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Really Super Annoying. This happens in after effects and Illustator. You can brute force selection of Comp Tabs and some UIs tabs by RIght Clicking below the Tab title. But sometines it doesnt work. Even native panels, like the Project settings. You CAN'T acess the Expressions tab, becauae the HAND grab icons is stuck on. Restatrting AE sometimes fixes this, but it come back like a rash. I really dont need to be wreteling the UI, when I'm trying to concentrate on the animation.Doesnt anyone else get this? - and know a foolproof fix to unstick the Cursor?best wishesMac Sonoma Current AE

In the last couple of months preview frequently glitches as shown in the video, sometimes black frames, sometimes more colorful glitches. It's been happening on different projects, simple ones and complex ones.The glitched frames also show in export.When refreshing cache it fixes the frame it's on but glitches another one.My hardware config is:Apple M1 Ultra64gbMac OS Sequoia 15.5Ae version: 25.3.0 (Build 71 ) It's been happening in previous versions tooThanks for helping in advance

AE always notify me when I switch from advance 30 to Cinema 4d that AE haven't install Cinema 4D but in creative cloud it show I have it installed. I've tried reinstall plugin and reinstall AE in creative cloud panel Nothing works!!! AE 2019 works fine but 2025 version just doesn't SO MANY SIMILAR CASES PLEASE FIX THIS.           

I can't tell if this belongs in this forum or some BorisFX forum, but for several versions of After Effects (I don't recall when), anytime you press CMD+A to select all of the mask points, Mocha simply crashes dumping you back into AE. No error message comes up, no chance to save your work. I'm currently on After Effects 25.1.0 running Mac OS 13.7.6, Mac Studio 2022 M1 Ultra. Here is a demonstration:https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kpnkykhyj47ezck53jg7o/250701_Mocha-crash-bug.mov?rlkey=69itgo6c0sajrmq413qcc9nwd&dl=0

Issue -When there are too many scripts in the application scripts folder, not all scripts are listed in the keyboard shortcut panel, making it impossible to set shortcuts for desired scripts.Adobe After Effects version number - 23.5Operating system - mac os 13.2.1Steps to reproduce - Put many scripts in scripts folder, look it up in the shortcut key editor under applications/file/scriptsExpected result - Not all scripts that are in the scripts folder are accessible under applications/file/scripts in the shortcut key editorActual result - Not all scripts that are in the scripts folder are accessible under applications/file/scripts in the shortcut key editor Optional but useful: In the screenshots, I renamed a script that wasn't initially visible to make it appear first in the name sorting order. This was done to demonstrate that it is being loaded, even though it's not accessible unless the script order is rearranged. However, the remaining invisible s

So I am excperiencing a problem where I send say 2 clips to after effects via dynamic link and an extra frame is added to both.I think it may have something to do with how both programs do cuts differently. Im not sureAnd this would not normally be a problem if the frame before is the same camera angle, but since both clips are cut right next to a change in camera angle in PP the different camera angle shows up as a frame in AE.  What I want is to be able to send the exact clips frame by frame from PP to AE. This problem just makes everything so much time consuming since i manually have to go over everything and make it apply to what was originally in PP. V25.3 for both programsI dropped a video showcasing the problem.  

Brand new laptop, erazer beast 16 x1 ultimate with ultra i9 processor and RTX 5080 GPU - solid piece of kit with great spec but AE just won't cooperate. I've uninstalled and reinstalled AE several times, I've tried BETA version also. I've disabled hardware acceleration, cleared cache over and over. Checked Audio settings, updated drivers GPU, tried game and studio. I've reset my laptop thats 2 days old back to factory 3 times. Stupid AE just won't act normally for more than 5 minutes, I can still click around and switch between assets but the preview panel just stays the same, stuck on whatever last frame it was on before freezing up. It's been 2 days of total wasted work time and I am at my wits end. EVERY OTHER PROGRAM WORKS FINE! PLEASE HELP 

With the new "smooth" magnification introduced it completely breaks when switching to the layer window, and the roto brush tool is either just selected and or the roto brush effect is applied.Also, magnification is not smooth on WindowsSteps to reproduce:Select roto brush => click on footage to go into the layer => scroll with mouse.And it's even worse when you start drawing on the layer to roto.. Magnification is completely glitchy / jittery / stutterySwitching from Smooth to legacy kinda makes things better, but magnification takes a whole second to update..

Do any of you know how to fix this. I've been editing with this method for years and this is the second time I've faced this issue. I was using 2025 version fine and as soon as I update, I can't import XMLs anymore.

