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I did find a hack that unfreezes the Analyze pass sometimes. If you notice the estimated time to complete (say two minutes) and it freezes at frame 10, wait two minutes. Then scrub the timeline back and forth quickly with the mouse or whatever way you choose. Often the freeze will clear up and the stabilization will begin. Why this works I have not the slightest idea. I added a video showing the fix working attached.

Hi,After Effects 2023 keeps crashing.I have had very little luck with AE 2023. It is the worst version if AE I have ever used.I use AE every day and I have gone through pretty much all of the iterations of AE since AE3, always excited that maybe you will fix the bugs that I know you know are there.Do you need a list?OK well AE2023 hates plugins, yeah you know that though don't you, that is why you have the new 'disable plugins' or start in 'safe mode' after a crash. Well I don't want to disable plugins because they are what I use in AE. I have uninstalled and reinstalled but it makes no difference and no I am not going to buy them through your stall, is that what the issue is? you want me to re-buy them from your silly little stall?The plugins I use that have caused crashes recently, will add a percentage beside them to indicate how often they make AE 2023 crash:Element 3DV2 %100Plexus 100%Stardust %50Deepglow 40%Yes all plugins are the latest version so don't go blaming them, if it wa

AFTER 23.2.1Win10 The program has been closing constantly and in the log these are always the last messages: [2023-03-01_18-52-05][15992][Error] [console] [RecentStore-2] [getRecents] Error trying to retrieve recents TypeError: recents.forEach is not a function[2023-03-01_18-52-05][15992][Error] [console] [RecentStore-2] [getRecents] Error trying to retrieve recents TypeError: recents.forEach is not a function[2023-03-01_18-52-07][18228][Error] [general] a drag preview bitmap couldn't created Please help!

Whenever I try to open a specific project after effects says" Opening project (Not responding)" then it just crashes. It doesn't crash if I open any other project. I really need this project to work because its for one of my clients Info:After effect 2022Windows 11 What I've done so far:-Reinstall Ae-Renamed the project-update all my plugins

Everytime I press play my viedeo plays but in super speed and I dont know why. I´m a new ae editor so I dont know if this problem is my fault.

After effects 23.5 crahes continiously when start working in it.I am working on iMac Pro 3,2 GHz 8-core Intel Xeon, Radeon Pro Vega 56 8GB videocard. The driver is up to date. macOSX Ventura 13.4.1I have already uninstall and installed AE again, also previous versions.There aro no third party plugins involved. The crash even occurs when I'm start working with a blanc composition, type some text and when i try to change the font it craches. I can get an .dpm dump file wich I can't upload but I have it converted to a .pdf file.What could be the cause of these craches here?   

Hi,  I've been having this really annoying issue with Warp Stabilizer in AE, where the analysis initialises and either never makes any progress, or works gets a way through the analysis and then freezes. I don't have any errors pop up, it just stops working. I'm working on AE 23.5, on Windows 11. Using H.264 XAVC S 10 bit 4:2:2 FX3 footage.I've had this issue since before this version of AE. Has anyone encountered this problem and found a solution? Thanks

I have an issue trying to cache a timeline for playback.  When I hit space, AE begins to cache like normal.  I see the green line above the playhead begin to fill up, but after only a few frames (usually 20-30), the preview stops caching and just loops as if it's run out of memory. However, I have 128GB of RAM and in previous versions I am able to cache hundreds of 4K frames without issue.  Also, if I manually scrub the timeline, it will cache the full timeline and then play back normally. I've been able to replicate this issue on several machines.  Here are the relevant specs: Windows 10, latest updateAE 23.5.0128GB DDR 5.0 memoryDisk Cache is turned off32 GB reserved for other applicationsNVidia RTX 3080  

After the latest update, I'm unable to use After Effects because it crashes before opening even when I choose to start in safe mode.Attached is the crash report. I'm using Windows 11, and my machine configuration is also attached. Any idea on how to solve this problem?

i just bought a student's plan and i cant seem to find after effects anywhere in the creative cloud app , and when i go to the website i find it there and click download it says you will be converted to creative cloud desktop app and after effects will start download but literally nothing happens . 

I have been experiencing a problem with JavaScript for some time. Unable to execute script at line 5. Uncaught JavaScript exception: can't connect tounikcloud.ddns.net:80 I have reset the After Effects settings. Before 1 day or 2 it was ok and the problem appears again. The error occurs every few minutes freezing the whole program.I have the feeling that it started to appear when the Rubberhose 3 plugin asked me to change the Expressions Engine to JavaScript. However, it also appears when the new default project has the Legacy ExtendScript setting.  AE Version 24.4.1, macOS 14.5, Mac Studio M2 Ultra.

1. I have an 64 bit operating system and also installed an 64 bit after effects cc 2020. After launching after effects why does it shows "Adobe cep html engine (32 bit)" in task manager under after effects.2. Whenever I started using character panel or editing text, after effects starts not reponding or freezing. But without that panel it runs smooth.Please give me a solution for both. It's been a month now. I have tried to reinstall after effects too many times from different sources also.

