After Effects

I’ve only been using AE for a year or so. Usually doing the same thing, special effects with video and graphics over a music track. Over 100 videos, never had a problem. This time my pre comp is 10m 50, shows as 10m 50 in the file info, when I play MP4 on QuickTime Player it’s 10m 50 but it shows as about 9m when I imported the MP4 into the main project. Which throws all of my effects out of sync with the music.  I should add that I’m using the  MP4 more than once in the total project.Also, for info, the project was giving my iMac a hard time with all of the effects which is why I rendered the pre comp and imported it back in.I always use standard settings in the Media Encoder. The main video in the comp is the same FPS as the pre comp. I’m at a loss. I’m not sure which other screenshots would help.I hope this makes sense……...Can anybody help me please? 

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

So for context I was fixing some things in a somewhat recent project, I was met with the "After Effects error: internal verification failure, sorry! {no current context}". I tried everything that was recommended, clearing cache, resetting preferences, starting in safe mode, nothing worked, the timeline had nothing loading, only when hovered on. I decided to check other projects and all of them are having the same problem, the message doesn't show up but the timeline is non-existent, when I try to play the video there's no preview, audio plays for a while if there is any, but after that the program crashes and the only thing I can do is send a crash report.I did check if it could be a potential problem with my external drive, but projects inside my internal SSD with internal footage had the same problem. I recorded a small video of the timeline problem in real time.I use a 2024 M4 Macbook with 16GB of RAM

HI:I’m working on a facial rig. All the elements are shape layers. I want to drive the eyebrows with Nulls that control the path. I made the face shapes a few days ago. Today I went in selected the layer. Opened its contents and selected path. Then I went to Windows>Create Nulls From Paths and selected Points Follow Nulls. I got an error message stating, “Error: No paths selected.” Huh? There is a path selected. I went and created a new shape layer, set down a new path and tried to run the script again and it worked. Why is the older layer not functioning as expected?   

As seen in this image, the rect boundary of the right and bottom edges are not correctly displayed - there are gaps between the visual presence of pixels and the rect boundary. This is a critical issue that affects solutions that require pixel-perfect layouts. This issue affects a few 3D Mesh Types. It will be good to know, early, if this will be resolved or if this is an as-designed feature so that I and others who find this issue to be debilitating can look at alternative solutions.TIA. 

I'm having an issue with shadows when 3D objects are animated using Advanced 3D renderer and an Environment Light in After Effects. When the objects move, the shadow stutters/jumps instead of animating smoothly, even though all rendering settings in the Advanced 3D menu are set to maximum."

Hello. So I've been using after effects for about 4 months and had no issues while using it. But now, after about 2 minutes of opening it, it says if i want to save or don't save my file. I find this confusing because I didn't even close the window it shuts down by itself. I've even tried re-installing the plugins, clearing my memory and disk cache and now I'm looking at updating or re-installing after effects. I'm using After Effects 2025.0. My specs are 16GB of RAM, an AMD Radeon graphics card. If you can respond back with a solution that will be great.

Summary:After Effects crashes (process terminates immediately, no dialog) when interacting with the CC Particle World effect's spatial parameters — specifically when manually editing a Point control (e.g. Producer Point) or when adding/editing an expression on any parameter of this effect. Other similar particle effects (CC Particle Systems II, Trapcode Particular, Trapcode Stardust) do not reproduce this issue under identical actions.Steps to reproduce:Create a new composition, add a solid layer. Apply Effect → Simulation → CC Particle World. In Effect Controls, expand the effect's Producer Point (or any Point-type parameter). Either: (a) manually adjust/enter values for the point, or (b) right-click the parameter → Add Expression, and type any expression (e.g. value). After Effects crashes immediately.Expected result: Parameter updates normally, or expression is applied without issue.Actual result: Application terminates immediately (no error dialog shown to the user).Windows Event V

When selecting a large number of keyframes in the Timeline using marquee selection, the After Effects UI becomes progressively slower as the number of selected keyframes increases.This is especially noticeable when repeatedly adding more keyframes to the current selection.Steps to reproduce Create a composition with a large number of keyframes across one or more properties/layers. In the Timeline, use marquee selection to select some of the keyframes. Keep adding more keyframes to the selection using additional marquee selections. Observe the Timeline UI responsiveness as the number of selected keyframes increases. Actual resultThe Timeline gradually becomes less responsive as more keyframes are selected.In my case, the slowdown starts becoming clearly noticeable at around 100 selected keyframes. As the selection grows further, marquee selection and other Timeline interactions become increasingly sluggish.The important point is that this does not appear to be caused simply by hav

i am using  object matte to roto a person (in front of a greenscreen). the initial frame looks ok. but as soon as it starts propagating, the lines become wavy/stepping as in the image below. I had it on other footage as well. but on some other footage it works well. Does anyone have the same issue? ideas to get around it? that tool is useless this way. project is 32bit, Footage is 4,5k,. btw. Thanks for advice. 

