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Hi there,Here's a very annoying issue I'm experiencing... After Effects freezes randomly when working on compositions containing video assets. Freeze starts with composition playback or scrubbing, then affects the whole UI, so I have to force exit the app. Composition settings : 1920 x 1080 25 fps.Footage : H264 or Apple ProRes (422 or 4444). After Effects version 25.1.0MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1Mac Studio 2023 - Apple M2 Max - 32 GB RAM - 512 GB SSD Thanks for your support, best regards,Julien

The geometry options - Extrusion Depth option not available on my after effects after switching to Cinema 4D. Curvature and Segments are listed but not extrusion depth.

I downloaded some presets that won't show up in my presets folder once I open After Effects. I'm assuming it's because I have the 2017 version and the presets were made in AE2018. Is there a way to get around this problem and get the presets to show up in my AE2017?

Hello,I am using After Effects latest version on macOS.AE version: 25.5.0 (Build 4)I’ve encountered the following issue:When I set in/out points for my composition and then use Composition > Trim Comp to Work Area, followed by Add to Render Queue, the undo history completely disappears. After that, I am no longer able to undo any of my previous actions, including the trim and render queue steps.This makes it impossible to revert changes or recover my previous project state.Could you please look into this issue?Thank you.

I'm using a 3D .glb and I need the Advanced 3D renderer but when I use any light, my scene is too dark. When I switch to the Classic or Cinema 4D, everything isn't too dark. Is there any settings I should fix? Many thanks.

Hello, late last week I updated After Effects to version 24 and immediately started acting up. When importing an .aep into a working project, it gives the error "An Internal Asset Numbering Conflict has ocurred", at first it seems harmless but then you realize it messed some comps badly, comps that weren't even open. It shifts layers to the [0,0] origin of the comp which requires manually putting them in the correct place. I thought maybe AE conflicted when importing projects that have assets, solids and nulls with the same names so I went and renamed all solids and nulls in that project I needed to import but it didn't solve the problem. Again it messed up my comps exactly as before.  Some other error messages I'm getting are "Strange situation 26::82" and "invalid text layer" - or something in that regard -.  I need to get this fixed soon, I can't work like this. I'm losing work done since I can't import it in main project. I downgraded my project and opened in AE 23 b

I'm using a template and when I add the picture where it needs to be, it will not let me resize it. I've made use i have it selected in the composition, pressed s for scaling and nothing has worked. Any help? 

Hi everyone,I’ve been experimenting with some projects where I want to animate numbers on screen so they count up dynamically, almost like a calculator in motion. For example, I’ve been building tools like this: https://ipptcalculators.com/, where values update instantly based on user input, and I’d love to recreate a similar feel visually inside After Effects.I’ve tried a couple of approaches, like expressions with time * value and using text layers. But they don’t always give me the smooth, professional look I’m aiming for.Does anyone here have tips or best practices for animating numbers that update realistically like in a fitness tracker, scoreboard, or calculator demo?Would you recommend expressions, plugins, or even exporting data from a spreadsheet / JSON?Thanks in advance 

Since the update when I hold the option key on any tool I no longer get the alternate function (i.e. zoom out on the zoom tool, open select on pen tool) but a camera tool. This is infuriating and I can't see where to change it back in preferences or keybaord shortcuts, can anyone help?

Buongiorno, ogni volta che apro after effects appare questo errore "after effects errore impossibile analizzare la forma maschera negli appunti". Succede anche quando apro le preferenze, e altre volte mentre sto lavorando.Qualcuno potrebbe aiutarmi? Non so come fare. Grazie

Bonjour à tous.J'ai créé un MOGRT avec After Effects où j'ai deux compositions. J'ai créé un checkbox pour choisir laquelle des 2 activer. Mais une fois dans Premiere Pro, impossible d'activer ou de désactiver. Seule la première composition s'affiche masquant l'autre si je voulais activer l'autre.Comme je suis débutant avec les MOGRT, voici ce que j'ai fait : 1. ajouter de l'effet checkbox control sur chaque composition2. lien de l'opacité (effect("Checkbox Control")("Checkbox")*100) avec "checkbox" sur chaque composition3. Ajout dans Essential Graphics de l'effet "Checkbox" (On/Off).4. ExportEst-ce que j'ai loupé un truc ?Merci encore de votre aide.CordialementManu 

I am new to after effect, I know absolutely nothing about this app. I am currently trying to make a Minecraft pvp montage and the footage is somehow slowed, I have no idea why and I thought it was because rendering, it's been 3 hours since it's rendering. Maybe someone in the community can help me please?

