After Effects (Beta)

I have a simple model, created in Blender. I export it as an OBJ, import it into AE, and put it in a comp, add a camera, and all is good. I then update the model in Blender, re-export the OBJ, go back to AE, right-click > Reload Footage on the model (both the .obj and the .mtl), the Comp Viewer redraws, but nothing's actually changed - it's still the old model and old materials. Even if I do a Purge All, AE redraws, but it's still the old model. The only thing that forces an update of the model is to close and reopen my AE project. Here's AE showing the old model, even though I've updated and 'reloaded' it:I then save, quit and reload AE (or just close and re-open the project), and having made no changes to anything, it now shows the updated model and materials (cyan line is now blue, and there's an extra yellow line in there, which is all correct):I'm on AE 24.5.0x34, Windows 10. ~ Paul 

LUT processing in After Effects now has the option to use a more precise calculation method called Tetrahedral interpolation. The result is smoother gradients and better-looking results when applying LUTs.  The old method is called Trilinear and is still available. This option can be found in the Project Settings.   Below is an extreme example for illustrative purposes:    ORIGINAL:  Your basic ramp . . .       TRILINEAR (old method):  Notice the severe banding.  This occurs when you have smooth gradients and the LUT doesn’t have enough precision to handle the small steps.  In practical terms, outdoor shots with a blue sky are a good example of smooth gradients that you see often.       TETRAHEDRAL (new method):  Notice the smooth gradient.  Tetrahedral uses a superior method to interpolate values in between the steps, so even with a low precision LUT, you get ver

In the composition panel, in the current Beta version of After Effects, the breadcrumbs of the comps are missing the active state of the current comp. It's hard to tell which one your looking at. Before the comp you are in would have a selection on it. 

 I believe this issue occured in the past, it was reported and fixed.I might be wrong but it looks like it came back with the few recent updates.It doesn't happen every time.

Version: After Effects (Beta) 24.5.0 (Build 😎Platform: Windows 11 (Version 23H2 - OS Build 22631.3447) Basic steps to reproduce the problem:When having the grpah editor open and the "Snap" option disabled (that little magnet icon at the bottom) its possible to go up and down using the mouse wheel and it should also be possible to zoom in and out by holding down CTRL/ the Control key while using the mouse wheel. Expected result and actual result:But in the beta version of After Effects (v24.5.0) this doesn't seem to work (nothing happens when doing so), the same thing works in After Effects 2024 though (v24.3.0).I thought this was maybe an issue with the keyboard shortcuts settings I have selected but it also doesn't work with the default ones. So I suspect this to be a bug that came with the new GPU accelerated UI maybe?

The historgam of the Levels effect is barely visible with the latest Beta; see screenshots attached.System info    Application: After Effects (Beta) v24.2.0.50    OS: macOS v14.1.1, RAM: 64,00 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 10

When I zoom in or zoom out the screen or move the guide line my compositon panel got freeze. I already contact to customer support they also did not resolve my problem.

Trying to start aerender from the console gives: dyld[90248]: Library not loaded: @rpath/libtbb.dylib Referenced from: <B396A383-BFC0-3E47-948C-185ADC2FAF73> /Applications/Adobe After Effects (Beta)/aerender Reason: tried: '/Applications/Adobe After Effects (Beta)/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/Applications/Adobe After Effects (Beta)/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/Applications/Frameworks/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/Applications/Adobe After Effects (Beta)/Frameworks/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/Applications/Adobe After Effects (Beta)/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/Applications/Adobe After Effects (Beta)/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/Applications/Frameworks/libtbb.dylib' (no such file), '/Applications/Adobe After Effects (Beta)/Frameworks/libtbb.dylib' (no such file) zsh: abort ./aerender The needed file is under /Applications/Adobe After Effects (Beta)/Adobe After Effects (Beta).app/Contents/Frameworks/libtbb.dylibbut this directory is not in th

Hi everyone,  With After Effects (Beta) 24.2.0 build 17, we have added some very significant and long-awaited additions to the TextDocument DOM: The properties of individual characters can now be changed independently of the others with the new CharacterRange and ParagraphRange objects.  New paragraphCount attribute will return the number of paragraphs in the TextDocument.  New paragraphCharacterIndexesAt method will return the paragraph bounds from a character index—useful if you have a character index and wonder what the character index bounds of the paragraph it is part of.  It is now possible to faithfully round trip a mixed-property Text Layer via the TextDocument without losing individual properties.  boxTextPos will now accept negative values (this was a long-standing bug.)  You can read the updated docs here: https://ae-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/introduction/changelog.html.    The CharacterRange and ParagraphRange will benefit from a s

After today's Beta update there's a pop up window upon the application launch (see the image attached).There's no way to close the window and proceed to start using AfterEffects.In results the app has to be forced shut down from the Windows Task Manager.  

