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Issue - filling up ram, with a preview render, never releases that ram, causes the application to generally not work.  Steps to reproduce - I use a plugin, element 3d, and preview render a long comp, that fills the ram cache, then change the comp and try to work with it. AE refuses to render anything.  Expected result - AE clears up ram, prioritizes what it is supposed to be doing. Actual result -  preview is BLACK. AE does not render anything. eventually it will crash, as the app uses more and more ram. Screen recording – this is impossible, as AE sucks down all system resources Adobe After Effects version - Version 26.0.0 (build 67) Operating system - Mac os X Tahoe 26.2 GPU driver version (Windows only) - NA Video format -  Comparative information helps us understand more about when the issue occurs:  It seems to affect projects that use large amounts of ram, and possibly plugins.  yes  AE 2025, I discovered it in December of 2025. Optional but useful: other observations: Element

I sent a message in the chat and the respose I get was that I could get a older version if my question was posted here in the forum, can someone help me?

Buenas tardes, hace tiempo que utilizo after effects y no he tenido problemas hasta ahora.Resulta que en la previsualizacion, al colocar cualquier vídeo se ve una pantalla verde y se rompe todo. El vídeo esta bien, si yo lo veo en un reproductor no hay errores. Ni esa pantalla verde que aparece.No se a que se debe. Lo peor es que no solo se ve en la previsualizacion sino tambien al exportar en cualquier formato.Si alguien tiene una solución se lo agradezco.IMG:IN ENGLISH:HiI had this problem in After Effects. When i Import a video on proyect it's look like a green screen in random parts. But this screen appear not only in the previsualization. It appear when i export the proyect too!!I don't know what to do :c

Using AE 25.4.0 (Build 86)after pressing spacebar to play a comp, the play head will move about 5 frames then stops moving. Yet the clip still plays in the comp window. Pressing the spacebar again to stop the animation, the play head suddenly jumps to the point in the timeline where i pressed the spacebar to stop it. None of the properties in the effects control panel update in real time. In order to see the values of animated properties at any given frame, I have actually click into the properties panel, then it updates. The only assets in this comp is a text layer with a few glow effects.  I'm using Windows 11, Intel Core i9 (3.2GHz), 64 GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 5080

With GPU acceleration enabled ("Use Graphics Processor"), Photoshop's canvas displays images brighter than the actual pixel data. Confirmed by comparing the canvas to the layer thumbnail (which shows the correct, darker image) and to the same file opened in Preview.app and Camera Raw. Disabling GPU acceleration and restarting Photoshop fixes it — canvas then matches thumbnail/Preview.Steps to reproduce:Open a JPEG or ARW file (GPU acceleration on, default) Compare canvas to layer thumbnail — canvas is visibly brighter Photoshop > Settings > Performance > uncheck "Use Graphics Processor" > restart Reopen file — canvas now matches thumbnailExpected: canvas matches actual pixel data. Actual: GPU rendering over-brightens display only (underlying data is correct).Likely related to a broader shared GPU rendering issue — other users report the same artifact in Premiere Pro and After Effects. See related (closed) thread: community.adobe.com/topic/show?tid=1409325&fid=729 

Lately, more and more clients are asking for that raw Gen Z visual language, Y2K brutalism, heavy grain, chaotic collage work, chromatic aberration, and stacked layer styles. Visually, it looks sick. Technical-wise? It’s turning my After Effects timeline into a complete slideshow.When you're dealing with 50+ layers of textures, noise maps, and complex typography in Photoshop, what’s your go-to strategy before sending it to AE? Are you flattening/baking grunge textures into single assets, or keeping everything live and praying to the RAM cache gods?Would love to know how you guys balance keeping that unpolished, edgy look without completely destroying your render times or handoff structure.

I haven't found an answer to this anywhere. I am not sure if it is even possible.  I need to know how to center the anchor point of a single shape within a shape layer.  I am trying to rotate a couple of shapes within a single shape layer, but I cannot figure out how to get their anchor points centered. I know how to do it for the entire layer, but not for the contents within the layer.  

