Feature Requests

When prepping files for other users, or working on files from other AE artists, a folder full of null objects is simply a “mess on the floor” we could really do without. I recently had a project come in to get cleaned up that had HUNDREDS of nulls. If the nulls were simply shape voids, they wouldn’t even be in the project manager and would really tidy up the project and reduce the risk of a link being broken by someone along the pipeline accidentally cleaning up too much in the project manager.  alternatively, an option to ‘hide nulls in project manager’ would nearly achieve the same effect.  please.and thank you.      

When creating series of graphics, it is nice to check the number of e.g. created Comps. It would be nice if After Effects shows the number of selected items in the upper left of the  project panel.

It would be great if Audio Loudness can be added as an effect on to an Adjustment layer, and this would control the loudness of the composition’s loudness as a whole.Rendered videos frequently need to conform to a specific level like -23 LUFS, and this requires correcting the audio separately in Audition and re-importing the loudness-corrected audio.

When I open an Illustrator (.ai) file in After Effects (Import → Composition), any artwork that sits outside the composition frame is automatically turned transparent/alpha-clipped. I intentionally leave a margin around elements in Illustrator so that when they move the edges don’t show seams — but After Effects is making those outer areas transparent, which causes visible gaps during animation.Steps to reproduce Create artwork in Illustrator that extends beyond the intended comp size (leave a margin around the visible area). Save as .ai and import into After Effects as Composition. Open the composition: artwork outside the comp frame appears transparent (alpha) instead of preserved. Expected behaviorArtwork outside the comp bounds should remain opaque (preserved) so the margin stays visible when elements move.QuestionIs there a setting or recommended import workflow to prevent After Effects from automatically making those outer areas transparent? Any workaround or explanation of w

Feature Request: Native OpenEXR Embedded Matte Support in After EffectsAs a VFX compositor, I'd love to see native support for embedding custom matte or utility channels directly into OpenEXR files exported from After Effects.Currently, we have to render separate files for the beauty pass, mattes, and other utility passes. This increases render time, storage usage, file management, and the chance of delivery errors.Supporting embedded matte channels in a single OpenEXR file would make After Effects much more efficient for professional VFX, DI (Digital Intermediate), and post-production pipelines. It would also improve compatibility with industry-standard OpenEXR workflows used in film, television, OTT, and commercial production.Benefits:Export beauty and embedded mattes in a single OpenEXR file. Reduce the number of rendered files. Simplify file management and deliveries. Improve compatibility with professional VFX and DI pipelines. Bring After Effects closer to industry-standard OpenE

In many motion graphics occasions (games, scores, clocks), it is essential to have numbers to be monospaced, to avoid ‘m from jumping positions all the time.Please make this a feature for Text layers - a switch to make any text/font monospaced.

Adding effects to a PreComp that should relate to time in the main comp is hard when Time Remapping is involved. Please make Ae to take Time Remapping into account when jumping from the PreComp to the main comp, so the CTI is on the right frame (or the closest frame possible).

The algorithm surprises in not recognizing human shapes, even when a lot of reference frames are given and a layer with rotoscoped people is layer on top of the holes to be filled.

Dear Community,Dear After Effects Team @Adobe Why is there still no way to group layers without pre-composing within a single composition?I imagine it to function just like groups in Photoshop, where you expand a group to reveal all layers within. This will open up entirely new workflows. I came across a plugin created by Petter Bergmar called "FoldLayers": https://vimeo.com/121569449Is it really this complicated to natively implement such a functionality into After Effects? Can wait to receive aducated reponses.Kind regards

After Effects. Let’s get a better option for selecting a Track Matte or Parent Layer. When you’re working with hundreds of layers and need layer 150 to be parented to layer 5, having to press that little arrow to scroll one layer at a time is maddening. Dragging to pickwhip to quick scroll the layers is imprecise at best. At least let the mouse scroll wheel control the scrolling of the layers list so we can zoom through it. This frustrates me nearly every day. You can do it!

When I'm tidying up my project window, I select some elements form the list of it (for example all the imported footage) then i press on the "create new folder" icon and I loose the selection. So I have to re-select all the elements form the list and drag it into the new folder which is annoying. This happens to me every time! When creating a new folder, I would love if after effects would notice that a bunch of stuff is already selected in the project window and put it all in the new folder. What do you think?

As of right now, you can only collaborate on projects in the same language, since the expressions break after the language is changed due to effects like sliders being renamed and after effects don’t find them any more. This is frustrating, when frequently working with projects in different languages, since the language has to be changed every time. and some teammembers prefer to not have their language set to english.give the option to reference not the display names of effects, but the original ones. Honestly the way it should have implemented from the beginning.

After effects has a Extrude modeling tool already that helps to extrude texts and shapes.I have used it to model simple things. If After effects can also have Lathe feature so we can do simple spline modeling by lathing the pen shapes it will be an aded 3D feature.  

