After Effects

Roland KahlenbergLegend

doJITSU - the After Effects skill you want to be mastering

Crafting After Effects scripts is getting easier - I've even coined a term for it -Just In Time Scripts - JITS (aka doJITSU).I recently posted on how to write better LLM prompts to obtain expressions and scripts. Let’s take things a step further - a name for what has become a common practice in recent After Effects history. JITS do not have to be full-featured and they should not hinder your work with layers and keyframes, for too long - it’s an investment in time, to create reproducible solutions using Expressions and Scripts. Both can be enhanced as and when required, during a project and then saved, as is, or enhanced further, to cater to more use-cases or to handle edge-cases.Below are screengrabs of 6 scripts that were crafted in a a day or two, for a recent project. They saved hours of work including the critical ones that appear during revisions or near delivery.A couple may make it into my multiscript - broadcastGEMs MAG and the others will be saved into a larger multiscript fo

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Todd_MorganLegend

VOLUME EFFECTOpen for Voting

Please add an Audio effect for volume so we can apply it to an adjustment layer and effectively control volume of layers below. I often create an AUDIO MIX comp with a plethora of v/o layers chopping up audio voice files and sometimes we get low audio files from sound studio… so being able to adjust all at once within that comp would be great. And before someone says “Adjust the comp in the master comp” yes, would be great if I didn’t have 27 master comps of videos using the same AUDIO MIX….

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yukio16918776Participant

Please bring back the self-contained behavior of the old CC CompositeOpen for Voting

The current CC Composite (v2.0) requires manually specifying a “Top Layer”, but I’d like to request the option to use the previous version (v1.10)’s behavior, where the effect automatically composites the layer’s own original image.The old version worked fully self-contained, which made it much more practical for effect presets, templating, and layer duplication workflows.While the new version is more flexible, needing to reassign the Top Layer every time is a real bottleneck for reusability and efficiency.If possible, please consider:- Keeping or making the legacy CC Composite behavior selectable- Or allowing expressions like `thisLayer` in the Top Layer selectorThank you for your time and consideration.

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Falak28157806jzygParticipant

Why does my After effects lose media constantly?

Okay so i recently bought after effects newest version to fix this problem but it still isnt fixed!So everytime i play my project back a few times i get these errors below and honestly its getting tiring having to reload footage/readd footage/replace footage, is this a bug with everyone or just me?All my clips are in one file, i cleared my disk cache and everything. these clips are not premier related so i dont know what other fixes may help end this issue because it is honestly very inconvienient.

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ThaumarInspiring

how to change display color space for Mercury Transmit display

I'm working in ACES 1.3 Studio v1, and my working color space is ACEScg. I can set the diplay color space for my monitors, but I can't find where to set the display color space for the Mercury Transmit display (a HDMI connected UHD tv). The colors and contrast are way off, only when I set the working color space to none or an sRGB color space do I get a more 'normal' looking image. I'd like to work in ACEScg and be able to preview on a HDMI connected TV.What am I missing?Thanks!

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SteveKirbyKnown Participant

Allow keyboard shortcuts to run scripts by nameOpen for Voting

Keyboard shortcuts can already be used to run scripts but they are assigned by index, not name, and are limited to the first 20 scripts in the Scripts folder. If you assign a keyboard shortcut to a script called 'Very Important Script.jsx' and later add another script called 'Another Script.jsx' to the Scripts folder, the keyboard shortcut gets unseated because A comes before V.  Now the shortcut fires whatever script was before Very Important Script in the list of scripts. This is confusing behaviour for most users and is not well documented. It's especially bad because it seems to work by name, until it doesn't. There are a number of videos out there (from very reputable sources), which show users how to assign shortcuts to scripts, but don't explain this issue. Ideally, scripts would be assigned shortcuts by filename, and all the scripts in the Scripts folder would be available. This could also allow developers to access the shortcuts .txt file and add a permanent sho

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RocketbottleInspiring

Native light wrap in After Effects layer.Open for Voting

I really wish to have a fast and native light wrap plugin in After Effects. This tool is essential in compositing.

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alisons79155507Inspiring

can't paste text into after effects

I can no longer copy text from illustrator and paste it into after effects.It used to copy and paste, including formatting. But now nothing at all happens!

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giantblinkinglightsParticipating Frequently

Paint brush tool no longer working with animation

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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social_Glimpseb859Participant

importing 3d asset from ilustrator to after effects

When importing a 3D asset (.gltf) from Illustrator to After Effects, the bright red colors change to a dull, pinkish hue. Rasterizing fixes the issue, but standard 3D imports have color mismatches despite both setups using RGB/sRGB.

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Digital ChurchParticipant

En Mac Studio M3 Ultra el After effects 2026 tiene problemas para previsualizar y retardos de 1 segundo en comenzar la previsualización (spacebar)

Acabo de comprarme una Mac Studio M3 Ultra, luego instale After Effects 2026 y estuve trabajando con inteligencia artificial tratando de resolver el problema de la previsualización y no logré nada. Cuando muevo una imagen en el pre Visual izado de After Effects se comporta como si estuviera trabajando en cuatro o tres cuadros por segundo y a veces más. Cuando comienzo una previsualización tarda entre uno y dos segundos en arrancar el previo. Es imposible trabajar así. No tengo ningún otro Soft instalado en la Mac.

