AE glitches out of composition when I click on effect in effects panel

[ohboyno]

When I apply an effect to a layer and then go to the effects panel to modify parameters of said effect, AE glitches to a different layer as soon as I touch the effect and often even jumps out of the composition to a layer in another composition if I have multiple compositions in the project. I always have to watch carefully if the selected layer is the one showing in the effects panel. The only way I can manage to modify the effects is if I lock the effects panel to the selected layer. As soon as I unlock the effects panel again it glitches to another layer and composition. It's extremely time consuming. Please help. 

1. AE version 24.1.0

2. Windows 11 Pro 23H2

3. Click on effect in effects panel

4. Expect to be able to modify parameter of effect, instead it glitches to a different effect on a different layer

[x5E68]

this is so annoying, can't believe after so many builds and updates the issue still persists...... such simple issue like this why so difficult to fix...

[֑nubnubbud]

In order to fix it you need to work around about 18 years of update patches that were decently made, and 12 years of patches that were never made. Don't forget, they tried to deprecate MP4 (h.264) and after removing it, and being forced to add it back, it's one of the laggiest parts of the software.

I'm beginning to think they honestly have no clue what they are doing, and considering some of the devs are probably younger than the code... I don't blame them for not knowing why it's spaghetti code with really weird antiquated quirks.

[Matthew30403799298m]

Issue:
I have encountered an extremely problematic bug in AE and it is greatly affecting my workflow. Whenever I use an effect on a layer and then go to the effects panel to modify parameters of said effect, AE glitches to a different layer as soon as I touch the effect and jumps out of the composition to a selected layer in another pre-comp. I always have to carefully look if the selected layer is the one showing in the effects panel. The only way I can modify the effects is if I lock the effects panel to the selected layer or if I go to every pre-comp and deselect all layers. When I unlock the effects panel again, it glitches to another layer and composition. It's extremely time consuming and makes working in a project with many comps nearly impossible. Furthermore, I use this professionally and it is going to affect our deadlines drastically.

I also found this forum post: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-bugs/ae-glitches-out-of-composition-when-i-click-on-eff...

This post illustrates the exact bug I have encountered as well if it helps. Nothing in this forum has worked for me.

Steps I have taken to attempt to remedy the issue:
Uninstall and reinstall AE

Uninstall and reinstall Creative Cloud, registry keys, files, and any other trace of Adobe Software

Updated GPU drivers and adjust Windows for best performance

Modified power plan

Restarted computer several times

Result:

Same result and bug is still present

Hardware/Software Specifications:

Windows 11 Pro 23H2

After Effects v24.5.0

CPU: Intel Xeon w5-3435X

GPU: Nvidia RTX A6000

RAM: 128GB DDR4 4800Mhz

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

[jenkmeister]

If possible, could you install the AE Beta build from CCD and see if this still reproduces. We made some fixes around these issues. If not, we'll try to reproduce it from your steps.

[Matthew30403799298m]

Hello, yes I have been able to reproduce the issue in AE 2023 as well as AE beta.

Note that this issue only is present on 1 workstation, however it does not occur on our other 2 identical machines that are running the same AE versions.

We have also tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling all adobe software yet the issue still persists.



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[Matthew30403799298m]

I found the solution. Resetting preferences using CTRL+SHIFT+ALT while launching appeared to fix it. Apparently, resetting manually and full reinstall does not nuke the preferences.

[SivanBY]

Hello, unfortunately I've been having this glich bug with my AE v23.6.6 and 24.5. I installed the Beta version 25.0 but it crashes. When will this bug get fixed? It's impossible to use the software this way.

[nishu_kush]

Thanks for updating the thread. Let us know if it happens again. 

Thanks,
Nishu

[richardg30434111]

So this keeps happening.  I have a precomped video for example.  I apply a levels to it and brighten it up.  I precomp and move all attributes.  then I put that comp in another comp and click on it.  It shows levels, even though i know that effect is actually inside the comp.  So i click on the levels and it opens the comp and takes me to the levels effect.  

[Airweb_AE]

I think this is related to:

AE glitches out of composition when I click on effect in effects panel 

a known bug that is supposedly fixed but still seems to affect some users.

To avoid this issue, before switching to another composition, make sure no layers are selected in the composition you're about to leave.

[nishu_kush]

nicolasm61106185, can you confirm you're having the same issue as described in the thread suggested by Airweb_AE? Also, please let us know the version of After Effects you're using.

Thanks,
Nishu

[JohnColombo]

Hi all,

This bug was fixed in version 24.6, but this thread was not updated at the time. All bugs fixed in that version are listed here: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/kb/fixed-issues.html#fixes-and-improvements 

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team