After Effects

I've read multiple posts here over recent years complaining about the working performance when using .csv files and I'm still experiencing those issues in AE 25.0.1 (and AE 24.6.3 too). I inherited a project that is using some expressions to pull in the csv data into some essential graphics comps. The problem is so bad I'm about to scrap this entire project and rebuild it using an aescript plugin and not touch csv's again. Are there any other workarounds or updates coming soon that may help? My setup:Recent Windows 11 Intel/nvidia PC workstation that works perfectly in any other AE/C4D project. CSV (exported from a spreadsheet) that is less than 20kb. I don't touch or update the csv while AE is open. In the Essential Graphics comps my frame render time is around 200ms. In my main comp that has just that same EG comp and a precomp of the csv text data (that is freeze framed) has a frame render time of ~5 seconds. Performance in this project is generally slow (click and wait +1 seco

 I don't quite understand from which axes are the rotation values in the timeline panel of a 3D layer measured? I used to think that the Z rotation is measured from the normal vector of the layer, and X and Y rotations from the X and Y axes in the plane of the layer and mutually perpendicular to the normal vector. But this experiment (linked video) shows otherwise.In the experiment above, I changed the Y rotation value first, but upon changing the X rotation value the layer doesn't seem to rotate about the transformed X axes (which was transformed due to the Y rotation), rather it rotates about the X axes parallel to the comp's X axis. I'm certainly missing something.GPT told something like rotation values are calculated in an order. Always x first, y second, and then z, and that's the reason why the final result looks like this. That even though you've made the x rotation after the Y rotation it would still be calculated as x first then y. I sure can't trust that though.

Issue with the Radio Waves Effect — Not Showing on Screen in After EffectsDescription:Hi everyone, how are you?I’m facing a strange problem with the Radio Waves effect in After Effects.When I apply the effect to a solid, the solid becomes invisible and nothing shows on the screen (even with the Toggle Transparency Grid enabled to check).In the tutorial I’m following, when the effect is applied, the waves appear immediately on the screen, but nothing happens for me — it seems the effect simply doesn’t generate anything visible.What I’ve already tried:Changing the main parameters (Wave Type, Polygon with multiple sides, Stroke, Expansion, Frequency, Lifespan).Setting Stroke Opacity to high values.Switching the composition preview mode to Full Resolution.Adjusting Render Quality within the effect.Using solids of different sizes (200x200, 1920x1080).Clearing media cache and disk cache.Turning GPU acceleration on/off.Creating a new composition from scratch.Additional details:After Effects v

I cannot find a way to enlarge all the UI fonts in After Effect, I am getting blind with my new 4K resolution monitor... Any help?   Thank you Carlo   Mac Os and AE 24.4.1

 Issue - I created a new comp within a file to play around with video color. When I clicked back to the original composition, I got the error as seen in the screenshot. I cannot continue, and am essentially forced to close AE. Opening that comp at all results in the same error. Steps to reproduce - I am not sure what caused this issue. I updated AE, and had the issue out of nowhere. Adobe After Effects version - 25.4Operating system - Mac Sonoma 14.7.7Steps I have tried to fix Reverting back to an older version of AEOpening an older version of the file before the error happenedSent the file to another person, had them save it, then sent it back. Did not work.Restarted the computer after updatingTried deleting Comp 1 to only have the problem composition left.Tried deleting the last added files to the project. Tried opening with the caps lock onComparative information  I was able to complete another project without issues. But o

This was weird. I was trying to rememeber where to set my default output module, and while in Preferences > Output I noticed "Enable ProRes hardware accelerated encoding, if available." First off, Adobe, how about removing the "ifs" and instead only enable this option if hardware accelerated encoding is available? Is ProRes hardware encoding available on this computer? I don't know, but After Effects knows.  After enabling the option, I was told to restart After Effects.Upon relaunching After Effects, the app told me I was using Adobe products on other computers and that I needed to sign out of one of them first. It also offered me a link to click to manage my account. Ok, not true, but Ok... click the link but Safari warns the server does not exist. There seems to be a typo in the address it sent me to, there is no "accounts.adobe.com" Eventually I give up on the web site, because this machine I'm using *IS* activated, so I clicked Continue in After Effects (it

I’m experiencing a recurring issue with After Effects (v24.5 / 2025) on a brand new machine built for motion design and 3D. AE consistently freezes during preview after a few minutes — the interface remains responsive, but the preview image stays locked. No crash, no error message, no way to report the bug.🖥️️ My setup:GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti (Studio Driver)Power: 330W adapterRAM: [insert amount, e.g. 32 GB DDR5]OS: Windows 11 ProAE Version: 24.5 (2025 release)🧪 What I’ve already tried:Mercury GPU AND Mercury Software Only rendering modes (same result)Different AE versions, projects, and compositionsNo third-party pluginsClean cache & preferences resetUpdated NVIDIA drivers (Studio and Game Ready)Disabled all sync services, antivirus, background apps Observations:Preview freezes after several minutes regardless of project sizeRAM usage stays stable / doesn’t max outNo GPU or CPU spikes before freezeAE doesn’t detect this as a crash or bug, so no report is generated&

Hello Adobe staff. I have written a script in AE2025 that uses the app.scheduleTask method to switch icons in the listbox to achieve the effect of playing sequences. But when the listbox switches icons, the computer's memory keeps rising until it is full. If the sequence image is relatively large, or if there are many items in the listbox, this situation will be particularly obvious and severe. I think the problem is with the listbox. As long as the listbox displays images, the memory usage will accumulate and not be released. And the same script has no problem in versions below AE2025, and the memory is normal. My computer is a PC and uses the Windows 10 operating system. Hope Adobe staff can check this bug, thank you!

