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Version 24.5x4 of After Effects Beta introduces access to depth map data and 3D Channel effects for Advanced 3D scenes. You can use depth maps to create more realistic composites by simulating real-world camera settings for 3D renders, or to apply effects to a portion of a 3D scene based on its depth.   “Rampaging T-Rex” by Naelwow, CC Attribution   Getting Started To get depth data from Advanced 3D, you first need to precompose your 3D scene. This is the same workflow used to reference depth data from the Classic 3D and Cinema 4D renderers. 3D Channel effects applied to the precomp layer can access the depth information.   There are two ways to use this depth data: create a depth map via the 3D Channel Extract effect or apply one of the 3D Channel effects that can reference depth data directly.   3D Channel Extract will generate a grayscale depth map. Parts of the scene that are closer to the camera are brighter, further away elements are darker. This map c

Hi, I've been testing the Blender glTF (glb) to After Effects workflow and there is a mismatch and incorrect conversion between the glTF exported file and the Blender rendered scene. (See video)With the glTF export the 50mm camera is created in After Effects with a 48.5268mm focal length that visually doesn't match the render. If this is manually changed to 50mm it matches the perspective correctly.Also the timing of the animation is wrong and there seems to be no way to alter or interpret it except by changing the Time remapping / speed which still doesn't work in my tests.https://youtu.be/vBsaSgYbqec   

All versions of the new AE are unable to deal with longer sequences of EXRs (DWAB). Tested on 22.1.1 beta too and still broken. Fails on all of our teams Windows 10 machines (20H2) 64Gb memory. Very disapointed as this is the format used by most 3D artists doing serious colour work and post. Oddly the same AE file brought into premiere to render to Proress4444 handles it just fine. Using this inside AE is impossible as it fills the RAM in the backround till the machine struggles to function. It ignores the memory prefs, dropping to half (32Gb for remaining OS) it still uses 99% memory and falls over. EXR files created in C4D with alpha. Can supply link to test project if you wish. Please fix this issue as it has caused many days of problems in our company. We have resorted back to older AE to render the job but this is poor.

We will update our system requirements with the next major release of our video applications. This includes the 24.0 versions of After Effects, Audition, Character Animator, Media Encoder, and Premiere Pro.   This change goes into effect with today’s Beta build, 24.0x37.   We update our system requirements each year, which allows After Effects to take full advantage of these platforms and helps ensure optimal performance for you.   Minimum OS Requirements To run After Effects Beta version 24.0x37 and above, Mac users need to be on macOS Monterey (version 12) or later. Windows users need to be on Windows 10 (64-bit) v22H2 or Windows 11.   We recommend running our applications on the latest operating systems: macOS Ventura (version 13)  Windows 10 (64-bit) v22H2 or Windows 11 V22H2   Please note that support for macOS Big Sur (version 11) is discontinued. It will not be possible to install the 24.0 versions of our video applications on

I want to download After Effects 24.0 beta without creative cloud . Because when I download it with creative cloud, it gives me that I cannot download it because my cpu doesn't support AVX2, So I want to try to download it and may it ignore this issue, I want to download it because I want to use Rotobrush 3.0, Can anyone help me?

The defined panel size in custom workspaces are not saved.  Some times it worked !!!! I do not succed to define the conditions to get it saved !!! At AE load the default MINIMUM panel size is used, not the size defined at workspace update or creation. Could you please save the defined panel size as in all other Adobe apps !!!!Many thanks

Can't I use any other layer like a comp or mov or solid or shape layer as the source for envirement light? Right now it only supports .hdr layer.

Hello folks! I'm using the After Effects Beta 24.4.0 Build 40, and it's very stable to me. But like a week ago, some files that usually would open normally double clicking them, now isn't working properly.  Some files stuck loading (98%, 99%) and freezes my after effects. Different files, from different projects. And I've noticed that the same problem happen in the normal after effects version. I can open using the CMD + O option to search and open the file or trying to rename it. But I think something is going on to cause this stuff (IDK).  Thank you! 

