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Hi everyone,I’m trying to recreate a logo animation where the stroke ends with a diagonal similar to a chamfered edge.I’m currently using a Shape Layer with Stroke, Trim Paths, Taper to Start and End WidthI can make the stroke end “pointy”, but the cut is always perpendicular to the path. What I’m looking for is a true diagonal end on the stroke itself, not a symmetrical taper.I’ve already tried editing the path points taper settings Line caps / joins (butt, miter, round and multiple Trim PathsI want to be sure I’m not missing something obvious.Thanks in advance.

After Effects CC 2026 – Cached Frames Do Not Play BackI’m experiencing an issue in After Effects CC 2026 (v26.0) where cached frames do not play back, even though caching itself appears to work correctly.I confirmed that the same project plays cached frames normally in After Effects v25.6.What’s happening:Frames can be cached via numpad preview or UI controlsDisk cache is clearly working (green cache bar fills correctly in the timeline)However, once caching finishes and I attempt to play the preview, playback does not occur properlyCached frames simply do not play back as expectedWhat I’ve tried so far:Updating GPU driversLaunching After Effects in Safe ModeChanging audio hardware settingsDisabling Disk CacheSwitching renderers:Default rendererAdvanced 3D renderer→ Same issue occurs in all casesDespite all of this, playback still fails in AE 2026, while everything works correctly in AE 25.6 on the same system.Has anyone encountered a similar issue in AE 2026, or is this a known bug/reg

Hey Everyone, I would be enormously appreciative and grateful, if someone who is knowledgeable in After Effects could explain to me how to recreate this really nice particle shimmer effect. Hopefully, there is a method to accomplish this only using the built-in plugins and effects presets. If there is a third-party plugin that I can purchase to achieve an effect that looks nearly identical to the 5 examples I will provide below, please let me know! Thank you so much, and many blessings to all of you! https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-18261589-elegant-silver-abstract-snowflakes-christmas-animated-grey https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-18229975-elegant-silver-abstract-snowflakes-animated-grey-background https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-18229972-elegant-silver-abstract-snowflakes-christmas-animated-grey https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-1008201244-elegant-gold-background-abstract-snowflakes-christmas-animated https://www.shutterstock.

Hi everyone,I need to install Adobe After Effects version 24.6, but it’s no longer visible in Creative Cloud under “Other versions”.I have an active Creative Cloud subscription.This specific version is required for compatibility with existing projects and third-party plugins.Is there any official way to get access to AE 24.6?Maybe via support, direct installer, or account enablement?Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

AE 25.6.4 appeared about a week ago and the What’s New and Fixed Issues pages both still refer to v25.6.0 and have last updated dates of November 13th. I see Premiere and Media Encoder are in the same boat with outdated help articles, which makes me think it’s some minor shared library or security update for all 3, but some solid information—even if minor—would be appreciated. Eager to see when the 2026 releases will be out of beta, too 🙂

I have a MacBook M3 Pro, and I am still receiving this message when importing AEP files. When I open the file, I also encounter this type of message. I am experiencing the same issue with PNG and MOV files. To be honest, I find it very disrespectful that Adobe does not provide a manual crash report option or an error report generator to better understand what is going wrong. 

The advanced 3D description and AE support page both say that advanced 3D now casts shadows from spot and parallel lights, but the option is greyed out. Is this a bug in the current main release, showing information from the beta that isn't actually supported yet?  And yes it is checked on in this example but only because I had it turned on when testing environment lights. If I turn it off on environment it turns off in the greyed out spot light as well. See working environment shadows vs no spot light shadows for proof: 

I'm displaying a popdown menu in a custom input dialog and I'm getting an odd pink square next to some list items. The two boxed items are consistant from shut down to start up. Even if new items are added to the list (via the Shot.csv spreadsheet. see below), these two CAB and DAB have the issue.  Since this is part of a very complicated dialog, I've included is the entire function for this dialog as context. There does not appear to be anything in the .csv that would cause an issue. In input/insight you can lend would be appreciated. Mike  P.S. Have you ever thought about executing the request (long ago) for setting a window layout preference so we don't have to change the layout everytime we launch the extension? It'd be soooooo great!