So I just built a new PC, here are the specs:RTX 5090 32GBintel ultra core 9 Asus proart z890 MBrunning windows 11192 GB RAM4 separate 1TB internal Samsung 990 pro SSDs (totalling 4TB, all formatted NTFS)AE pugetbench checks with scores above 16000 when everything is run from C:drive, ran read/write speed checks on drives, all fine, cooling and cinebench all fine.I downloaded dropbox to my secondary internal drive(Y: drive) and run into a problem when I open a file and try to save/render/import footage files from dropbox, it freezes the ram preview (still image, solid green bar, no refresh) after seeming ok for a couple minutes after those actions take place. After the preview freezes, a couple minutes later the whole program locks up and sometimes won't even allow a force quit. Things I've tried but didn't work:Moving dropbox to the main C: drive where the OS and programs areTurning off hardware aceleration AND multiframe renderingreinstalling the GPU drivers from scratch and ens

So im trying to create 3D shape layers using advanced 3D. But everytime I switch from classic 3D to advanced 3D my shape layer becomes invisible. But when I switch back to Classic 3D or Cinema 4D it becomes visible again. I've been trying to look for solutions but cant find one. How can I fix this advanced 3D issue?

I can't open After Effects anymore. I keep getting an STD::EXCEPTION error and then the posted error.  I've copied the crash log below:Log file created: Fri May 2 19:18:48 2025-------------------------------------------Ticks = 1 <24133> <AppVers> <5> App Version = 25.2.2x2 releaseTicks = 1 <24133> <AppDirs> <5> App Dir = /Applications/Adobe After Effects 2025/Adobe After Effects 2025.app/ContentsTicks = 1 <24133> <AppDirs> <5> Executable Dir = /Applications/Adobe After Effects 2025/Adobe After Effects 2025.app/Contents/MacOSTicks = 1 <24133> <AppDirs> <5> Resources Dir = /Applications/Adobe After Effects 2025/Adobe After Effects 2025.app/Contents/ResourcesTicks = 1 <24133> <AppDirs> <5> Package Dir = /Applications/Adobe After Effects 2025Ticks = 1 <24133> <AppDirs> <5> Plugin Dir = /Applications/Adobe After Effects 2025/Plug-InsTicks = 1 <24133> <AppDirs> <5&g

I've found a bug in the expressions which breaks some functionnalities in Duik (so it's a big problem and I can't find any workaround)The value of `layer.outPoint` is not updated when the layer is a precomp which has been trimmed 1. Create a long comp "A", let's say 10s2. Add it into another comp, "B"3. Add an expression to any property using the layer "A" outPoint, just throw the value or display it on a text layer for example. I used this in the sourceText property: var l = thisComp.layer("A"); "Layer outPoint: " + l.outPoint;4. Trim or change the duration of precomp "A"The value of the outPoint should change, but it does not5. Edit the outPoint of the layer "A" (cut it), now the value of the outPoint is updated and it's the right one. Here's a GIF to show the issue  I have attached the project, as it is just after having trimmed the precomp, with the wrong value shown in the text layer. I've searched a workaround but found nothing, the issue persists af

For some reason after effects is causing a few of my clips to  become corrupted despite the original source being fine (image attached). This issue then carries on through to the render and i have no idea why. Can anyone help, many thanks.

I'm trying to refine a mask on a difficult footage, but now the mask is having a weird behaviour while working on it. Suddenly some keyframes of the mask turned black, while others flips the image. I tried modifying the keyframe a little bit by moving mask point one pixel and then it "updates" and "refresh", but then other keyframes started to do the same.  Working on latest After Effects, under:NVIDIA system information report created on: 06/18/2025 13:01:31NVIDIA App version: 11.0.4.148Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Single Language, Version 10.0.26100DirectX runtime version: DirectX 12Driver: Studio Driver - 576.52 - Mon May 19, 2025CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13620HRAM: 16.0 GBStorage (2): SSD - 953.9 GB,SSD - 3.6 TBGraphics cardGPU processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPUDirect3D feature level: 12_1CUDA cores: 3072Graphics clock: 2250 MHzMax-Q technologies: Gen-5Dynamic Boost: YesWhisperMode: NoAdvanced Optimus: NoMaximum graphics power: 120 WMemo

I can't find my previous post, maybe it was deleted?I have reported problems with deactivating an old CS6 license and have already tried everything possible. it seems to be because it no longer works with Win 7.So would an upgrade to Win 8 be a solution or would it have to be 8.1?The whole thing is strange, because there must be a solution if the PC breaks down, right?

