After Effects on M4 Pro: Persistent Ghost Image on Alpha Channel Even in Empty Composition

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December 5, 2025
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AE shows invisible ghost image on alpha channel in completely empty composition
No layers, no effects, color management disabled, Photoshop PSD/PSB cleared
Ghost persists in final render on M4 Pro, the latest AE update. photo_2025-12-05_16-06-53.jpg

Error or problem

nishu_kush

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Changing thread status to Investigating.

Thanks,

Nishu

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philc69194013Author

so far I've noticed that one of the adjustment layers with transformation animated by expression may cause this thing. Also when I switch the quality (full to half for example) bug dissapears in preview, but still appears in the render. I tried all kind of purges and a safe mode, where bug was at first but then also dissapeared after some random tweaks.

nishu_kush

Legend

That's not ideal. Sorry to hear about the issue.

Such issues are usually fixed by clearing the media cache (Edit > Purge > All Memory & Disk Cache). If that didn't help, can you check if it is happening in a specific project or all of them? Can you share the faulty project with me so that I can try to reproduce the issue on my end?

Looking forward to your response.

Thanks,
Nishu

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philc69194013Author

of course I tried the purge first, and it didn't work, good news is that all of my other projects seems fine, here's the link for you

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X1D-Ff5A2qoyu5XfEwJHKgbNtmuoFx88/view?usp=sharing

you gotta render a composition "KV_11_PreM+voice_0512" and after that a bug appears (or you don't even have to render, I just opened the file and already got a bug) PLEASE SIR save my sanity lol

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