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May 27, 2021
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Can't copy paste text from other apps into After Effects

  • May 27, 2021
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I can't copy paste text from other apps into After Effects tekst layer. Not from InDesign or Pages or any other app. 

Correct answer Rameez_Khan

UPDATE: This issue has been fixed in After Effects 18.4.1.

 

Thanks,

Rameez

51 replies

ShahrozSiddiqi
New Participant
August 9, 2021

Having a issue like this on my M1 MacBook 😞 it kills time and workflow

Participating Frequently
August 4, 2021

Thank you for wokring quickly on the fix, lookng forward to the new update. 

New Participant
July 30, 2021

I'm still having this issue in AE 18.4.0 on a macbook pro 10.15.7. AE won't allow you to paste in any text from other apps only other text within AE. 

Participating Frequently
July 28, 2021

Same problem.....every time something goes broken when adobes decides to update their software REALLY ANNOYING ! guess i'll just stop the auto update functions in the creative cloud until Adobe fixes their worklflow

nilsj65095933
Inspiring
July 28, 2021

Have to copy paste a path from Illustrator to a solid in After Effects. Not possible at the moment. Unfortunately I need that path in order to complete my work. Ist there a different way to import a path?

CottageCheesley
New Participant
July 28, 2021

how is this even an issue? between this and photoshop completely glithcing out anytime i try to use 3D, i've about had it with adobe's latest update. stopping "fixing" things that aren't broken just to break more stuff. 

nilsj65095933
Inspiring
July 28, 2021

The workaround works. But I really wonder how such an issue can occur from one day to the other without having done any update.

Community Manager
July 27, 2021

UPDATE:

The AE team has identified how this is happening and are moving quickly to fix the issue.

 

If you launch AE by double clicking on an AE Project, or by right clicking on the Project file and open it with AE, pasting from the clipboard will be disabled.

 

For now, the workaround is stimply to launch AE FIRST and then proceed to open whichever AE project you want to work with. Paste will then work correctly. 

 

Thank you all for your help here, and apologies for how long it took us to figure out this (very obvious and simple) thing.

Participating Frequently
July 28, 2021

I just downloaded AE Beta 22 and I am able to copy/paste in there. Have not tried the work around yet in 18.4.

jp0r0
New Participant
July 27, 2021

Having the same issue. 
PC - AE 18.4.0 (41)

New Participant
July 27, 2021

Same problem here. Updated to 18.4.0 (41), can't copy/paste from different apps. Windows 10 User.