After Effects

https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/ae-stops-updating-interface-shows-spinning-cursor-when-rendering-via-script/m-p/8471675#M136397 same problem, almost 10 years!

The graphics fonts are appearing in inconsistent way.The fonts are appearing in uppercase and lowercase for the same parameter.For example, in the attached image the line should be “LUCKY GIRL” but its appearing as LUCky GIRL” Regenerating it again is making the fonts appear correctly.Can you please help what is affecting it

I work with AE fullscreen, using ctrl+\ shortcut. I want a Preview of my comp and hit Spacebar.If my Preview is not set to fullscreen, the interface of AE stays as it is (fullscreen) and so it is with the zoom in my comp. If my Preview is set to fullscreen, at the end of the preview AE exits from fullscreen and I find the entire comp, not zoomed anymore. It’s annoying after every fullscreen Preview putting all the things back... If you multiply it many many times, it’s a stressing waste of time.Thanks for your help!Lorenzo

OK, it seems like this is a known bug but I found a couple data points, some of which might be new.The Problem: In AE 26.0, while rendering from a Synology NAS to a Synology NAS (with AE project on same NAS), during rendering, the Synology volume will be passively unmounted. It can be re-mounted without problem, but when unmounted the render fails because it can’t find the source files. Basically, in short order after starting render (w/in first 5 min or so), AE or the OS is kicking the Synology off on that computer. The Synology continues running, it just got unmounted locally.A couple of useful details: if I disable Multi-frame rendering, the project will render successfully. This has been documented elsewhere.HOWEVER, since I’m the weirdo with 7 various computers, I can report where it is and is NOT happening, and this isn’t happening on my Windows 10 based system (i9 w/1080ti), nor is it happening on my 2020 10 core iMac running 14.8.4It IS happening on my Macs running 15.7.4 on bo

The template I downloaded uses frames for portrait photos but I also want to use landscape photos. Is it possible to edit the frames?

As in, can I have the beta version use the workspace and preferences from the main version of AE? So all workspaces, plugins, preferences stay the same across both?

Problem DescriptionThe ExtendScript API operation renderQueueItem.outputModule().file = has a character encoding problem: when setting output paths containing non-ASCII characters (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, European special characters, etc.), these characters are replaced with dashes (-----). Testing shows that manually setting the same paths in the AE interface works perfectly, and the API can correctly read manually set non-ASCII paths, but after setting through the API , it displays as dashes, indicating the issue occurs during the API's write process.Note: This functionality worked correctly in After Effects 2024.Version InformationAfter Effects Version: 2025 (latest version)Platform: Windows 11OS Version: 24H2Steps to ReproduceUse ExtendScript to create new render queue itemsTry to set output paths containing non-ASCII characters via APIObserve the display result in the render queue panelTest ScriptSimply create a new project and run this script directly:// Create three test comp

I am experiencing severe performance issues in After Effects 2026 with my brand new high-end system. Even on very small and simple projects, the software freezes, lags, and has render problems.My system specs:- After Effects 2026 (latest version)- Windows 11 64-bit- NVIDIA RTX 5090 (Driver 580.97)- AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 32-Core (4.00 GHz)- 128 GB RAMIssues I experience:- Preview window freezes when pressing spacebar- Program freezes when adding effects- Render queue freezes even on small projects- Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (CUDA) renderer is grayed out and cannot be changed- GPU usage stays at around 1% during freezes — this is clearly not a hardware performance issueSteps I have already taken with no improvement:- Clean NVIDIA driver reinstall using DDU- Disabled Multi-Frame Rendering- Cleared all media cache and reset preferences- Adjusted preview quality settings- Updated all Adobe applications to latest versionsThis system is extremely powerful and should hand

So, as far as I understand, it is currently no longer possible to install After Effects 2023 via Creative Cloud.However, I specifically need version 2023 due to compatibility reasons (plugins/projects), and newer versions are not suitable in my case.Is there any official way to access or download After Effects 2023? I would really appreciate any help or guidance on this.

Dynamic link importing does not work with drag and drop.See screen rechttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1GQUNUmZu_DDyB9iAMNKswaSX-A57k8s0/view?usp=sharing In order to import 30 comps, I have to do this:Ctrl+I for import Locate AE file, double click Go through the AE project folders to find comp 1 of 30 Import Repeat 29 more timesDrag and drop should be working. SPECS Intel Core i9-14900HX NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 64GB DDR5 RAM 1TB SSD All latest Adobe 2026/Win11Pro/and video drivers DELL SE2419HR 24"

Hi,I’m using AE 2025 and while doing a composition edit, i tried to add a keyframe for position. i did that thousand of times in this project and,  now, on a specific file, the keyframe aren’t showing anymore BUT are still existing. It’s only on a specific file on a specific comp. I need to keep this specific file. Is there a way to make them appear again ?

We can't verify your subscription status.Hello everyone, I woke up one day to get to work, and when I turned it on I saw this panel with an error.“We can't reach the Adobe servers. This may be because you're not connected to the internet. Check your connection and try again below. If you're still having issues, please see our connectivity troubleshooting guide. ERROR CODE 12015 “I've tried all the troubleshooting steps in the guide, but nothing works.I checked that the plan is paid for, but something's still not working. Has anyone encountered this problem?I would be very grateful for your help.

Tengo un timeline con 10 capas de vídeo, de las cuales hay varias solapadas. Imaginemos que 1 es el vídeo más arriba y 10 el vídeo más abajo. El problema viene cuando cambio por ejemplo la escala de 10, con o sin keyframes, se modifica también la escala del vídeo 1, a pesar de tener su escala sin tocar. Fallo catastrófico aún sin arreglo...

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Issue:If the Render Queue window or Project Window contains too many comps, then after you scroll past a certain point then the GUI visuals will freeze or turn black. Steps to reproduce:Add 1000 comps in the render queue and then try scrolling to the bottom of the Render Queue window. After you scroll past a certain point then the GUI visuals will freeze or turn black. Create 2000 comps within a single folder of the Project window and then try scrolling to the bottom of the Project window. After you scroll past a certain point then the GUI visuals will freeze or turn black. Note:The exact amount of comps varies to trigger the bug (perhaps by scene or computer). Screen capture of the bug in action: Adobe After Effects version - 26.0.0 (Build 67)Operating system - Both MacOS 15.7.4 and Windows 11 Does it affect all projects or only some projects? All projectsDoes it affect new projects? YesWhen did the problem begin? It's been an ongoing issue for many years.

How can I adjust the Fade Up Words preset to match the speed of words spoken if the speed is inconsistent for every word? That means some words may have appeared when they shouldn’t because they weren’t spoken yet and some words may haven’t appeared when they should.

In this animation text side changes. How to do similar animation while retaining the correct text side? video is attached.  Text was created in Ai file then imported to Ae. 

so i just downloaded after effects and im trying to add a preset but when i go to animation it wont let me click on “apply animation preset”

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the goal : Explode an image into custom shaped particles. Current method - Particle playground, using layer map for the custom particle shape, using the grid to duplicate that particle. grid is 10x10 in the first frame and 0x0 afterwords. Problem : I can't find a way to have those particles take the color of the image I want to explode. I can only them essentially mask the image, but then then particles are just changing colours based on their position over the image. I want them to keep the color of the image while they explode. It seems I can't use layer exploder with Layer map.