After Effects

After Effects just auto updated to 25.3 last night and I had all my settings migrate over. However now Particular isn't showing up in the Trapcode menu with the rest of the suite's plugins. All the Trapcode plugins including Particular are where they should be in the correct plugins folder but even thought the rest of the Trapcode plugins are showing in After Effects, Particular is somehow missing. For context I am using a Legacy installer that I purchased in 2017. It has worked for me all these years with updated versions of After Effects and I never moved to the Red Giant subscription plan. Has this happened to anyone else?

Hi folks, B here.After trying to solve what may be a glitch or simple oversight I finally need to reach out to the hive mind. I am experiencing a problem in After Effects with a single MOV video My steps  Import the .MOV into a new composition. Select the video layer in the timeline. Use the Pen Tool or Rectangle Tool to draw a mask around a small bright blob in the footage. In the timeline under Mask 1:   Mask Mode = Add, no choice really works properly Inverted = unchecked Feather = 2–5 px   Observation: The video blacks out outside the mask, leaving only the masked area visible. Open Content-Aware Fill → Fill Method = Object → Range = Work Area → Generate Fill Layer.   The issue persists: original video outside the mask remains black.   Tried resetting workspace and creating a fresh composition. Mask path appears correctly under the video layer. Tried Pen/Rectangle tools with RotoBezier on/off. Timeline “None” dropdown ignored — no effect.  When I

The clips started in premiere pro and I replaced sequence with AE comp, in premiere pro I used gyroflow to help stablize the footage. I’m using Track Motion on 4K 60fps footage that’s been precomped twice and is now in a 1080p comp. I’m tracking inside the 1080 comp and applying the data to a null using Edit Target. The track itself looks solid with no visible drift, but once I apply it, the null starts in the correct position and then immediately drifts as playback begins. The null is currently parented to the tracked layer. Both layers are at 100% scale, and there’s no time remapping or stabilization applied.  

My trial using A solid layer as a page in Cinema 4D render in AEGood day everyone. I’ve been trying to simulate a magazine where its pages are fluttering as if a draft of wind/breeze. While comparing it to my reference, it feels like I am unable to capture the similar effect.I have shared my timeline below, mainly using the geometry - curvature and Y axis rotation to give the effect using Cinema 4D render.my timeline I would love to hear some feedback on how I could improve this. I have tried CC bend it and CC bender and even warp effects but none of them felt right so I ended up discarding those versions. Attached below is the reference I used -  reference video 

Hi, I’m trying to use Content Aware Fill, for the first time probably and it just won’t create any Fill for me. Not sure what I’m doing wrong, but I’v tried it as well on completly different footage and project and the problem persist. I upload the footage Create a Mask on the layer Set the Mask on Subtract and sets Feather Motion Tracker on Mask is not needed The hole is visible in Comp and in Content Aware Fill Clicks on Generate Fill Layer from Content Aware Fill After approximately 6s a new fill layer appears, however without any fill or content Immediatelly my CPU and RAM start going up until 100% (I have 64GB DDR4 RAM and i5-12600KF CPU) CPU stops going crazy when I delete the new Fill layer and my RAM drops to like 80-90%, until I reopen the project again. There is no visible activity in After Effects and I even left it for a moment running on 100% to see, if something appear in After Effects, however nothing showed up. For most of the time I don’t encounter hardware limitations

Is it it possible to run Duik Bassel.2 on AE2026? I’m so sick of this Duik Angela and how they’ve changed everything. What’s the point adding new features if you mess up the old and trusted and working features and change the whole interface so you have to re-learn everything? Anyway… This is what I get when trying to launch Bassel in AE2026. Mac Studio M4, Tahoe 26.2 if it helps. Thanks for your help! 

Why is colour management with dynamic link still such utter garbage? Why can't you just make anything straightforward? 

I'm trying to do some time remapping but when I edit my keyframes in the graph editor they look like this? There is no space for me to use the handles or do anything really. It is a reoccurring issue but I have managed to not have this in the past. I have hit F9 and the easy ease function and neither work. Any help would be much appreciated!      

Ever since upgrading to AE2026 I have been experiencing issues with plugins, in particular with Bodymovin:Simple vectors at root level with a 5 colour gradient fill show up as a black and white gradient AE2025 just works With Lottie:Trim paths animations simply do not appear at all AE2025 just worksWith Element:Certain frames simply glitch and render invisibly AE2025 just worksAre any of these known issues? Has anyone else experienced them? SPECS Intel Core i9-14900HX NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 64GB DDR5 RAM 1TB m.2 SSD [OS, APPS, PROJECTS, EXPORTS] 2TB m.2 SSD [CACHE] All latest Adobe 2026 (and 2025)/Win11Pro/and video drivers DELL SE2419HR 24"

I recently got a new laptop that’s specifically designed for modeling and editing software. I’ve been working on a project for the past week in the newest version of After Effects, but the program has been bugging out when I’m in the middle of working on it. The footage and all the tools freeze in the player so I can’t see what I’m doing. I’ve reached out to Adobe to ask for help, but the best they can do is connect me with a sloppy AI chatbot that can’t answer my questions or put me in contact with an actual person. Let me know what I should do.

