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jamiemcgee
jamiemcgee
Inspiring
May 21, 2025

After Effects Flashing black frames

  • May 21, 2025
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AE 25.3.0 Build 71

iMAC 3.8ghz 8 Core i7

GFX AMD RADEON Pro 5700 XT 16GB

OS SEQUOIA 15.5

 

Hi all I am getting random 1 frame black flashed apperaing on previews and renders. Clearing out Cache and switching to draft/full quality doesnt cure it.

If I reload the footage the black frame clears, but randomly appears somewhere else.

 

Doesnt seem to be happening in the 25.4.0 BUILD 50 BETA

 

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    jamiemcgee
    jamiemcgeeAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 20, 2025

    Noticing it on Greenscreen projects. I have a simple GS composition, using keylight set to screen matte on a 1 layer and then luma keying a duplicate layer to get my key. Weird flashes, black frames, layer flips upside down, flashes an upside down frame from a different comp. Also finding color management all over the place, different results depending on version footage flashing different 'looks', and a reload of footage completly loses the colorM and the key goes off. Open in the beta and the ColorM is back, but not the same as it was. Rolled back to pre 25.3 to get me through this stage. 

    Rustus Maximus
    Rustus Maximus
    Participating Frequently
    June 20, 2025

    I think we're finding it is happening in many types of actions, for me it was happening in simple RAM preview, playback, and green screen renders. Again, this seems to be a problem with 25.3 in general, not tied to any specific action or effect.

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    Andy39068596b7h5
    Participant
    June 20, 2025

    Same issue here. In case it helps the investigation, I found the issue mainly happening with a rotoscoped layer and/or with Mocha. The black frames did not appear when I lowered the resolution for Full to Half. I'm on a Mac Studio Pro.

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    Shader3d
    Participant
    June 20, 2025

    Had accidentally automatic updates on and now I am facing the same problem with 25.3. in the middle of a project.

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    LCfimls
    Participant
    June 19, 2025

    I had to return to the previous version, since in this new version I am encountering problems in After Effects, in the preview and in some files that are corrupted, I hope you can give me some solution.

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      LCfimls
      Participant
      June 19, 2025

      I had to return to the previous version, since in this new version I am encountering problems in After Effects, in the preview and in some files that are corrupted, I hope you can give me some solution.

      J
      Community Manager
      jenkmeister17177426Community Manager
      Community Manager
      June 19, 2025

      Can you make sure your GPU driver is up to date? 

      Rustus Maximus
      Rustus Maximus
      Participating Frequently
      June 19, 2025

      The only "solution" I am finding at present is to roll back to AE 25.2.2 (Build 2). Given some of the other issues being brought up on the forum regarding 25.3 I'd say it needs some more time in the oven.

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        SebABF
        Known Participant
        June 13, 2025

        I'm getting a lot of bugs today with the latest update with MP4s that are in my comps - odd frames in various MP4s are appearing black, that didn't happen before in previous versions. Please see that this is fixed asap!

         

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          nishu_kush
          Community Manager
          nishu_kushCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          June 13, 2025

          Hi SebABF,

           

          That's not ideal. Could you tell us your system specifications (CPU, GPU, RAM, OS version)? Also, a screenshot or a screen recording would be helpful for us to understand the issue better.

          We're here to help.

          I've branched your comment into a new post.

           

          Thanks,

          Nishu

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          SebABF
          Known Participant
          June 19, 2025

          I've updated to After Effects 25.3 and video files (both .movs and .mp4s) are randomly showing black frames when previously they didn't. This can happen in both a RAM preview, when scrolling through the timeline (and in pre-comps timelines) and when rendering. Flushing the cache can bring these frames back, but then black frames will show elsewhere in the comps.

           

          Running AE on Windows 10 Pro version 2009, Nvidia Studio Driver 572.16 (required for V-Ray GPU installation).

           

          Fix needed asap, Adobe!

          nishu_kush
          Community Manager
          nishu_kushCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          June 19, 2025

          Hi there,

           

          Sorry to hear about the issue. For testing, can you try this: Go to After Effects Preferences > Display > disable Hardware Accelerated Composition, Layer, and Footage Panels.

          Let me know if that brings any change. 


          Thanks,
          Nishu

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          vobrazovka
          Known Participant
          June 19, 2025

          It is happened on AE 25.3 (25.2 and beta worked well for me). Windows 10 PC, GeForce 4070, 128 GB

          nishu_kush
          Community Manager
          nishu_kushCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          June 18, 2025

          Hi all,

           

          We have filed a ticket for further investigation on this issue.

          Changing the thread status.

           

          Best,

          Nishu

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