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So I have a 2D project of a line that is moving from left to right while the "camera" follows it (by adjusting a null's anchor point to always have it in the center of the screen so it looks like the camera is following the line movement). I can successfully attach an object (i.e TEXT) to the line's movement so it looks like the Text is at the front of the line and directing the path. However when the line goes up and down, the text rotates it's shape WITH the line instead of staying horizontal. Is there a way to LOCK the text's rotation so it still follows the line's path, but doesn't rotate and stays rotationally stationary but still moves with the line?Thanks guys -- any ideas?

As the title says, the UI fonts are blurrier than in After Effects 2024 and earlier. Since I'm on a 1080p monitor, it is very hard to look at that much antialiasing. Can I get UI looks similar to After Effects 2024? I did everything to fix that, changed settings, display settings, etc., on the internet. cause of this issue, I can't go for future upgrades, sadly. Still stick with After Effects 2024. seems like bold and antialized UI text and icons on 2025 and 2026 give unwanted eye strain if used for while, compared to 2024 and earlier. Those earlier versions has more crispier UI fonts and ui and theme. I downloaded photo from another bug report which you simply ignored. I don’t want to continue this chat, when you can clearly see it.. or you can ignore this tooo and wait until 7 years to fix that.. 

I am running mac os 26.5.1, and since the point one update, any project that has to be converted from an older version of After Effects, the media will say it’s missing. When trying to replace the missing media by pointing to the missing file, it says Can’t import, found no matches for the selected file.If I open and resave every media file, it will import.

I am experiencing a problem in one of my After Effects projects when working with Hebrew text.When I press Ctrl+T and try to click on the screen, the project suddenly jumps back to the beginning of the timeline, and there is no response from the text layer.When I exit the project, I also receive the following warning: Error reading the text layer, skipping the text layer After Effects Warning: your project file is apparently damaged. (Skip section: 1) Please save using a different name I saved the project under a different name, but the issue still comes back.I am working with After Effects 26 on a MacBook Max 3, so this does not seem to be a system performance issue.Is there any way to fix this problem? I would appreciate your guidance.i also cleaned the cache

I am working on a motion graphics project in After Effects where I need to use video clips that were originally posted on Instagram as source footage. The problem I keep running into is that Instagram provides no built in way to retrieve your own previously published videos in original resolution once the local file is deleted from your device. Screenshots and screen recordings are not suitable because the output quality is tied to screen resolution rather than the actual source file quality, which creates noticeable compression artifacts when working in After Effects at higher resolutions.I recently tried using snapinstaink as a browser based solution to retrieve the original quality video file from the public post URL before importing it into After Effects and the quality difference was significant compared to screen recording. However I noticed that some retrieved video files from Instagram have a variable frame rate which causes sync issues when working with compositions set to a f

I’ve done another deep dive into VFX lore and this time it is about After Effects itself.  The origin story is crazy and to tell it I got to speak to Brian Maffitt (the first video tutorials creator) and Chris and Trish Meyer (the beta-tested v1 and wrote the first book on learning AE).  I also discovered an emulator capable of running AEv1 and got JakeInMotion and SternFX to try it out.If you have a spare 45 minutes, I hope you’ll enjoy learning a bit about the early days of After Effects. 

How to make a effect like this in after effectsThe Original effect comes from Davinci, using something called “fast noise” I really like how this one looks and ive been struggling to remake it 

Hi, trying to send logo I extruded via Illustrator and Painter using this tutorial -  In Painter, I use the ‘send to After Effects’ shortcut and the error I receive is this I’m operating on a MacOS and saw that there was a bug fix from August 2025 regarding this, but do you have any suggestions or recommendations?

Hi,everytime I try to export an H264 video from After Effects I need to change “Audio Output” to “Audio Output ON” cause if I use “Audio Output Auto” my audio layer hadn’t recognize and output file is without audio.Of course if I use “ON” my output file has audio.Can someone help me?

How to copy object in video and paste that object to another video with that object rigged to fix an Ai text to video generator. Like copy person in video and paste it to a whole another video. What tools and features do I need and where are these tools located?

I want to assign a hotkey for "Snapping" check mark/switch but I didn't find this option in the keyboard settings. Is there a way to do this? I use it very often and on a huge screen it is very inconvenient to constantly reach the top left corner.

Whenever I download AfterEffects templates from stock sites, trying to edit them is a nightmare. I roughly know how to edit the controller layers but it seems like the controller layers really only let me edit text & color, but I want to actually move the objects around, change composition, and even hide layers and make my own changes to the templates. But I for the life of me cannot figure out how to use these templates in a more editable way, the controller layers feel so limiting to me, what am I missing? Is there a way I can turn make these templates more editable? Like release the layers from the controller layers? 

