After Effects

The rotobrush tool is missing from my most recent update v26.2.1. It is in the prior version 25.6.5

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Joe297170235affParticipant

Manually changing the position of a guideline now requires an additional step. Open for Voting

Manually changing the position of a guideline now requires an additional step. Steps to Reproduce:Add a guideline to a composition. Right click it, and select “Edit Guide”.In the old Edit Guide dialog box, I used to be able to press the Delete key one time, type the new number, press Enter, and the guideline would move without ever having to click the box. Now, I have to highlight the FULL text in the text box and delete it, then type the new number.

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detailed_video027fParticipant

i can't find my contextual task bar

i can’t find the contextual task bar after hiding temporally and inot know how find now

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mn9135306509yej3Participant

[3 Critical Regressions] Object Matte v4 chatter, Scene Edit Pre-comp offset, and Broken Auto-SaveOpen for Voting

Issue:Multiple critical regressions and long-standing workflow bugs in recent After Effects builds are severely disrupting professional VFX/post-production pipelines. Key native features—including Object Matte, Scene Edit Detection, and Auto-Save—are suffering from severe bugs that make them unusable or dangerous for client-facing work.As professional artists paying an ongoing Creative Cloud subscription, having to rely on external tools or spend double the time manually fixing broken automated features (or losing progress due to Auto-Save failures) is completely unacceptable.Issue 1: Object Matte (Model v4) — Severe Performance & Edge Chatter Steps to Reproduce: Import 4K ProRes 4444 footage into a composition. Apply the Object Matte tool using default Version 4.0. Select a basic, clear subject in a shot. Propagate the matte across the timeline. Expected Result: Clean, stable, full-resolution matte edges with fast propagation leveraging workstation hardware (T

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Jurgen KParticipating Frequently

tags/labels in project panelOpen for Voting

There are several columns in the project panel that are rarely seen/used by a large portion of users. More may be visible and become useful, if some were condensed. It’s not a huge improvement, but eliminating the ‘label’ column by combining it with the folder icon would be helpful. The current MacOS changes the folder color when you label it with a tag/type. That UI improvement would be a great implementation (similar to how markers can be colored in a timeline) so that we can color code the folder/comp icon directly rather than have color set to the side in a separate column.

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TheGreyCowParticipant

Want project locking for After Effects like Premiere hasOpen for Voting

Have been wanting this feature for a long time, it's been great for Premiere, and would love to see the same implementation in After Effects. We don't need to be able to collaborate in Ae in my office, but we often pass projects around, and this would save a lot of time hunting down people to make sure no one has the project open and we don't write over each other's work if we need to jump in and change a lower 3rd or something.

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A_BalchParticipating Frequently

Is there a live help feature where I can share a screen and explain an issue with an Adobe expert?

I’m having multiple issues with a project and rather than trying to explain in detail every problem, It’d be a whole lot easier to just share my screen with an After Effects expert and show them what the problems are.

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Davide_BoscoloInspiring

Zoom in the preview panelOpen for Voting

Hi all,The behaviour of the zoom is reversed. When “centered” it follows the cursor and viceversa.

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Koen28868631wj9bParticipant

Exporting a Mogrt from the Essential Graphics window does only create Temporary Comp for Preview Generation

Hello,I have this weird thing happening in AE 2026 (Version 26.5.0 Build 89) on Win11:I created a simple comp to generate a Mogrt from. I did this hundreds of times of the last years so I know the procedure.This time however, when hitting the Export Motion Graphics Template… button in the Essential Graphics Window, AE only creates a Temporary Comp for Preview Generation (basically a duplicate of the comp I creating a Mogrt from).AE doesn’t give me the typical window for further details of where to store it/what to include/etc.It simply stops after generating that duplicate comp.I tried the same thing on Mac and it works as it should. Same version, same build: AE 2026 Version 26.5.0 Build 89.On the Win11 machine, I emptied all the caches, even reset all the preferences to default, comp 3D renderer set to Classic, etc. Nothing works.I attached a video of the whole process...What to do? Is it a bug?Please advice. Thank you.

