Feature Requests

First off, I’m liking the keyframe colors way more than I expected, especially in my more complex projects with lots of controllers. But using it can feel like a chore. Specifically, when using the Select Keyframe Label Group, it reveals far more properties than expected. I attached a screen recording. I start with a mostly collapsed timeline, then pick the context menu to select the matching keyframe colors and suddenly a huge chunk of my timeline is twirled open; I then go on to hide the additional properties so I can focus on just the keys I wanted. I would love it if this only revealed the matching color, so I could see all/more of them on screen at once. While I don’t exactly think this is a bug, it’s certianly not what I expected to happen. Thanks!

The Clone brush in AE should automatically reveal only the clone brush strokes in the comp window when Paint on Transparent is active but still have the layer source visible in teh layer window. Currently it completely disappears in the both windows and you need to manually select another duplicated layer as the clone source for EVERY single clone brush stroke.  While you can set the source in the Paint panel, you can't paint with the Paint on transparent active as the Layer window is fully black.  The current method is cumbersome and completely counter-intuitive. 

I am adamant about keeping my compflow in my projects going left to right so my Flowchart and Mini-Flowchart views match my open Timeline Panels and I would love to borrow Chrome's "Close other tabs to the right" option in After Effects. I included a screenshot of the option from Chrome and where I'd love to see it be added in After Effects. Bonus points if it could be mapped to a keyboard shortcut?

Is there a script or way to automatically or bulk freeze all rotobrush work? I have a file from another designer with a xrazy amount of unneeded roto work, but instead of rebuilding from scratch properly I need to freeze all this roto work but would like to do a "click here to freeze all roto work" instead of doing layer by layer throughout the entire project.

Parenting has got better but I wish I didn't have to press 'X' to jump to the layer number when parenting.Please expose the layer number of the object clicked on in the timeline. I have a ton of layers.I want to pair the 'eye' with the 'head controller'.I've just drawn an 'eye' and it's layer 12 I click the controller in the composition panel.I then need to click the controller, then press 'X' to jump to it in the timeline (if it's shy then you can't see it)Remember the layer number of the controllerThen click the 'eye' again, press 'X' to jump back to that layer and parent it to the layer number I just remembered.

As a long-time user and motion designer, I’m writing to request the addition of a native Duplicator system in After Effects—comparable to the powerful one available in Cavalry. While After Effects is excellent for compositing and animation, its current duplication and instancing workflow is extremely manual and outdated compared to modern tools.The ProblemCurrently, duplicating objects and managing variations in AE requires a combination of precomps, parenting, expressions, or third-party tools. This process is slow, lacks flexibility, and is not visually intuitive—especially when working with large numbers of repeated elements in motion graphics, UI, or pattern-based animation.Proposed Feature: After Effects DuplicatorHere’s what the new Duplicator panel/system should offer, inspired by Cavalry:Core FeaturesInstance-Based DuplicationLike shape layers or nulls, duplications should be instances (linked copies), not flattened clones. Editing one updates all.Grid / Radial / Linear / Point

Would be great to be able to select a folder in my Project tab and send all comps in that folder to ME. For example, I have a FINAL COMPS folder in which are several more subfolders, all organized and containing several comps each. Currently, I need to open ALL folders and then select ALL comps, while unselecting the folders... 

When a single designer is creating many boards for a video, they often utilize the Artboards feature in either Illustrator or Photoshop. As an animator receiving designs in this fashion, there exists no simple way to import them into After Effects in a useful way. Both Illustrator and Photoshop have "Artboards to Files" workflows, but that's not ideal because it creates redundant versions of the artwork. This can complicate folder structures, take up filespace, and cause the opportunity for conflicting versions as changes are made. In essense, this workflow goes against what artboards are for in the first place! The proposed solution is an additional option in the dialog that appears when importing Ps/Ai files to select which artboard should be imported. This should include:[Each Artboard by Name and Index] - Imports a layer or composition the exact size of the selected artboard.All Artboards - All artboards are imported in as a single large layer or composition. In cont

I really need better ways to set the color space of footage. The color panel is annoying to get to for every file.  Here's what I want:- In the Import File Window, I wasn ta Colorspace pulldown next to the sequence options so I can set the colorspace of the file on import. Don't forget a checkbox for Preserve RGB.- In the Project panel, when you click on a file, the colorspace profile of that file is dispalyed in the file info at the top of the window. let us click on the colorspace and change it directly there. - Be able to easily change the default color space for footage as it's brought in.  

