After Effects

I am trying to expand the video preview on After Effects to two separate projectors. I have a Mac with an M2 chip, and I got a Wavlink in order to expand my screen to two separate outputs, and it works, but when I go to After Effects to view the video preview, it mirrors the output instead of expanding. I’ve enabled Mercury Transmit and checked both projectors, but it’s just mirroring the output twice. Is it possible to expand the output so it can be staged through both projector screens?

The screen recording that I’m exporting into After Effects, after exporting from Premiere is losing resolution - see attached images for reference. I’m exporting H.264, high bitrate, and making sure the frame rate is the same in the composition as well. The view is also currently set to fit, so that shouldn’t be the issue. Also tried creating a composition from the file in AE, but that didn’t help. Any ideas on what could be causing this?

This warning pop-up continues to pop up whenever I load up a project file in After Effects.  At one point, I would be able to click “Ok” and it would disappear, allowing me to continue work in the project and manipulate said 3D object just fine as it would load in just fine.  However, now, I get this warning continuously, unable to click away and move on.  I do not know how to solve this issue or what I did to cause this warning to persist from now on.

i have a xclip that is in the middle of my time line. i want that first frame to be dragged back to the beginning. i can't just drag the first edge of it. how can i do it? thanks.

Anchor point of text “MOTION GRAPHICS” is at the center.  When I adjust the tracking, text adjusts from LHS. What is the reason? In my view text also should be adjust from centre. Video also attached    

I've just come across this issue for the first time. I've imported AI files into AE many times before and had no issues like this one.After importing the layered AI doc into AE, only one layer will show up. Attached is a video I recorded of what happens. If you can make sense of it, please let me know. Note: I can save out eps as separate files and use those in AE no problem.I'm working on a macbook pro retina and just did a fresh format about 2 weeks ago so everything is up to date. I've tried restarting AE and my computer. Also recreating a new AI file with different dimensions.I blocked out the files on my computer in respect to my clients (in case you're confused).

Is there any way to create a particular sound file for After Effect by using  AI [Artificial Intelligent]? 

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.  

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.

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.