After Effects

Hi, im trying to duplicate a composition in after effects and make it independent from the original but it seems to be imposible.. im working on CS5. Can somebody help me PLEASE??Thanks

Due to a workflow in place, my motion team and I create MOGRT's and provide them to our editing team for subbing. It’s usually a simple glow on text etc. This is good for temporary approval, but afterwards my motion team need to recreate these subs in AE for collect purposes. This is quite a time consuming process of scrubbing through the subtitles made on the edits, and recreating the style as words animate on for example, on our end. Is there any workaround anyone might know, to perhaps bring in MOGRT's from a premiere sequence, after they've been used in an edit as subs, back into After Effects. Equally a potential way to improve the situation would be to at least see some sort of marker or keyframe when importing back into After Effects, after the MOGRT’s been used by our edit team - So my Motion team can hop directly to each keyframe/marker, instead of scrubbing through.It’s a tricky topic as research on my end seems to not be very specific about bringing MOGRT’s that have been su

Hello, I have a question and I hope somebody can help. I'm trying to open an After Effects file of an animation I've made in 2023. When I open it, the loading bar gets stuck at 97% and also the program doesn't respond so I have to force quit it.I already tried to empty the cache, download an older version and open the file in it, restarted my macbook, but nothing seems to work.Is there anything else I can try? Hope there is a solution for it.

Hello. I have project and there is used Cineware to render 3D coupons falling from the top.. Project was developed in AE2025 and there everything works like a charm..But when I open project in AE2026 (or 27beta), texture is deformed and tiled somehow.. It looks like something invert normals, but in 2D.I need to keep project in 2025 what is not optimal way to work when all other projects are already shifted to 2026.Sample screens atached. Windows 11, latest drivers, latest adobe versions..I can provide reduced project if it helpsAE 2025AE 2026 and 2027 

A quick question, but I’m looking to redo this animation as I don’t have the original file for it, is it possible to do this in After Effects or is it a Cinema 4D job? Obviously a simple loop would be easy to do with trim ends on a path, but notably on this animation the outer loop passes under the inner one at one point and looks like it’s slightly see through as it passes over another-  so would be a bit of a job but is After Effects capable of building it? TIA :)

Hello! I am looking for some help. I am currently editing a video in which I am using around 200 photos. I make compositions for pairs of photos and then edit them in their separate compositions. I am planning to then use these compositions into a bigger one to fit them all together. However, I am running out of space. Even after clearing my disc cache, I only have 13GB of storage. I am not even a quarter way through the photos. Is there a way to do this without taking up so much space? I was considering rather transferring the file onto a USB but the After Effects file is only a few hundred kb. Otherwise, does the numerous compositions make it take so much space? Any advice is helpful! Thank you!

I’m learning Adobe After Effects and I’m interested in creating short gaming-style animations inspired by the fast-paced visuals of Geometry Dash. I’d like to experiment with glowing objects, transitions, motion effects, and beat-synced animations.While looking for Geometry Dash-related resources, I came across Geometry Dash APKs and it gave me some ideas for the type of gaming visuals I could recreate as an animation project.For someone just starting with After Effects, which effects and techniques would you recommend learning first for this kind of energetic gaming-style animation? Hyperlink removed by Mod.

Hi, I'm having a problem with After Effects.When I open the program and click on my project, it simply closes. How can I fix this?

My coworker found these in the Program Files folder ( Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects [Version]\Support Files ). We were hearing them and wondering where they’re used. I have found no mentions of them anywhere. Are they just an easter egg or something left by the devs?

How can I achieve the motion that is at the bottom of the HOW&HOW website?https://how.studio/I really like how it scrolls and tumbles 

I’m working on a small creative project in Adobe After Effects and I want to create a cute pink cat character with simple animations. I’m still learning After Effects and would like to know the easiest way to animate things like blinking eyes, moving ears, and a small bouncing motion.I’ve also been looking at different APK Kucing Pink designs for inspiration, especially for the pink cat character and overall visual style.Would you recommend creating the character directly in After Effects, or designing it in another app first and then importing it? Also, which After Effects tools or effects would be best for this type of simple character animation? Hyperlink removed by Mod.

Whenever I am masking and curve the mask by clicking, holding, then dragging, I can't make a straight line after that point. After the curved line, I click to make another point and it becomes curved automatically. How do I fix this?? I want it to be straight after. 

Hey everyone,I've been using After Effects for years without issues, but lately, whenever I add a 3D camera layer to a comp, the preview just freezes solid. I have a 3D button enabled on all the layers. I have two viewports open too – one with an active camera, another with a custom 3-view camera. It throws this annoying "using processor graphics" error even though I've got a beastly RTX 5080. Sometimes it shows this message and sometimes it doesn't—just stuck the preview. This wasn't happening before—everything was smooth. After Effects keeps telling me it's using your processor graphics after I disable it on the Device Manager—there is no effect to it. It still gets stuck and won't preview at all. Super frustrating for my motion graphics work!How to Reproduce (Easy to Test) Open any project or new comp. Layer > New > Camera (make it 3D). Hit spacebar or 0 to preview—instant freeze with the graphics warning. My Setup After Effects 2026 (fully updated) Windows 11 CPU: Ryz

에펙 재생 스페이스바 누르니까 손툴로 바뀌는 현상이 있습니다.오디오 하드웨어 설정과 키 변경, 프로그램 재설치도 해보았는데 그대로 입니다.손툴로 바뀌다가 선택도구로 바뀌고 미리보기에선 재생 표시로 뜹니다, 그리고 타임라인에선 재생바가 그대로 입니다.해결방법 알려주시면 감사하겠습니다.

