Feature Requests

Adobe Photoshop has been the go-to software for image editing for over thirty years. In early 2023, Adobe released the next big thing in image editing – Photoshop AI generative fill. Using Photoshop’s latest version, you can add or delete elements, extend the width or height of an image, and remove backgrounds, to name a few things. Now just imagine if the AI Generative Fill was put into After Effects too, how much better would the Program's Content-Aware Fill's workspace be?

Please add the ability to export/render out in a GIF format, with features like loop, 1 play, 2 play etc...

  It would be so nice to not have to leave after effects to do 3D things.

It's utterly absurd that in 2023 After Effects STILL cannot add arrowheads to paths. This shouldn't even need to be a requested feature. It should be BASIC feature parity between Adobe apps. Absolutely shambolic. If ever Adobe staff find themselves wondering why users get so frustrated - aggressive, even - then I'll let them into a little secret. It's because of nonsense like this. You're actively making your users' jobs harder through indefensible ommisions. File this under stupid stuff AE should already have, like colour swatches, text/object styles, usable Libraries implementation, etc. etc. 

Hi,First, let me explain the issue I'm facing:I often create very long compositions (like 10k frames) to make sure they can easily be reused anywhere without having to change their duration if they're too short. Problem is:If I don't set the work area to a shorter duration OR forget to deactivate "Cache frames when idle", Ae fills up all the system RAM. That's not a big issue if it's the active comp, because each change in the comp will empty the cache, but when switching to another comp, all this cache will be kept, and the system just becomes unusable. And then I'm angry because I have to go back to the longer comp to disable "Cache frames when idle", then empty the cache, then get back to work. And I don't like being angry 😉 A simple change would make be very happy: in the preferences, add an option to limit the duration of the cache when idle; for example, it would be nice to be able to set it to "cache around current time" AND no more than 1s before and 5s after,

Would be awesome to have global variables to use in expressions. Right now I accomplish this by creating a NULL layer and using sliders or other expression controls to attach a value to, but would be incredible to have more control to easily create variables or even functions that can be used repeatedly throughout the expressions.

It's unclear how to stop it. Why not add a simple stop button?

Please add Polish language to the After Effect application  

Currently, MOGRTs are only usable in Premiere Pro. To use them in After Effects, they need to be individually converted to an After Effects project. I think it would be great to be able to drag-and-drop a .mogrt file into an open After Effects project, and the conversion would take place as part of the import process.

It would be so hugely helpful to have a few things updated in gradient system in After Effects. 1. Visible KnotsIn working extensively with gradients ported over from Figma, I am often struck by the lack of gradient knots in the comp ui of AE. The gradient pop up panel feels dated and disconnected compared to the Figma interface for manipulating gradients. Direct adjustment in the comp window would be so useful!2. New gradient toolA second request would be adding an additional gradient fill (Gradient Fill Expanded?) that allows one to surface individual gradient colors on the timeline. This could allow keyframing of individual colors and their position properties in the timeline and access via scripiting, and the possibility to add to the essential properties panel! All this would be a huge leap forward. I imagine this as an additional tool to the current one, as it is useful to have all the colors and knots contained in a single keyframe for most situtions.

When processing multiple clips and interpreting them to match the comp frame rate, I still have to do it one at a time. I should be able to highlight them all and select "Interpret Footage", right?

I use a lot of cloning and painting for VFX shots since the inclusion of the OCIO color management system but once of the things that drives me crazy is the need to start a new paint effect every time I want to  "organize" strokes. Silhouette from BorisFX has an easy grouping system for their paint tools and I would love to see it inside After Effects native paint tools. 

It would be great to have the following two features:1.Scene Edit Detection feature also working with Compositions not only video files.Most of the time, I edit a video in 16by9 in one main comp and then take the same edit and adjust it to 9by16 and 1by1 format. It's annoying that the Scene Edit detection feature doesn't work for compositions, so I need to apply my edits to the Pre-Comp again.2. Size Preview for h264 / mp4 exports directly in After Effects.Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Media Encoder do have this feature that shows the estimated file size, which also changes when changing the bitrate parameter. It would be great to have this preview also in Adobe After Effects.

I'm suggesting the null object to have a size property. This will give us the flexibility to use the scale for actual scaling. Use case:I have four elements, and I would like to scale them equally two by two by 20%. I'm creating a null for the first pair and another null for the others. Now, I'm resizing the nulls to match the visual footprint of the elements. At this point, I'm unable to scale both pairs equally, because both nulls have completely different values for scale. 

Adobe had just introduced importing 3D objects - and text layers are able to be converted to "3D Layers." But what seems to be missing (correct me if I'm wrong) is the ability to select a surface of a 3D object and apply a text layer to it. This would be a great feature inside AE - expecially if it is compatible with solutions like Dataclay Templater (which works with 3D Text layers if you apply it BEFORE converting the text layer to a 3D layer). This would make 3D mogrts with text variables possible as well.

Often times I need to add an adjustment layer to another layer but there are other layers below it that I don't want affected. The "option" to pick whip (or another method - list?) which layers are and are not affected would solve this. Anyone else see the value in this?

 AE color management don't work with "video out". When working with a second monitor or blackmagic video output you just get "none" in color profile. This is a BIG problem.As a quick solution is just put a option in preference to use same color display as the selected "primary viewer".The best solution would add the color profile option in the "video preview" under each of your output devices. By doing that, you will have the option of monitoring diffent color profiles at the same time.

This would have so many practical applications in education, in particular language learning, children's programming, karaoke... I'm sure AI could sort out how to break a word into syllables. 

To enhance the optimization of rendering times for scenes, it would be valuable to gain insights into the duration of each frame's rendering process. My vision involves the incorporation of a timeline graph that visually illustrates the fluctuations in render time per frame. During the rendering process, this timeline graph could be discretely tucked away beneath an arrow icon, conveniently positioned on the left side of the progress bar. This ensures a seamless user experience without any distractions. Once the rendering is complete, users should have the option to access this graph in the render panel, where it would remain hidden by default beneath each rendered item. This approach is akin to how Windows displays progress during file copy operations in a pop-up box. To prevent unnecessary clutter in computer storage, these statistics could be automatically erased when items are removed from the render panel.

In complex situations it would be nice to be able distinguish Puppet Pins by color.All these yellow dots mess up easily.Please add a color picker.

Hello, I am trying to find information on how to resize a stock video in After Effects. There is nothing. My issue is that no matter how much I try, the titles are not going to fit the screen. I don't know how to resize to a 1:1 or any of the other Instagram sizes. Why isn't Adobe creating Instagram Presets for not only After Effects, but for Premiere Pro, Media Encoder and others? 

I often find using Turbulent Displace a bit confusing, having to remember which setting is "amount" and which is "size". It'd be much more obvious if they were called "Amplitude" and "Wavelength"...because that's actually what these settings are.

Please Add Separate Dimensions to the Anchor Point track.We need it, just like on the Position track.

Currently, 3D properties like position and orientation are not supported by MOGRTs. I'd like support for this.

It can be quite useful to have multiple options, and have only one of them able to be activated.