Bug Reports

Hello,The last version of after effects (23.4.0) doesn't update changes to my original Illustrator file. I've imported it as Composition - Retain Layers Sizes, using ctrl+e (edit original) as usual. In Illustrator I tried making a color change and changing a shape, then saved and closed it. When returned to After Effects, the changes have not been updated. I purged, reloaded footage, and even closed after effects and opened it again. Nothing worked. I opened the original file again with ctrl+e and the change I made was undone. Has anyone else had this problem? I'm on Windows 11, using the latest version of Illustrator (27.5). Haven't tried this with Photoshop files yet. 

Copy and paste keyboard shortcuts (Cmd+C and Cmd+V) do not work in the Save As dialog in Adobe After Effects on macOS when using a Ukrainian keyboard layout.Steps to reproduce:Open Adobe After Effects. Open the Save As dialog. Copy a filename or text using Cmd+C (Ukrainian layout active). Click the filename input field in the Save As dialog. Press Cmd+V to paste the copied text.Expected result:The copied text should be pasted into the filename field.Actual result:The keyboard shortcut does not work and macOS plays a system error sound. However, Paste works correctly when selected from the right-click context menu and with english layout.Additional information:Cmd+C and Cmd+V work correctly in Finder, TextEdit, and other After Effects text input fields. The issue persists with both the standard Ukrainian keyboard layout and the Ukrainian – Mac PC custom layout. The issue appears to be isolated to the Save As dialog.

I can’t get a variable font to work in AE, yet it works fine in InDesign and Illustrator.The font is https://www.fontshare.com/?q=Cabinet%20GroteskThe standard OTF versions work fine in AE, but the variable TTF will not show at all (but shows fine in InDesign and Illustrator).I’ve tried uploading through Adode fonts and no luck. Have restarted the system, applications, cleared caches etc and nothing works!Mac Studio running Tahoe and AE 26.5. Any suggestions?

Issue. On one of our three Windows PCs, aerender returns one frame of a render job with its lower part wrong: either a solid black strip across the full width (rows 650 to 1079 of 1080), or the same rows filled with picture content that belongs elsewhere (a sideways-shifted copy of nearby picture, or once the picture of frame 249 while rendering frame 296). The top of the frame is correct. aerender exits 0 and its log shows no error or warning, so nothing downstream knows the frame is bad. Our other two PCs and our Macs never do this.Steps to reproduce.Copy dfp-reference.aep (in the upload: one comp, 7680 by 1080, 29.97 fps, 300 frames, 16 bits per channel, generated content only, no footage; render-queue item 1 is QuickTime ProRes 4444, item 2 is a 16-bit TIFF sequence) to a local folder on the boot drive. Run, from a command prompt: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2026\Support Files\aerender.exe" -project C:\Users\<user>\dfp-e1\dfp-reference.aep -rqindex 1 -s 200 -e

Product: Adobe After Effects 2026Operating System: Windows 11Export Method: Native After Effects Render QueueOutput Format: H.264 (.mp4)Color Depth: 8 bits per channelFrame Rate: 30 FPSIssue Type: Resolution-dependent color shift during video export1. Issue DescriptionI discovered an unusual and repeatable color reproduction issue when exporting videos from Adobe After Effects 2026.When exporting a composition at 1024×512 pixels, a specific turquoise color becomes noticeably greener than its original appearance inside After Effects.The original color is:HEX: #008C95RGB: 0, 140, 149Inside After Effects, the color appears correctly as turquoise. However, after exporting to H.264 (.mp4), it shifts toward a noticeably greener shade.The most unusual part is that increasing the composition width by just 2 pixels — from 1024 to 1026 — completely eliminates the visible color shift.At 1026×512, the turquoise color appears correct again.All tests were performed within the same After Effects proj

Hi,Just upgraded to 25.2.2 and I am having a strange issue with adding layers its like it randomly clips or switches color space from one frame to the next. Only started happening after upgrading AE and NVIDIA.The screenshots are from the same project just different frames, as you will see it also affects the scopes. Only effect used is 'Fast Box Blur'Switching to 'Software Only' fixes the issue

Create a new project. Create a new composition. Add a new layer of any kind. Add a few keyframes to some value. Select the keyframes and open the graph editor. Press tilde (`) to maximize the graph editor panel inside After Effects. Use the middle mouse button to pan/scroll inside the graph editor. The graph editor panel erroneously returns to its original size.If no layers are selected, the problem does not occur. It also doesn’t happen when holding spacebar to pan/scroll.