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adamc15278454Participating Frequently

Cinema 4D File Importing Issue Shortening the Sequence

Any and every file I import from Cinema 4D into After Effects has the sequence much shorter than the file in Cinema 4D. But it is always 3 seconds long. I have adjusted the length in Cinema 4D. I have also clean installed after effects and all. I am on a mac with the newest version of the OS and the Cloud.

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jarombra@gmail.comInspiring

Un-Precompose?

Is there a way to take a precomp and eliminate it and simultaneously move all the elements within it up stream to the parent composition while maintaining all keyframe data?Funny enough, I've never had to do this until now, but another way to ask this is: can one simply move items out of a precomp into its parent?Thanks forum.

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LUKE27474143gcvyParticipant

In Local Axis Mode, dragging the gizmo's Z (depth) handle in Active Camera/perspective view moves the layer along World Z, not local Z. X and Y handles are correct. Same move in Top/orthographic view works. 26.2.1, both renderers.Open for Voting

Issue: In Local Axis Mode, the 3D Transform Gizmo's Z (depth) handle translates the layer along World Z instead of its local Z when dragged in the Active Camera or any perspective view. Local X and Y handles are unaffected. The same local-Z move performed in an orthographic view works correctly, isolating the fault to the gizmo's perspective-view drag rather than the transform engine.Steps to reproduce:Create a 3D Camera Tracked comp of a scene, add solids using the camera tracked points. In the Tools panel, select Local Axis Mode. With the comp set to Active Camera (or any perspective view), drag the gizmo's blue Z (depth) handle back and forth using a solid.Expected result: The layer translates along its local Z axis (its facing/depth direction), consistent with Local Axis Mode.Actual result: The layer translates along World Z, ignoring Local Axis Mode. Local X and Y handles behave correctly — only Z is affected. Dragging the same layer along local Z in an orthographic view (e.g. Top

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matthewm25142564Participant

Creating a text layer with the expression 'thisLayer.name' on sourceText and Changing font size changes the layer name

Steps to recreate:-Create a Comp-Create a text layer (point or paragraph doesn’t matter)-Type in something like test01, or test6, or MyLayer72 (Must have a number at the end)-On the layers SourceText add the expression: thisLayer.name-Duplicate the layer at least 2 times (1 time does not appear to recreate the issue)-Highlight the duplicated layers and change the font size. The name of the selected layers will start climbingWorks in ‘Legacy ExtendScript’ and ‘Javascript Expression’ engine.Can recreate it in After Effects 26.0.0 and 25.1.0 Windows

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rachelcenterLegend

mocha ae wont open on mac os 27.0Open for Voting

can you please fix mocha AE to work with Mac OS 27.0 golden gate? it wont open now that i upgraded my OS. but i'm able to open mocha pro just fine. i'm using after effects 2025.

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nicholas_7017Participant

AE 2026 hangs when selecting multiple layers and keyframesOpen for Voting

I have used After Effects for over 10 years. Over approximately the last two years, a recurring issue has made basic timeline editing unreliable. It still occurs in After Effects 2026 on Windows. This workflow did not previously cause this behaviour.Steps to reproduce in an affected project:1. Open a heavier composition containing multiple animated layers.2. Select multiple layers, particularly all layers in the timeline.3. A blue spinning busy cursor appears and persists. After Effects remains partially responsive, but interaction becomes difficult and the cursor keeps spinning.4. Select a block of keyframes with the intention of copying and pasting them further down the timeline.5. After Effects hangs and the edit cannot be completed.Expected result:Layer and keyframe selection should complete, the busy cursor should clear, and normal copying and pasting should remain possible.Actual result:Selecting layers leaves a persistent busy cursor and partial responsiveness. Subsequently sele

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gabriel5E9EInspiring

Eye Dropper picking wrong color

Hello! Some days ago i've found that my after effects eye dropper isn't working properly. I know that it's an old issue, but is there any fix? I need to use ofter to pick colors, and the hex numbers wont match them, unless the color that I want to pick is inside my composition (on project thumbnail it keeps getting the wrong color, same at motion tools plugin that collect the color palette).

