After Effects (Beta)

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Steps to reproduce:    1. Create a solid, add Lens flare, open Layer Panel, set a keyframe for Flare Center, move down the timeline, set another keyframe, make sure Lens Flare is selected to render. Result: In previous versions of After Effects you get a nice bezier path that can be edited with the pen tool. In the latest two versions of AE (beta and release) you get a dot for every frame, no path points, no bezier handles.Expected: You should be able to see the motion path. This does not work for any effect that has the option to create a motion path like Lens Flare, CC Radial Blur, or Anchor Point path. The display is 100% broken.   The strange thing is that you can enable the pen tool, roll over the path and have the pen tool change to add point, then click and drag to curve the motion path. Everything works except the ability to see a motion path. System info    Application: After Effects (Beta) v22.0.0.81 / After Effects 18.4.1&nb

For some reason, when i try to begin playing the preview, it takes a few seconds before it starts playing, after which it plays fine. It seems to have something to do with the size of the project. I have a lot of stuff in it, however I am in an almost empty precomp (all it has is music), so there is no reason this should be happening.I tried restarting after effects, my pc, playing it on another project (where it works without problems) and removing everything from the comp, deleting disk cache, ect. Any suggestions on how to fix it?

Good morning.Until yesterday, my After Effects Beta was working perfectly.Today, it had a new update, going to 22.0. Now it's crashing on loading screen, when it shows "Cleaning UP - AEDynamicLinkServer". Can someone help me?Thank you

When I imported a very simple Ppro projekt into After Effect Beta 22.0.0.0 (Build 79) or After Effects 18.4.1 (Build 4) the PNG file lacks alpha channel. I can not change this in File->Interpret Footage->Main.But if I choose File->Replace Footage->File  and select the same PNG file it imports/replaces with alpha channel. 

Even if the entire playback is loaded, when i begin playing a preview, the timing stays off for a few seconds, and then the music slows down for a second. This means that every time I try to preview my work, I need to wait a while, seemingly for no reason. Note: For my use of After Effects, my compositions are often 45 seconds to a minute long.

When calling AEGP_NewFromLayer, AEGP_NewFromUpstreamOfEffect in AEGP_LayerRenderOptionsSuite, or AEGP_NewFromUpstreamOfEffect in AEGP_RenderSuite, which request rendering, AE crashes. After Effects (Beta) Version 22.0.0 (Build 79)Windows 10 21H1

Hi community.I try to use the beta version in a project, and with the Multi-frame rendering on, the preview is very slow to start, after click to preview, take some time to start and audio is slow too, sometimes during the preview the audio won't appear (with the preview bar done in both cases).After disable this function, come back to normal.

Its currently impossible to export tracking data from two different tracks to two different layers.f.x. if you have two cars then you can't export new carplates in the same shot as the second one will inherrit the parameters of the first one. tried with different shots and new files. i am on the newest beta version of AE

i pres space bar and zero, after wont move

I have used the Rotobrush 2 for a whole lot of shots and so far its been working well. Lately I have not been able to use it at all because after making my selection on the first frame it will not process any further frames. The viewport turns black and I get an error that says "After Effects (Beta) warning: Unknown Exception" I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the AE Beta, and the CC app, but it does not seem to be helping.Windows 10: version 10.0.18362 Build 18362AMD Ryzen 7 8-Core 3.59 Ghz32 GB RAMRTX 2080 Super 

When I open the lumetri panel and move it to an other place on screen AE crashed or freezedAfter effects (Beta) version 22.0.0 (build 64)Thanks for your help

I thought it was long image sequences, but build 60 crashes whenever I try to preview any art after adding to even a brand new project.  Launch, Import Files (anything I've tried), double click the art or add it to a new comp and double click the comp to see what's in it - boom, crash. I've tried deleting prefs, I've tried uninstall/re-install, I've tried uninstall/delete everything AE I can find or think of, nothing's worked. This build seems cursed on my machines (10 core 2020 iMac running 10.15.7 and an i7/1080ti Windows 10 box fully updated).

