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IssueWhen I enter relative values in the CTI like +20 or -20, the negative values always jump to the absolute position (-0;00;00;20), which is inconsistent behavior on one hand but it also makes no sense at all to be navigated to a negative timecode.Steps to reproduceClick on the CTI (or open the popup window).Type +20The timecode jumps 20 frames forward as expected.Click on the CTI (or open the popup window).Type -20Expected result:The timecode jumps 20 frames backwards.Actual result:The timecode jumps to the absolute time -0;00;00;20 Tested with different compositions, different framerates and clean install.Adobe After Effects version26.3.0 (Build 87)Operating systemWindows 11

Hello, I want to download Adobe After Effects 2019 or 2020 because my laptop can't handle the newer versions. I know that the 2019 and 2020 versions are no longer officially available, but is there still a way to download them?I stopped editing in 2021, and now I want to start editing again using the same laptop I had back then. My laptop has an Intel 11th Gen Core processor, but unfortunately it only has 8 GB of RAM. I can still run the newer versions of After Effects, but they're too demanding for my laptop, and they often crash or become unresponsive ("Not Responding").I wanted to upgrade the RAM, but I can't because it's soldered to the motherboard. And I'm too poor to buy a new laptop right now, lol.

I created a simple 3D sphere, and a 90 degree solid positioned where the sphere lands. I imported a HDRI and attached it so a environment light. Both the sphere and the environment light have cast shadows as on. The solid floor has accept shadows as only. I’ve gone into the render settings and made sure the light shadows are fit to scene. They have the same z space. Does anyone know why shadows aren’t being created by the sphere? 

You click a point and you get a rotation widget. nope, not what I want so I’ll click off somewhere else to deselect. nope, cant do that, I have to double click.. I’ll try selecting again.. nope doesn’t work since I forgot to double click.. okay now I’ll try moving the point, nope that moves the entire mask, okay let me double click again to deselect, nope that opened the whole layer on its own panel. Okay lets go back, I’ll try deselecting again, I’ve clicked 4 times and nothing happened.. Now I’ll move my mouse to a different spot and click once instead of twice to deselect. Finally after trying every combination of holding shift, ctrl, alt, clicking, double clicking, triple clicking, and clicking in a different spot I end up accidentally selecting the point I want, and after trying this 8 different ways, wasting 5 minutes, and googling how to do it half a dozen times, I still don’t know how it’s done.Each time I try to manipulate masks my blood pressure increases. This is dumb, proba

Attached screenshot showing the two views side-by-sideSubject: 3D model / asset not displaying in orthographic views (Top, Left, Front) - After Effects v26.3.0 Hi everyone,I'm experiencing an issue where 3D elements render fine in the Active Camera view, but do not display properly when switching to secondary/orthographic views (such as Top, Left, Front, etc.) in a multi-view layout (2 Views).Issue Details: In the Active Camera (Camera 1) view, the 3D model/object is fully visible. In the Top (or other orthographic) view, only the camera wireframe and a black bounding box/wireframe appear, but the actual 3D geometry/points do not render. I am currently using the Classic 3D renderer with Draft 3D toggled on/off. System Setup: App: Adobe After Effects v26.3.0 (Build 87) OS: macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 Hardware: MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) RAM: 16 GB (Attached screenshot showing the two views side-by-side)Is this a known limitation/bug with certain 3D assets/plugins in orthographic

How can I create Bar Chart Race animations similar to VGraphs in After Effects?Hi everyone,For the past few years, I’ve been trying to figure out how the YouTube channel VGraphs creates its Bar Chart Race animations.Their charts have a very distinctive and polished style. Some of the details that make their animations look different from typical Bar Chart Races are:The bars themselves are relatively short in width compared to the circular images attached to the ends of the bars. The bars have a black stroke/outline. The font used for the numbers and labels has a distinctive appearance and is somewhat bold. When the bars move or scroll vertically, the circular images attached to the ends of the bars appear to rotate, almost like a coin flipping from one side to the other. Overall, the animation is much more sophisticated than a standard Bar Chart Race.I’m a complete beginner when it comes to After Effects. In fact, I have never used After Effects before.I normally create basic Bar Chart

When stacking multiple 3D elements behind one another and moving them along the Y-axis, distortions occur.

Text that used to be in my project is now not appearing. Resetting the character panel is not working. When I open a new file, the text works so this is only a problem in the file I am working on. 

Personally I am becoming increasingly concerned about how stuck in the past After Effects is. It's feels like "this is an amazing tool... from 15 years ago" When you look at the competition there's no direct competitor to AE, but a few apps that together do everything better. That's AE's only really USP - it does an average job of most things, but how much longer can it last like this? It's one thing to say "oh it's too much work to update our 30 year old codebase or make use of modern GPUs" etc etc., but failing to incorporate basic QOL improvements that have been in this very forum for YEARS is just not good enough.  Are there any plans at all to drag After Effects into the modern era or is the plan to keep it as a legacy tool with minor UI updates? 

I need the installer for an older version of Photoshop and After Effects—one that my macOS supports. I’ve tried installing via Creative Cloud, but it fails with the error: "Processor support for Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) is required."