Hey! Congratulations on Multi-Frame rendering! This is wonderful.I've been trying to use it with a project file I've been recently working on and rendering is stuck at 0%.Disabling the feature renders just fine. Trying to render a new project with some shape layers worked fine.I can share the project file in private if needed. Thanks so much for your hard work!  

We are very pleased to announce that a version of After Effects which runs natively on Apple silicon is now available for beta testing. Starting today in build 22.1.1.9, After Effects (Beta) will run natively on Macs that use the Apple M1 family of processors. You are invited to test it out and please let us know if anything isn't working as you expect. Please also try it out together with the latest Betas of Premiere Pro and Media Encoder. We are looking forward to hearing your feedback!     This first version of After Effects (Beta) for Apple silicon contains all the core functionality of the app, including nearly all native effects, all layer types, Roto Brush 2, Draft 3D, and, of course, Multi-Frame Rendering. After Effects has greatly benefited from the work done to bring Premiere Pro to Apple silicon, which included our team porting AE's render pipeline to support Motion Graphics Templates. Since After Effects and Premiere Pro share components for many media formats, y

A   message was put up saying this problem was fixed in the nlatest release, but I just ran it   and it suddenly  upped  and forced me to save my  work before it closed down all by itself. So, not fixed I am afraid.  I havve  just downloaded the current beta to see if that misbehaves in a similar way ?

Even when you save a copy you can't quit AE Beta. 

Pretty simple one this - it would save a lot of time when exporting, as well as reduce the chances of mis-named files, at least in my workflow. I'd suggest adding a checkbox to the MOGRT export dialog with the option of 'MOGRT name from Comp Name' or similar. The benefits would be to simplify the export process, as it's easy to forget to update the comp name in a second place (the Essential Graphics panel as well as the actual Comp name). Version control is really important for some of the projects I work on, so having the output file reflect the Comp name is a high priority for me. Also, if any of the AEP to MOGRT script functionality could be added that would be super-useful (highest on the list would be export multiple MOGRTs at once - this would be especially useful when working on brand toolkits).

While Ilustrator and Photoshop betas are there, AE is missing under "Pre-release" and under "Apps" tabs. Any suggestions how to find it?OS Win, there are AE23 and AE24 installed at the system.Thanks!

glb models in my composition view appears black/invisible Steps to reproduce:  Drag glb file from the file explorer into After Effects 'Project' window Drag glb file from the Project tab to 'Create a new composition' button at the bottom of the 'Project' window 'Model Settings' window pops up: click 'OK'     Result: 3D model appears invisible in composition view    Expected: Visible 3D model in composition view  This happens with all glb files. They work fine in other programs. System info    Application: After Effects (Beta) v24.0.0.40    OS: Windows v10.0.19045, RAM: 13,93 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 8

I notice that all the match names for the renderers seem to have changed in the latest build (not sure exactly which build, but recently). Is that intentional? If so, it's really bad news for some of us that have products in the field that depend on the previoius names. Will there be some warning before this change goes into a general release?

With beta build 24.4/6 (available today) there are some changes to the way fonts are handled when they go missing which we want you to be aware - just in case any of you come across some weird behavior we should know about.   Fonts are troublesome, as you all know, and I continually get surprised by the range of behavior they manifest and consequently the code has to be prepared to deal with.   The high level summary is that since last year we have been observing crashes involving Projects being opened which contained references to missing Variable fonts. The crash seemed to be occurring after they were synced from Adobe Fonts and After Effects goes to update the missing font references with the newly installed font.   (This is one of those huge benefits we (and you) derive from customers' submitted crash reports - we see things go wrong in ways on your systems that we were not seeing on our own test environments. Once we see enough crash reports, we can know where

As  the years pass, I notice that my eyesight is degrading, and now, I am finding it really difficult to read the text on the screens of many items in Adobe Apps such as After Effects (in particular right now). I hate to admit that I have even had to resort to loading the Windows Magnifier wioth AE, and then needing to use it to increase the font size by 20% at least so I can read the various options that change all the time could remain at the default size, such as items that do not change, eg :  menu style options in the various panes, which remain the same most of the time,  whereas the content of panels such as the Right hand "Information  panel" where we are  looking for different items all the time, it would be INVALUABLE to be able to have a larger font set here. so I can find a specific effect or whatever  The same applies to the sundry items entries in the left pane of the timeline, including all  the "blue colored" settings,andthe

When a panel is temporarily maximised with the tilde key '~' it unmaximises as soon as you switch tools (except for Selection, Hand, Zoom oddly). For example maximise then switch from the selection tool to the pen tool to modify a path. It's quite minor, but one of those annoying "I wish it didn't do that" things.