Hello Beta users!  In the latest Beta builds of After Effects, you are now able to copy and paste keyframes across multiple layers. This new functionality is available in After Effects (Beta) 24.2.0.38 or later. We have been working on this feature for quite some time and are very excited to share it with all of you!     We know this functionality is highly requested, so we'd love to hear your feedback.

I have been using the beta and there is problem , most  of the time my both preferences got reset and lost my recent project in recent files ,thats annnoying  for the work and you to relocate the project every project again, it happens with beta and also the prefrences got reset in the main version of after effects 

Hello! A memory management update has been implemented in After Effects starting from After Effects Beta v24.5x17.Users can limit the "RAM available for After Effects" through a preference under Memory & Performance settings. By default this limit is set to a significant portion of RAM available on the system. With this update, After Effects adheres to this limit more strictly, reducing transient spikes in memory usage. This reduces spurious low memory warnings and ensures a more consistent preview range. This update is particularly beneficial in scenarios where the frame cache is recycling frames very quickly such as when switching between previewing two high-resolution comps.

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hey guys, what upWe all have been following the discussion about new Spectrum UI herehttps://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-beta-discussions/feature-focus-new-after-effects-spectrum-ui-amp-windows-ui-performance-improvements/m-p/14497629People are complaining about images not showing in scripts UI ... my scripts are working the same, so clearly it's an issue that will be solved till the release version.My question is about the ScriptUI API ... will be any change on this too ?All methods, properties, listeners, etc, will stay the same?And all layout stuff like margins, padding, positioning ... how Spectrum UI will impact the coding side?cheers

Today, we’re announcing a new feature in After Effects Beta 24.5 x27, the ability to import files directly to a specific folder in the Project panel. Just right-click on any folder in your project and you can select the same "Import" and "Import Recent Footage" commands that you're used to in the File menu. These will import all selected files to the folder you clicked on.Similarly, using the keyboard shortcut Cmd/Ctrl+I while a Folder is selected will import to that folder.    Project organization is a crucial part of working efficiently, and before this change you could only import files to the root of your project and then have to drag them to the correct place, so we’d love to hear how this works for you.Please note: 3D models that are imported currently do not take advantage of this feature and will be imported into your Project root. 

Seeing as it's impossible (currently) to "stack" Track Mattes (see this post: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-beta-bugs/cannot-quot-stack-quot-track-mattes/idc-p/14610070 ) and Set Matte is often useless*, how about we have a brand new shiny effect "Track Matte" which behaves exactly like a Track Matte, but enables us to:Stack more than one Track Matte (by adding more than one Track Matte effect)Change the order in which a Track Matte happens in the effects stackGood idea, don't you think? UPVOTE! UPVOTE NOW! 😁 *Or we have a checkbox in the Set Matte effect to "behave exactly like a Track Matte"

Steps to reproduce:If I click on different layers in various comps, the ECP often fails to update; it might still show the effects controls for a layer I selected some time ago. I've never seen this issue before, and it doesn't happen (on the same project) in the release version (24.3.0 Build 50). Also, sometimes if I enter a value on a layer's effects (eg. the amount of Gaussian Blur) when I press Enter to exit the number box, AE opens that layer. UPDATE: Yes, this DOES happen with the same project in the release version! Very weird. I would be happy to send the project (not publicly) to Adobe for analysis.System info    Application: After Effects (Beta) v24.5.0 Build 8    OS: Windows v10.0.19044, RAM: 127.92 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 32

Howdy Y’all!     Version 24.5 x 29 of After Effects Beta introduces support for the Advanced 3D engine on specific Intel GPUs.   We’ve collaborated with our friends at Intel to fix a driver issue, and now the new Advanced 3D features are available on 12th, 13th, and 14th Generation Intel Core processors.  We are also supporting Intel Arc A3xx and Arc Pro Axx discrete GPUs.     We’re excited to open the gates of 3D model import, Environment Lights, HDRI Lighting, Shadow Catchers & Colors (Beta), Animated Models (Beta), and Depth Map Extraction (Beta) to AE creators using Intel GPUs who have been patiently waiting on the sidelines until today.     Getting Started  All you need to do is launch After Effects Beta, import a 3D Model, or add a layer to a comp and turn it into a 3D Layer.   The 3D Render Engine Dropdown menu in the Comp Window will now give you the option to choose the Advanced 3D Renderer.  &

