After Effects

Insert keyframes based on audio analysis, for example:1) Dialogue (based on specific words, inserting an animation keyframe when the word "hello" is spoken).This way, we can zoom in on the image when the word "hello" is spoken.2) Select a piece of music, analyze it, and specify that keyframes should be placed on that bass drum or kick. The analysis is based on the selected region, as in iZotope RX 11.

Reference frames return from Photoshop with a wrong color profile assigned. Have to be assigned manually over and over. Please make the Adobe apps communicate efficiently.

Feature Request: Keyboard Shortcuts for Graph Editor Fit CommandsSummary Please make the Graph Editor's "Fit all graphs to view" and "Fit selection to view" buttons assignable as keyboard shortcuts in Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts. Both functions already exist as buttons at the bottom of the Graph Editor, but neither can be bound to a key, and there is no scripting equivalent via ExtendScript.Requested change Expose both existing commands in the keyboard shortcuts editor so users can assign keys to them:Fit all graphs to view Fit selection to viewWhy this matters / use case When fine-tuning curves, I frequently disable Auto-Zoom Graph Height so I can zoom into specific regions of an F-curve. With Auto-Zoom off, the only way to reframe the view is to reach for the mouse and click the small buttons at the bottom of the panel — which breaks flow during detail work where the rest of the interaction (selecting keyframes, adjusting handles, nudging values) is already keyboard-driven. Shortcut

Users of Blender will feel right at home.While changing something it's common to feel like this action is unnecessary. So after it's done all of us just use ctrl+z.But there is a great alternative that saves time: while changing any value just press right mouse button and return to where you were.It can also be used when entering a number in any box or moving/rotating/scaling an object in the viewport. 

Illustrator has done it right.- dragging guides out of the rulers is easy- guides snap and show relations via smart guides- guides can be selected and moves via the keyboard & the position value can be easily adjusted in pixels- smart guides help when positioning and resizing layers- snapping helps to change the origin for the ruler- elements snap to guidesIts also an Abobe tool, so please copy this behaviour over. In comparison illustrator feels like a very old, outdated software, even though you obviously know how to do it right.Cheers

From what I’ve seen (and I’d be delighted to be proven wrong), since cloning and paint have to occur in the layer viewer, there is no way to actually see the composition while working on these things. (You can/have to open a second viewer and watch there, but that should not be considered an acceptable workaround.) These features should either be able to work on layers while still in the composition viewer, or there should be some way to view the entire composition while in the layer viewer. This is one of those “how-the-heck-haven’t-they-fixed-this-after-20-plus-years” things.

Maybe I`m wrong on this one, but so far in three years I`ve worked with AE I never really understood why making Null object, Solid or Adjustment layer creates a folder in Project panel. Those are internal objects like Light, Camera or Shape but creating them doesn`t make them appear in this folder like it`s an external media file.Is there any upside for this behaviour? Or making this folder “invisible” in a panel would make no difference? 

There are two QOL improvement suggestions for columns in timeline.First, I recommend erasing “No Matte” & “None” from Track Matte and Parent columns so it will be much easier to search for dependencies when working with A LOT of layers.Secondly, in the Layer Switches panel there's a small gap at the end of it which also can be resized but doesn't make anything wider aside from the gap. It's common when you switch between devices (PC, laptop) and these columns appear in different sizes on the same project, so you have to always adjust it so it doesn't take up necessary space from the timeline. 

Whenever you're changing a percentage, position, or any value field, it's too short to show the whole number. I really hope you'll make it bigger so you don't need to use arrow keys to see the start/end of it. 

Based on my extensive, house-to-house, global research - each After Effects user has about 12 billion Expressions, in text files, scattered on their systems.Converting these text files to FFXs is a good step upwards to making these Expressions more easily deployed and this accounts for the new/old Quick Apply feature; to increase its efficacy. A huge issue is the sheer number of text files involved - so, I was wondering if TeamAE is able to provide a Script UI to convert Expression Text Files into FFX. The Script UI would include relevant checkboxes and perhaps drop menus to allow for tagging each Expression and for renaming purposes. 

Por favor, preciso versão 23 do after effects, que suporta Rosetta.

 It would be really nice if After Effects could export files in Avid's modern codec DNxGX. And also that Media Encoder can do this. And also that Media Encoder can export DNxGX with alpha channel.

It would be great if Mesh Warp’s grid could be defined manually, without having to match comp/precomp sizes.

