After Effects

Ai assistant in the Netherlands?

I'm using After Effects Beta 26.5.0 (Build 78) on macOS with a Creative Cloud Pro subscription. The AI Assistant is missing from the Window menu. Is it available in the Netherlands, or does it require activation?

robby999Participating Frequently

Anyone else seeing that AE is not deleting cache after the last update?

I have to manually delete the files from the directories listed on the Disk page in preferences in the Conformed Media Cache area in order to actually clear the cache. Kind of annoying every time an audio file update results in an increase in its length, I have to do this manually, or else AE cuts the audio at the previous end time (while playing the new audio 👏).

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LouisTheGermanInspiring

Why is there no motion blur in after effects advanced 3d? or does the new version have it?Open for Voting

if theres no motionblur for 3d objects then whats the point?

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takashi vfxInspiring

Curves Effects control point (Blue) really hard to see in Dark color theme mode.Open for Voting

It’s not really a bug but I’d like this to improve or update. I usually use Dark color theme. when I use Curves effect and I find really hard to see the control points on blue curve. please improve visibility of control points (make it bigger points or square, adjust brightness when theme color changed etc. Lumetri Color effects Curve they put black background. )thanks,takashisystem info:Apple MacStudio M2 Ultra, OS 15.7.9After Effects 26.5.0

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ShiveringCactusCommunity Expert

Tutorial: Recreate the Classic Movie Star Trek Warp Effect

How did the filmakers create the original Star Trek movie warp drive effect? You know the streaks of colour as the Enterprise jumped to warp speed.In this video, I went frame-by-frame for the iconic stealing the Enterprise sequence in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. And using the timing, I then recreated the look using shape layers, trim paths and native blurs.

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murelisParticipant

Instant crash when applying or opening projects with "Color Profile Converter" in Adobe 2026Open for Voting

Since updating to the new Adobe 2026 release, interacting with the "Color Profile Converter" effect causes the application to crash instantly to the desktop without any error message or warning. I cannot apply the "Color Profile Converter" to any new layers. Worse, I cannot open ANY existing projects that already have this effect applied. The program instantly crashes upon loading the project. Steps to Reproduce: Scenario A (New Project): Open Adobe 2026. Create a new composition and add any layer (solid, footage, etc.). Apply the "Color Profile Converter" effect to the layer. Result: Instant crash to desktop. Scenario B (Existing Project): Try to open an existing project file that contains the "Color Profile Converter" effect. Result: The software crashes instantly during the project loading phase. My System Specifications: Adobe Version: Adobe 2026 (v26.3.0) Operating System: Windows 11 (25H2) Processor (CPU): i7 - 12700 RAM: 64GB Graphics Card (GPU): 4070 SUPER (la

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mr3746448219o4Known Participant

Scrolling font list is very slowNeeds More Info

Scrolling font list is very slow with mouse wheel. One mouse roll equals the movement of few pixels compared to other scrollable items like Project items list for example. Please fix this.

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ElzaKovParticipant

After Effects 26.5 hangs or takes extremely long to open projects containing offline network-linked filesOpen for Voting

After updating to After Effects 26.5, I encountered a serious issue when opening older AEP projects.The problem occurs when the project contains a file that was originally linked from a network/server location that no longer exists. This is not a typical "Missing Footage" situation.In these projects, After Effects 26.3 did not classify the file as missing footage. Instead, it generated a different error related to the unavailable source. Despite the error, the project could still be opened normally.After updating to version 26.5, projects containing such references either:do not open at all, or take an extremely long time to open.For example, a project that previously opened in about 1 minute can now take 20+ minutes to load.Expected result:After Effects should detect the source as offline or missing and allow the project to open normally, similar to previous versions.Actual result:After Effects becomes unresponsive during project loading or takes an extremely long time to open the pro

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Blissful_solutionae38Participant

Content aware fill taking upwards of 7 hours to "render" its a 5 ish second clip, its of a car but it only did 104 out of 241 frames in like 7 hours