Hi guys, newbie here.  I'm following along a tutorial on yt of how to make this cool blur effect. In one of the steps, the creator exports his rotobrushed clip as a photoshop sequence, then imports the sequence so that for one of the steps it's less of a strain on his computer. When I try to do the same, the sequence I end up importing is unalligned with the original clip, and is about a second shorter. Video of the PSD sequence behind my original clip Attached: A screenshot of my timeline showing the PSD sequence being a second shorter.The tutorial I was following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhouu0sLNJ0 at 6:54 to about 8:55 is where he talks the photoshop sequence. 

Hi, I'm just getting started with the AE SDK and learning how to make plugins, but the first problem I'm having is how to get the name of the selected layer in the AE project. I've tried. A lot of things. It's all wrong. Can help write a simple code, I refer to. Is that OK? Thank you very much. I am currently using the 2020 version of SDK

Hi, I'm somone that's been a self taught adobe user for the most part. I've created a joystick with a dog as a knob. I'm trying to animate it moving around a little like a joystick but have found no tutorials online. All I've seen are videos of the plugin joystick and slider, or Duik but was wondering if there was a way to do it without paying for that plug in.  Currently It moves but its not a hard movement like a joystick It's moving like a bendy straw right now. When I've try the pin took it moves the whole head around in 2d (i would also appreciate any help if you would know how I could make the joystick bark) Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

While using AE 23.5, my Mac OS 13.4.1 freezes up. Have to do a cold reboot. This has happend five times in the past week. Not consistent. Not using 3rd party plug-ins. Tried restarting in safe mode and it works for a while. No specific steps, happens arbitrarily. Expected result: full functionality. Actual result: inconsistent system freeze which is not beneficial for my machine. Will try going back to older versions of AE.

I am editing a video using very heavy footage do i created a low rew duplicate of the footage.I ended editing the video and went to the project window do do "reload footage" and chose the high quality footage (it has transparent background and is bigger in size). It uploaded the video but with background and in the same size (i usualy have to scale it to the size of the low res file). I have no idea how to fix this, maybe it is a reloading bug, maybe there is some settings i can change?

Hi there, A dots in the composition names are being replaced with a dashes after the render. Is there any particular reason for that and may be even painless solution? Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone,So, I'm having a problem here. I keep getting this error when I play the preview, and then AE closes.I've searched the forums, but I haven't found anything helpful.I also tried it on my laptop with the same project, and the posterize time was deleted from Effects, haha. Any thoughts? My configurations:macOS Monterey3.5 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i764 GB 2666 MHz DDR4AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB AE is updated. Thank you!

Hi all, I'm trying to simply make my ship follow a path set out by a shape layer using auto-orient. However, when I try to add a new position keyframe on my ship after the path ends to hold the ship between the two keyframes, it starts drifting and messes up the auto-orient rotation. I tried to toggle hold the first of the two keyframes and even though the drift stops, the ship rotates -90 degree at the last keyframe. I have attached videos of what's happening for better context.I basically want to keep on updating the path on run-time instead of drawing it out all at once on a shape layer but the auto-orient messes up if I do that.After Effects 2020 version 17.5.0 (Build 40)Windows 11 Home 22H2 

Hey I made a post similar to this not long ago but i'll try my luck again, I've screen recorded my problem. whenever i go to zoom in on my workspace, the audio wave form shifts by a few frames. how do i fix this? this issue has been happening for a while now and it happens on multiple projects.

Here's the error message after the project opens 98% After Effects Warning: Could not create an essential graphics parameter because it refers to an non-existent layer Clicking ok only brings up the same dialogue box.  Help me 

Very odd bug.Just had my carefully kerned type ruined by After effects when I changed individual character colours manually.Any idea why this would happen?I am pasting in hex values in the properties panel fill box or character panelSome real work needs doing to get the type engine functioning correctly to avoid this sort of thing. I can work around it with animators and it is sporadic. one of of 4 of the same characters moved. 

Heyhey, I animated an 4-color gradient with similar colors. But now the animation didn't flow, the color jumps on some points (not even the keyframes). Just to make this clear: it's not a bending problem.AE 23.5.0MacBook Pro, Apple M1 Max, Ventura 13.4.1In a 3 second comp (16bit) I used 4 keyframes for each color:Point1: #585D64 / #595D64 / #585C63 / #575B62Point2: #565B61 / #565B61 / #55595F / #54585FPoint3: #51555B / #505459 / #4D5156 / #4A4D52Point4: #51555C / #50545B / #50545B / #50555C To make the problem more visable I added the Alexa default LUT with a contrast of 100 on top  Thanks for your supportTimo 

Currently, I am engrossed in a project, and during the precomposing phase, I encountered an error message indicating the presence of special characters within my compositions. Although this type of issue has occurred before in After Effects, it typically disappears after clicking "OK" a few times. However, this time, despite using an auto clicker for an extended period, the error message persists without any resolution. Given that I haven't saved my project recently, I am hesitant to close After Effects. My primary concern is finding a way to resolve this error promptly to facilitate necessary fixes. Any assistance in resolving this matter would be greatly appreciated.Version: 2020Platform: PC