Hey everyone. I am having a real hard time just pasting a simple path from illustrator to after effects in order to use the trim paths tool on it. no matter what method i use to paste it in I cant get it to be an editable path that lets me adjust stroke and color, and lets me aply effects like trim paths to it.  I wish when I import the AI file it would stop converting my stroked objects to shapes. Is there a way to stop it from doing this? I dont understand why adobe has done everything it can to mask this task as difficult as humanly possible but here we are.  What AM I doing incorrectly? Please Help!

Ever since after effects (and premiere?) added the "smarter" colour management systems a while back, i am constantly running into trouble and its hindering my workflow a lot.for example: I'll be editing in premiere, sending a clip to AE using dynamic link. once in AE, it looks different. or, when im done in after effects and render&replace in Pr, and it'll look different.now, i know there are benefits and logical explenations for why this happens, but for me it's just always worked without a problem, and now it doesnt. Now i have to put in a lot of extra work and change settings in multiple programs.my current solution is that every time i send anything over to AE, i have to first click the color management settings for the comp and turn off "use display color management". then, i have to right click all the media i've imported, go to interpret footage>click on main>navigate to the second tab and check preserve RGB>repeat for all files (and remember to do it with any new f

When trying to open After Effects, today suddenly it doesn't open at all.. It comes with this error message:     And then, after clicking OK it comes with this:     and shurs down.

I'm trying to animate my logo in After Effects and the logo keeps turning into white or gray blocks after adding it to my composition and clicking the 'Create Shapes from Vector Layers' button.   I've been told that the file needs to be a vector file so I've taken my elements from Photoshop to Illustrator and I can see all of my elements within my Illustrator project. I've saved my Illustrator project as a .AI file and that's what I'm importing to my After Effects project. Is there something that I'm not doing or doing wrong in After Effects or Illustrator?   [Moved from the Using the Community forum by moderator]

I just got out of a wrestling match with an AE Plugin trying to get my mask to work "after" my plugin. I'm leaving my findings here A) In case it helps and B) In case someone has a better way of doing this.Say thanks to Claude Code for this --># After Effects Mask Handling for SmartFX Plugins This document explains how to properly handle masks that are applied AFTER a SmartFX plugin renders. When a user draws a mask on a layer with an effect, After Effects crops the output buffer to optimize rendering. This creates coordinate system challenges that must be handled correctly. ## The Problem When a mask is applied to a layer with an effect: 1. After Effects crops the output buffer to the bounding box of the mask 2. The effect must render to this cropped buffer 3. The mask alpha must be applied at the correct position within the cropped buffer 4. **The rendered content must appear in the correct location** - not stretched or offset Without proper handling, two bugs occur: - **Conte

I am opening this new thread because I am currently facing a "Double Bug" situation:Critical Software Bug: After Effects 2025 (and previous versions) consistently crashes when using the "Advanced 3D" renderer.Community System Bug: I am unable to reply to my previous thread or send/receive private messages. Although the system shows messages as "sent," they are not appearing, and I have now reached a PM limit.I am posting this detailed report here in hopes of reaching the technical team or finding a solution. I have already spent significant time performing exhaustive troubleshooting with an AI thought partner. Below is the full log.[Section 1: Answers to Initial Staff Questions]To clarify the scope of the problem:Is this happening with all projects?Yes. It occurs in ALL projects, including completely new, empty projects.Is it all the 3D model files?Yes. It happens with ALL 3D model files (.glb, .gltf, .obj, etc.). Furthermore, it crashes even without any 3D models, simply by enabling t