How do I solve this?? "After Effects error: The file path to this PDF document exceeds 260 characters and cannot be used. Move the file to a location with a shorter path." I am unable to do this move as these are source files from client...

I used to use the puppet tool animating the pins in real time while the audio of the video was played. Since the after effects 2014 version there is a bug that no longer plays the audio of the video while animating the pins in real time, making the tool uncomfortable or impossible to use in case you are animating a character that speaks...

Hi,So I want to terminate an effect to work exactly at a certain point, but before reaching that very second the effect must continue. Is there any way I can use an expression for this? please help me.  

In After Effects 2026, content aware fill will only fill the first frame, the last frame, and then the second frame. After that it stops and doesn't do anything else. If those frames already have reference images, or otherwise don't need any fill, it does nothing. It doesn't move on to frame 3 if I try to force it. It just stops at frame 2. I can see the progress bar pop up, analyze, and start rendering, and then stop once frame 2 is done. It doesn't matter if it is set to object or edge blend or surface, it just doesn't do anything. But when I take the same shot over to AE 2025, it works just fine! In 2025 I follow the same steps and it has no problem rendering the entire shot.

In After Effects, the Effects panel randomly becomes unresponsive. The app doesn’t crash, but I can’t select any effects. It worked minutes ago. Sometimes it fixes itself, sometimes I must restart AE. 

I’m running into a 2–4 second delay when editing text layers. For some reason, it seems to lag every time the text is updated. Even after changing to another font (such as Arial), resetting the Character panel, disabling Faux styles, and lowering the preview resolution, the issue persists.This behavior doesn’t seem hardware-related.This is significantly affecting my workflow, especially given the premium price of the software. At this point, I’m considering moving to UE5 for motion graphics, particularly because of its real-time rendering capabilities. For reference, my setup:Ryzen 9 5990X / 64 GB RAM / RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB / 2.2 TB SSDAfter Effects is updated to the latest version.

I want to assign a key to this (see my screenshot) so that I can reset the selected parameter with a single key press on the keyboard. For example, if I have selected "Position", I press (conditionally) "P", the parameter will be reset to the default value. And so on with each selection. But I did not find this in the key settings. Tnx. 

Hi,I am getting an error when trying to open After effects 2024 v24.6.6. Last log message was: <135947333> <AppDirs> <5> Required Dir =/Applications/Adobe After Effects 2024/Adobe After Effects 2024.app/Contents/Required I have tried booting in safe mode, resetting preferences and disabling plugins and each time AE crashes.Currently running 2023 Mac studio M2 Max Sonoma 14.7.2.I have also cleared all cache files for adobe, rebooting, uninstalled and re-installed application.

Bonjour, J'ai un problème d'export After effect avec alpha pour gérer la transparence.J'ai créé mon fichier avec un fond rouge dans les pramètres du doc.J'ai animé des lettres vectorisées ainsi que des formes vectorielles.Lorsque j'exporte en .MOV, quick time avec RVB+Alpha et codec Apple ProRes 4444, il m'exporte un fichier qui, lorsque je le lis sur QuickTime a un fond noir, certainement d'aperçu, avec un fond rouge lorsque je le lis sur VLC, mais qui est transparent lorsque je l'importe dans Première... J'ai teste avec le codec animation, l'aperçu sur QuickTime n'est pas possible et sur VLC, en version RVB+Alpha elle apparait vert sur VLC, peut être la simulation de transparence ? et elle apparait bien en transparence dans Première. Sur mon serveur, les versions RVB+Alpha font ré-apparaitre le fond rouge... contrairement aux version alpha uniquement qui ont des fonds noirs (ou aperçu générer avec un fond noir automatiquement).Pouvez-vous m'aider svp ?

I've been facing this error "direct2d drawbot error" everytime I try to track motion or use roto brush if that makes senseAnd I literally tried every solution on internet I could find but nothing worked, I even uninstalled and also tried older versions it but still same issuePlease I need help as soon as possible

Hi, I’ve been learning After Effects and have been using it actively for the last two days. Today, my footage started to get corrupted on its own — I didn’t change any settings or do anything different. The videos suddenly turn pink and get distorted. Even the renders that looked fine yesterday now appear broken when I open them in After Effects. However, when I import the same files into CapCut, they play perfectly fine. I can’t figure out what’s causing this. Do you have any suggestions?

Hello, I bought a new gaming computer 5 months ago. At first, After Effects and Premiere worked perfectly, but before the second month was over, After Effects and Premiere started to perform poorly. Even standard videos would freeze during pre-rendering, and packages I downloaded from Envato would freeze in Premiere. I was able to run these packages quite stably on the office PC with a 3060 and 11400F. The main comparison is this: on the day I first got it, I rendered a video with lots of effects in After Effects in just 7 minutes, but now when I try to render the same file, it shows 40 minutes and is much slower than before. Sometimes it doesn't render at all or freezes with various errors. This also applies to Premiere. Because of this, I can't work at home right now. I tried formatting the system, but it didn't help. I updated Windows and Adobe, but nothing changed. This is really frustrating me. When I contacted the place where I bought the system, they said I need to bring it in f