After Effects In-App Spell Check and Misspelling Correction for Text Layers: Feature SummaryPlease add a built-in spell-checking and misspelling correction system to Adobe After Effects for text layers.After Effects is frequently used to create title sequences, advertisements, social media content, lower thirds, presentations, and motion graphics containing large amounts of text. However, there is currently no convenient way to identify spelling mistakes directly inside the application.Proposed FunctionalityThe feature could automatically detect misspelled words inside text layers and provide:A colored underline beneath possible misspellings Right-click spelling suggestions One-click word replacement “Ignore,” “Ignore All,” and “Add to Dictionary” options Support for multiple languages The ability to enable or disable spell checking A project-wide spelling review panel The option to scan all compositions and text layers for errorsWhy This Feature Is NeededSpelling mistakes in motion gr

I'm not asking to run MAC/PC After Effects as a native app on an iPad because that would be too much, nor am I asking to be able to use AE by screen-mirroring your Mac or PC to the iPad. Instead, I'm asking if it can be ported, reprogrammed, or repackaged as a condensed mobile app version that works on the iPad similarly to Illustrator, Adobe Fresco, and Photoshop. Given the ever-increasing need for moving images or motion pictures in today's environment, it becomes imperative to be impulsive in meeting these needs when you consider the accessibility and ease of doing so. WORK-ON-THE-GO is always a possibility, thus I'm employing Adobe to consider this as many pro apps are already porting to the iPad. 

Would it be possible to have a mini player o the user can scrub and play through animation without returning to the timeline? 

A shake ( camera wobble shake thing ) is currently carried by Third-Party Plugins, Such as like Boris FX Sapphire, they have an effect called ‘’S_Shake’’ and Videocopilot got one called ‘’ Twitch ‘’ BUT. The only built in way to really make a shake is Wiggle Expressions which are hiden for most of the After effects users or you could do hundreds of position keyframes which nobody really wants to do. So, that’s EXACTLY why a built-in camera shake effect would be PERFECT. 

For returning projects, it would be be nice when Freeze files could be stored outside the cache folders, in a user chosen project folder. This prevents from pre-rendering Freeze files when the caches are cleared (which is necessary once in a while).

The Copy Frame to Clipboard button is a really good addition, and being able to paste to disk is a great improvement.I’d like to suggest that it could be improved further by adding modifiers to the button, adding extra functionality.For example, Alt+Shift+Click could open a file browser, allowing the user to choose the save location and amend the filename if needed.Alt+Click could directly save the current frame to the last used location. If no previous location was found it would bring up the file browser to set a location as above. It would be useful if the last used file path was shown in a tooltip on hover, as well as the modifiers and their uses.An unmodified click would continue to work as-is.The benefit of this would be reducing friction and repetitive tasks when exporting frames for use in decks/presentations etc, freeing up artist time and helping to keep the flow. Adding these features as modifiers to an existing button mean it would not add to the amount of UI buttons, and b

Please, After Effects development team, bring back the ability to start tracking multiple masks at once.Doing them one by one was a bit tedious.For example:https://www.instagram.com/p/Dafoc_4ucQ2/

When copying a set of layers containing a Lens Blur effect that points to a Blur Map layer, this relation breaks when the set is pasted in a new Comp. I would prefer to keep the relation intact.

In a lot of situations, I find myself applying the same effects over and over. It would come in handy when these are stacked in an auto populated easy access menu with Keyboard shortcuts.

The pane buttons on the bottom left corner of the Timeline Panel are almost too small.The first two have keyboard shortcuts attached to them - factory settings.First:A shortcut for the In/Out/Duration/Stretch panes is sorely missing, and I cannot find an option to add it via the shortcut assignment window.Please assign a shortcut for toggling it on/of, or allow such manual assignment.Second:I realize that the ToolTips of the panes that DO have shortcuts - do not show the shortcuts in their ToolTips. I suspect many users may have an epiphany realizing this.Please unify this behavior!Thanks a lot,gratefully yours! 

After Effects requires more basic audio filters, effects, and restoration features than Premiere Pro. Sometimes, to correct noise or other issues in a video's audio, we either need to import the video into Premiere Pro or export it as audio in Audition and then export the audio separately. In After Effects, the only solution available is the High-Low Pass filter, and it's not sufficient on its own. Searching for solutions in different programs for simple, in-program fixes complicates the process.Premiere Pro’s Audio Effects PanelAfter Effect’s Audio Effects panel 

After Effects needs a language settings feature that will make it easier to type text in other languages. For example, if the entire title needs to be in uppercase and a word in the title contains the letter "i," it needs to appear as a capital "İ" in the language you're writing in. If you've already written the title and use the All Caps feature, and the "i" in the text is lowercase, it will appear in English format as a capital "I." There are temporary solutions, of course. For example, not using the All Caps feature and typing manually, or manually correcting any problematic characters after applying All Caps. However, programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign offer a very simple solution: a language selection option in the text options. This way, if someone writes in Turkish, for example, it will appear according to Turkish spelling rules. (After Effects also supports significantly fewer languages ​​compared to the other three programs, which is another necessity). The lac