I’m working on a Visual Music film that uses Audio Amplitude layer keyframes created through Audio Layer > Keyframe Assistant > Convert Audio to Keyframes. The result is one linear keyframe per frame (@ 24 fps). Because its desired to act as a switch to turn on/off I’ve converted all the keyframes to hold keyframes.These key frames will be used to turn the opacity of a shape layer on and off to synchronize graphics to audio. The desired value of the keyframes should be restricted to 0 (off) or 100 (on). Keyframes of any value of other than 0 or 100 are to be deleted.I worked up an algorithm by hand processing the keyframes. But since there are over 1000 keyframes to be processed I’d like to automate the process with a script. An elaborate interface is not necessary, the goal is get the keyframes processed to get on to making the film.The workflow:    •    Prompt user to select a range of keyframes.     •    Create array of keyframe values from selection.     •    Set first keyfra

I'm working on a simple projectile motion system and I'm trying to calculate the trajectory between two points.I know the starting position (x1, y1) and the target position (x2, y2), but I don't know the launch angle or the initial velocity. The start and target positions can change every time, so I can't use fixed values.What is the best mathematical approach or algorithm to calculate the correct launch angle and speed so the projectile reaches the target accurately? If there are multiple solutions or common methods, I'd appreciate an explanation or an example.Thank you!

We recorded an object falling at 60fps that lands on the blue tape. It bounces slightly when it lands. I've rotoscoped the falling object out, but it occurred to me that it's not as easy as just swapping the background out with an image. The angle of the ground, shadows, etc. all factor into making something realistic. What's the best way to approach this? 

Is there a list of the tips that appear when you first open AE?  One caught my eye the other day just as I was loading in a project and I didn’t take it in properly.

Hi, I have some footage of someone moving.  I have used the Object Matte Tool to isolate the person moving, then placed a solid colour layer underneath and selected the top layer as track matte. This has worked very well.  I now have a solid colour replacing the person on a transparent background.I would now like to play around with this, mirroring and adding echo etc.  Can I/should I make the solid layer independent of the tracking layer? Thank you.

I’m so frustrated that I had to work on an urgent task today, only to find out that I couldn’t open After Effects at all.It seemed like I had options, but after installing and uninstalling it several times, I still couldn’t get it to work.At first, I thought it might be because of C4D, but then I realized that wasn’t the issue. I’ve wasted 4-5 hours on this already.Here are the four options I was presented with:Start in Safe ModeReset PreferencesManage PluginsContinueNone of these options worked to get After Effects running.I feel hopeless and have to accept that I will lose this job/task. 

HiHow is this effect created? Trim Path for the animation itself, but zoom in on the years while still showing the entire graph? The graph appears about 56 sec into the video. How the Job Market Is Leaving New Graduates Behind - The New York TimesThanks

it said to save the animation before leaving, so I saved it in my flies and even pressed Ctrl + S for more saving process, but upon reopening it, it had no clue nor anything of my animation, I tried to explain this to my teacher, but they thought I was wrong and gave my a really pathetic and useless failure grad, with is not my fault, because I did finish a perfect animation and had saved it, so i really hate getting blamed for Adobe after effects’s stupid action

On updating AE to 26.3 and launching I got a system compatibility warning saying “This version of windows is no longer supported, future versions of this app cannot be installed on this OS.” When I click for more info it takes me to the Premiere system requirements page. From the generated system compatibility report, my versions of Windows is being reported as 10.0.22631.1 which I believe is fully up to date.  

Hi,I'm working in AE 2026.3.0 and the convert vertex shortcut from the selection tool (cmd+option) is now invoking the camera gizmo. This was an issue many versions ago and it looks like the bug is back if there are any 3d layers in the scene. Anyone have a workaround? I’m on a MacBook Pro with an M3 running Sequoia 15.7.5.Thanks!

PrPro has  colum in the media panel list which shows how many times the clip is used in the project. In Ae i can only see that option for one clip at a time that too by scrolling to the top and seeing the poperties thumbnail which shows used x times in project. Is there a feature to tell for the entire list which ones are used and which ones arent at a glance ?Thank You

i need help plzwhy suddenly my after effects shapes become pixelated not vector when i draw any shape or import any doc its pixelated like when you create a circle in photoshop till yesterday it works well idk how to fix itcheck the attachment file while i zoomed a vector circle

I’ve just switched from AE2025 to AE2026 but I have a problem with Aces colors interpretation.I have a tiff sequence RGB+A (premultiplied alpha) with sRGB color space. The Project is set as follows in both AE25 and AE26 (AcesCCT):  The footage’s colors are interpreted as follows:This is my workflow and I’ve never had problems with colors until I’ve worked with AE25.In AE2026, when using AcesCCT I see washed-out colors; with AcesCC, the colors are ok. This is the only difference between the settings:Same machine, same footage, same color settings, different version of AE = different colors. Any ideas?I’ve searched in AE Preferences but they look very similar and they seem to have same settings.

I'm running into a consistent crash in the latest version of After Effects whenever a composition requires the Advanced 3D renderer. The app immediately throws an error stating:"After Effects can't continue: Advanced 3D plug-in generated an unexpected exception."I am forced to switch back to Classic 3D, but I really need to use the Advanced 3D features. I've already installed Cinema 4D, but the issue persists.Here are my system and driver specs: GPU: NVIDIA T1200 Laptop GPU (4 GB VRAM) Driver Version: Release 595 (Conservative / Production-tested branch) Application: After Effects (Latest CC Version) I have tried many versions including 26&25

Hi allI use CC (AE 26.3.0) and previously, when i have rendered a file, then at a later time updated that composition, and re-rendered it, it use to ask me if i wanted to over-write (which I do) then over-wrote the original file, thus keeping the name right, and Prem Pro happy when looking for that graphic (normally a Mov file with a transparent background - ie lower thirds). For context I film and edit football matches, so will do graphics initially, then alter them with changes to times etc).Recently it has started to not over-write, but add in a ‘_1’ to the name, which means prem pro will need to be altered to find the new file, or me deleting the file, and renaming the new one. Both more work than I previously had to do.My render output is ‘[projectFolder]\graphics\[compName].[fileextension]’ (saved as a default called project folder).  Each project (match) has its own dedicated folder, with its own AE file within that folder. So when i render a graphic it will automatically create