When I work on a project and I make the rulers visible in the canvas window, if I adjust the height of the bottom timeline/layer window, the canvas will slide to the left in the window as I adjust. If I turn the rulers off, the canvas stays in place as I move the timeline/layers window. It's not a huge issue but a fix would be great considering I adjuist the timeline/layer window as I work.

Bonjour  J'ai un probleme avec mon After Effect 2025. Quand je crée un nouveau projet et donc une nouvelle composition, celle-ci (la composition) ne s'affiche pas correctement et affiche un écran noir qui même en augmentant ou diminuant le zoom ou même en insérant des solides images ou vidéos reste pareil (un écran noir), comme vous pouvez le voir sur la photo ci-jointe. Merci d'avance And

Dragging a file from the Project window and unto the Project window's file viewer/file information area doesnt move the selected file to the top of the hierarchy as it used to do. This was really useful when managing comples project with many files and folders, instead of having to drag a file from a folder all the way to the bottom of the project windows list to be able to drop it at the top of the hierarchy. 

Hi,Not a new problem, but I thought I’d report it now. When the Properties panel is open, dragging keyframes and layers becomes really laggy – especially with text layers. The more properties are shown in the panel, the worse the lag gets. If I close the panel, the lag dissapears immediately. (see attached video)It would be great if this could be fixed someday. A slow UI is the reason I don’t use the Properties panel and stick to the "old" Character panel instead — which is a pity. Specs:After Effects 25.2.2Windows 11 Home (23H2)Core i7-12700K128 GB RAMGeForce RTX 4080

I'm at a loss trying to figure out what's happening.  I'm using the latest version of AE (25.3) After Effects has been working fine just last night, then all of a sudden, I noticed opening up dialogue boxes were leading to these black square pop-ups: If I do this while I have a project open, it will often crash, usually without an error message.  Sometimes it will emit a message like this: After Effects error: Crash in progress. Last logged message was: <7356> <DBSync> <5> BEE_ThreadedRenderUpdateQueue::Render_DeserializeFullProject ZANZIBAR-2: old=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, new=56c585a5-568f-4f08-96fd-f07fefa5723e, new-ts=21748 After Effects can’t continue: sorry, After Effects has crashed. For After Effects Help and Support, go to http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_support. If you still can’t resolve the issue, please contact Adobe Technical Support (2). ( 0 :: 42 ) Things I've done so far:-Restarted Computer.-Reinstalled A

I recently updated to the 25.2 version and I'm now having an issue which I never had previosuly with any other version.  I'm using the below. Hardware:Mac Mini M2Apple M2 chip8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores10-core GPU16-core Neural Engine100GB/s memory bandwidthOS: Sequoia 15.5 The issue is when I updated After Effects intially to 25.2 it ran perfectly but when I close down my Mac for the day and restart it th next day and launch After Effects 25.2 I get these issues. (see attached below) So I uninstalled and waited for an updated version 25.2.2. figuring the issue would be resolved but nope. Same issue with 25.2.2. Works after intial install but the next day the same re-occurring issue. I have done every posted possible fixes and always the same outcome, I'm not even able to launch in "Safe Mode" at all.  There is no "Error Log" produced as it doesn't even open the program. Does anyone know why this is happening o

I'm trying to set my font to Trade Gothic Next LT Pro Bold. The text is "1. Touchscreen". The 1 is acting so bizarre. It will change to any weight of the font except for Bold or Heavy. Even if I have all of the text selected and change it all to Bold, the number is the only character that will not change. (screenshots attached) And it's just those two weights. It will change to any other weight in the list. I've even tried typing the number in the middle of the word, and it will either switch to the default text (Myriad Pro) or the previous weight I used. And it's just the number 1. I tried typing all the other numbers, and it only switches font when I type the 1. (Screenshot attached) After Effects 25.2.0 (Build 131)iMac Sequoia 15.3.2  

Hello. I am experiencing a persistent text rendering issue in Adobe After Effects that affects the lowercase Latin ‘i’ character (Unicode: U+0069) as well as some general letter case behavior. Issue Summary: When I type the lowercase ‘i’ character in After Effects, the text layer internally registers it correctly as U+0069, and this is also reflected in the layer name and Character panel.However, on the composition screen, the rendered character visually appears as the Turkish dotless ‘ı’ (Unicode: U+0131), even though I did not type that character.This behavior occurs consistently across multiple third-party fonts.I have confirmed that the same fonts display the correct 'i' character in other design platforms such as Canva, so the issue appears to be isolated to After Effects.Additionally, I’ve observed that some lowercase characters are rendered as uppercase in After Effects without any capitalization settings or transformations being applied. System and Environme