Hey everyone,I just got a brand new high-performance PC, but I’m having serious issues running After Effects. The app freezes as soon as I try to play back a composition — the playhead doesn’t move, and I eventually have to force quit. My setupProcessor: Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX (24 cores, up to 5.4 GHz, 36MB cache)RAM: 32GB PCS PRO SODIMM DDR5 4800 MHz (2 x 16GB)GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 5070Ti – 12GB GDDR7 (DirectX 12.2)Storage: 2x 1TB PCS SSD PCIe M.2 (3500 MB/s read, 3200 MB/s write)PC: Windows 11After Effects version: Latest (Creative Cloud) What’s happening:I can launch After Effects, create new compositions, add text, layers, effects — no problem there.But when I try to preview or play the animation, the timeline/playhead doesn’t move at all.The program then becomes unresponsive and I have to force quit it.No error message, just a freeze. What I’ve tried:Restarting the computerReinstalling After EffectsUpdating GPU drivers (NVIDIA)Disabling hardware acceleration

No idea why this is happening but layer order is not being respected in a simple precomp with basic vector shapes, compare inside precomp image to precomp in other comp: Was working 100% fine on one machine, jumped over to different Windows 10 machine with same version and getting this behavior. There is also a track matte pick whipped to revealing the light blue layer along x-axis but no 3D switches are enabled that would usually do this incorrect perspective error. All just flat 2D and not being displayed correctly outside a comp on one machin for some reason.

The grey section next to the cursor and those little ][ symbols - can we hide that? It just gets in the way for me and adds nothing  

At some point an AE version stopped the ability for an apple mouse to pan via scroll, but zoom via scroll+option. I am aware in preferences you can change this in v25.3, but this only adjusts for via a pan OR zoom on the apple mouse, so this is no good. I'm hoping Adobe will allow at some point a legacy option for this in some update, but until then- does anyone one know the latest version of AE where the mouse scroll+option for zoom was still an option? I installed a 24.1 but it didnt seem to work.

I'm not trying to bag on the Flowchart view comp window, but I've been using AE for years, and I don't use it. Can anyone share where it really added value for the project?

I'm trying to figure out how to apply an effect (time displacement) to my clip based on the brightness of the clip. In areas where the image is bright, the effect should be fully at work. In areas where the image is dark the effect shouldn't be applied. Could anyone help me with a process to do this? 

Anyone know how to create this text skew effect. If I animate and use skew it does using the top of the text but the bottom stays in the same spot. Thanks

I keep facing the problem, that After Effects as well as Premiere are crashing on startup. This is only happening on the newest version of 25.x, when I install an old version like 23.x, this problem wont occure.I've tried following potential solutions I've found in the www, unfortunately without success:- updating nvidia drivers- removing plug-ins from C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore- resetting/removing preferences- uninstalling and reinstalling That's my rig:- Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4- GTX 1080 Ti- 32GB RAM- Windows 10 Version 22H2 Anyone got any recomondations how to solve this problem?Appreciate your help!  

Buongiorno a tutti, mi si presenta il seguente problema nell'utilizzare After effects aggiornato all'ultima versione: Praticamente il mouse si muove al rallentatore e se ne va per i fatti suoi, cosa che non succede in nessun altro programma. Lavoro benisimo in Premiere Pro, in Photoshop.... Come mai mi succede questo solo in After Effects?

I got this when I tried to update the latest AF.  This happends randomly on any update from Adobe.  I have to reinstall the cloud app to fix it. 

I am getting completely ignored when it comes to buffer expansion via SmartFX and I do not know why. Here is what I learned until now: - Both rects must be set to the expanded rect- Account for buffer expansion in SmartRender Here is the issue I currently have (expanding the buffer 200 pixels in each direction): The buffer only expands in the top-left part and it looks smth like this: It should clearly look something like this instead: Now, absolutely no one wants to help, I don't have the slighest idea why this happens. The buffer expands in the top-left direction but it shrinks in the bottom-left direction. It does not make any sense. Here is my current code (btw if you set both rects to the expanded rect, PF_RenderOutputFlag_RETURNS_EXTRA_PIXELS is not needed: static PF_Err PreRender( PF_InData* in_data, PF_OutData* out_data, PF_PreRenderExtra* extra) { PF_Err err = PF_Err_NONE; PF_RenderRequest req = extra->input->output_request; PF_Checkou

I've noticed only recently that whenever I opened After Effects, I'd consistently get a pop-up that warns me about my disk cache being almost full, and like normal I purge all memory and disk cache like everyone else would. But although it would say 0KB after doing so, if I close the application and open it up again, the pop-up comes back without issue, and when I try to clear it, it would say (insert number) GB once again even after I cleared it.  If someone can give me some advice, please let me know! I'd greatly appreciate it.I'm using After Effects 2023 on an i7 2022.     

I've got a 32 core threadripper with 256gb ram 10gb graphics cardrunning after effects beta, just installed.Have it set to multiprocessor render.while rendering, either on render cue or media encoder:Max cpu use around 45% but consistently around 18%RAM usage around 30 - 50%GPU usage around 1-2%On my smaller machine - 6 core, 64gb ram, I was hitting close to 100 percent CPU usage.I'm exporting PNG sequences from After Effects, tried quicktime and not much difference.Any ideas of how to get all 32 cores working?