Dear Adobe Teams,Working through the After Effects SDK's (2019) Smart Render pattern, and the sample code leaves the ownership/lifetime of pre_render_data genuinely ambiguous.In PF_Cmd_SMART_PRE_RENDER (SDK/Examples/Effect/R_O_I/R_O_I.cpp, ~line 201):cppextra->output->pre_render_data = new ROI_RenderInfo();ROI_RenderInfo infoP = reinterpret_cast<ROI_RenderInfo>(extra->output->pre_render_data);if (!infoP) {    err = PF_Err_OUT_OF_MEMORY;} else {    // ...infoP fields get filled in here...}Then in PF_Cmd_SMART_RENDER (~line 392), the same data comes back through extra->input:cppinfo.we_care_about_alphaB = (static_cast<A_Boolean>(extra->input->pre_render_data));That's the entire lifecycle shown in the sample. I checked the whole file for delete, free, or any assignment to output->delete_pre_render_data_func — there is none. The struct allocated with new in PreRender is read once in SmartRender and then never explicitly disposed anywhere in this 400+ lin

I've been having this problem lately where After Effects gets stuck at the end of a render, without ever finishing it; but at the same time, when I check the render folder, it has finished the render. I always work in image sequences, so when some render breaks it's not usually a problem, but this has happened multiple times now and with some semi-simple renders, so it's strange. Here's a screenshot of the render queue I left last night:As you can see, the render queue got stuck at the end of the very first render. However, when I went to check the render folder, my surprise is that it seemed done: all the frames were there, with their corresponding information, the sizes were correct and they looked fine. So that's the most strange part. Even though After Effects said only 397 frames were processed, I found the whole 419 of them. And again, this has happened multiple times in the past few days. Any ideas why? Anyone experienced something similar in the past? How di

Hi,I followed your recommendation and moved the Camera Raw.8bi plugin file out of the following folder:C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\File Formats\After moving the plugin, After Effects 2025 (25.1.0.68) launches and runs normally without any startup crashes.Based on this result, it appears that the issue is related to the Camera Raw plugin rather than After Effects itself.Could you please confirm whether, as a temporary workaround, it is preferable to:Keep the original microsoft.ai.machinelearning.dll (1.24.4.0) and onnxruntime.dll (1.24.4) versions installed and simply move/remove the Camera Raw.8bi plugin, orContinue using the older 1.17 versions of microsoft.ai.machinelearning.dll and onnxruntime.dll, which also prevent the crash?Since disabling Camera Raw allows After Effects to launch successfully while keeping the Adobe-provided DLL versions unchanged, I would prefer this approach if it is considered the safer and officially recommended workaround.Could you also

Hi there,I have a problem with my After Effects project. Whenever I move forward or back in the timeline, this error message comes up. I can not work properly on the file anymore, but I urgently need to export some plexus effects as SVGs and work in it. Can someone help me how to fix the mistake?Regards Stephan

When I export any video in After Effects, regardless of the composition settings, frame rate, resolution, or quality, the render consistently freezes one frame before the 1-second mark. The only workaround I've found is exporting as an image sequence, but there is an additional issue with audio synchronization, and it is corrupted. Standard video exports freeze every time, while renders sent through Adobe Media Encoder (AME) complete successfully. I've already tested different compositions, export settings, frame rates, and quality levels, but the issue remains the same. Any assistance in diagnosing why After Effects stops rendering at the same point on every export would be greatly appreciated. PS: I’m using the latest version of After Effects on my Apple M4 Max with 48 GB of RAM.

Hi! Where can I download the After Effects installer for macOS Catalina 10.15.8? I believe After Effects version 17.5 should be compatible. Thanks!

Is it possible to bring srt files to after effects as editable separated text layers? In other words, I want to reverse this progress on this video: https://youtu.be/GLSFtuBUWmI      

This is an issue I've begun experiencing this year.  I'm praying someone can help me.<IMAGE ATTACHED TO OUTLINE ISSUE> SUMMARY:I will create and work on simple projects that use a combo of JPGs, mp4s or MOV assets.  AE will operate fine.  Renders will be fine.  Everything will be fine. ..But without fail, days/weeks/months later, I will go to open one of these projects and be met with an infinite loop of pop-up messages  Each pop-up will appear one after another, and they will say the same thing for each asset in my library  1) "AE error: File Exists, but couldn't be opened."and then2)"AE Warning: Unable to open ____. If the file is open in another application, closing it may solve the problem." ...I will spend minutes clicking OK for each of these pop-ups, but they never stop.  Eventually I will always have to force-quit after effects. I know it could be a number of things, but I'm most confused by the fact that th

Hello!! I have to make a video template that features a single line of text which repeats using an echo effect and moves along a frame, similar to what the Montreal Victoire did for their goal videos as seen here. Because I’ll have to make about 30 of these videos and the text that needs to travel along the path will be different lengths, I set up a separate comp to use as a parent layer with an expression to scale text in that comp to its width (in this case, 200px), so I would only have to set up the number of echoes/delay between echoes one time. I tried using the expression “comp("Dynamic Text (player names)").layer("Player Name").transform.scale;” in my main composition to adjust the text moving along the path to match this scale, but this changes the scale of the path the text is travelling along as well. Is there an expression I can use to scale the text, but not the mask/mask path it’s travelling along? Alternatively, is there a way for me to have text move along a path in this

Look at this image I got a problem the whole creen become black sovle it if anyone known

Hey! I've been using After Effects 2024 for a while, and it's worked the best with slim to none crashes. I recently reinstalled it as in wasn't opening until it didn't let me reinstall it anymore. Hopefully someone would be able to help me install it as I've tried AE 2025 and 2026 yet they both crash alot and my computer cannot handle it!