If an effect plugin creates a project item while it's being applied, After Effects 2026 stops rendering new solids and footage in that project until the project is closed and reopened. Saving the project doesn't help, but File > Close Project followed by reopening it does, with no After Effects restart needed.Specifically, this means calling AEGP_ExecuteScript with app.project.items.addComp(...) from PF_Cmd_SEQUENCE_SETUP.The new layers show up in the timeline with a normal selection box, but nothing draws. Removing the effect and purging caches don't fix it either. The project file itself is not damaged.The AE log shows the render thread's copy of the project falling out of sync and never recovering:<DBSync> ProcessFromRenderThread ZANZIBAR-1: synchronization integrity correction: database timestamp mismatch: proj=64, sanity=88<BEE WorkQueue General Render Thread> <assert> Assertion Failed message: "Render_ExecuteCommand: serialization failed; need a full sync:

Since AE 2026, the crosshair button on effect Point parameters is broken. If I click the crosshair and then click anywhere outside the bounding box of the layer the effect is on, AE doesn't set the point. Instead it selects whatever layer is under the cursor (or above it), and usually throws "internal verification failure, sorry! {invalid index in indexed group}". Sometimes on the first click, otherwise within a few tries.Clicking inside the layer's bounding box works fine. In AE 2025 the same thing works anywhere in the comp.It happens with the built-in Point Control and with my own native plugin, so it isn't specific to one effect.Steps to reproduce:1. New project, import any footage and create a comp from it or add a full-frame solid.2. Add a small text or shape layer on top.3. Apply Effect > Expression Controls > Point Control to the text/shape layer.4. Click the crosshair next to the Point value.5. Click in the comp somewhere outside the text/shape layer's bounding box.6. Re

Issue:Multiple critical regressions and long-standing workflow bugs in recent After Effects builds are severely disrupting professional VFX/post-production pipelines. Key native features—including Object Matte, Scene Edit Detection, and Auto-Save—are suffering from severe bugs that make them unusable or dangerous for client-facing work.As professional artists paying an ongoing Creative Cloud subscription, having to rely on external tools or spend double the time manually fixing broken automated features (or losing progress due to Auto-Save failures) is completely unacceptable.Issue 1: Object Matte (Model v4) — Severe Performance & Edge Chatter Steps to Reproduce: Import 4K ProRes 4444 footage into a composition. Apply the Object Matte tool using default Version 4.0. Select a basic, clear subject in a shot. Propagate the matte across the timeline. Expected Result: Clean, stable, full-resolution matte edges with fast propagation leveraging workstation hardware (T

No updates were downloaded, and after effects used to work pretty well up until recently. the only out of ordinary thing I did was uninstall and reinstall adobe again with no issues when reinstalled but now it seems to refuse to run after the launch.  

After Effects 2026 (26.5) freezes when using the Numbers effect — HP Victus / Windows 11Environment Computer: HP Victus laptop OS: Windows 11 After Effects: 2026, version 26.5x89 Graphics: NVIDIA and AMD GPUs Problem descriptionAfter Effects intermittently becomes completely unresponsive when opening a project containing the built-in Numbers effect.The project sometimes opens successfully but freezes shortly afterward. Windows reports "Not Responding", requiring AfterFX.exe to be terminated through Task Manager.The issue also occurs in a newly created project when applying the Numbers effect to a text layer.The affected project worked normally on the same HP Victus laptop through May 1, 2026. I used it extensively for text animation and video production at that time.The exact date when the problem first appeared is unknown.Steps to reproduce Launch After Effects 2026. Create a new project and composition. Create a text layer. Apply the built-in Numbers effect. After Effec