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mohammede49601999Participant

Add a Swap Width/Height button next to the Width and Height fields in Composition Settings. Clicking it would instantly exchange the two values, making it easy to switch between landscape and portrait orientations.Open for Voting

Hello Adobe After Effects Team,I would like to suggest adding a small “Swap Dimensions” button next to the Width and Height fields in the Composition Settings.For example, if the composition is:Width: 1920 px Height: 1080 pxClicking the button would instantly swap them to:Width: 1080 px Height: 1920 pxThis would be especially useful when quickly converting a composition between landscape and portrait orientations, without having to manually type both values.A simple button with a ↔ or ⇄ icon next to the Width/Height fields would make this workflow much faster and more convenient.Thank you for considering this feature

Blakk76Inspiring

After Effects 2022 (22.2.1) All Caps Issue

After updating to 22.2.1 build 3 I've got strange problem with "All Caps" feature in Character control.Some letters are "caps" and some are not, some letters can be made bold after that and some not. No issues like that were present in previous version.See attached file. If font is anything else that "Regular" "All caps" is tottaly crazy.

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Harshil388228154bfeParticipant

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this is a software download

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default20b6knptn3qrParticipant

Please add native looping for pre-comps, and fix stale cache showing wrong framesOpen for Voting

I work in digital creative production and regularly need to loop short pre-comps (e.g. a 16-frame frame-by-frame sequence) across a longer main comp. This is one of the most common tasks in animation, yet After Effects still has no simple way to do it.The current workarounds are Time Remapping with loopOut(), custom expressions, or duplicating the layer and using Sequence Layers. All of them are fiddly and easy to get wrong. The default Time Remap setup even puts the end keyframe one frame past the last frame of the pre-comp, which produces a blank frame on every loop unless you know to fix it.What made this far worse: I spent a long time troubleshooting a blank frame in my main comp that turned out to be the cache. The loop was working correctly, but After Effects kept displaying a stale blank frame through multiple edits and setting changes. Only a manual Purge > All Memory & Disk Cache showed the correct result. I've had this problem many times over the years, and I suspect t

A_BalchParticipating Frequently

When I attempt to use Trim Paths to outline a Vector image, the image is getting filled in with the stroke color. Not sure sure how to fix it.

I’m trying to use trim paths on a vector image to trace the path of a box. Instead of trimming the path of the box, the entire box is filling up with the outline color. Not sure what’s going on there. I’ve attached a video for reference. Thanks and stay curious!

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kerfirkerfirParticipating Frequently

How to format bullet point in after effects?

Hi, I would like to add in a text with bullet point, but I cant seem to get it with the right formatting. I did attempt to format it in illustrator (using tabs and paragraph spacing) before copying and pasting, but to no avail. anyone knows how? 

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yash-lucidInspiring

AE Colour not matching, probably colour mgmt settings, 32bpc

This is a tough one, this 32bpc sequence does not want to look correct when dynamically linked or exported as tiff 32bpc...It keeps getting blown out. When I tried to snapshot what it's supposed to look like.... the snapshot also looks the same so I can't even snapshot the proper intended end result.I took a photo of my screen with my phone to show how its meant to look, but when shown here it looks exactly the same…? If I change to 32bpc in Color Settings- Bit Depth, then the footage gets washed out… edit: Can anyone link me to a tutorial to learn about these colour mgmt intricacies, they are my weak point

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JohnColombo17100380Community Manager

How to Report a Problem

If you're experiencing a problem with After Effects, we want to hear from you! We'd also like to know if you've found errors or omissions in our documentation. The most critical information in a problem report is how to reproduce the issue. It is challenging for us to address a problem we cannot replicate. Please provide detailed steps for us to follow to observe the problem you're encountering. Use the template below to provide us with information: Issue - A short description of the problem. Steps to reproduce - A numbered list of the exact steps needed to reproduce the problem. Expected result - What should happen after completing the last step. Actual result - What actually occurred after the previous step Screen recording – If you think it might be helpful, include a recording of your screen, showing the issue. Adobe After Effects version - FAQ: How to find the exact version of After Effects you're using? Operating system - Specify Windows or macOS, along with the version GPU

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andyh119514Participant

Setting up animation for stadium screens as MP4 (Show Controls)

Football stadium ribbon spec:Use Quicktime with the Animation codec (and an alpha channel), for maximum quality.Render File Type: MP4 (Show Control)Media Software: Daktronics Show Control.This is all they have given.After Effects templates have been supplied. I have set up the animation but can’t get to grips with the render requirements. Venue response when sent over: ‘Please render the ribbons for Show Control NOT Disguise.’Does anyone have experience in this?

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vani balzaParticipant

Freeze layers on timelineOpen for Voting

Freeze first layers on timeline (like you can do on excel/sheets) so you can reach them quickly even at the bottom of a 150 layer composition)

vani balzaParticipant

I would like for you to assign a sound notification when rotoscoping finishes freezing a layerOpen for Voting

Sometimes freezing a rotoscope demands minutes, and you use that waiting time for something else. It would be very useful hearing a notification when rotoscoping it’s over so you can continue working

ahmed hamed elsaidInspiring

Importing foldersOpen for Voting

If I have folder that has nested folders, images, footages, audio files.it would be nice that I can select the folder and after effects handles what’s inside it.it can skip unsupported files.the result will be a folder inside the project panel with nested folder and footages with the same names.of curse, it can be done using scripting, but having it as a native import option I think it is more professional.I hope to see this small feature in the next update.These small details what will make after effects better, Thank you!

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DuckDuckNoParticipant

Bake in Transforms to Null objectOpen for Voting

Imagine how awesome it would be to be able to “Apply transforms” to Null object (like in, dare I say: BLENDER 3D), to retain the shape but reset the Scale property.