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October 9, 2024

Expressions link to effect name does not update correctly in AE24 (and beta25)

  • October 9, 2024
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I have motion graphics project, where we shows prices of products and price numbers are linked by expressions to controller.
In after effects 2023 everythink works well, but I can not switch to new versions, because then displayed prices are mixed and flickering between different numbers every few frames.. 
It is obvious that this is bug in AE24 / 25. 
When I resave it from AE23 as xml or AE23 project and open it in AE23, it starts working well again. 
I can share project for further investigation, if someone want to observe..

16 replies

Sébastien Périer17107209
Community Manager
After Effects Sr. Quality Engineer
April 2, 2025

Hi all,

Thanks for your patience as we were working on fixing this issue. This is now fixed in the new After Effects 25.2. release.


Please let us know if you're still experiencing problems with expressions after upgrading. 

Sébastien Périer
After Effects Quality Engineering

Known Participant
January 17, 2025

Hi @JohnColombo17100380 , I just tested the project in AE 24.4.1 as you mentioned this version is OK yet, because AE 2023 is no longer available via creative cloud app (I know, we can receive download link from support, but it is not optimal for studio with lot of BFUs). We just ordered more new machines and need to install lot of software so any additional complication is not welcome.But the issue is in 24.4.1 too, only it shows somehow later after couple of minutes of working..
So we are in our company in a trap, as we haven not working AE version at the moment available by standard ways. I know it is not your fault, just let you know it is not good.. 2023 is not available anymore and 2025.2 is not available yet (we don not want to use beta in studio). 
Sorry for this complains, I know it is not your fault, but you can maybe tell this to someone in charge..
We hope 2025.2 will be polished and released soon.. 

Known Participant
November 26, 2024

Hi @JohnColombo17100380 
It works flawlesly! Tested on couple of projects without any issue. Thank you for the fix! Can't wait for stable release!
BTW speed and response of new GUI in beta is amazing.. it looks much more fluid than the (windows) system GUI animations (it seems to me like Microsoft windows animations running on half of monitor frequency). 
So, I am looking forward for official release! 

JohnColombo17100380
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 25, 2024

Hi @vobrazovka,

A fix for this issue is now available in the latest public Beta builds of After Effects 25.2. When you can, please install the latest Beta build and let us know if you continue to see the update issue in your projects.

 

Thanks again for reporting this issue,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team  

JohnColombo17100380
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 29, 2024

Hi @vobrazovka,

Thanks to @Airweb_AE's comment, we are able to reproduce the issue you've described. It appears this issue first started occurring in After Effects 24.5, so rolling back to version 24.4 should allow you to avoid it while we investigate a fix.

 

Thanks again for reporting this issue,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

Known Participant
October 29, 2024

Yes. It is working on principle the Text Source is linked to name of slider. so after you rename the slider, it will change in price tag..
It is working in 2023 and older like a charm, but from 2024 not

Known Participant
October 29, 2024

So, after a while the same issue is presented also in 2025 😞
in studio we have to stick to 23 so far..

Legend
October 11, 2024

It seems to be a cache problem.

I was able to reproduce the bug on AE 2024 and Beta.

Just need to edit the slider name and move the CTI.

 

JohnColombo17100380
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 11, 2024

@vobrazovka Thank you for the project file. I work with @jenkmeister17177426 on the After Effects team.

 

I'm also not able to reproduce the issue in the latest 25.0 version, but I'm curious which specific 2024 version you were using when you experienced the issue? You can view the specific version by going to Help > About After Effects.

 

Thanks again, 

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

Known Participant
October 11, 2024

So, first I have to appologize for missing files in shared project. There are two pngs linked, which are not necessary for example.. So it can be just deleted
And second, today I instaled first official 2025 release and it seems to be OK so far, so I will test it and if the issue persist, Ill write again. Thank you