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Adorable_life5099
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Nov 16, 2025 6:06 AM UTC
Question

Glow Effect on After Effects

Hi everyone!
How can I remove the halo that appears around the subtitles? The glow effect is applied, but it looks like this when I export. It's not as noticeable in the preview, but it's there when I export. Is there a way to fix it?

Thank you so much for your help.  I've attached a screenshot of the issue.

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ShiveringCactus
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ShiveringCactusCommunity Expert
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Nov 17, 2025 3:57 PM UTC

I've never heard of or seen that before.  Is there any chance you could have an additional adjustment layer on the timeline or maybe your project preview is not set to full?

 

EDIT

Just had a thought, what happens if you render out the video in PorRes?  That's a lossless codec and if there is ano glow, then it's down to the compression.  If there is a glow, can you try changing the font?  Maybe there's a blur baked into the font.  If it still happens, how are you doing to the gradient on the font?  Could that be generating the glow?  Final idea, try solo-ing the text layer a see if that renders with the glow.  If not, try it again, but with a black solid.

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Adorable_life5099Author
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Nov 17, 2025 4:59 PM UTC

Hi, thanks for your reply.
I just changed the codec and activated these settings for the sequence, and it works. I really don't understand why it happens, because the halo doesn't appear in the preview when editing; it only appears when exporting. I've attached the sequence settings to help others, and I've also attached the corrected version.

Thank you for your time.

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