Feature Requests

Based on my extensive, house-to-house, global research - each After Effects user has about 12 billion Expressions, in text files, scattered on their systems.Converting these text files to FFXs is a good step upwards to making these Expressions more easily deployed and this accounts for the new/old Quick Apply feature; to increase its efficacy. A huge issue is the sheer number of text files involved - so, I was wondering if TeamAE is able to provide a Script UI to convert Expression Text Files into FFX. The Script UI would include relevant checkboxes and perhaps drop menus to allow for tagging each Expression and for renaming purposes. 

Por favor, preciso versão 23 do after effects, que suporta Rosetta.

The After Effects user interface is very diffuclt to work with at 4k, even on very large monitors. To wit, on a 32" monitor at 3840x2160, the text of a layer name is 1/16 of an inch tall– 8 layers are packed into each vertical inch. The Console Debug "AdobeCleanFontSize" workaround has no effect on some aspects of the interface, such as layer names, text in effect control panes, etc. This undersized UI poses legibility challenges, and slows workflow by requiring an extrordinary level of pointing accuracy to click on things. Illustrator solves this problem elegantly by adding a "UI scaling" slider control to the "User Interface" pref pane. Photoshop solves this problem a bit less elegantly but still effectively with a "UI Font Size" and a "Scale UI to Font" option.  I suggest the AE team adopts one of these appoaches.  I'd also suggets that this be a very high priority. It is necessary for most AE artists to work at 4k these days, making this an annoyance that I deal with

 It would be really nice if After Effects could export files in Avid's modern codec DNxGX. And also that Media Encoder can do this. And also that Media Encoder can export DNxGX with alpha channel.

It would be great if Mesh Warp’s grid could be defined manually, without having to match comp/precomp sizes.

Hi:   Up until the latest update (2025) for After Effects. I was able to change my Theme UI Color. This link shows a video of how you used to able to change the Theme UI Color: (Mod note: Link removed)   I contacted an Adobe Agent and he said several changes were included in this latest update of After Effects. He said to file a feature request here in hopes of getting that feature back again. The After Effects Version I am using is: 25.0.0 (Build 53) and I am running it on a PC with a Windows 11.  This may not seem like a big issue to some people but it's something I got used to as part of my workflow.  If you could bring this feature back it would greatly be appreciated!   Mod note: Please do not condone the use of internal engineering tools like Console. The link showing how to change engineering settings in the UI has been removed. The text was also modified. Thanks.

I wish there was a way to accurately and quickly use color swatches from my Creative Cloud color library in my After Effects projects. I create digital assets for many different brands, so I have their respective RGB colors saved in my CC library. When I choose those swatches in Photoshop, the Hex codes are correct and the colors are accurate. The only way I've found to choose a CC library color swatch in After Effects is by using the eyedropper tool. While this generally works okay, there are certain colors that are inaccurate and the Hex codes don't match. I don't understand why it works fine in Photoshop but not in After Effects. Both working spaces are sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and both use Adobe color management. So the eyedropper function in After Effects needs to be accurate, or there could possibly be a swatches panel in After Effects...or something! Help me out Adobe, I can't be the only one struggling with this.

The new quick apply box is a great addition and amazing to have a native command box, so amazing job!One feature which I feel would help give it a boost is to be able to change how the list order is shown. Mostly so it lists in order of recently used. Often projects will use the same effects or presets so it would be very useful to be able to hit enter on opening at the top, or a tap or two of the down arrow and already be where you need to be

When using the ‘new’ text styling expressions, it seems mandatory to get text from a second layer’s sourceText.Many of my projects depend on using names of Comps and Layers as text input.Why isn’t it possible to make a text layer use both techniques: input the string from Comp name or Layer name AND make use of text styling?Please add that.

While it does come off as lazy that a whole bunch of highly needed effects and transitions were bought rather than existing tools upgraded and new ones designed, the Film Impact toolset is still highly welcome.    There is a big problem however which is interopability with After Effects. If we have the desire to finish deliverables in AE rather than Premiere it is currently impossible to transfer this data over.   Please port all effects and transitions to AE. I know AE doesn't have transition functionality in the way it works in Premiere. But the way Red Giant Universe tackles it is by making effects able to select another target layer to blend the transition to and you keyframe the transition % slider. This is a perfectly acceptable solution that can be implemented. It won't copy paste from PR -> AE but you can at least manually recreate the exact same data.At the minimum I hope to at least see the effects being ported over.

Since the Film Impact effects have replaced the default effects in Premiere (Ex. Gaussian Blur, Directional Blur), and a huge part of dynamic link is the fact the effects transfer, the Film Impact effects should be ported to AE, or at the very least effects should translate to the AE versions like how Ultra Key will convert to Keylight when dynamic link is used. Premiere and AE have never had 1:1 effect continuity but it used to be true that every effect in Premiere was accessible in AE, but now unless you’re using the legacy effects even basic effects like Gausian Blur don’t even transfer, not to mention the new usefull tools that would be a life saver if they were compatible with dynamic link like Clone or RGB Split.

hican you guys add Film Impact Transitions and effects to After effectswhen i do Dynamic link from Premier i want to use them but theres not much in after effect( its like what Boris FX did with there transitions they come as effects in AE)

Many people have trouble with eye strain especially animators. Why in the world was this functionality removed from After Effects? Please add this feature. 