Hi All, I'm Using after effects 25.4.0 (win10). Turbulent Displace with amount set to 0 creates at glitch with some sort of memory dump (bad!)Quick temp fix:  set value to 0,0001  or any number that is not 0. Has anyone the same problem? /J  

Hi guys, I am hoping someone can help.I have the creative cloud suite and use these daily, but after effects seems to crash routinely, sometime within minutes, some times within about 45 minutes. This will then crash my entire machine, and while some functionality comes back eventually, I have to restart to be able to do anything useful. It always pops up with the same error about running out of memory, but having spoken to my internal IT team, the laptop is more than powerful enough to run this (HP ZBook Firefly G11, 32GB RAM), and i use to run it on a lesser machine perfectly fine. Is there any settings that might be causing this? I'm pulling my hair out! Thanks!Sam 

I'm trying to make a comp that is 1px wide for a slit scan type effect but the minimum seems to be 4px? I've never run into this before is this a known limitation?  

how to solve missing/black frame in after effects guys? Im editing 2k video clip with 1080p composition setting

After Effects warning: Undo group mismatch, will attempt to fix. Have reinstalled After Effects a number of times, and now have a new computer. IT support at work are baffled. This happens as a result of not being able to import files in the normal way (File> Import, double click the media browser, right click on media browser and import) This is not a continuous issue, when I first open AE, I am able to work as normal, import at normal. Only after importing a few different comps does this begin to happen. I am suddenly unable to import any type of file or media. It does not respond or react to opening a box to even begin browsing for what I wish to import. The only other way to import would be to drag and drop my desired media into the project. As a result, when attempting to edit key frames for that imported item, this error (as before) will appear, and all imported media will disappear. Any idea how on earth to fix this issue, or what else I can do? The work around I have at the

Issue with the Radio Waves Effect — Not Showing on Screen in After EffectsDescription:Hi everyone, how are you?I’m facing a strange problem with the Radio Waves effect in After Effects.When I apply the effect to a solid, the solid becomes invisible and nothing shows on the screen (even with the Toggle Transparency Grid enabled to check).In the tutorial I’m following, when the effect is applied, the waves appear immediately on the screen, but nothing happens for me — it seems the effect simply doesn’t generate anything visible.What I’ve already tried:Changing the main parameters (Wave Type, Polygon with multiple sides, Stroke, Expansion, Frequency, Lifespan).Setting Stroke Opacity to high values.Switching the composition preview mode to Full Resolution.Adjusting Render Quality within the effect.Using solids of different sizes (200x200, 1920x1080).Clearing media cache and disk cache.Turning GPU acceleration on/off.Creating a new composition from scratch.Additional details:After Effects v

Some of the rendering is working but the other part us not, please help.  

Calling new Date() while running a progress bar causes the progress bar to never close. Even when the task is complete, I'm unable to close the progress window without restarting After Effects. The issue remains even when using $.hiresTimer instead of new Date(). The expectation is to estimate and display the time remaining inside the progress bar window and have the window close after the task is complete. I've yet to find a workaround. Working on Windows 10 / AE 2025Mike

guys can anyone help with this issue i only wanna see blurmocurves graphs but twitch appears too that blue and pink thing .  when I only select blurmocurves, all the effects on that layer are automatically selected when I enter the graphs, even if I don't select them, and even the sound graphs are visible. I just select blurmocurves and click on the graphics editor

When I export AE hangs at the end, the progress bar gets to the end and then AE just hangs for 5 to 20 mins. Export is always fine immediately after progress bar gets to 100% but AE is unresponsive like its still processing the last frame.Doesn't happen all the time normally after I have had it open for and hour or 2. Happens with any format (mov, h264, jpeg, tiff) and any duration even a single frame export.  

Hi guys I'm working on a project where I need to rotoscope a bank card to change it's color.I've made the roto in Mocha and transfor it into a mask.I've added a motion blur in the mask settings, it works fine but ... the angle and phase are wrong.I went to the comp settings to change it but it seems that it doesn't make any difference.It works with moving objects created in Æ but it doesn't with masksAny idea? Thanx

Hello,  Using After Effects 2020 for some reason the keyboard shortcuts for "I" (go to layer in point) and "O" (go to out) don't work. I've tried manually setting it in the shortcut config, i've tried resetting the preferences and it still doesn't work. Is it a known bug or am i forgetting something or not doing something right?   Thank you

I can't find any deatilled answers for this. What have: a 4k 16:9 music video What I want to do: Put this video in a VR space, preferably, the video is playing behind and in front of the user to there is little stretching. I also want to be able to preview what this look like in 360 space, so i can drag around to simulate was the end product will look like. What I have tried: Creating a 2:1 composition, adding my video to this comp, and applying the 'plane to sphere effect' Image of what im left with attached.   

Hi using a mac. Just updated it to Sonoma 14.0. After I updated it, i connected my HDD formatted in Extended Journaled.  My after effects project files were opening through after effects v23.6.  I am unable to save changed i make to these files since this error is appearing -File Couldnt be open for writing: /filepath ( 3 :: 0 ) The only way i am able to use the save feature on after effects is to 'save as' the file on my desktop. this is not sustainable for me as i barely have any space on my system disk and hence need help with the issue.I have around 4 TB space on my HDD where i want to save.  This is across all after effects files on my HDD and not file specific issue.  I have checked the entire path's permissions and everything is read and write. I have checked the application after effects and its permissions are also read and write.  I have shut down and turned on my computer.  I have checked name extensi

I get this pop up everytime After Effects starts up.  I'm on a 2019 iMac running macOS 11.2.3 with the latest version of AE 18.0.0 It seems plugin or script related, because it showed up when I copied all my Plug-ins/Presets/Scripts folders over from my After Effects 2020 folder to the new 2021 folder.