Gradient rendering issue (Grayscale) in Lottie/Bodymovin after After Effects 2026 (v26.0) update Issue: After updating to After Effects 2026 (v26.0), all gradients are being rendered in black and white (grayscale) when exported via the Lottie (Bodymovin) extension. The same project worked perfectly in the previous version (v25.x). Details: Setup: I am using standard Shape Layer Gradient Fills (not Layer Styles). Symptoms: All gradients in the project lose their color data and appear as grayscale in the exported JSON file and Lottie players. Suspected Cause: It seems like a compatibility issue between the new Color Management system (OCIO/Color Engine) in AE 2026 and the Lottie export data structure. Tested Workarounds: Changing Project Settings (Color Working Space to 'None') or saving the project before export does not resolve the issue in v26.0. However, the file exports correctly when opened in AE 2025. Environment: After Effects Version: 2026 (v26.0 or later) Extension: Bod

I have found a reproducible After Effects file-import problem when using an SMB network volume on the macOS Golden Gate beta.When I try to import a PNG file from a network path containing Icelandic characters, After Effects displays:After Effects error: File exists but couldn't be open for reading (3 :: 0)  Example failing path:/Volumes/markadsdeild/Markadsdeild/Sjónvarp/06 On-Air grafík/01 SÝN/Vatnsmerki/01 Renders/01 Taka 2/01 Hvítt/Syn-vatnsmerki-hvitt_00025.png The file is visible in Finder and can be copied to my local Desktop. After copying it locally, After Effects imports it successfully.I also tested the same file on the same network volume using an ASCII-only folder and filename:/Volumes/markadsdeild/AE_test/test_00025.png  That version imports successfully into After Effects.This suggests that After Effects may be encountering a path or Unicode-normalization problem when accessing files through an SMB volume. The problem appears to involve Icelandic characters such as í, ó, 

Hi there, I’m on 2026.5.0 on a Mac Studio M2 chip running MacOS 26.6.2. Cryptomatte is not working consistently in this latest version. When freshly opened for the first time, I can apply Cryptomatte and select a single color to create a matte and after that the plugin becomes almost entirely unresponsive. Shift+clicking other colors does nothing in the viewport. Deselecting the current color does nothing in the viewport. The only indication I have that something is happening under the hood is that when I shift click to add colors to the matter I see the additional color ID being added to the list of color IDs that cryptomatte is using, but the minute I move my cursor off of said color, the ID disappears and nothing happens. The viewport is unchanged by this as well. Clicking a second color and seeing the ID list update is only showing in the effect control panel. the additional selected color in the viewport remains its original color. Once this behavior begins it occurs in every othe

When using the "Stabilize Motion" function in the Tracker panel, After Effects becomes inaccessible after switching to another application while the tracking process is still running.This happens both when using Alt+Tab and when simply clicking on another application's window to bring it to the foreground.Once switched away from After Effects, it is no longer possible to bring it back to the foreground until the entire clip has been tracked.Steps to reproduce: Open a composition containing footage. Open the Tracker panel. Select "Stabilize Motion". Start the tracking process. While tracking is still in progress, switch to another application using either Alt+Tab or by clicking on its window. Try to return to After Effects using Alt+Tab or by clicking on its window in the taskbar. Actual behavior:After switching to another application, After Effects cannot be brought back into the foreground. The application remains inaccessible until the tracking process has finished complete

It’s not really a bug but I’d like this to improve or update. I usually use Dark color theme. when I use Curves effect and I find really hard to see the control points on blue curve. please improve visibility of control points (make it bigger points or square, adjust brightness when theme color changed etc. Lumetri Color effects Curve they put black background. )thanks,takashisystem info:Apple MacStudio M2 Ultra, OS 15.7.9After Effects 26.5.0 

Since updating to the new Adobe 2026 release, interacting with the "Color Profile Converter" effect causes the application to crash instantly to the desktop without any error message or warning. I cannot apply the "Color Profile Converter" to any new layers. Worse, I cannot open ANY existing projects that already have this effect applied. The program instantly crashes upon loading the project. Steps to Reproduce: Scenario A (New Project): Open Adobe 2026. Create a new composition and add any layer (solid, footage, etc.). Apply the "Color Profile Converter" effect to the layer. Result: Instant crash to desktop. Scenario B (Existing Project): Try to open an existing project file that contains the "Color Profile Converter" effect. Result: The software crashes instantly during the project loading phase. My System Specifications: Adobe Version: Adobe 2026 (v26.3.0) Operating System: Windows 11 (25H2) Processor (CPU): i7 - 12700 RAM: 64GB Graphics Card (GPU): 4070 SUPER (la

Scrolling font list is very slow with mouse wheel. One mouse roll equals the movement of few pixels compared to other scrollable items like Project items list for example. Please fix this.

