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tardigrade01
tardigrade01
Inspiring
Mar 8, 2016 9:54 PM UTC
Question

After Effects error: having to focus on ourselves??

I am working on an extension for AE that uses Angular. I have a lot of things watching assets, and I suspect that might have something to do with this, but was curious if anyone else has ever encountered this error?

"After Effects error: having to focus on ourselves (76 :: 59 ). I can find nothing about it online or any relevant error codes.

Screenshot below

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    alex_fantastic-agency
    alex_fantastic-agency
    Participant
    Feb 9, 2026 9:45 AM UTC

    It is an Animation Composer issue, you may have an update to do on it or reinstall the plugin, i had the same :)

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      Demand Marketing
      Demand Marketing
      Known Participant
      Jul 10, 2025 2:50 PM UTC

      I have started receiving the life advice. Same wording. Same numbers. I have no idea of the reason. I have had it happen with completely different projects open! @tardigrade01  did you get any further with it? I'm not After Effects code savvy whatsoever. Cheers!

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      nishu_kush
      nishu_kush
      Legend
      Jul 10, 2025 6:50 PM UTC

      Hi Demand Marketing,

       

      Is there a specific action/command that triggers the issue? Are you using any third-party plug-in or script? Try removing them and see if that helps.

      Let me know how it goes.


      Thanks,
      Nishu

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      Just24101912fknz
      Participant
      Jul 15, 2025 12:33 PM UTC

      Hello, I see you are an Adobe employee, and I am also experiencing this error. It recently appeared after updating the Animation Composer plugin to version 4, but I cannot say for sure that it is specifically responsible for this.

      On both devices (PC, laptop), this error appeared very recently when I tried to edit text by double-clicking on it to select it. However, when I select the text again after this error, it disappears.

      Unfortunately, this happens on all text layers in the project, making it impossible to quickly edit subtitles in After Effects.

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        Alexander Rott
        Alexander Rott
        Known Participant
        Dec 4, 2024 10:36 PM UTC

        I have recieved this error twice today. It seems to prompt when switching to a different program, then coming back, when having a text field selected. 

        Running macOS Sequoia on an M3 Max. AE v24.6.3

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        Alexander Rott
        Alexander Rott
        Known Participant
        Oct 28, 2025 2:48 PM UTC

        I have been getting this error quite frequently again for a current project that I'm working on and able to finally reproduce it with ease. Apparently when you are changing a text field, then immediately click into another comp tab (without clicking to exit said text field), THEN click to edit some text in the new comp you clicked into, it immediately comes up with that error. That seems like a lot of steps to produce, but when you have a TON of different comps all with text that needs to be edited, having that error constantly come up is frustrating. I now have to remember to un-select the text i'm working on BEFORE I go to another comp. Using Ae 25.5.0 on the same M3 Max.

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        nishu_kush
        nishu_kush
        Legend
        Oct 29, 2025 4:32 PM UTC

        I tried the steps on an M2 Max machine. I didn't see the error. Check if removing the plug-ins helps, as suggested by @knowledgeable_Haven3755 


        Thanks,
        Nishu

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        tardigrade01
        tardigrade01Author
        Inspiring
        Mar 8, 2016 10:03 PM UTC

        it indeed seems to be tied to a custom filter I made in angular. I can't say why, but it could have to do with the fact that the filter is using the digest cycle continuously. Anyway, what an odd error; I thought it was sharing life advice.

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          stib
          stib
          Inspiring
          Mar 9, 2016 4:08 AM UTC

          I've just though of a great new AE plugin: one that generates error messages that give you wise advice for living.

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            tardigrade01
            tardigrade01Author
            Inspiring
            Mar 9, 2016 8:04 PM UTC

            Ha. Well, it has reared its ugly head again; I thought I had caused it by including some conditional matching loops in a custom angular filter, which could cause an infinite digest cycle, but even after changing the filter to a watch function and removing any loops, the "life advice" persists. Curiously, if I stringify a certain asset, the error goes away, and I can create new layers to my heart's content. The only other place I have seen any mention of this error is from a Creative Cow Post in 2011.

            The mystery continues...

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