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I just rendered a composition of mine, and going back on the project it now refuses to play, and shows me just a grey screen (see below). When I move across the timeline it shows a black screen instead I tried restarting AE, restarting my computer, but those didn't work I tried previewing other projects and they worked just fine Also, when I try and close after effects while on this broken composition, after effects freezes and i have to force quit. I'm on an M1 chip Macbook Pro, 16GB memory, Sequoia 15.6.1 ^ When scrolling through the timeline ^ When idle

When importing certain .mov files into After Effects, the program freezes and must be force-quit.  If a project containing one of those assets is attempted to be opened on the same computer, After Effects freezes without being able to open the project file, and must be force-quit. The problem is caused by some (but not all) mov files that contain media in H.264 encoding.  The solution is to change the file extension to .mp4.   This is a workable solution for media import, but it is not a workable solution when trying to open a project file because it is impossible to know what the problematic asset might be if the project file cannot be opened. This issue occurs on Mac computers running Mac OS 15 - Sequoia.  It does not occur on older operating systems such as Mac OS 14 - Sonoma.  Projects that have been created, used, and saved successfully on a Sonoma computer are one potential source of project files containing assets that cause the problem on

Every time cinema 4d renderer is selected AE crashes - M1 Macbook pro MAX This occurs regardless of the project. It is not possible to change the 3d renderer to cinema 4D or to create a new composition with cinema 4d. AE version is 25.6.0(Build 101). Mac is running Tahoe 26.2.Tried re-installing, purging cache, disabling all 3rd party plugins to no avail.

Hey all, I'm very new to using an editing platform, forgive me if this is a simple thing. I created roto mask for the "twin" subjects and key framed the position. Works great, but curious to know how he created this trail effect behind the subjects coming in to frame? any help would be awesome. 

Hello Guys,I Downloaded the After Effects 2024 Yesterday and since then i tried so many ways to get rid of this error i tried sfc/scannow and so many commands,changed the properties and so much more i tried so much youtube tutorials So,Can you Guys Help me to get rid of this error 

when I want to import FLA files into AE, the download panel comes out, it freezes for a while and an error comes out saying that the import failedAdobe animate version is 24.0.4After effects version is 24.6.1 

Hello Everyone.I have a very basic Scene less than 10 seconds, and I am watching a Tutorial on Pot Player on Tracking. I noticed After Effects did Freeze few times. I'm attaching the Error Message. I do have a fairly strong Computer. Also for Better Performence, I have my Mximum Disk Cache inside my C Drive "SSD", and Conformed Media Cache on my F Drive "SSD". I have used this Technique for my Premiere Pro files. In other words, I try to have only Program files Inside my C Drive. Thanks.Computer Info:Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900K CPU @ 3.70GHz (3.60 GHz)64.0 GB (63.7 GB usable)NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 

Hi everyone I need help with a situation that I am facing with Adobe After Effects. I have no idea what happened previously AE used to work just fine when launching the app. Now sadly every single time I try to launch the app, the app constantly freezes on Boot Splash Screen. I don't even see any of the small letters running on the bottom left indicating the software is loading up. So I have to waite couple of minutes and the app just closes by itself and it constantly produces a .crash file on my Desktop. Is there any way I send that file for someone to take a look into it cause this issue has been bugging me for a long time. So far the only workaround is whenever I run the app. I need to use CTRL+ Shift + Alt and launch AE and reset my preferences. Once I reset that only then the app runs correctly. But then the moment I close out of the app and launch it again, it just keeps getting stuck on that Boot Splash logo screen.   Doing CTRL+ Shift + Alt is a temp fix to

Hello everyone,First of all, I wish you all a very happy holiday season and all the best for the coming year.To avoid filling up the hard drive of my MacBook Pro M4 16 GB - 512 GB - Tahoe 26.1, I usually use an external hard drive (a 1TB Samsung T7) for After Effects' cache.Since a recent update, I've noticed that despite this, After Effects is still creating gigabytes of cache files in the folder: /Users/username/Library/Caches.This is in addition to the cache on the external drive.I regularly have to disconnect the external hard drive and restart After Effects so that it connects to the default folder /Users/username/Library/Caches. This allows me to clear the cache in this folder through the user interface.Is there a solution to prevent After Effects from adding cache files to the computer's hard drive when I use an external hard drive designed for this purpose?Thanks in advance for your help. 

I have written a script that adds an effect to the currently selected layer and then automatically opens the Effect Controls panel.Because app.findMenuCommandId("Effect Controls") toggles the panel (opens or closes it),it does not meet my needs.Therefore I used the menu command "3734": "OpenEffectControls" instead,as shown in the code below: var cmdId = app.findMenuCommandId("Open Effect Controls");app.executeCommand(cmdId); However, the panel does not open when no layer is selected, and it also fails to open when the selected layer is a shape layer.The panel opens correctly only when the selected layer is an AV (footage) layer.Is this a limitation of After Effects itself?What approach can guarantee that the Effect Controls panel opens automatically regardless of which type of layer is selected?