After updating to After Effects 26.5, I encountered a serious issue when opening older AEP projects.The problem occurs when the project contains a file that was originally linked from a network/server location that no longer exists. This is not a typical "Missing Footage" situation.In these projects, After Effects 26.3 did not classify the file as missing footage. Instead, it generated a different error related to the unavailable source. Despite the error, the project could still be opened normally.After updating to version 26.5, projects containing such references either:do not open at all, or take an extremely long time to open.For example, a project that previously opened in about 1 minute can now take 20+ minutes to load.Expected result:After Effects should detect the source as offline or missing and allow the project to open normally, similar to previous versions.Actual result:After Effects becomes unresponsive during project loading or takes an extremely long time to open the pro

Whenever I render in After Effects, it gets stuck at 0% and 0 frames. Stopping it freezes AE, forcing me to quit. Premiere Pro had a similar export issue (stuck at “Validating Ingredients”), which was fixed by enabling Content Preferences. Could AE have a similar issue? I've been troubleshooting for 2 days but can't find a solution.

Using paint brush tool, when you draw a stroke, set the stopwatch to animate the path then skip forward in the timeline and with current brush item selected and you draw a new stroke a path key frame should be created and there then should be an interpolation between keyframes of the stroke. This no longer works in 26.5 instead a new brush item is created when you have a brush item selected and you skip forward and draw a new stroke. Working normally as of 26.2.1 (Build 2)

Hi everyone,I’m writing to bring attention to ongoing, severe performance issues in After Effects starting from the 2025 releases. As a paying Creative Cloud subscriber, the current state of the software has severely impacted my workflow and daily productivity. I cannot work anymore smoothly with the latest AE versions.The Key Issues: Memory & Resource Spikes: Rapid, unexplained RAM/disk usage leading to lag and full app freezes. Preview & Timeline Lag: Severe slowdowns during simple composition playback and UI interaction compared to previous versions (e.g., AE 2024). System Instability: Frequent crashes and memory leak behaviors even when standard troubleshooting steps are taken (purging media cache, resetting preferences, allocation adjustments). Sudden File Incompatibility (MP4 & MOV): Files that worked fine previously—especially standard .mp4 and .mov containers—are suddenly throwing errors, failing to import, or displaying as unsupported/corrupted media without

After Effects 25.4 does not start, it crashes on the splash screen, but deleting the microsoft.ai.machinelearning.dll file located in: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\File Formats, fixes the problem.I am not sure if that same file is present in version 25.3.PC SPECS:- Ryzen 7 2700X- RX 6500XT- 16GB of RAM- Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4946)

After Effects 26.3 crashes in AdobeSVGRE when several SVG files are imported in a single ExtendScript callEnvironmentAfter Effects 26.3.0 (build 26.3x87), macOS 26.2 (25C56), iMac SVGs imported via app.project.importFile(new ImportOptions(new File(...))) from ExtendScript Reproduces in a nearly empty project (Untitled Project) and in a large production projectSummaryImporting several SVG files back to back inside one script call makes After Effects crash or hang. Importing the same files one per script call has never failed (7 of 7). Importing the same four files in one call with $.sleep(2000) between imports passed in 2 of 2 runs.Crash report (After Effects-2026-10-29-103909.ips)Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGABRT), KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000040 (null pointer dereference), main thread.Module chain of the faulting thread, from the crash upward:libsystem_kernel > libsystem_pthread > libsystem_c (abort)> dvacore (Abort / SignalHandler) > libsystem_platform (_sigtr