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"Fill" effect and other core effects missing from the Effects Panel

Forum|Forum|1 month ago
April 17, 2026
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Issue : “Fill” effect and other miscellaneous pre-installed effects are entirely missing from the Effects Panel and “Manage Effects” window

AE version : 26.2

OS : MacOS Tahoe 26.3.1

What I did to try and fix the issue :

reset Preferences
uninstalled and reinstalled AE
opened the “Manage Effects” window and activated all effects
uninstalled and reinstalled in an older version (25.6.5)

The last step allowed me to see “Fill” again in the list

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mael5EAB

Participant

I think I have the solution : I just opened an old project with the fill effect in it. My AE is in french and the effect has a different translation… It is not “remplir” anymore, it’s “fond”… 😩

Harry_Powell

Participant

Thanks!! Just been teaching AE in French and was wondering where the hell that went?! lol

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Olivier5EDD

Participant

merciiiii

Nishu Kushwaha

Community Manager

That's not ideal.

"Only Show Third-Party Effects" needs to be disabled in the Effect Manager to see the built-in effects. If that doesn't help, could you share a screenshot of the Effect Manager showing "Fill," or the name of any other effects that are missing, typed into the search bar? I just tested on my end. I can access all the effects in the latest version Ae.

Let me know.

Thanks,

Nishu

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mael5EAB

Participant

I have the same issue. The effect is still in the folder “\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2026\Support Files” but impossible to use it or to find it in the Effect Manager.

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