After Effects

I am trying to install plugins in AE but they crash. The plugin company (red giant) says its because adobe apps are not registering in the MacOS system in the System Information app under applications. I keep running deep clean to erase all adobe things from my system and reinstall the apps. Still won’t register. What to do? AI is no help on this one.

Hi, I animate motion graphics in AE, based on imported Illustrator files. I’m trying to figure out why some of my comps are rendering with very low CPU usage while others peak to 90%. What is strange it looks like more complex comps are rendered super slow (5% CPU usage) while others that has much less layers and effects can use much more. But still even through those lite comps the CPU can jump from 5% to 90% for no reason - meaning nothing really changes in the comp exept some layer movements… how can it be?I render into PNG sequences inside AE.Sometimes I use BG Renderer MAX that forces AE to use as much CPU as possible, but this plugin often crashes or misses some PNG files so I’d rather use built in AE renderer. But it is inconceivable to me that 3rd party plugin can make use of the whole CPU, while native AE can’t :/

Hi everyone,I’m writing to bring attention to ongoing, severe performance issues in After Effects starting from the 2025 releases. As a paying Creative Cloud subscriber, the current state of the software has severely impacted my workflow and daily productivity. I cannot work anymore smoothly with the latest AE versions.The Key Issues: Memory & Resource Spikes: Rapid, unexplained RAM/disk usage leading to lag and full app freezes. Preview & Timeline Lag: Severe slowdowns during simple composition playback and UI interaction compared to previous versions (e.g., AE 2024). System Instability: Frequent crashes and memory leak behaviors even when standard troubleshooting steps are taken (purging media cache, resetting preferences, allocation adjustments). Sudden File Incompatibility (MP4 & MOV): Files that worked fine previously—especially standard .mp4 and .mov containers—are suddenly throwing errors, failing to import, or displaying as unsupported/corrupted media without

I'm running into a consistent crash in the latest version of After Effects whenever a composition requires the Advanced 3D renderer. The app immediately throws an error stating:"After Effects can't continue: Advanced 3D plug-in generated an unexpected exception."I am forced to switch back to Classic 3D, but I really need to use the Advanced 3D features. I've already installed Cinema 4D, but the issue persists.Here are my system and driver specs: GPU: NVIDIA T1200 Laptop GPU (4 GB VRAM) Driver Version: Release 595 (Conservative / Production-tested branch) Application: After Effects (Latest CC Version) I have tried many versions including 26&25

For many videos now I have had a black frame problem in After Effects. Random black frames appearing in the preview window and export. As well as random frames from a different part of the video, although that is less frequent.It seems like it would be a frame rate problem, but it still happens when frame rates are all matched. As I edit in Premiere and then export, which is then brought into After Effects. I also bring in separate videos in the an After Effects comp for B roll that will have the black frame problem, and the frame rate of those videos is not something I have control over. That is unless I exported a copy of the video from Premiere and changed the frame rate settings before export. This would be tedious to do, and there is no guarantee it would work.But if this problem does not happen in Premiere it seems like it is a problem that can be fixed in After Effects. Regardless it seems like something that should be possible to fix.Can Adobe fix this problem for future update

Hi,Just upgraded to 25.2.2 and I am having a strange issue with adding layers its like it randomly clips or switches color space from one frame to the next. Only started happening after upgrading AE and NVIDIA.The screenshots are from the same project just different frames, as you will see it also affects the scopes. Only effect used is 'Fast Box Blur'Switching to 'Software Only' fixes the issue

I've been working in each of the ACES OCIO configurations for about a year now, but there are a number of go to effects I usually need to use which unfortunately completely clip the highlights making them unuseable. Most of the effects I've seen with this issue so far are distortion effects but also some noise/grain effects too.On a current project I really need to warp areas of the plate but mesh warp, liquify and others cause this highlight clipping issue so there are no other effects I can go to for what I need. How can I resolve this or can Adobe please fix?This is before one of the effects is appliedand this is afterThis project is ACES 1.3 Studio v1.0 32 bit, but the issue happens in the other configurations too.

Bonjour, je suis encore au lycée, je ne gagne pas grand chose par mois. Mon abonnement prend les 3/4 de mon argent donc je ne peux plus faire grand chose. Ma question est si je peux supprimer mon abonnement que j'ai pris pour un ans sans faire exprès ou si ce n' est pas possible ?