I've moved and rotated several layers after pre-compositing A. Now I want to set a null at the position of an element in composite A, and then connect pre-composite A to the rest of the nulls in composite B. I can't figure out how to extract the null of an element in pre-composite A from the null in composite B. But I don't know how to extract the relative position of an element in this pre-composite A inside composite B.Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

​I am an After Effects user currently developing a streamlined workflow for my projects. I am writing to inquire about the correct usage of arithmetic operators within the Composition Settings (Cmd+K) dialog, as they are not functioning as I expected.​1. Procedure followed:​Open the Composition Settings dialog (Cmd+K) and place the cursor at the end of the current timecode in the Duration field.​To add a specific amount of time to the current value, I enter +3. (to add 3 seconds) or +300 (to add 300 frames) and click OK.​2. Current Issue:​After clicking OK, the value does not update and simply reverts to the original number.​I have attempted this using both keyboard and mouse inputs, but the result remains the same.​3. Specific Questions:​Is the method I am using (+3.) the incorrect way to input these values?​Are there specific Preferences that might disable this feature, or are there different input rules depending on the timecode base or frame rate?​4. Context:I am in the process of

I've been trying to create MOGRTs since yesterday. I create my animation (sometimes as simple as a short text), but when I try to export it, it doesn't even open the panel when I can choose where to save it. It just generates a temporary comp (see joint video). I feel like I've tried everything. I uninstalled everything up to Creative Cloud and reinstalled but the problem remains. I've seen on another post that the issue could come from a korean character in the Windows username, and I thought maybe the " ï " in mine was causing a pathing issue, but changing it did not fix it. I've also tried messing with parameters and checked if the panel wasn't opening outside of the screen. I really need to be able to create these MOGRTs for work. Thank you in advance for your help. I am on Windows 11, After Effects 25.6.

The tools do not work. I tried using them and it only shows:It only shows *** GLOBALS and then it's just empty. Why? It should show something even if my effect does not have statics or globals in it, right? I tried running it for the sample code that has issues as well, but it does not show anything for that either.

Hii am trying to do 3d camera solve. After analizing, even though i select track point on the ground plane, the solids are not orienting as they are in ground plane. Solids are coming only in front view. please see the image i have attached. you can see i have selected the points on the ground but the solid is coming in front view.Please help me. i am stuck. 

is it possible that he doesnt float, instead stays in a fixed postion even if the camera moves, notice how he stays in the frame even though the camera angle changed, this is the thing i waana avoid...

I would like to create an effect that zooms into the logo and follows through the movement, similar to the effect Gretel NYC used for the NYC FC rebranding.So far, I’ve built the Trim Paths animation and established the core movement of the logo elements.What I’m struggling with is creating an effective zoom that works in tandem with the existing motion. The goal is for the zoom to follow the rhythmic flow of the logo, so both the camera movement and the animation feel unified and help convey the brand’s core meaning and energy. I’ve included a video for reference in the text.https://www.instagram.com/p/C_stneeRPkx/

I have tried everything I can think of. I've cleared the cache, closed all other programs, restarted the program AND my computer, and there's nothing in the file that would cause this. My computer is quite beefy and should have the processing power. I'm using version 25.6.0      

The tip of the day has a typo in one of the expressionsoopOut()Just thought I’d let you know. 😉

I've been editing in After Effects for 3 months, ever since I bought my graphics card (RTX 3050 6GB). I've always preferred the After Effects render queue to Media Encoder, since my PC is a bit slow and I prefer not to waste time exporting directly to h264 mp4. However, yesterday (I had already rendered a video normally), when I needed to correct an error in the editing, I went to export it and it took about 1 hour and 20 minutes to finish. After that time, I discovered that the "hardware encoding" option was disabled. Shortly after these problems, I received a notification about an Nvidia driver update (NVIDIA Studio Driver v.591.44), and I made sure to update, thinking that was the reason for the deactivation. That's why I'm asking here: is this new driver incompatible or something like that? Because I've tried everything and I can't enable hardware encoding, not even Media Encoder had that option available anymore. In short: my hardware encoding was disabled, even though I had alway

I cannot line up my playhead to. the start of my video in the timeline, I have tried unsnapping, snapping, clearing cache, pressing I + O. I have no clue how to fix this. All I want is to simply line up my playhead to my footage instead its causing such a headache. Truly unbearable please someone help me dearly.