After Effects (Beta)

New in After Effects Beta 26.3x34: Modernized Effect Controls Panel  After Effects has a long and storied history, and a lot of today’s UX still sits on a legacy framework. That foundation has made it harder than we’d like to fix bugs, ship new ideas, and keep panels feeling fast. We have been reimagining what’s under the hood for the Effect Controls Panel to make the experience easier to evolve, more reliable, and genuinely better to use. With that in mind, we have been working to modernize the underlying framework of the Effect Controls Panel. We are essentially rebuilding it from the ground up. This is the first stage of a larger project to modernize the UX framework of After Effects.  What is changing? For now, the panel will look nearly identical to the existing version and retain all current behavior and functionality. However, this architectural shift allows us to deliver incremental improvements to the AE user experience moving forward. You may already notice a few subtle chang

I have a project which crashes AE every time I use the rotobrush, without exception. Steps to reproduce:Open the project I’ve previously created a rotobrush shot on (using v.4.0 of the Object Matte effect).Open the comp, double-click the layer.Click Freeze to unfreeze...or don’t - it makes no difference whether it’s frozen or not.Using either the Quick Selection Tool or Selection Brush Tool, draw a stroke - anywhere, it does not matter. Interestingly, the Object Matte tool does not crash AE, but it does not create the effect I want - it selects too much, so I need to use one of the brush tools. Result:AE crashes, with message:After Effects (Beta) error: crash occurred while invoking effect plug-in “Roto Brush & Refine Edge”. Expected:No crash. System info    Application: After Effects (Beta) v26.3.0.30    OS: Windows v10.0.26200, RAM: 127.91 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 32

On MacOS, After Effects Beta 25.5, After Effects 25.4, After Effects 25.3, 25.1 this issue seeems universal on my device. Downgrading to AE 24 or AE 25.0 seems to fix this problem.All settings are default. All plugins uninstalled. Shutter speed is 180 and -90. So this is not the issue at hand.No matter what I try, when in a composition, on any image file format (gif, jpeg, png, webp), after a keyframe is put down with motion blur, the motion blur persists and remains a constant. When clearing the cache, the issue goes away. The video renders without this motion blur error, so the error is unique to preview/cache.

We’re excited to introduce Object Matte in the latest After Effects Public Beta (26.2 build 27) — a major evolution of the Roto Brush workflow.Object Matte shifts rotoscoping from a brush-only workflow to a hybrid approach that combines single-click AI subject selection with precision refinement and intelligent propagation over time. Built on the same AI technology powering Premiere Pro’s Object Mask workflow, Object Matte delivers faster, more intuitive results with significantly less manual effort. What’s New in Object Matte?The Object Matte suite includes four core tools designed for speed, control, and flexibility.Object Selection Quickly isolate objects in your footage with one-click or marquee-based selection (rectangle or lasso). This tool leverages advanced segmentation logic for accurate propagation across frames, reducing manual effort for complex scenes. You can access Object Selection by clicking the icon highlighted in blue. You can select an object in your comp by clickin

For some reason, it only seems to work well on the very first frame. smooth edge and well defined nooks and crannies. I advance one frame and it becomes all blocky and loses all of the edges it just had, without anything moving in the frame.

I’ve just updated AE Beta to 26.3.0x16, and noticed that the highlighting of moused-over items in the main menus is so pale that it’s almost non-existent. Here, I’ve moused-over “Preview”, not that you can really tell: Here’s a nice, clear menu in Photoshop: What’s going on with AE’s menus? Interestingly, Illustrator suffers from the same rubbish pale-menu problem too: 

26.3.0 (Build 10)Instant crash when dropping any item onto the “Make a new folder” icon at the bottom of the Project window.

The object matte tool is not working in the latest version of After Effects Beta (on Mac OS 15.7.4 (24G517) with a late 2017 iMac Pro. I tried everything, but the option doesn’t show up. I double clicked the footage so I’m in the right footage window but even the icons do not appear. Is my system or OS too old maybe? 

