After Effects (Beta)

Lagging Interface in AE Beta 22.3.0 Build 62Getting stuttering / lagging from the interface itself when trying to scrub through my comps. (not an issue in other versions) As opposed to delayed previews, the actual current time indicator, and really any interface action is just lagging every few moments. I even tried an empty comp, literally nothing in it, same problem. Click on the timeline, wait a moment, app catches up. Scrubs ok for a second, then hangs up. Setting and out point, adding a shape layer, all basic functions seem to be included in the list of laggable offenses.

It wont allow me to Freeze Frame a RotoBrushed 2.0 Layer

Beta doesn't RAM preview. On the initial launch, it will preview once. After that, any changes made will not play or return an error. Purging all cache and memory won't solve this, only re-launching, and the problem repeats itself. 1TB scratch available + 48 GB RAM allocated to CC.

Thanks for adding the ability to add 1:1 shapes while holding shift.Unfortunately the behaviour seems to be more buggy in the latest beta.  After opening a new, empty comp, double clicking the rectangle tool (without holding shift) creates a shape layer with a rectangle. If I Ctrl+Z Immediately afterwards and try to create another one, the functionality breaks and no shape layer is being added.Highlighting another panel (like the viewer or the timeline) then trying again fixes the issue.This happens to me on a PC. Thank you.  

Scrolling the properties panel is significantly slower than scrolling anywhere else.The scrollbar size also seems to be different.I also find text in this panel to render slightly differently than in any other panel.People also mentioned how using it to set values is slower than in the timeline (feels stuttery) and mentioned how a dual screen setup can cause this, which I am using.I am not sure what's going on behind the scenes but just to let you know, it shows that this panel does not feel well integrated, but the biggest issue is how values are slower to update. Thank you for the hard work. 🙂

Steps to reproduce:  1.Open a new comp2. From anywhere under the timeline ruler start a selection and drag the mouse upwards. 

I'm trying to follow a tutorial from linkedin learning for drawing a circle in After Effects. I am on M1 mac running the 2022 intel version for this software. How in the world do a draw a cirle? In the tutorial they show a button in the composition window after using the ellipse tool to select "Toggle Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction" to change the ellipse to a perfect circle. Help? I don't see that icon and can't find it in any menus offhand.  

Steps to reproduce:    1. Render to 1080p Avid DnxHD LB-8bit.     2. Do the same render in AE v22.1.1 or previous AE beta v22.3.0.2#Result: The rendered movie doesn't open in Quicktime Player or Avid Media Composer. File icon is not correct, it's a generic Mov icon without the thumbnail. Compare with the same comp rendered with AE v22.1.1 (see the screenshot). System info    Application: After Effects (Beta) v22.3.0.39    OS: macOS v12.1.0, RAM: 64,00 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 10 

In v22.2 (as in all previous versions) the order in which you select layers before copying or cutting, has a bearing on the order in which they appear when pasted i.e. 1st selected layer is at the top of the pasted stack, last selected layer is at the bottom. This provides a quick and convenient way of reversing the order of layers in the composition, or even arranging in arbitrary order, if you use non-contiguous selections.In v22.3 build 90 this behaviour is gone (it may have gone earlier). Now, pasted layers maintain the order they were in when copied/cut, regardless of the order in which they were selected. This is bad. Please restore the previous behaviour.

Normally, the order in which I select the layers dictates the sequencing when I do a Keyframe Assistant > Sequence Layers, but in AE 22.2.0x105 (Beta), it always sequences them starting with the top layer, ending with the bottom layer, regardless of the selection order.

Suffering from huge memory leak when using After Effects.Mac OS Monterey 12.1M1 Max 64 gb

Hi, Does anyone know how I can add the 'extrusion depth key' in After Effects Beta'? Greatings Janneke

Hi everyone! I’m here to announce a new feature in After Effects Beta, available today in version 22.3: Create comp-centered squares and circles with double-click + ShiftYou can now create perfect squares or circles with dimensions matching the smallest dimension of the containing Composition by holding Shift while double-clicking the Rectangle or Ellipse Tool.  What We Want to KnowDoes this feature improve your workflow? What would you change? Thank you! We’re looking forward to your feedback.

