely about the issue and they have confirmed it's a bug on the Adobe side. Hoping this issue can be revolved soon.Below I've included screenshots of how Timely read After Effects before this update (showing full file name and file path) and after (only displaying "After Effects" and no further detail).Previous post about Timely + After Effects Bug Thanks,Nick

Is this an After Effects job or some other software?

Went blank two days ago, randomly. Ive updated drivers, re-installed AE multiple times, and still the composition window is blank. If I hit spacebar to preview the animation, the compostion window shows itself and it’s content. When stopped, nothing shows. AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX 32-Cores256 GBWindows 11 ProAE 2026Dual 3090s with latest drivers

Is it possible to detect only the upstream instances of the same effect? I am trying to make a displacement effect that uses a noise for randomized displacement and I want it to accumulate the displacement of the other instances and use it in the calculations. Basically:First instance --> Displaces layer based on original X/Y(unaffected by its own displacement)Second instance -> Detects the displacement the first instance produced and adds it to X/Y which will then create a displacement that moves the layer in a completely different direction than the first instance. (this instance must only be affected by the displacement of the first instance)It is easy to detect all the instances, but I can't find a way to make the last instance not be affected by its own displacement. Basically all the instances start with the same X/Y and only add to them the displacement created by the upstream instances. Is there any way to do that? I need to find a way to tell the last instance say: "Hey!

Tenho um plugin externo de estenção chamado Brazu Motion sempre funcionou numa boa. Recentemente eles atualizaram o plugin que preciso acessar pelo navegador, porém o after 2026 esta com incompatibilidade no plugin por que toda vez que eu clico nele só carrega e faz nada. Ja configurei a aba de scripts mas nada resolveu. Gostaria de saber se alguém ta com esse tipo de problema e conseguiu resolver.

This is my first time posting so I hope I am putting this in the correct place. I have recently installed After Effects and it keeps crashing after only a few minutes use. I get a different message come up every time. But it always says a crash is in process and the last logged message was:Then I’ve had these various things come up;<AnywhereLocalClient> BEE_ThreadedRenderUpdateQueue:: followed by a lot of 0000 etc <RenderTaskManager> <5> Multithreaded render report<GPUFoundation> I am using a Razor Blade 1512th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12800H (2.40 GHz)16.0 GB RAMRTX 3060 I have tried updating my graphics drivers, I have updated my BIOS, I have Disabled Multi-Frame Rendering. I would appreciate any help you can offer. I believe this is the latest error log; [2026-02-03_12-11-20][10400][Info] [general] Instead of the WebView2 runtime in the system, UXP will use the WebView2 runtime in the folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Microsoft\EdgeWebView[2026-02-0

Hi all,I'm trying to make my cep-panel tablet friendly and I've realized that when I click and drag the tablet thinks my panel is a web browser hence it tries to scroll the page instead. Is there anything I can do to disable the scrolling feature in my code? Something I need to add to the manifest file, html, js…?Thank you