Made a mask around the koenigsegg, tracked the mask, then made sure the mask was set to subtract, then i made a reference frame in photoshop with the generative ai, which worked fine, then i pressed “generate content aware fill layer” and it took around from 10am-12pm to “analyse” which it made my MSI crosshair a16 HX d7w with 32gb phyiscal ram nearly get destroyed, it made disk 100% for 2 hours, it created a non stopping page file of upwards of 180GB, it then made my cpu spike and stay at around 70%+, it then after 2 hours started “rendering” it, which took from 12pm-3pm AEST, and i had to just stop it, cause it had only rendered 104 out of the 241 frames. the clip was of a koenigsegg jesko, also i made sure to set the work area to fit the clip so it would be faster.

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divine_vijayyParticipating Frequently

After Effects Freezes at 0% & 0 Frames while renderingOpen for Voting

Whenever I render in After Effects, it gets stuck at 0% and 0 frames. Stopping it freezes AE, forcing me to quit. Premiere Pro had a similar export issue (stuck at “Validating Ingredients”), which was fixed by enabling Content Preferences. Could AE have a similar issue? I've been troubleshooting for 2 days but can't find a solution.

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giantblinkinglightsParticipating Frequently

Paint brush tool no longer working with animationInvestigating

Using paint brush tool, when you draw a stroke, set the stopwatch to animate the path then skip forward in the timeline and with current brush item selected and you draw a new stroke a path key frame should be created and there then should be an interpolation between keyframes of the stroke. This no longer works in 26.5 instead a new brush item is created when you have a brush item selected and you skip forward and draw a new stroke. Working normally as of 26.2.1 (Build 2)

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courageous_critica5e6Participant

AE 2025: Parent pick whip (lasso) is missing for the Camera layer. How can I fix this?

Hi everyone! I'm trying to parent my Camera 1 to a Null Object, but the pick whip icon (parenting tool) is missing only for the camera layer (while other layers seem fine / standard layout).I tried pressing F4 and resetting preferences, but the camera layer still doesn't show the parent pick whip. How can I parent it? Thanks!

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Alba27699334tz3uKnown Participant

Severe performance degradation & memory issues in AE 2025 & 2026Open for Voting

Hi everyone,I’m writing to bring attention to ongoing, severe performance issues in After Effects starting from the 2025 releases. As a paying Creative Cloud subscriber, the current state of the software has severely impacted my workflow and daily productivity. I cannot work anymore smoothly with the latest AE versions.The Key Issues: Memory & Resource Spikes: Rapid, unexplained RAM/disk usage leading to lag and full app freezes. Preview & Timeline Lag: Severe slowdowns during simple composition playback and UI interaction compared to previous versions (e.g., AE 2024). System Instability: Frequent crashes and memory leak behaviors even when standard troubleshooting steps are taken (purging media cache, resetting preferences, allocation adjustments). Sudden File Incompatibility (MP4 & MOV): Files that worked fine previously—especially standard .mp4 and .mov containers—are suddenly throwing errors, failing to import, or displaying as unsupported/corrupted media without

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default4cd5kgy0o264Participant

Fixed: Black Boxes covering UI buttons and text in After Effects, Audition, and Premiere Beta

Hi everyone,I want to describe a critical UI issue that has been affecting After Effects, Adobe Audition, and Premiere Pro (Beta). Random solid black or dark gray square boxes suddenly appear over UI elements, completely covering up buttons, text fields, and menu options, making it impossible to click or see anything underneath. I have been suffering from this incredibly frustrating issue for the past 6 months. Every single time Adobe released a new update, I had high hopes that it would finally patch this glitch. Unfortunately, it never did. Over the last half-year, I tried every possible solution out there. I completely reinstalled my Nvidia graphics drivers (swapping between Game Ready and Studio drivers), ran complex screen scaling overrides, messed with debug console settings, and even rolled back to older software versions. Nothing worked permanently, and those black boxes kept breaking the workspace.Finally, after months of trial and error, I discovered the actual root cause: It

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Repeater is added to a shape Layer 1. How to determine distance between repeaters? File is attached as well. Repeater.aep