Hello there,We are experiencing rendering issues with our EXRs in After Effects 25.4.Our images appear with several horizontal black lines at regular intervals, dividing the vertical image into 14 equal horizontal segments.These lines are 1 pixel high and transparent.The rendered EXRs do not present any rendering issues in Photoshop or After Effects 25.3.2.The EXRs are high resolution (4984x3584 pixels), come from 3dsmax/Vray, and are encoded in DWAB.Given that patch note 25.4 specifies improvements to EXR processing, it is possible that this is where the problem lies.No effect are in the scene, no nothing. Only the EXR sequence.The lines are not necessarily visible at the top of the composition and do not appear on all frames. However, they always appear in the same place in the composition over time.I have, of course, tried all the usual methods to remove these lines from the rendering, but I have not been successful. Purging all the data, switching to Mercury, changing the interpret

Hello!I'm using After Effects CC 2017, but I was using CC 2015 when the problem first appeared (tried to download a previous and a newer version, the problem persisted on both). Here is what happened: .I opened the project. I see the message "Refresh Disabled (Release Caps Lock to refresh the view)" with the black screen, but Caps Lock is ALREADY released. I didn't even pressed it in the first time..When the video is rendered, the message doesn't appears..If I change anything, like just move one layer a little, the message comes back..Any key I press make the message disappears.I tried to reset my configurations, with no success.Trying to finish a project but it's impossible this way. Any of you guys could help me? I'm using a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) Sierra, 2,9 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB.Thanks!

I have been working with After Effects for six years and haven’t seen this before. This project has six compositions. The timeline on five of them work as normal, all the collateral is listed on the left and there are horizontal bars for all them in the timeline. I can sweep through and view the composition.One of the compositions has all the collateral listed on the left side. The timeline is showing time but there are no horizontal bars showing when a piece of collateral appears/disappears. There are numbers listed down the side. You can sweep through the timeline and watch the preview but there are no bars or graphics in the timeline. How did this happen and how can I get it back to normal view? 

How can I fix the frame flickering in adobe after effect 2026? Motion Blur is turned on 

As first discovered in After Effects 26.3, third-party plugins based on the AE SDK can no longer expect to receive a valid AEGP_LayerH via AEGP_PFInterfaceSuite1->AEGP_GetEffectLayer() if the call is made while the plug-in is handling the PF_Cmd_PARAMS_SETUP command.It is unclear how this affects all third-party plugins running in AE. The side effects for FxFactory plug-ins thankfully appear to be marginal. Our plugins are invoking that function during PF_Cmd_PARAMS_SETUP in order to compute the in/out points of the effect clip by using the AEGP_LayerH in subsequent calls to AEGP_LayerSuite7->AEGP_GetLayerInPoint() and AEGP_LayerSuite7->AEGP_GetLayerDuration(). 

When i click “s” to open the scale property, the values of scales are not visible. that’s why i need to open properties panel to control its value which slow down my work. same happening with every properties. i mean the values are visible at all. i am sharing two screenshots 1. the issue. 2. what’s missing  

Need some help with installing an older version of after effects on my MacBook Pro. My Mac is a 2017 MacBook Pro running macOS Ventura 13.7.8. Creative Cloud only shows After Effects v26.3 as “System incompatible” and v25.6.6 giving the options of free trial or buy. Clicking “Free trial” on v25.6.6 doesn’t download anything—it just says “You already own After Effects.” There is no “Other versions” option anywhere in my Creative Cloud interface. I’ve looked at the tutorials for downloading older versions but my layout looks different and the three dots that is supposed to offer you older versions only says plug ins?? Can anyone please help me install a compatible version?

Hi guys, I’m running into a problem with my green screen. When I key it out with Keylight, a grey area is left behind, probably from a glass reflection behind the girl.I have no idea how to get rid of it. I also tried changing that grey area to green, but I still end up with visible edges because the hair is slightly out of focus. Any ideas?  

 The Echo Effect to create long streaks is normally the way you'd recreate the jump to lightspeed, but I think I've found a better, more controllable way. And also, the Hyperspace tunnel can be done entirely in AE with no plugins!When I was researching the VFX History of Slitscan, I realized that the "standard" After Effects tutorials for #StarWars hyperspace are often slow and hard to art-direct. In this tutorial, I throw out the old methods and use Shape Layer Repeaters to create perfectly controlled star streaks.I also dive into the NEW 3D Parametric Mesh tools in After Effects (v26) to recreate the iconic "blue tin foil" hyperspace tunnel using a free Adobe Substance material.In this video, you’ll learn:How to use a repeater on a shape layer. How to create a star field from a single line. Building a 3D Hyperspace tunnel using a Cylinder Mesh and Substance Materials. How to handle the "Flash to White" transition and deceleration. 

The viewport needs to be set to FULL res in order to track a mask.Set viewport to Half res Import a video Draw a mask to track. Track forwardThe video will play but the mask will not track.  It needs to be set at full resolution to track.After Effects v26.30Windows 11