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Sep 21, 2026 12:44 AM UTC
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Paint brush tool no longer working with animation

Using paint brush tool, when you draw a stroke, set the stopwatch to animate the path then skip forward in the timeline and with current brush item selected and you draw a new stroke a path key frame should be created and there then should be an interpolation between keyframes of the stroke. This no longer works in 26.5 instead a new brush item is created when you have a brush item selected and you skip forward and draw a new stroke. Working normally as of 26.2.1 (Build 2)

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    JohnColombo17100380
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Sep 23, 2026 11:26 PM UTC

    Hi ​@giantblinkinglights,

    Thank you for reporting this issue. We are able tor reproduce this as well and we now have a new bug ticket to track a fix in a future release.

    Thanks again,

    - John, After Effects Engineering Team 

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    Nishu Kushwaha
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Sep 22, 2026 2:56 PM UTC

    Hi there,


    Sorry to hear about the issue. Are you on macOS or Windows? Can you share a screen recording that shows the problem? It'll help me reproduce the issue on my end.

    Looking forward to your response.


    Thanks,
    Nishu

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    Participating Frequently
    Nov 1, 2026 9:19 PM UTC

    mac os

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