Hi, I know some variations of this question have been asked before, but I couldn't find a satisfactory answer on here or am still confused. I am having a problem with colors in After Effects, mainly when looking at the preview inside the program vs the render preview in AME vs the QuickTime viewer on my computer vs whatever viewer engine is displaying colors on my iPhone. I am exporting for social media content. When I "interpret footage" in AE, I see it is Rec 709 color space. This is a fresh install of AE and AME, so I haven't adjusted any of the color project settings, preferences, etc. I am applying NeatVideo, CC Vignette, and Lumetri Color effects to the footage. When I export the footage, it looks significantly different in the AME preview and QuickTime which I have found to be a common issue with the player itself. On my iPhone, it looks more similar to what I see in the AE preview but a little less saturated and bright. It's not nearly as bad as QuickTime, though. In

Hello everyone, After a long search online and contacting the plugin developer, I'm turning to you because I'm pretty sure it's an Adobe problem (or can only be solved in After Effects), and I'm also quite certain it's related to the MediaCore interface. When I install the plugin and run After Effects CS6, I get the error message shown in the screenshot.  I've tried everything, but nothing has worked. I installed the trial version for testing purposes, so I could try everything without worry. That's why I then let the Adobe App Manager CS6 automatically update to Adobe Cloud CC, which, as you know, renders the CS6 App Manager unusable "without asking." The result is that not only does the App Manager update from CS6 to CC, but presumably parts of the MediaCore interface do as well? This question is for experts who may have noticed this behavior before. Because after the App Manager update, the plugin suddenly works perfectly. My question is whether there's a way to back up the updated

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Hi everyone, We're excited to announce a new Adobe Community experience is coming this January. A little bit about the update:The new experience will be simpler to navigate, make it easier to connect with other creatives and Adobe experts, and will give you clearer ways to share feature ideas, enhancement requests, and bug reports—with greater visibility into their status with our product teams. In the meantime: Adobe Community will remain active. Keep using it as usual—there will be no interruption in access. In fact, you’ll notice even more Adobe Experts on deck to provide faster responses before, during, and after the update. No existing content will be lost in the update. Every single post, reply, solution, feature request, and bug report you’ve made will be transferred to the new experience. You won't need to recreate anything. Existing content will reappear in two phases. When we launch the new community, all posts created on or before November 16 will be there from day one. Aft

desde ya varias versiones atras la importación por capas de archivos illustrator que no va bien , apacian las capas duplicadas una con el elemneto y otra vacía, ahora en la nueva version se corrigió pero la posicion de las capas no es la correcta, ojalá que puedan solucionar pronto ese problema ya que es muy importante a la hora de animar elementos que se precomponen en illustrator.

i changed the fps but the loading screen is still blinking , can someone help

I've added photos to all of the Modify Your Pictures Here placeholders by selecting Set Proxy.  I play the movie and they're all there.  I add the composition to the Render Queue and it makes a generic placeholder movie.  Am I using the "Set Proxy" wrong?  Please help!

Making an Iphone unlock animation for my school project and I used Adobe Illustrator to make each of the assets. Each of the assets are on separated layers so that it would be easier to animate in After EffectsWhen I imported the Illustrator files into After Effects, each of the layers don't have transparent background but instead have a white background. Thus the other assets cannot be seen because of the white background blocking them.When I was importing the Illustrator files I chose Import Kind: Composition and Footage Dimensions: Document Size. My Illustrator files are also PDF compatible. So I don't know what I'm doing wrong when importing the Illustrator file. I don't know how to describe this problem well, I hope that my photos can explain it more clearly for youIphone Camera lockscreen icon layerIphone Screen camera layerIphone body layerIphone lockscreen clock layerIphone notification layerIphone Torch lockscreen icon layer

How can I open them today and convert for Ae2025? I don't have any old Ae installed Here are some testfiles:https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/05e4bdb6-8d62-4287-be45-df5d4717bd61

i created an Audio Spectrum layer for Side A and it looks fine. then i duplicated that same layer, adjusted it for Side B, and noticed that the Side B spectrum is compositing on top of the first one. in the overlap area it darkens / ruins the Side A spectrum, as if the second layer is “covering” the first, even though Deep Glow is set to Screen.could you explain why this happens and what the correct workflow is so that two Audio Spectrum + Deep Glow layers don’t affect each other when they overlap?i already tried doing it via pre-comp and via Set Matte, but it didn’t fix the issue.