Steps to reproduce:    1. Immediately upon opening the app the viewer will show the frame the playhead is on. Once the blue text boxes appear to highlight the updates being added to AE - the viewer stops responding. If I change comps, the viewer is blank. Same gray as the UI.  System info    Application: After Effects (Beta) v22.3.0.72    OS: macOS v12.2.1, RAM: 64.00 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 10

Thank you for the hard work on this, things keep getting better.This build doesnt work - after upgrading  it wouldn't open.After deleteding twice and trashing prefrences - It now crashes with in minutes of opening my proj.os x 10.15.7 maxed out 2017 imac pro

After Effects takes another step toward better navigation in your 3D scene in the latest Beta release (22.2.0x19). Introducing the new Extended Viewport as part of Draft 3D.   As always, we look forward to hearing your feedback. Your responses help us know when features are ready to ship or if they need more polishing. Please speak up and help us build the product you need!   Extended Viewport The Extended Viewport extends real-time 3D draft previews beyond the composition's frame boundaries. See what your off-camera 3D content contains, then bring it into the scene with ease. Switch back to standard frame view when you need to see your composition’s final look.   How to UseTo enable the Extended Viewport, turn on Draft 3D button in the preview toolbar. To the right, you’ll see two more buttons. The first turns on the 3D ground plane for your scene. The second is the new Extended Viewport. Click and hold on the button to change the opacity of the extended view.    

I thought I was going crazy, but this must be a bug.In the after effects beta - with a custom layout - I am losing my timline panel - and there is not an option to reopen it.Every time i choose my custom layout i lose the timeline and there is no menu option to re open it.This seems to have started when i accidently saved over the default layout when trying to restore the default layout. I had to delete the beta and re install to get the default settings to reset. I think my settings were also syncing to creative cloud so there was a feedback loop keeping me from fully resetting them. I've lost track of the details - but ive fully lost the default layout, and when i choose the all windows layout - i have this same issue losing the timeline panel and no way to restore it. 

Title says it all, how annoying to have to move the playhead so that I see the change I just made in my comp 😞  (except holding right mouse button on something and moving it around). I hope I can help by pointing this out ! 

After recent update the AE Beta is noticably less responsive and hard to work with. While jumping frame by frame or by changing the effects on the layer, the preview stays frozen with no indicator that the AE is rendering a frame. To see the updated frame I have to move the time scrubber by hand. Also the composition names don't change while moving from comp to comp.

In the latest Beta of AE (21.3 updated 02/03/22) the contextual menu for Keyframe Assistant is missing thje arrow to the Ease Ease, Easy Out, etc.  This is what it's supposed to look like- second contextual menu is missing

have not worked out when this happens, but some times can not change layer label color. Option is greyed out.this happened after doing scene detect / split layer restarting ae "fixes" it ..os x 10.15.7beta 22.3 built 49

Hello, I'm using Macbook Pro with M1Pro chip and both rendering and playback is very very slow. Just previewing a simple png image sequence in Quarter resolution with no effects on it is choppy and plays it in like 5 fps. Why is that happening? I used an older 2014 mac and it was working much better. 

Hi Adobe.Before to add new features, can you please take the time to plan a fix for the heavy 3D layers lagging?Working with 3D layers has become extremely difficult, indeed impossible (video attached). And, to be honest, the general dragging performace of any AE item has become very poor compared to older AE versions. I use AE since V 3.0, so I  know what i'm talking about.To pay to get this performance it's not acceptable in 2022.Thanks

After version 22.3MacOs M1, Monterey 12.2Sur la dernière version Beta installée, ni le menu contextuel ni le menu "Animation" ne donne l'accès aux lissages de vitesse sur les images clés. Impossible d'appliquer les lissages de vitesses classiques, sauf à l'aide des courbes. C'est vraiment pénalisant pour un usage avancé du logiciel.C'est sans doute un problème d'affichage des fenêtres dans Monterey.

Hello! We'd like to get your feedback about changes made in After Effects that affect the default 3D view settings of new comps: When you create a new comp, the Composition panel will now default to a single 3D view (the active camera) with Draft 3D disabled, and the 3D view layouts have been updated.   Please let us know how this works for you. Is this how you expect a new comp to behave?   The reason for these changes is related to the improvements to the Composition panel toolbar made in After Effects 18.0. The toolbar has been de-cluttered so that it is easier to find and use the controls. This includes only showing the 3D controls when there are 3D layers in the comp.   Many of you let us know about a problem with this. If you have changed your 3D view settings, when you create a new comp it will inherit the 3D view settings of the previous comp, but since there are no 3D layers in a brand new comp the controls aren't visible and you can't change any of the settings