I want to use dlig, but there's no way to enable them directly in After Effects.You can't just copy and paste text from Illustrator like you can with stylistic sets, because it won't work. The only option is to outline the text in Illustrator and import it into AE, which makes it uneditable and adds a lot of extra work. AE doesn't usually let you use most of the OpenType features, which is quite annoying.I often want to use dlig in my projects, so it would be great if AE at least supported this feature.

When working with multiple text boxes in After Effects, it can be frustrating that the layer stays selected after editing. You always have to click outside the box (or press ESC) to deselect it. Would it be possible to add an option for auto-deselecting or auto-selecting the next text box? That would be a huge timesaver for those of us who work heavily with text. Another text-related issue: when linking two fields together, or when using Essential Graphics, please add support for uppercase symbols (like the *). At the moment, they don’t display correctly and will appear in lowercase when used dynamically.  

My thoughts are the Comp Panel's Footer Control Area should be responsive/wrappable to multiple lines. IT needs to intelligently wrap itself to display in a multi-line/row mode so that ALL of its controls can be seen.It's weird AFooter that it has a right section that responsively splits off from the left side, to lock onto the right edge of the panel and in in WTFooter Mode, hides one or more of the right-most controls. Please , for the sake of sanity and Clean Floors, this issue needs a quick fix. TIA

Please add this functionality throughout the app: Right click on a color swatch inside any effect or panel, to bring up a context menu with Copy and Paste possibillities. The eyedropper is not always the best solution when copy colors from e.g. one Comp to another.

Here's the scenario: I've got a keyframed action with multiple keys, and I'd like to change the speed. No problem. Just select the keyframes and ALT(win) and drag from the last keyframe.   The problem: Keyframes no longer sit exactly on any particular frame, so as I scrub/drag around on the timeline it's really easy to think my playhead is sitting on a keyframe because my timeline indicator does snap to the nearest frame. But if the keyframe is actually just 9/10th of the way to that keyframe, I won't know it, I'll make a manual value change (like typing in a Xposition), and because AE will auto-keyframe that change, now suddenly I've got two keyframes so close together that I don't discover it until I zoom all the way in on the timeline, trying to figure out why my animation suddenly jumps in value.  The request:-- Give us another modifier key to add (like SHFT-Alt) when we drag, to force all keyframes to snap to the nearest frame-- Have a default action toggle in

In "Open Recent" dialog - include File Size and Date Accessed - Date Created & Date Modified are plusses.And in Save As dialog, it will be good to have a secondary flyOut Menu showing poopular options - Same as AEPSelect FolderSurprise Me ... LIke You Always Do   🙂We already have a similar construct in Scripts > Recent Script Files - so hopefully, this doesn't involve crafting a new architecture and can be relatively quick to put out. TIA

Please make it possible to create custom folders for fonts so that users can organize them according to their needs! I think that this will be a very convenient feature cause there are a huge number of fonts and they are all different and suitable for different styles and tasks. 

Would love to see Timewarp speed values to get a higher limit over 5000!  Perhaps 10,000 or 15,000? Would be helpful when speeding in and out of slow motion video!

When using the clone stamp tool in Photoshop, after you select the source, there is a faint image of the source location that is projected into the destination brush.  This is fantastic for creating clean clone stamps!  But this is not available in the rotopaint clone stamp in After Effects--where it's even more important when doing footage cleanup/object removal.  Would you consider implementing this feature in After Effects?  Is the AFX software capable of implementing this or is it only possible to code this in Photoshop?