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I'm having an issue with shadows when 3D objects are animated using Advanced 3D renderer and an Environment Light in After Effects. When the objects move, the shadow stutters/jumps instead of animating smoothly, even though all rendering settings in the Advanced 3D menu are set to maximum."

Issue - filling up ram, with a preview render, never releases that ram, causes the application to generally not work.  Steps to reproduce - I use a plugin, element 3d, and preview render a long comp, that fills the ram cache, then change the comp and try to work with it. AE refuses to render anything.  Expected result - AE clears up ram, prioritizes what it is supposed to be doing. Actual result -  preview is BLACK. AE does not render anything. eventually it will crash, as the app uses more and more ram. Screen recording – this is impossible, as AE sucks down all system resources Adobe After Effects version - Version 26.0.0 (build 67) Operating system - Mac os X Tahoe 26.2 GPU driver version (Windows only) - NA Video format -  Comparative information helps us understand more about when the issue occurs:  It seems to affect projects that use large amounts of ram, and possibly plugins.  yes  AE 2025, I discovered it in December of 2025. Optional but useful: other observations: Element

I sent a message in the chat and the respose I get was that I could get a older version if my question was posted here in the forum, can someone help me?

Buenas tardes, hace tiempo que utilizo after effects y no he tenido problemas hasta ahora.Resulta que en la previsualizacion, al colocar cualquier vídeo se ve una pantalla verde y se rompe todo. El vídeo esta bien, si yo lo veo en un reproductor no hay errores. Ni esa pantalla verde que aparece.No se a que se debe. Lo peor es que no solo se ve en la previsualizacion sino tambien al exportar en cualquier formato.Si alguien tiene una solución se lo agradezco.IMG:IN ENGLISH:HiI had this problem in After Effects. When i Import a video on proyect it's look like a green screen in random parts. But this screen appear not only in the previsualization. It appear when i export the proyect too!!I don't know what to do :c

IssueAfter Effects 26.3 repeatedly crashes during normal editing.The crashes are not limited to one project or one specific plugin.I have experienced crashes while using:• BMF Map Ramp• Linear Color Key• Gradient Overlay• Cinema 4D RendererThe crashes also occur during unrelated editing operations.Because the issue occurs across multiple unrelated plugins and features, it does not appear to be caused by one specific third-party plugin.--------------------------------------------------Internal ErrorSometimes After Effects displays the following message before closing:<RenderTaskManager> <1> Destructor:GetOriginalProject() is nullImmediately afterwards After Effects reports:After Effects has crashed (0,42)--------------------------------------------------Other Crash BehaviourIn many cases After Effects closes instantly without showing any Adobe crash dialog.Windows Event Viewer reports:Application:AfterFX.exeException Code:0xC0000005Sometimes Windows crash dumps are generated

Using AE 25.4.0 (Build 86)after pressing spacebar to play a comp, the play head will move about 5 frames then stops moving. Yet the clip still plays in the comp window. Pressing the spacebar again to stop the animation, the play head suddenly jumps to the point in the timeline where i pressed the spacebar to stop it. None of the properties in the effects control panel update in real time. In order to see the values of animated properties at any given frame, I have actually click into the properties panel, then it updates. The only assets in this comp is a text layer with a few glow effects.  I'm using Windows 11, Intel Core i9 (3.2GHz), 64 GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 5080

With GPU acceleration enabled ("Use Graphics Processor"), Photoshop's canvas displays images brighter than the actual pixel data. Confirmed by comparing the canvas to the layer thumbnail (which shows the correct, darker image) and to the same file opened in Preview.app and Camera Raw. Disabling GPU acceleration and restarting Photoshop fixes it — canvas then matches thumbnail/Preview.Steps to reproduce:Open a JPEG or ARW file (GPU acceleration on, default) Compare canvas to layer thumbnail — canvas is visibly brighter Photoshop > Settings > Performance > uncheck "Use Graphics Processor" > restart Reopen file — canvas now matches thumbnailExpected: canvas matches actual pixel data. Actual: GPU rendering over-brightens display only (underlying data is correct).Likely related to a broader shared GPU rendering issue — other users report the same artifact in Premiere Pro and After Effects. See related (closed) thread: community.adobe.com/topic/show?tid=1409325&fid=729