After Effects

When I wake my macbook pro M3 from a sleep, I notice that After Effects often has crashed. Why is this? Premiere is fine. Photoshop is fine. All my other Adobe programs are ok.

Been having lots of issues with AE's frame.io integration for months. A) Upon trying to login on first launch, it usually errors out and I need to restart AE before it will finally let me login.  B)Creating and then renaming folders almost never works on first attempt. Contantly get:"Error. Failed to rename the item. Please try again."It's so unreliable that I usually have to resort to adding files and folders through the web browser instead of through the AE interface, which is not ideal for a fast workflow.Windows 11, AE 2025, all updated to recent versions.

I created a little animation for a spaceship flying to the earth. There are 2 spot lights and 1 ambient light for these GLB models. They look fine in the viewer, but when I export as Quicktime RGB + Alpha, the lights disappear. The first photo is the render, and the bottom photo is similar to what it should look like.   

I'm stumped by a problem that was brought to our attention by a user (and not sure if it's always been there or the result of a regression).It appears that when a third-party plugin such as ours is applied to a text layer, the coordinates of any point parameters are reported incorrectly. Rather than having the X and Y coordinates expressed relative to the layer, they appear to be reported relative to the frame. By reported, I mean: how these values appear inside the PF_ParamDef structure or as a result of calling PF_PointParamSuite->PF_GetFloatingPointValueFromPointDef(). Here’s an example that works as expected. The following screenshot shows a plugin applied to a clip with the same dimensions as the comp. I'm using a couple plugins: Frame Info to display the frame size as seen by the plugin, and a Circle generator (under FxFactory Pro Generators) to render a yellow circle at a location specified by a point parameter. It checks out:What if the plugin is applied to a still

I'm working on geolayers3 content in which I have to import 3D Objects like "airplane, cars etc ". I tried .glb .gltf .obj but whenever i import them this happens as showing in SS. Please anyone help me to solve this issue 😞 

command option shift G isnt scaling the picture to full frame. i can still see like a micro hair of alpha channel in the background. see attached screenshot. Mac os sequoia 15.1.1, after effects version 25.1.0 (build 68), its been doing this on a few templates now

i dont know what happend,yesterday every thing was working great and file was working smothly.today when i opened the file again this happend to every composition is seletced but in the tab below nothing is select and file is very slow now i cant find any thing about this 

If a mask is applied to a layer, and then scale keyframes are added to that layer, the ability to use the Selection Tool to click and drag the position of that layer within the Composition Preview Window breaks. Strangely, the effect of this bug is also dependent upon the position of the layer on the timeline. The bug's severity increases the farther to the right the layer is positioned in the timeline. So, for example, if the layer begins at the start of the timeline, the click-drag on the layer in the Composition Preview Window works as intended. The farther you move the layer to the right in the timeline, the smaller the active clickable area is in the Composition Preview Window, and instead of dragging the layer when you click on it, it drags the mask instead. I've attached a video showing the bug in action. Up to :33 seconds, you see the expected behavior. After :33, you can see that the Selection Tool can no longer drag the layer and instead drags the mask. AE 25.1

Problem with Custom View not going with Playback headhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQpwXWRZmyw

In AE 25.1 (and also 25) content of script UI panels often disappear and only AE restart helps to bring it back.This issue is new to AE 25 and forces me to not use it (AE25), because I use lot of handy scripts with their UI panels. I attached both states - When it is OK, and after finished render. Sometimes it dissapear sometimes not. This bug affects all script UI panels but not affect panels from extensions (like you can see on Kbar on the left)

Hello,I have a project with some RED footage to chromakey, I use the Redgiant VFX Suite (but the bug appears with Keylight too).After a few seconds the preview freezes and I can't do anything, and when I quit I have the spinning wheel for ever, until I force to quit.If I try to render, the render engine freezes on the first frame, and I have to force to quit.These problems appear with GPU Mercury (Metal) on, if I use Mercury software only, the bug doesn't appear, but the render times are slow. Thank you, AB System info    Application: After Effects v25.1.0.68    OS: macOS v15.1.1, RAM: 64,00 Go GB, CPUs (logical): 20

Is there something wrong with playback with new update, I can only play a few frames of animation before resetting at the start, it only go's up by 1 frame each time I replay it

Issue - Essential graphics dropdown not behaving correctly inside properties panel when dropdown item start with a numberAdobe After Effects 25.1.0 (Build 68)macOS Sonoma 14.5 Video demo that includes all troubleshooting / findings is attached

I am having the below issue (among others). Whenever I save a project or save the settings, the window that pops up never goes away. When I try to quit AE it crashes. It's also way slower than the last 2024 version. It will also slow to the point of crashing during normal work.   I have tried resetting all preferences, disabling plugins, uninstalling + reinstalling, starting in safe mode. I am running AE 25.0.1 on a mac OS Sequoia 15.1 (24B83). I had no issues before the jump to AE 2025.   If anyone can help me that would be amazing.  

Hey! After Effects used to render amazing H264s, but lately in the last few versions of After Effects, h264/h265 renders coming out of AE with crazy glitchy square pixelation during movement. When I render Prores there's no issue, and I can use Handbrake to convert them to h264s that look fine, but for some reason native export has become completely broken. I've tried reinstalling AE, updating my mac, etc. Anyone know any fixes? 