IssueWhen I enter relative values in the CTI like +20 or -20, the negative values always jump to the absolute position (-0;00;00;20), which is inconsistent behavior on one hand but it also makes no sense at all to be navigated to a negative timecode.Steps to reproduceClick on the CTI (or open the popup window).Type +20The timecode jumps 20 frames forward as expected.Click on the CTI (or open the popup window).Type -20Expected result:The timecode jumps 20 frames backwards.Actual result:The timecode jumps to the absolute time -0;00;00;20 Tested with different compositions, different framerates and clean install.Adobe After Effects version26.3.0 (Build 87)Operating systemWindows 11

Hello, I want to download Adobe After Effects 2019 or 2020 because my laptop can't handle the newer versions. I know that the 2019 and 2020 versions are no longer officially available, but is there still a way to download them?I stopped editing in 2021, and now I want to start editing again using the same laptop I had back then. My laptop has an Intel 11th Gen Core processor, but unfortunately it only has 8 GB of RAM. I can still run the newer versions of After Effects, but they're too demanding for my laptop, and they often crash or become unresponsive ("Not Responding").I wanted to upgrade the RAM, but I can't because it's soldered to the motherboard. And I'm too poor to buy a new laptop right now, lol.

I created a simple 3D sphere, and a 90 degree solid positioned where the sphere lands. I imported a HDRI and attached it so a environment light. Both the sphere and the environment light have cast shadows as on. The solid floor has accept shadows as only. I’ve gone into the render settings and made sure the light shadows are fit to scene. They have the same z space. Does anyone know why shadows aren’t being created by the sphere? 

You click a point and you get a rotation widget. nope, not what I want so I’ll click off somewhere else to deselect. nope, cant do that, I have to double click.. I’ll try selecting again.. nope doesn’t work since I forgot to double click.. okay now I’ll try moving the point, nope that moves the entire mask, okay let me double click again to deselect, nope that opened the whole layer on its own panel. Okay lets go back, I’ll try deselecting again, I’ve clicked 4 times and nothing happened.. Now I’ll move my mouse to a different spot and click once instead of twice to deselect. Finally after trying every combination of holding shift, ctrl, alt, clicking, double clicking, triple clicking, and clicking in a different spot I end up accidentally selecting the point I want, and after trying this 8 different ways, wasting 5 minutes, and googling how to do it half a dozen times, I still don’t know how it’s done.Each time I try to manipulate masks my blood pressure increases. This is dumb, proba

Attached screenshot showing the two views side-by-sideSubject: 3D model / asset not displaying in orthographic views (Top, Left, Front) - After Effects v26.3.0 Hi everyone,I'm experiencing an issue where 3D elements render fine in the Active Camera view, but do not display properly when switching to secondary/orthographic views (such as Top, Left, Front, etc.) in a multi-view layout (2 Views).Issue Details: In the Active Camera (Camera 1) view, the 3D model/object is fully visible. In the Top (or other orthographic) view, only the camera wireframe and a black bounding box/wireframe appear, but the actual 3D geometry/points do not render. I am currently using the Classic 3D renderer with Draft 3D toggled on/off. System Setup: App: Adobe After Effects v26.3.0 (Build 87) OS: macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 Hardware: MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) RAM: 16 GB (Attached screenshot showing the two views side-by-side)Is this a known limitation/bug with certain 3D assets/plugins in orthographic

How can I create Bar Chart Race animations similar to VGraphs in After Effects?Hi everyone,For the past few years, I’ve been trying to figure out how the YouTube channel VGraphs creates its Bar Chart Race animations.Their charts have a very distinctive and polished style. Some of the details that make their animations look different from typical Bar Chart Races are:The bars themselves are relatively short in width compared to the circular images attached to the ends of the bars. The bars have a black stroke/outline. The font used for the numbers and labels has a distinctive appearance and is somewhat bold. When the bars move or scroll vertically, the circular images attached to the ends of the bars appear to rotate, almost like a coin flipping from one side to the other. Overall, the animation is much more sophisticated than a standard Bar Chart Race.I’m a complete beginner when it comes to After Effects. In fact, I have never used After Effects before.I normally create basic Bar Chart

When stacking multiple 3D elements behind one another and moving them along the Y-axis, distortions occur.