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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?

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

since the last update I'm facing a problem with text layer properties like I have 2 text layers, I apply effect on the first than once I wanna change properties for the second one it effect the first one only , even if I add more text layers and trying to change properties fro the 3rd one for example position it change the position of the first one only , but when I RESTART AE it works for a while than the same problem!

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

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'm running into what feels like a workflow dead end in After Effects, and I'm wondering how experienced users deal with this.Here's my setup: I have multiple levels of nested precomps. Deep inside those precomps are vector shape layers with effects applied (for example CC Bend It, used to animate things like plants or grass bending in the wind). My top-level precomp is placed inside the main composition and treated as a 3D layer. The issue appears when I animate a 3D camera.Without Continuously Rasterize, everything works correctly, but as soon as the camera gets closer, the entire precomp becomes soft/blurry (Depth of Field is disabled). I understand that's expected because AE is treating the precomp like a rasterized image.If I enable Continuously Rasterize on the precomp, the image stays perfectly sharp, which is exactly what I want. However, this creates two new problems: The internal transforms of the nested layers can change, although enabling 3D on the appropriate precomps

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. 

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.

I’m having a very specific crash in After Effects and I can’t find a real fix anywhere.When I try to change the font on a text layer, AE crashes ONLY when the text layer is highlighted AND I type certain letters in the font search box (for example “a”). I can type those letters normally in the Character panel, and I can scroll fonts normally. The crash only happens when the text layer is selected and I type into the font search field.  AE does NOT freeze or lag — it instantly closes or gives a controlled crash Reset Preferences does NOT fix it Clearing cache does NOT fix it Safe Mode does NOT fix it Reinstalling AE does NOT fix it I did NOT modify AE or install plugins This only happens on text layers that already exist in the comp Creating a new text layer sometimes avoids the crash, but the problem returns when searching fonts I recently activated some Adobe Fonts, but the crash still happens even after deactivating them Other Adobe apps (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc

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? 

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.. 

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?

This is a recurring issue that started around the time MacOS 26 came out and I’ve been struggling with it ever since. After Effects (and sometimes Illustrator) fail to start. They don’t even get to the splash screen, the freeze before that. They will remain frozen and if you mouse over the control bar at the top, it will show the spinning beach ball. Pressing Cmd +Opt + Escape to open the force quit applications window shows After Effects as not responding.Waiting hours for it to start: No effect. Never starts Force quitting: launches prompts to report the issue to Adobe and Apple. All subsequent attempts to run After Effects get crash repair options but no options do anything. The window has the spinning beach ball when I mouse over it and in Force Quit Applications it shows that After Effects is already not responding. None of the buttons do anything when clicked.Uninstalled After Effects and restarted: no effect, still freezes on crash repair options Uninstalled all adobe apps, and

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.

If I change the position of one point, the position of the opposite point changes at the same time.There is no button anywhere to disable this, so it is a program error that is inconsistent with what the user is doing  

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.

I haven't found an answer to this anywhere. I am not sure if it is even possible.  I need to know how to center the anchor point of a single shape within a shape layer.  I am trying to rotate a couple of shapes within a single shape layer, but I cannot figure out how to get their anchor points centered. I know how to do it for the entire layer, but not for the contents within the layer.  

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!