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kaczorefxKnown Participant

A rare bug with AE clamping HDR values in 32bit - not connected to non 32bit effects!Open for Voting

Ever since version 25.2 we have been noticing a weird bug.We work in 32bit ACES exclusively.Every now and then we come across a composition that just clamps all the HDR values down to 1.I've managed to isolate a comp like that and the problem itself:- AE ver 25.2 or later (even Beta)- comp has minimum 3 layers- at least two layers must be in Add mode - both have to have motion blur turned on- motion blur in the comp is on The problem fixes itself in any of the following cases:- one of the layers gets hidden - so that only one additive layer remains- you disable motion blur in the comp- you disable motion blur on one of the layers, so that only 1 layer has motion blur- you switch renderer from GPU to software- you open the same project in AE 25.1 This occurs rarely, but if we find a comp like that it bugs out on all our machines- rtx 4xxxx or rtx5xxxx- win10 or win11- throughout the last year we've reinstalled gpu drivers 3-4 times already I have an example project - I can upload it, ju

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Guinevere_XIVParticipant

aftereffects continues to crash before loading, and creates two "crash files" on my desktop. to my knowledge I am not using any plugings

I attempt to launch After Effects, but it reaches “scanning folder usdGeom” or some other “usd” file, and then it creates two “crash files” on my desktop and stops launching. I have attempted to launch it in “safe-mode”, “reset preferences”, “manage plugins” etc. to the same result. I am not currently running any plugins. Restarting my computer didn't change anything. Pressing the “update” button in creative cloud for AE didn’t seem to launch anything.Recently, I received a message from Photoshop that the scratch-disk was full, so perhaps I have accidentally deleted something important while trying to remove temporary files in the adobe files. However, Photoshop ran fine after removing some large files from my computer. I must have this program for work! Please help me resolve this.

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benm66861238Participant

A question about Trapcode Form

Does anyone remember the good old days when software worked?Have made some good work with Trapcode Form in the past - pushed it quite far exploring it’s capabilities and use-cases.Now it seems, on my Mac at least, to be be extremely unstable - to the point of un-useable on latest After Effects

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natural_Genie3b3fParticipant

Red Giant Trapcode Suite에서 Particular만 설치가 안 됩니다.

Red Giant Trapcode Suite 버전은 15.1.8 이고 정식 라이센스도 보유 중입니다.After Effects 버전은 2026 입니다. Trapcode Suite 설치하면 다른 건 다 잘 깔리는데, Particular만 설치가 안 됩니다. 답변 부탁드립니다. I have Red Giant Trapcode Suite version 15.1.8 and also hold a full license.The version of After Effects is 2026. When I install Trapcode Suite, everything else installs fine, but Particular doesn't.

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MrHayashParticipant

Set BASE framerate

Hi there. Maybe it is a bug but I noticed strange behaviour.My compositions are set to 25fps, every .png sequence imported is set to 25fps. My Preview windows is set to 25fps. However when I import .wav file it is being interpret as 30fps. When I try to playback it in Footage windows it is pitched down. When I change framerate in Preview window to 30fps it plays exactly as it is suppose to, but then preview of my comp is pitched and sped up.When I manually adjust timecode of the .wav file in Interpret Footage window it says “… Base 30”. I assume that it automatically interpret footage as 30fps when I am trying to handle it outside the comp. When I add it to the comp and play it back in 25fps it works fine. What sucks is that I need to override timecode according to the inner timecode of the footage and cut it in exact frame. However I cannot to that because of 30fps vs 25fps.Is there a way to change Base framerate?

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Eugene MogrtsKnown Participant

Canon C50 7K 3:2 RAW Light clips do not show up correctlyReleased

They open up with a white green noise and there are 2/5 of the composition screen two-bar glitch at the bottom Providing the link to some test footage of .CRM from Canon C50: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hJBx_KVy20I0wjVHAtCzzhE_orua7zrx?usp=sharing

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my 3D camera traker is not working in after effectsOpen for Voting

visual_Elixir3c05Participant

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Whenever I apply 3D animation to any of my videos, it gets stuck at the 'initializing' stage and doesn't proceed any further.

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