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New Masking not rendering in Media Encoder

Forum|Forum|5 months ago
October 2, 2025
9 replies
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Steps to reproduce:
    1. .Use the New AI Masking tool in a sequence
2. Export > Send to Media Encoder
Result: Render ignores layer with mask
Expected: Final product should have masking

System info
    Application: Adobe Media Encoder (Beta) v25.6.0.80
    OS: macOS v15.7.1, RAM: 32,00 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 8

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Previous beta version had a warning "Some Object Masks are Offline and will be ignored" That version was only ignoring the mask, not the layer itself.

I've saved the project differently and updated to the latest beta version of the After Effects Beta. Now there is no warning but render preview shows that layer with the new AI masking is ignored completely.

Bug

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Madman_Holleran

Participant

For those that are still dealing with this issue. This seemed to work for me. Just turned on Tone Mapping and all of the masks worked.

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Madman_Holleran

Participant

May have messaged too soon. This did not work on my next export.

social8920

Participant

I got around this issue by dragging timelines from the premiere project window directly into media encoder, rather than

going through export → media encoder, or
right clicking on the files and sending them to media encoder

Hope this helps some of y’all. not sure why this workaround works, but I’m glad that it does

virano

Participant

this worked! thankyou so much

ryano1391910

Known Participant

4 months later, out of beta, and still broken.

social8920

Participant

Running into this issue as well. Any updates?

ESSTLL3

Inspiring

Same issue here, in the 2026 app version 26.0 (not beta)
MacOS v15.7.3, RAM: 32Go, M1 Pro chip

Teddy Waffles

Participant

Same issue here. The only workaround I’ve found that works is exporting directly in Premiere, which is fine for now - but I’ve got like 30 instagram reels to export for a client, and now will have to manually do each and every one in Premiere...

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Creative31032015t7hf

Known Participant

same issue for me still! “some object masks are offline and will be ignored” when exporting through media encoder.

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NID Account Manager

Participant

I’m experiencing the same issue. Has anyone found a solution?
When I use the Object Mask Tool to isolate the signer and nest the signer with the background into one sequence, Adobe Media Encoder only renders the background - the signer is missing. Rendering directly from Premiere Pro works correctly, but I need Media Encoder to handle batch exports properly. Any updates or fixes?