Hi:   Up until the latest update (2025) for After Effects. I was able to change my Theme UI Color. This link shows a video of how you used to able to change the Theme UI Color: (Mod note: Link removed)   I contacted an Adobe Agent and he said several changes were included in this latest update of After Effects. He said to file a feature request here in hopes of getting that feature back again. The After Effects Version I am using is: 25.0.0 (Build 53) and I am running it on a PC with a Windows 11.  This may not seem like a big issue to some people but it's something I got used to as part of my workflow.  If you could bring this feature back it would greatly be appreciated!   Mod note: Please do not condone the use of internal engineering tools like Console. The link showing how to change engineering settings in the UI has been removed. The text was also modified. Thanks.

The new quick apply box is a great addition and amazing to have a native command box, so amazing job!One feature which I feel would help give it a boost is to be able to change how the list order is shown. Mostly so it lists in order of recently used. Often projects will use the same effects or presets so it would be very useful to be able to hit enter on opening at the top, or a tap or two of the down arrow and already be where you need to be

When using the ‘new’ text styling expressions, it seems mandatory to get text from a second layer’s sourceText.Many of my projects depend on using names of Comps and Layers as text input.Why isn’t it possible to make a text layer use both techniques: input the string from Comp name or Layer name AND make use of text styling?Please add that.

Since the Film Impact effects have replaced the default effects in Premiere (Ex. Gaussian Blur, Directional Blur), and a huge part of dynamic link is the fact the effects transfer, the Film Impact effects should be ported to AE, or at the very least effects should translate to the AE versions like how Ultra Key will convert to Keylight when dynamic link is used. Premiere and AE have never had 1:1 effect continuity but it used to be true that every effect in Premiere was accessible in AE, but now unless you’re using the legacy effects even basic effects like Gausian Blur don’t even transfer, not to mention the new usefull tools that would be a life saver if they were compatible with dynamic link like Clone or RGB Split.

hican you guys add Film Impact Transitions and effects to After effectswhen i do Dynamic link from Premier i want to use them but theres not much in after effect( its like what Boris FX did with there transitions they come as effects in AE)

Many people have trouble with eye strain especially animators. Why in the world was this functionality removed from After Effects? Please add this feature. 

Could the sourceRectAtTime() expression work on 3D models and Primitives? Adding a depth parameter in addition to width and height would be great!

Need Scripting API and Expressions access to 3D Model Layers true size in pixels - these are foundational to creating pixel-perfect layouts and better tasting beers and burgers. 

OCIO must be a system to ensure convenient color management, but it leaves users frustrated. Please make it friendly for users, instead of letting them choose vague profile names from enormous lists with profiles that have quite similar names.Shouldn’t it just work within the Creative Suite apps? Switch OCIO on in all apps, and that should be it. The hassle with profiles shouldn’t be necessary - what users want is a consistent image on screen throughout apps. The apps should know how to obtain that. At this moment every import is a disappointment. Current OCIO-implementation seems to fix something that wasn’t broken. This illustrates perfectly what a hazzle this is:Example of someone who tries to explain

Often times, we need to append the latest version to a new render. Maybe its the latest version for today, or reflecting the version from the project.For example, using the [projectName].[fileExtension] template, you get:ProjectName_v001.aep >> ProjectName_v001.movHowever, often we have many comps inside the same AEP which all need to have the version appended to the end. Creating [projectName]_[compName] places the version INSIDE the filename, and not at the end. This results in ProjectName_v001_CompName.mov. The only way to put the version at the end is manually. What would be great, is some way to append the project version to the END of the string. Even an incremental version which reads other files in the output folder and goes up 1 version. For example something like [projectVersion] or [version] or [v###].

There are so many possibilities accessible with scripting. However the API does not allow for access to file pathing in plugin.The one that comes immediately to mind is Apply Color LUT forces a user to Open a dialog to find the LUT we want to apply. Instead, I’d like to have script access so I can do what Nuke can already do, apply LUTs thru a script call.Many times, the lut is literally sitting next to the file, but we’re forced to find it thru an Open dialog.Just make it so I can make a script that will go find it programmatically.FileA dir     FileA.####.exr     FileA.cubeAnd I’m not looking for an interface for just this plug in, it would be any plug in that needs an Open dialog.

It would be amazing if AE could estimate the rendered size of the render queue and check the destination drives for free space and alert the user if there might not be enough space for the renders.It could automatically happen when hitting render or it could be a separate button in the render queue window.The worst thing is when a movie (not image sequence) render is nearly finished and then space runs out or you queue up a load of files to render overnight, leave the machine to come back in the morning and find that none of them have rendered because there wasn’t enough space for the 1st in the queue!Thanks