Friends, colleauges: Of the many documented properties+methods available in ScriptUI to position and resize dockable ScriptUI palettes in After Effects, most of us have tinkered with: win.bounds = { Bounds object } win.windowBounds = { Bounds object } win.frameSize = [ width , height ] win.size = [ width , height ] win.location = [ x , y ] win.frameLocation = [ x , y ] ..but these don't appear to work anymore. Or, maybe they've gone read-only? Is there a new, preferred way to script (set, rather than get) the position + location of ScriptUI palettes, or has this functionality been deprecated? Just curious, no pressure. Below is tests.jsx which creates a dockable window, then alerts the user to different attempts at resizing or repositioning it, using the methods listed above. When tests.jsx is placed inside AE's ScriptUI Panels folder, the methods don't work. When tests.jsx is launched from VS Code, the window resizes+relocates as expected.&nbsp

Colorspace workflows not functioning in latest AE beta, works fine in standard AE. Using the OCIO colorspace transform plugin to change footage colorspaces has no effect. Same for any adjustments in the color management area of the project settings.

If a text layer contains multiple justifications on different layers, editing text using character range can cause justification to incorrectly change. Steps to reproduce:1. Open justifyText.aep and have Comp 1 open and active.2. File > Run Script....run justifyText script. Script output:"top line justify = 7413 next line was = 7414changing text to = *1234*top line justify now = 7414 next line now = 7414"While the (0,5) character range covers a single justification setting across the top line of text,changing the text (still 4 characters plus return) causes it to adopt the justification of the next line.3. Undo the text change or Revert Project, comment out line 10 of script and try again with lines 11 then 12Script output:"top line justify = 7413 next line was = 7414changing text to = *234*top line justify now = 7413 next line now = 7413"Result: This time, the change seems to cause the second line to adopt the first line's justification. Expected Result: Justificatio

Either I'm missing something or Kerning doesn't appear to work properly with character range queries. It mostly seems to return undefined, even for a character range of a single character. It's potentially important to check if kerning has been manually altered to be able to take steps to preserve that kerning during a scripted edit. autoKernType seems to work as expected, only returning undefined on mixed autoKernTypes in a single text layer, it's just kerning that does. Makes it impossible to query in any useful way. 1. Create a comp, a text layer with some text, set to Metrics. Run attached kerntest script and you get:autoKern all = Metrics first char = Metricskerning all = undefined first char = undefined Kerning should be returning 0 in both cases (the scripting docs say so too) 2. Use Character panel to set Kerning to 0. Run script:autoKern all = None first char = Nonekerning all = undefined first char = undefined Kerning should be returning 0 in both cas

Hello ! what do you think about this error message :it just pop up 2 times at the end of the starting sequence ... Version of adobe after effect beta is    24.5.0 Build 21    system is : windows 11 latest update done.OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 ProVersion 10.0.22631 Build 22631Other OS Description Not AvailableOS Manufacturer Microsoft CorporationSystem Name BIGPCSystem Manufacturer SupermicroSystem Model M12SWA-TFSystem Type x64-based PCSystem SKU 091715D9Processor AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX 32-Cores, 3600 Mhz, 32 Core(s), 64 Logical Processor(s)BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends International, LLC. 2.0c, 07/01/2023SMBIOS Version 3.5Embedded Controller Version 255.255BIOS Mode UEFIBaseBoard Manufacturer SupermicroBaseBoard Product M12SWA-TFBaseBoard Version 1.01Platform Role DesktopSecure Boot State OffPCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to ViewWindows Directory C:\WindowsSystem Directory C:\Windows\system32Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVo

It is very annoying that the picture flickers every time I paint the mask with the roto brush. After each brush stroke, the picture disappears for a second and appears. Apparently reboots with new data. But when you work with a long segment of video, these blinks are very unnerving and strain your eyes. Smear - blink, smear - blink, corrected smear - blink ... Please fix this blink so that the picture does not disappear, but simply update the roto brush mask.