Hi all! Excited to let you know today that Label Color Menu Swatches are now available in After Effects 24.3.0.041. You can now more easily identify the color you'd like to set your project items, keyframes, layers, or composition marker labels so that you can stay in your creative flow.     For Keyframe Color Labels, simply right-click the keyframe and select "Label": you'll be shown color options both as text and a swatch in the menu.     Layer Labels can be changed by clicking the layer's label color. The swatches will be displayed automatically next to the color names.     Similarly, Project Item Label colors can be changed by clicking the label color in the Project panel.     To change your Marker Labels, right-click the marker and select "Settings". Click the "Label" dropdown to see the swatches next to color names.     Let us know how these work for you!

Hi,I am working with AE Beta 24.3. I have tried inporting a obj and a gltf file.They come in but when i put them into my timeline they are not viasable. I get a 3d rectangle with all controls but model itself isn't there? I have tried Classic 3D and Cinema 4D render. I have also tried changing from Mecury to Mecury GPU. When importing i am hitting 'make comp size' but i have tried no doing this as well. I can not work out what i am doing wrong and why these models are not appearing. I even dowloaded one from Adobe to make sure it wasn't anything within the models themselves. Thank you for your help, it is very much appreactied. I tried Adobe chat but they said they could not help with Beta versions.The screen shot attached shows what i am seeing.Thank you 

Introduction: After Effects introduced a native ACES workflow in our 23.2 release (details here).   Since then, we have received feedback and users’ requests for having support for baking in display view transform, available for display path under composition/footage view, for export path. Further, there are requests for assigning display view transform as input color space to an imported media.   To cater to these requests, we have included the following in the Beta build.   Introduced OCIO Display Transform as an effect under the Color Correction category. Added display view transform in the color space list at import in Interpret Footage. Added display view transform in the color space list at export in Output Module Settings. OCIO Display Transform effect: The After Effects Beta build now includes one more effect based on the OpenColorIO library under Color Correction category. The purpose of this effect is to apply the display view transform or its inverse to a co

It’s a big day for Beta. In today’s Beta build (23.1.0 build 44), you are getting not just one, but two new features to take out for a test drive. Introducing native OCIO/ACES support in After Effects!    I’ve attached documentation for a deep dive into the feature, including a Quick Start guide which is copied below.     We would love to hear your feedback, including what you think of the workflow, and whether you get the results you expect.      As always, thank you so much for participating!      Quick start    File > Project Settings   a. Create an After Effects project and select Color Engine as OCIO color managed.  b. Select the appropriate OCIO configuration file.    i. We are shipping the ACES configuration ACES 1.0.3 with the application bundle.      ii. NOTE on ACES 1.3 Configurations In addition to the default ACES 1.0.3 configuration, there are now two

Hello everyone, We’re very happy to announce that starting in today’s build (24.0x14), we have added 42 new scripting hooks for text and font manipulation. Our goal with these new hooks is to match in scripting what is available in the UI.   In addition to extending the TextDocument object, we’ve also added two brand-new objects: Fonts Object: The Fonts object provides information about the current font environment on your device. It will allow you to retrieve all the available fonts and iterate them. Font Object: The Font object provides information about a specific font and the font technology used, helping disambiguate when multiple fonts sharing the same Postscript name are installed on the system.   You can see the full list right here, along with documentation for the new hooks and objects: https://ae-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/introduction/changelog.html. Remember, these scripting hooks are currently in Beta and are subject to change.   We’ve also

Hello,I am having issues exporting a file with many animated glb-files in it. The objects are flickering and we just can't fix it. Can anyone help? Thanks!