[Upvote if you liked the idea!]Hello, I use time remape with loopOut().But always I find that the last keyframe is at unactive time(frame), and that leaves an extra frame that is black at the end of the looping.So I was wondering why aftere effects devs still leaves it, I don't see any reason for creating the last keyframe at exactly the end of the comp, even though the end won't show any frames.I hope this change in the next after effects version.what changes basicly?when activating the time remaping at any layer, the last keyframe is on the real last frame, and no any extra frames when using loopOut().Thank you for reading! 

Dear Adobe Team,I’m a 6th Senior and aspiring creator from India who’s passionate about animation, storytelling, and educational content. I’ve been using free tools like Cavalry, Natron, and HitFilm Express to bring history, and mapping.But there’s one tool that feels like the ultimate dream: After Effects.It’s powerful, iconic, and perfect for animating numbers, overlays, and transitions. The only problem? It’s locked behind a paywall that many students like me simply can’t afford.So here’s my humble request:🎓 Make After Effects free for students.Or at least offer a limited free version for educational use. We’re not asking for all the bells and whistles—just enough to learn, experiment, and grow.Adobe, you’ve inspired generations of creators. Help us become the next wave.Sincerely,IvaanCreative Mapper, Visual Thinker. 

Introduce a “solo” toggle next to the stopwatch of keyframeable properties (e.g., Position, Scale, Rotation, Opacity) within the Timeline. This toggle would function similarly to the existing layer Solo feature.Functionality:When a property is soloed:Only soloed properties will animate.All other animated properties on that layer will be temporarily disabled (their keyframes remain untouched, just inactive for playback and preview).Soloed properties remain active during rendering/export, allowing isolated animation passes if needed.Multiple properties can be soloed at once, across the same or multiple layers — exactly like layer soloing.This feature enhances workflow focus, especially when fine-tuning easing curves or timing for a specific property without distraction from others. Why It’s Needed:In complex animations, multiple properties often have overlapping keyframes, cluttering the timeline and complicating the animation process.Users frequently need to refine one property at a tim

Hi everybody 🙂 I would really like if Camera Raw would be integrated in After Effects as an effects/plugin. The thing is, camera raw is really a great tool that adobe has develop for color correction. Unfortunatly, camera raw is only easy to use in Photoshop. If you want to use it on your footage in AE, you need first to convert it to a raw image sequence. You can only use camera raw at the moment of the import, after that when you close the window, you cannot do further adjustement. That's why I think that it would be wonderful if camera raw was use has a effect and fin it in the Effect Control pannel where it belong, a bit like mocha! It's such a great tool,  and AE lack of this type of tool for color correction. Yes, there is lumetri, but there is alot of feature in Camera Raw that Lumetri just doesn't have. Thanks alot for considering it! Marie-Christine Laniel

Hello everyone,I only use After Effects with ACES 32-bit. That's why my wish list only refers to effects that support 32-bit.I hope this will not only be helpful, but also show what could make this programme more popular.1. There is no denoiser or renoiser for the 32-bit version. And even if existing 16 effects were optimised for 32-bit, these effects would be 10 years behind the times. Currently, it is necessary to purchase DaVinci separately, add or remove noise there, and then export it to After Effects.2. The camera lens blur is far too limited. This effect needs to be updated, as absolutely every other programme offers more bokeh options than this one. Even Premiere has announced an effects library that can create better bokeh than After Effects, which is very strange. 3. Rotoskoping gets worse with every update. In my opinion, the best version is V25.1. But even this is much too slow or much too inaccurate compared to other options such as magic mask in DaVinci. Here, you ha

I feel like I might be screaming at a brick wall here, but for the love, spell check for After Effects PLEASE. Yay that it finally, sort of, came to Premiere, but for those of us who animate text for a living, having to type everything out into a word processor then copy and paste into AE is an insane workflow for the year 2023. There are scripts that sort of do the trick, but they aren't live in any composition or you have to actively monitor every time you type something to see if it is incorrect (I'm talking about displaying the little red line underneath something that is incorrect). Even something like the InDesign spell check would be nice. 

Aftereffects 2025 please integrate native Lottie/ JSON export!Its really important to keep AE relevant. I dont want to learn new tools and pay for another subscription.Its great to be able to import a AI file and animate its elements and then export a vector (SVG) animation directly from AE. Adbobe pls consider this functionality!