Scratching my head over how to correctly work with D-Log footage from a Ronin in After Effects with ACES color management? Downloaded lots ot LUTs from DJI but not getting the correct results. If anyone has any experience I could really use some help! ThanksNeil

Does anyone have a workflow for this yet?  I’ve seen a few comments saying you can use Claude and After Effects to help edit?  I’ve seen some Higgsfield and After Effects stuff but I’m looking for something specific for my editing workflow.For context I review movies using an animated character that i made in character animator.Right now I’m using Character Animator Where I export my puppet and background into after effects.Once those 2 are in after effects I add the B-roll that im using and match it up to the right parts.My issue is thats it’s so much work, as I’m also adding in cuts to add sound effects and memes to make the video more engaging, but it’s a lot of editing takes me like 4 days sometimes, wanted to speed it up.Has anyone seen anything on this?

I created a 3D model of an iPhone in Blender, and I can't figure out what format what export settings it should be in so that it appears as I drew it. I don't see the transparency of the glass on the cameras, there is also no noise on the case, the color of the panels and materials are also not what they should be.Tell me what I'm doing wrong? 3D mode in AE - advanced 3D.

I made a simple 30second countdown timer - keyframed the value 0,50 (half a min, thus 30 seconds) at 00:00 and then 0,00 at 30:00. I assumed this would change the text every second, however I noticed that the text changed in between two seconds (so instead of the timer still reading 27seconds when I'm at about 00:03 and 5 frames it already changed to 26seconds).Then I thought moving the last keyframe to 31 seconds would fix this, it did not. The time still changed a few frames before the new second.I played around with the last keyframe position, but can't find a spot where it changes exactly on the second, and not a few frames before or after, for every single second.I hope my explanation makes sense.My frame rate is 24fps. Am I using the wrong values for the keyframes? What am I doing wrong?Please help.

Pr2025上でクリップを選択し、Aeコンポジションに置き換えをした後、Aeで作業し、Prの画面を開いて再度Ae上に戻るとプレビューができなくなります。インジケータも動かないです。再生のショートカットも反応せず、手のひらツールに切り替わります。Pr、Aeともに2025版を使っています。

Estou tentando colocar um texto onde a pessoa atravessa este texto, o texto que fica na parte de trás é preenchido normal e o texto que fica na parte da frente é somente o contorno, como fazer isso no AE? porque eu fiz o rastreamento de camera para fixar ele na parede, porém quando tiro o preenchimento para ficar somente a borda ele ficar vermelho e não é isso que quero.

일러스트레이터의 3D and Materials 기능을 활용해 제작한 오브젝트에 그래픽, 텍스쳐를 적용하였는데 이를 obj 파일로 추출하여 애프터이펙트에 삽입하니 모델링만 가져와지고 그래픽과 텍스쳐는 유실되었습니다. .mtl 파일이 함께 생성되었기에 이를 활용할 수 있을지 보았지만 애프터이펙트에서는 .mtl 파일을 지원하지 않더라구요. 일러레에서만든 3d 파일을 텍스쳐 포함된 채로 애프터이펙트에 불러올 수 있는 방법이 있을까요?3D 기능을 활용해야하기 때문에 JPG나 PNG 같은 2D 이미지로 활용하려는 목적이 아닙니다

i wan buy an new macbook pro M5 , 16GB , 512GB and i want to know if work good in After Effects

This video shows Changing UI Font Size. Is this a acceptable way? because there is no feature in preference tool.How To Change UI Font Size In After Effects ? 

Hi,I’m trying to build a shape layer that adapts to the longest length between two text layers, but is limited to 850 pixels in size. Everything functions as it should until I add the clamp expression. The error “expression result must be of dimension 2, not 1” pops up on the first line. How can I fix it, or is there a better way to approach adding a limit to the size of the shape? const line1 = thisComp.layer("First & Last Name, PhD"); // reference top line text layer const line2 = thisComp.layer("Title or Position"); // reference bottom line text layerconst boxWidth = Math.max(line1.sourceRectAtTime().width, line2.sourceRectAtTime().width) + 220; // compares the length of both text layers and returns the larger of the two including padding and leadingconst boxHeight = line1.sourceRectAtTime().height + line2.sourceRectAtTime().height + 120; // height of box including padding[boxWidth, boxHeight];clamp(boxWidth, 0, 850);Thanks in advance!

hello, ı cant find rotobrush tool in tools part in the after effects 2026 can you help? thank you 

I use the dropbox app to store and share files. Like Onedrive it creates a folder in which multiple people can access, add, modify and change files. You can see every file in the folder but they are just proxies that takes up no space. To use them you have to download them locally onto the computer, replacing the proxy file (on your end). The issue arrives when you open a project another person has created and you haven't downloaded all the files used in the project. After Effects gives the error "The source compression type is not supported. ( 86 :: 1 )" following up with another error window "file 'file_name.mp4' cannot be imported – this 'MooV' file is damaged or unsupported." One would think you just have to locate the files, download them and reopen the project. But After Effects will now hold a grudge against these files and give the same errors even though you have them downloaded locally. Trying to use 'replace file' or just reimporting them will give the same er