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xjuanfxInspiring

After Effects 25.4 won't start, it crashes on the splash screen, but there is a solution.Open for Voting

After Effects 25.4 does not start, it crashes on the splash screen, but deleting the microsoft.ai.machinelearning.dll file located in: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\File Formats, fixes the problem.I am not sure if that same file is present in version 25.3.PC SPECS:- Ryzen 7 2700X- RX 6500XT- 16GB of RAM- Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4946)

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JAGauDianParticipant

플러그인 목록에서 플러그인 관리만 뜹니다

다른 플러그인 설치하고 싶은데 안떠서 클라우드를 재설치하거나 UXP파일일 지우고 재설치도 해보고 복구도 해봤는데 아무것도 안되네요 도와주세요

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YoMaazParticipant

Stops Responding at "Cleaning up Smart Mask Interpolation"

if you know the fix that it gets stuck at "Cleaning up Smart Mask Interpolation" while startup. Please Let Me Know as I have so much work to finish, would really appreciate it ❤️

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jordi_leonParticipant

Recover CC Compositing default settingsReleased

Updating from AE 26.0 to 26.5 I found out that the CC Composite effect default settings changed. I found it very useful to have it’s layer default selection to itself but you could always select any other layer from the dropdown menu list, and it’s been like this forever. Now, it’s pointing to “none”, so no layer is selected by default, you need to search in the dropdown menu list, which is pretty time consuming if you are working in a pretty complex comp.I don’t know the reason behind this random minute change, but I think it should go back.Cheers!

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liamclishamParticipant

Built in UV Pass ToolsOpen for Voting

AE is basically the only compositor I use now that does not natively have tools for taking a UV pass from a 3D software and using it for projections, textures, etc. Even Autograph has it from day one.

jefubbuduInspiring

Make 3D its own separate software that integrates with AE, not an AE feature.Open for Voting

AE's 3D tools are stuck in 1996 because they are a discreet effect and controlled as such. Proper 3D VFX workflows require a good deal of flexibility, an entire monitor full of options, shaders, baking, export forms, VFX standards adherence, 3D data I/O, etc. Worst of all, AE isn't even true 3D. It's 2.5D, and the decrepit codebase can't really be changed without essentially building a new software.Heck, Adobe owns substance 3D now, but to my knowledge has no software that really integrates with it, and instead has left it a messy toolbox of loosely related software with similar UI, and each has one main feature that most 3D software just put together to speed things up. instead of trying to jam 3D into compositing software, make 3D VFX a new software, and make importing the renders, or rendering linked data, very robust. We're talking better handling for image seuences, color space transforms, LUT's, EXR handling, deep image format, 3D track export, the works. Maybe something that ca

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reliable_reality4ee5Participant

Is there an official After Effects version compatible with Intel Core i5-3570 without AVX2?

Hello! I have a PC with an Intel Core i5-3570 processor, which does not support AVX2.Adobe Support told me that After Effects 2024 is the oldest version currently available through their installation link, but this version is incompatible with my processor.I would like to know if After Effects 2023 (version 23.x) or any earlier version can run on my CPU and whether it is still officially available for download from Adobe.Is there any official way to download and use a compatible version? I would appreciate any helpThank you.

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wise_videography40aeParticipant

Unable to open any Adobe software.

I am a student and don’t typically use Adobe software. I only have Premiere and After Effects installed on my mac, which I only open when working on assignments. I haven’t changed any of my computer settings, but today, when I tried to use them, none of the Adobe programs would open—they would load, appear on screen for about a second, and then immediately crash. They work perfectly before.After Effects displayed an error with the codes 21::3 and 25::2 while Premiere show nothing.What do these mean, and what should I do to open and use any? Thank you!!

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Brooks376011229ub1Participant

thisComp.layer("YourFileName.csv")("Data")("Number of Rows"); only exposes 16 rows of the csv

When using a csv to populate titles, I was getting a row count using thisComp.layer("YourFileName.csv")("Data")("Number of Rows");However, this is only returning 16 rows when the csv contains more (and no spaces or special characters are the problem).After Effects 26.5

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Matthew SeverinParticipating Frequently