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Known Participant
Dec 8, 2025 10:57 PM UTC
Question

Direct 2D Drawbot Error when moving Composition Window

Recently I've been getting a very frustrating error in AE, anytime I move or resize the Composition window I get the following error "Direct 2D Drawbot Error. HRESULT: -2003238911"

 

This only happens when I resize or move windows affecting the composition window. This happens even when nothing is open in the window, even on a brand new project. I can move other window panels around so long as it doesn't affect the composition window. 

 

I'm using AE 25.6.0 and have tried rolling back through every version of AE 25 and still have the issue.

My system specs are

Windows 11

Intel i9-13900k
Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070 Super
96gb RAM

I've attached a screen recording of the issue.

 

Thanks

6 replies

Known Participant
Dec 23, 2025 6:17 PM UTC

Thanks Nishu, I'm no longer having this issue. Not sure what has been updated since my post but I'm on AE 25.6.0 build 101

And Nvidia Studio Driver 591.44

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nishu_kush
Legend
Dec 23, 2025 7:26 PM UTC

Glad to hear that it is working now. Feel free to reach out if it happens again.


Thanks,
Nishu

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Known Participant
Dec 10, 2025 5:03 AM UTC

Thanks Kevin, I've checked that thread out before but wasn't able to find a solution that worked for me. Sounds like it's known issue so hopefully it get's patched soon.

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nishu_kush
Legend
Dec 23, 2025 4:51 PM UTC

Hi J_A_Willi327,

 

You should not see this error in the 25.X version of After Effects. Could you let me know the exact version of After Effects you're using? Please try installing the latest Studio driver from the Nvidia website.


Thanks,
Nishu

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Known Participant
Dec 8, 2025 10:59 PM UTC

I should add that AE 24.6.8 does not give me this issue

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Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
Legend
Dec 9, 2025 1:09 AM UTC

Hey there,

I read your message. See the updates on this post: https://adobe.ly/48q64eG. Sorry for the frustration.

 

Thanks,
Kevin

 

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