1920x1080 Comp at 59.94fpsRendering to ProRes 4444 | 1080i 29.97Interlace rendering seems to not hold the proper time base. Comp is 59.94 and is output to 1080i 29.97, but the rendered animation is double the correct speed. Alpha seems to be intermittent there or not there.  Steps to reproduce:    1. ... Result: ...Expected: ... System info    Application: After Effects (Beta) v26.3.0.10    OS: macOS v15.5.0, RAM: 128.00 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 24

Hello Adobe After Effects Team,I would like to report a bug in After Effects where Slider Control values read from a null object cannot be used to scale the 'time' variable in Time Remap expressions when using the Legacy ExtendScript engine.---ENVIRONMENT- After Effects version: 26.3- OS: Mac- Expressions engine: Legacy ExtendScript---STEPS TO REPRODUCE1. Create a new composition2. Add a Null object, name it "Controller"3. Add a Slider Control effect to the null, name it "Speed"4. Set the Speed slider to 25. Add any footage layer to the comp6. Enable Time Remapping on the footage layer (right-click → Time → Enable Time Remapping)7. Apply the following expression to the Time Remap property:speed = thisComp.layer("Controller").effect("Speed")("Slider");time * speed8. Scrub the Speed slider between 1 and 10 and observe the Time Remap value in the timeline panel---EXPECTED BEHAVIORThe Time Remap value should scale proportionally with the Speed slider. Setting Speed to 2 should produce a Ti

Today we’re introducing three significant updates to our vector workflows in After Effects beta version 26.0x8:   You can now import SVG files as native AE shape layers. Logos, UI mockups, and other vector assets are ready to animate – no conversion required. Improved Illustrator Layer Conversion: Illustrator layers now retain gradient fills, gradient strokes, and transparency when converted to native shape layers. New Gradient Controls: We’ve added animatable Scale and Rotation properties for gradient fills and strokes, giving you more control over vector styling and animation.   SVG Import     Client sends you a dozen SVG logos to use in a project? What once required a tedious, multi-app process is now fast and easy: SVGs import as compositions of ready-to-use native shape layers, no conversion required. Gradient fills, strokes, and transparency are preserved and fully editable.   There are a few limitations of SVG import: Because SVGs import directly as

frame 0frame 25I animated a cube in Cinema4D using the morph tag. The exported GLB file works perfectly when opening it in windows 3d viewer.  In AE it’s possible to select the animation but nothing happens. That’s very disappointing. Any suggestions or ideas to fix it? Would appreciate it so much! Albert  

Nothing happening when I’m trying to use Object Mask tool in AE Beta

Antiga ferramenta rotoscopia não está funcionando em nennhuma das mais novas funções, nem fosco de objeto, nem seleção rápida, ´pincél de seleção, refino de borda… nenhuma delas. - versão beta do meu After é 26.2.0 (build 40)plsca de video NVIDEA GeForce MX570A

Le nouveau cache d'objet sensé remplacer le roto pinceau dans after effects beta 2026 ne fonctionne pas en passant sur les objets rien n'est séléctionné ! Avez-vous rencontrer ce problême ?

I can't paint or use a brush with the mouse.

In After Effects Beta 25.1 Build 36, we are pleased to announce Quick Set Anchor, a more efficient way to change the anchor point on your 2D layers to any of 9-commonly-used-points — all the corners and centers of your layer’s edges. And it's available both from the Properties Panel and anywhere else by keyboard shortcut! Quick Set Anchor can be launched by selecting a layer (or layers!) and clicking the new Anchor Point icon next to the Anchor Point property in the Properties Panel, creating a temporary pop-over Quick Set Anchor Dialog that allows you to click your preferred anchor point location, automatically close the dialog, and be on your way!   Besides the Anchor Point button in the Properties Panel, you can also bring up the Quick Set Anchor Dialog by using the keyboard shortcut Shift + Tab to create the temporary pop-over right below your mouse, ready for you to click your anchor point of choice without taking your eyes away from your comp content. Press the shortcut. Cl

Like in the title. All substance materials that are not used in any 3d meshes are removed from project panel during saving. If it’s intentional it should be a preference during saving? I’m pretty sure I’ll be making projects with a full folder of substance materials - a project material library of sorts - that I’ll want to be switching between while working. It will be impossible if every time I save the project. all unassigned materials disappear :/

