Ghosting/Outline Lag When Moving Objects – AE 2025 on RTX 4060 (Windows 11)

Question

Hi everyone, I’m experiencing a really annoying issue in After Effects 2025 (latest build) where moving a text layer causes ghosting or wireframe outlines to appear and lag behind. It happens every time I try to reposition a text layer, even in light comps.

System Info:

OS: Windows 11 Home
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4060 (8 GB VRAM)
RAM: 16 GB
After Effects version: 25.3.1 (latest)

What I’ve tried so far:

Disabled Adaptive Resolution
Switched between CUDA, OpenCL, and Mercury Software Only
Disabled Hardware Accelerated Panels under Preferences > Display
Toggled Fast Preview and tried Final Quality mode
Disabled Motion Blur and Continuously Rasterize
Changed fonts and precomposed text layers
Disabled High DPI scaling override in Windows
Switched UI scaling to 100% and tested with external monitor

Even in a blank project with one text layer, the problem persists.

nishu_kush · Accepted Answer

Thanks for creating the detailed post and sharing the screen recording. Try this: In Timeline, right click on the name of the Comp and enable Live Update. Check out the screenshot for reference.

Let me know if it helps. Moving this thread from Bugs to Discussions for troubleshooting.

Thanks,
Nishu

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