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December 3, 2025

Animation curve is not preserved after unparenting a layer

  • December 3, 2025
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With separated dimensions, easing is fundamentally flawed if a layer has been unparented:

  1. Imagine a shape moving left to right + some easing applied (with separated x and y positions)
  2. Then it is parented to a comp-centered Null that is turned 180 degrees.
  3. The shape now moves right to left. 
  4. Either delete the Null or unparent the object from the Null.
  5. Values change accordingly (the object still moves right to left), but the easing is still the same – it has not been transformed to comp-space.

    That is especially apparent when one used something like an ease-in or ease-out curve that starts/end abruptly (curve starting/ending in non-zero pixels/second).

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JohnColombo17100380
Community Manager
Community Manager
December 3, 2025

Thank you for reporting this, @maxspreen.

 

We are also able to reproduce this and now have a ticket to investigate a fix.

 

Thanks again,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team