We’re excited to introduce a small but mighty workflow boost: Crop Comp to Selected Layer(s) Bounds. Starting with After Effects Beta version 26.0 build x40, AE will resize your composition to the visible bounds of the selected layers: either shrinking the comp to tightly frame smaller content, or expanding it to include layers that extend beyond current comp edges.Many of you have asked for a quicker, native way to make pre-comps and assets fit their true content size—without manual resizing or third‑party scripts. This helps you: Pre‑comp faster with comps that match the content you actually need. Keep projects tidy by removing empty margins. Avoid effect cutoffs when elements (like glows/blur) spill beyond the frame. How to Use:Select one or more 2D layers, then choose "Crop Comp to Selected Layer(s) Bounds" from: The Composition menu Right-click on the selected layers in the Timeline Right-click on the selected layers in the Composition panel Note: This feature is designed for

Outstanding in our (Depth of) Field  Hello beta users! Version 26.2.033 of After Effects Beta introduces support for in-engine Depth of Field in Advanced 3D.This is an entirely new method of creating Depth of Field that works with 3D models, parametric meshes, Substance 3D materials, 3D text and shape layers, and anything else you want to focus on in Advanced 3D. It even handles multiple levels of overlapping transparency, so you can do things like focus on a subject through a window: Even though we are viewing our characters through a foreground transparent layer that should be blurry, they are rendered in perfect focus.To enable depth of field in your scene, set your composition to the Advanced 3D renderer, add a Camera layer and check the Depth of Field box. By default, After Effects will approximate a physical camera. Depth of Field can add compelling realism to an AE scene. In this subtle example you can see the smooth animation from the foreground focus to the background across a

Hello AE Beta users,We have a very fun new feature for you to try in After Effects beta 26.2x31: Parametric Meshes now support displacement of Substance 3D Materials. Displacement uses the material’s height data to push the mesh’s geometry into 3D space. It can add a subtle texture to increase realism and dimension or turn simple shapes into complex, detailed models. Substance 3D materials with displacement can take a simple 3D shape from this:to this!A complex 3D material of stained glass windows in a stone wall applied to a sliced 3D cylinder meshIn addition, Substance 3D materials that include emissive textures will now render correctly, creating the glow visible in the stained-glass windows above or this fracturing planet:Material with both displacement and emissive propertiesNote that Advanced 3D doesn't support true emission; the material will light up, but it won't cast light onto other objects. Getting StartedApply a Substance 3D material (SBSAR) that supports displacement to a

The Advanced 3D Renderer is making slow but steady progress. However there are really two main areas I’d like to highlight here that severely limits artists to leverage having decent 3D renderer native in AE. HDRI WorkflowUsing an Environment Light with an HDRI assigned has limitations.You can’t rotate the environment inside the Environment Light You can't utilize the HDRI layer's effects to influence the Environment Light as it reads source only. You can precomp your HDRI and manipulate it before hand but now AE does not know that the data should be kept linear instead of the automatic gamma conversion for the purposes of the Environment Light. You can linearize the data manually, but now there is a new problem where if you want to use the same HDRI also as a backdrop, you cannot apply the gamma again because for Compositions, effects applied on it's layer in the maincomp DO get taken in to account for purposes of Environment Light where as the direct HDR file as a layer does not have

Get hyped for variable type! We're excited to announce support for Variable Font Animation in After Effects! Stretch, squash, jitter and transform your text with the combined power of After Effects text animators and variable font axes.  You can now animate variable font properties like Weight, Width, Slant, and more directly in the Timeline using Text Animators, edit them interactively in the Properties Panel, and drive them through the Essential Graphics Panel + Mogrts, unlocking powerful new typographic animation possibilities.  Imagine animating your text from whisper-thin to ultra-bold with buttery smooth transitions, all the characters at once or with a gradual fade from one weight to another. Or making each character dance with its own unique style. Or driving font dynamics with expressions that respond to your scene. Now stop imagining—because it’s all real. Any axis your variable font supports can be animated with the full power of After Effects’ Text Animators.That means full