Could the sourceRectAtTime() expression work on 3D models and Primitives? Adding a depth parameter in addition to width and height would be great!

Need Scripting API and Expressions access to 3D Model Layers true size in pixels - these are foundational to creating pixel-perfect layouts and better tasting beers and burgers. 

OCIO must be a system to ensure convenient color management, but it leaves users frustrated. Please make it friendly for users, instead of letting them choose vague profile names from enormous lists with profiles that have quite similar names.Shouldn’t it just work within the Creative Suite apps? Switch OCIO on in all apps, and that should be it. The hassle with profiles shouldn’t be necessary - what users want is a consistent image on screen throughout apps. The apps should know how to obtain that. At this moment every import is a disappointment. Current OCIO-implementation seems to fix something that wasn’t broken. This illustrates perfectly what a hazzle this is:Example of someone who tries to explain

Hey! The idea here is when importing an After Effects project into your current one, you would have the option to either bring in the entire project, as is the current behaviour, OR to select the specific comp(s) you wanted to import and only they would be brought in, along with the assets used in those comps. This could behave in a similar manner to Premiere importing another project - similar to the  'Import Project' modal. The equivalent option from that list to the proposed idea would be 'Import selected sequences'. The reason this would be useful is to import assets from a different AE project at the moment can be time consuming. There are existing options - either import the entire reference project (which can either result in a bloated main project, or time spent pruning the unwanted parts, with the associated risk of accidentally deleting something that's used), or to reduce the source project and/or some variant of save comp as project. Being able to s

Often times, we need to append the latest version to a new render. Maybe its the latest version for today, or reflecting the version from the project.For example, using the [projectName].[fileExtension] template, you get:ProjectName_v001.aep >> ProjectName_v001.movHowever, often we have many comps inside the same AEP which all need to have the version appended to the end. Creating [projectName]_[compName] places the version INSIDE the filename, and not at the end. This results in ProjectName_v001_CompName.mov. The only way to put the version at the end is manually. What would be great, is some way to append the project version to the END of the string. Even an incremental version which reads other files in the output folder and goes up 1 version. For example something like [projectVersion] or [version] or [v###].

There are so many possibilities accessible with scripting. However the API does not allow for access to file pathing in plugin.The one that comes immediately to mind is Apply Color LUT forces a user to Open a dialog to find the LUT we want to apply. Instead, I’d like to have script access so I can do what Nuke can already do, apply LUTs thru a script call.Many times, the lut is literally sitting next to the file, but we’re forced to find it thru an Open dialog.Just make it so I can make a script that will go find it programmatically.FileA dir     FileA.####.exr     FileA.cubeAnd I’m not looking for an interface for just this plug in, it would be any plug in that needs an Open dialog.

It would be amazing if AE could estimate the rendered size of the render queue and check the destination drives for free space and alert the user if there might not be enough space for the renders.It could automatically happen when hitting render or it could be a separate button in the render queue window.The worst thing is when a movie (not image sequence) render is nearly finished and then space runs out or you queue up a load of files to render overnight, leave the machine to come back in the morning and find that none of them have rendered because there wasn’t enough space for the 1st in the queue!Thanks

Sometimes, you want to sample post-expression values and then change the interpolation between them.The way to do that, is by baking the whole work-area of the comp, and then selecting the keyframes you want, which isn’t great.The best way to be a thing to only place the post expression value as a keyframe, I know that this thing is easy to be done using scripting, but having this as a built-in feature would be great!I recommend a shortcut to be: Ctrl + ‘Click on the Stop-watch’.If you like the idea, please upvote it!

I would like to request support for morph target animation (also known as shape keys or blend shapes) when importing GLB/glTF files into After Effects.Use Case:In common 3D workflows (e.g. Blender → GLB → After Effects), character animation often combines:Armature (bone-based) animation for body movement Morph target (shape key) animation for facial expressions (e.g. blinking, mouth movement)Currently, After Effects imports and plays armature animation correctly, but does not play morph target animation, even when it is properly included in the GLB file.Expected Behaviour:When importing a GLB file containing morph target animation:Shape key animation should be recognized and played alongside armature animation Morph target keyframes should be evaluated over time, similar to how they function in Blender or other glTF viewers Ideally, morph target channels could be exposed for further control within After EffectsActual Behaviour:GLB imports successfully Armature animation plays correctly

By default, Layer Markers are locked to layer - it will be good to have options for -  - lockedToLayer - and lockedToTime This will be great for music/VO spotting. And there should be a visual difference in the Timeline - perhaps something similar to the small strip at the start/end of a layer stem that demarcates its true start/end.  

Layer & Comp Markers provide critical Timeline navigation instruments but they can clutter the timeline and even worse, inadvertently cover/hide layer in-outpoints or Work Area start/end points. Being able to control the transparency of the Container/Icon and the comment separately will be really good while also giving the app a modern look. Their settings can be placed in the Labels Prefs Dialog with 20% being the lowest, allowed selection to prevent ‘accidents’. 

For Rectangles, we can define corner roundness, but, unfortunately for Polystars, this is not available. The Polystar features ‘Roundness’ which is nice, but something else. (add that to Rectangle!)