Just noticing that in the Beta and 18.4/18.4.1, that sometimes when you toggle Mask and Shape path visibility with the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+H, it won't toggle the icon in the viewer window to go along with it. When you click the icon, it will then bin sync with the shortcut behaviour.

There some sort or memory leak or another issue with the RAM on latest versions of AE and AE Beta on Windows 10. The issue is Rendering or Ram Previews that use a lot of memory eg, Full Res with loads of pre-comps hangs AE. You need to End Process. Also its generally slow to render as well.

In the linear workspace, the color picker in the Shape Layer's Gradient Editor remains unchanged as if it had not been switched to linear.

I just downloaded today's build to test out the new feature that was added. I tried adding the Fractal Noise filter and AE crashes the minute I apply it. I did this 4 more times and the same issue occurred. Is their a workaround for this?

I think we've reached the same state as it was in CS6.Multiframe rendering for final render - GOODMultiframe for previewing during work - BAD.It seems that every time AE starts multiframe rendering it starts with launching background processes that are going to do the rendering, which is understandable, except AE does absolutely no rendering untill these bg processes start. And since it takes around 15seconds!!! to start the processes, we 're stuck waiting 15seconds every time we hit the spacebar - how do you expect people to work like that?Seriously, on many comps, 15 seconds is enough to render a good couple of frames and decide, that fixes need to be made. I remember MFR in CS6 - I often turned it off during work and turned it back on for final rendering for this very reason.It's obvious to me that the MFR should only be an addition to normal single process rendering - I need to see rendering happening whenever I press space, if that means that the bg processes will be starting for

the multi-threading behavior is great, but when I hit spacebar to start playback, the beta takes a very very long time to start doing anything compared to release version AE. Like, over 40 seconds it just sits there and doesn't start at all, even when there's a long chunk of cached green in front of the playhead. Meanwhile release version does it "now-ish".

When hitting space bar to preview it's about 50/50 wether or not it'll play the audio with the video. It always seems to play the video, but sometimes (about half the time) does not play the audio with it. 

When I import an image sequence with several non-sequential missing frames, the frame count only reflects the number of frames visible in the alert dialog, not the total number of frames missing.  In the attached, 25-27 frames are reported missing out of 30 frames truly missing. If the number displayed includes a sequential segment (i.e. 1, 3-5, 7, 9...) the resulting count is inclusive, but still not accurate (see last attachment; 30 frames were truly missing, only 29 reported.) Super minor, but just something I noticed. Same results for both Windows release and beta versions:After Effects - Version 18.4.1 (build 4) - WindowsAfter Effects (Beta) - Version 22.0.0 (build 56) - Windows

The keyboard shortcut Control Shift Y does not work when you select a solid in a composit and then try to change its properties.

I'm not sure why this isn't working in AE Beta, it's working fine for me in AE 2021, but after creating a layer, if I go to open layer settings it's grayed out. It isn't specific to any project file or anything, just in general. 

As part of AE Beta 22.0x46 and above, there are changes to the set of Output Module templates that are created and changes to the Output Module Template Defaults.   When After Effects is installed for the first time, or if you clear your preferences, the following changes will be made:   New Templates Added Two new templates have been added, High Quality and High Quality with Alpha. High Quality is based on QuickTime ProRes 422, while High Quality with Alpha is based on QuickTime ProRes 4444.    Older Templates Removed The QuickTime and AVI NTSC and PAL DV templates have been removed. The Save Current Preview template has also been removed.   New Defaults The Movie and Save Current Preview Defaults will use the new High Quality output module template. The Pre-Render and Movie Proxy Defaults will use the new High Quality with Alpha output module template.     When upgrading to a new version of After Effects with existing Output Module templ

When I press the spacebar, it takes too much time to start playing the preview, even with some frames rendered. Also, by the speed it plays, it feels like it is rendering all over again. If I turn off "Enable Multi-Fram Rendering", everything is back to normal. Version: 22.0.0.44MacOS: Big Sur 11.5