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UON VISUALS
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July 10, 2025

Adobe Media Encoder 25.3 color management BROKEN

  • July 10, 2025
  • 2 replies
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I finally updated to the 25.3 versions after Adobe finally fixed the scopes bug introduced in 25.2. 
Happy to finally enjoy the new preview and HDR monitoring features, After Effects was working pretty good.
BUT THEN..
I go to export my video in media encoder as I always have. When it finally exports, it's completely blown out! 

All my settings are the same as before! Color management is still activated. Encoding presets are the same I always use! This is what it's supposed to look like: 

Oops, AFTER EFFECTS CRASHED when I tried to to drag AE to my non-HDR monitor to take a screenshot in it. I had to pull a preview screenshot from an email just to show it:


I have tight deadlines and now I have to spend valuable time uninstalling these versions and re-installing the old working versions.
This is absolute madness, why am I paying so much money for software that breaks something new on every update? While having a mile-long list of bugs that haven't been fixed in years (dynamic link etc)

2 replies

Sébastien Périer17107209
Community Manager
Sébastien Périer17107209Community Manager
After Effects Sr. Quality Engineer
July 24, 2025

Hi @UON VISUALS,


I'm Sébastien from the After Effects team.

As @VladP mentionned, we would need more information to help figure out what is happening with your AME export. 

Could you answer @VladP 's questions and if possible send either of us a projectcfile exposing the issue via a direct message? 


Sébastien Périer
After effects Quality Engineering

V
Adobe Employee
VladP
Adobe Employee
July 15, 2025

Could you provide details on how you export via AME like specific steps, the whole workflow? Also, could you take a screenshot of what color settings look like in AME? How do you set them up in AE? Basically, all the details that would help us reproduce the issue locally. Also, more details about the crash you experienced when dragging AE to a non-HDR monitor would also be helpful. What is your monitor set-up? What are the settings? Do you use hardware transmit like AJA? Feel free to provide this info here or directly. Thanks! Vlad

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