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eccentric_wonderland8303
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October 2, 2025

New Masking not rendering in Media Encoder

  • October 2, 2025
  • 11 replies
  • 630 views

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. 

    11 replies

    Brett27886719u8iz
    Brett27886719u8iz
    Participant
    May 20, 2026

    I had the same issue. So I just rendered it right out of premiere. NOT through Media encoder. It worked fine for me.

    EckiAME
    Community Manager
    EckiAMECommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    April 7, 2026

    Resolved.

     

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      jess5C39
      Participating Frequently
      May 21, 2026

      I updated to Media Encoder 26.02 and still having the same issue of ME not exporting masks 

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      Madman_Holleran
      Participant
      March 3, 2026

      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
      March 3, 2026

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

      social8920
      social8920
      Participant
      February 13, 2026

      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
        virano
        Participant
        February 19, 2026

        this worked! thankyou so much

        ryano1391910
        ryano1391910
        Known Participant
        February 13, 2026

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

        social8920
        social8920
        Participant
        February 11, 2026

        Running into this issue as well. Any updates?

        ESSTLL3
        ESSTLL3
        Inspiring
        February 9, 2026

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

        Teddy Waffles
        Teddy Waffles
        Participant
        February 3, 2026

        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
        January 27, 2026

        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
        November 13, 2025

        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?

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