Hi Adobe After Effects Team and Fellow Creators,I hope this message finds you all well and creatively inspired! I'm writing to report a tiny (and somewhat amusing) quirk that I stumbled upon while working with the Essential Graphics panel.So, here's the scoop: it seems like the "Mask Feather" property has gone a bit shy and doesn't want to join the party in the Essential Graphics panel directly. When I try to add it, it's as if I'm throwing a party and it just refuses to RSVP! 😊The interesting part is that I found a detour to coax it in. By creating a Slider Control and linking it to the Mask Feather property with an expression, the property happily waltzes into the Essential Graphics panel, no questions asked. It's like it needs a little pep talk or a middleman to make an appearance!Now, I realize this is a very minor quirk in the grand scheme of things—and there are certainly more pressing issues—but I thought it might be worth a quick mention. Maybe someone could give this l

This is maddening. This issue has been going on for years and all of the so-called "fixes" on the Internet and in these forums do not work. Disabling plugins doesn't work. Starting in safe-mode doesn't work. Resetting Preferences doesn't work. How can you have not fixed this issue by now?Us professionals RELY on using the camera tracker and using Mocha is a pain.After resetting preferenece, I get the notification of a long list of plugins that are not compatable with the M1 chip. However, I can't find ANY of those plugins to disable. So why are they on the list?I'm on a 2022 Mac Studio running OS 14.6.1 and the latest version of After Effects 24.6.2.Almost everyone who has posted about this issue has gotten feedback from Adobe and 99% of those people still have this issue. Occasionally you'll see a response from someone saying that the fix worked for them. None of them have worked for me.What would be MOST helpful is for Adobe to post a complete list of plugins that could possibly be t

The redline is not moving during playback.The audio levels are not updating during playback. Version 25.1Windows 24H2 (Build 26100.2314)Nvidia 566.36

I'm experiencing the same issue described in this thread: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/error-the-font-dictionary-can-t-be-read/m-p/14934620 Basically, choosing certain fonts causes AE 2025 to crash.In my case, Adobe Clean Fonts works fine for most styles, except Bold. There are other fonts that cause crashes, but the reasons seem random. I have no issues with these fonts in AE 2024, and all my coworkers (8 people) are encountering the same problem. This makes me doubt that it's related to font corruption. Here’s what I’ve tried so far:Reinstalled Adobe Clean Fonts.Deleted all versions of AE from my machine.Cleared the cache and removed leftover folders from Program Files and AppData.Reinstalled AE 2025. I'll attach screenshots/video and a sample file. Are you experiencing the same issue? Any clue?

I'm used to dragging in PSD files into After Effects and telling it to import as a composition, and then it gives me all the psd layers broken out. It's great. But I took a PSD into After Effects 2025 today and all it did was bring in the psd as one file without layers, despite me saying import as composition. I can see all the layers broken out within photoshop so why arent those layers translating to After Effects like it normally does? is it because the layers are in an art board? the last time I had a file with multiple art boards in one psd, i deleted all the artboards except for one and then brought it into AE without issue months ago, which is what I did today: made sure the PSD only had one art board. but that didnt solve my issue. After Effects version 25.1.0 (build 68). Mac os sequoia 15.1.1, apple m2 ultra, 128gb ram, update: i think i figured out the issue. its because the artboard was cmyk. the minute i made it rgb, i could now bring in the PSD to After Effects as a c

Hello, I have an issue with using the Puppet Pin Tool in After Effects.I created a character in Illustrator and imported it into After Effects. When I click on Collapse Transformations and try to use the Puppet Pin Tool, a mesh is applied, but it creates an outline in the background that matches the shape of my character. This outline stays there, and I’m unable to remove it.Additionally, I can’t add Puppet Pins to the character itself. Is there a solution to this issue?

Hi allI am having some issues opening my master AE file to export simple adverts. It seems to crash the moment i open it. I am getting errors of :After Effects error: cannot reopen an open file. (3: 130) This project contains a reference to a missing effect. Please install the following effect to restore this reference."Fill"After Effects can't continue: Fill plug-in generated an unexpected exception.After Effects can't continue: Gaussian Blur (Legacy) plug-in generated an unexpected exception.The file has worked fine for days but randomly started doing this today. Some links have also been lost. Im not sure what is happeningI have enough memory on the mac and am currently running 15.0.1 (24A348) and running the latest AE software v 25.1Can anyone help with this?Thanks in advance 

Bonjour, J'ai un souci avec After Effects.Lorsque je le lance, la fenêtre de chargement (avec l'illustration) s'ouvre... puis se ferme au bout d'une dizaine de secondes. Et puis plus rien.... l'application ne se lance pas.Lorsque je le relance il me dit qu'After Effects à crashé. A partir de là, je peux cliquer sur n'importe quelle options ( continuer / mode sans échec / réinitialiser / gérer plug-ins)... rien à faire, il ne démarre pas.Il disparait également dans le gestionnaire de tâche. J'ai même essayer de le désinstaller et réinstaller, rien ne fonctionne. En bref, impossible de le lancer. Auriez-vous une solution à mon problème s'il vous plait ?Merci.

After updating to AE 25.1.0 (Build 68), the audio in my project renders with strange artifacts. By strange, I mean that when playing back the video, everything seems fine and first.  The audio track plays exactly as expected, but after some time it starts playing earlier portions of that same audio overlayed on the current audio.  Then the overlay stops and the main audio continues normally.  Sometimes there are multiple sections all playing on top of each other.  Sometimes there's a click.  It's not in the project; for one thing ,the project was working fine two days ago.  For another, each time I render the audio problems are different and occur at different times.It doesn't matter if I render in AE or in Media Encoder.I appreciate any help. System:AE 25.1.0 (Build 68)Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (Build 22631.4460)Core i9-11980HK32GB of RAMGeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU