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December 13, 2022
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After Effects 23.1 is now live!

  • December 13, 2022
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The December 2022 release of After Effects, version 23.1, is now available for download from the Creative Cloud desktop application. This release includes the integration of Cinema 4D 2023 and contains several bug fixes.

 

What's new?

Cinema 4D 2023 integration:

After Effects 23.1 adds the integration of Cinema 4D's 2023 version. Cinema 4D 2023 includes new features like comprehensive modeling symmetry, in-place asset management, native OCIO support, and so much more.

 

For details on all the new features, visit What's New in Cinema 4D 2023.

 

 

What's fixed?

  • Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to show low memory warnings during preview.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the "Save as" dialog to close on machines with macOS 13 Ventura if the arrow keys were pressed.
  • Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when opening Cinema 4D projects.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the "Unable to obtain dynamiclink server" error when applying the Warp Stabilizer effect.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a long delay when closing large projects.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a long delay when trying to quit After Effects while the cache was full.
  • Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when converting the PSD text layer to editable text through the layer timeline context menu.
  • Fixed an issue with H.264 encoding that caused low audio bitrate when one render item used multiple output modules.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the animation preset "Fade In+Out – Frames" to fade in incorrectly when the fade-in frames number was set to 0.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the "Map output for" field in the "Audio Output Mapping" preference to be empty.
  • Fixed an issue with Keyboard Shortcuts that caused commands to be not added back when commands with the same name existed in other sections.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Keyboard Shortcuts for zooming Effects Control panel to not work.
  • Fixed an issue with 3D Transform Gizmo that caused the central handle to not work properly.
  • Fixed an issue with Classic 3D that caused the Environment Layer menu item to be active despite the comp renderer not supporting it.
  • Fixed an issue with Draft 3D that caused transformed track matte layers to stretch to comp bounds for 2D layers.
  • Fixed an issue with 3D Scene Navigation that caused 3D Reference Axes to move when using the hand tool in composition with Pixel Aspect ratio correction enabled.
  • Fixed an issue where saving a project for After Effects v22 or prior created a project that showed an extra track matte connection than what was present in the original project.
  • Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when clicking on "Reset" in the Lumetri Color Effect Control window.
  • Fixed an issue where changing the blending mode on a layer disabled visibility of the Layer above it.

 

How to update After Effects to version 23.1?

Open the Creative Cloud desktop application and click the Updates tab on the top left. Find After Effects in the list and click Update.

I don't see the update in my Creative Cloud desktop application. What should I do?

Click Help > Check for Updates from the Creative Cloud desktop application to refresh it.

 

NOTE: Updates are rolled out in phases. Please check back after a few hours if you don't see the new version in your CC desktop app. 

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    Animation Guy
    Inspiring
    February 8, 2023

    AE2022, worked great. Here's a huge bug in AE2023.

    Open AE, start a new project. Do something simple like drawing a rectangle.

    Instead of seeing the rectangle, you see your work area go 100% gray ( the editing window )

    Save the project for a test. Close the project, now re-open it, and your retangle is there. Try to edit it

    and the whole area goes gray and you can't see any edits, and the rectangle disappears. 

    Close AE completly... and open the that project or create a new one and draw any shape once again.....

    sometimes AE will start working, sometimes you must close and re-open it a few more times.

    This is a widely known issue on may forums, and it happens with different hardware, including very new Nvidia

    video cards, and the "suggested" fixes about video settings do NOT work.   Open AE2022 and it just works

    correctly.  This error in AE2023 has been there since the first iteration. It doesn't happen all the time, but it the issue

    is widely documented on different forums, Reddit etc.... I've seen it discussed on our forums here also.

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    Raju2823863375u4
    Participant
    February 3, 2023

    Ohh it's great to know about after effects is updated and i'm excited to use for my projects. Thank you for updating us.

     

     

    Raju Poojari
    KTV Karjdar Varta in Maharashtra

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    Sean27971366x5zk
    Participant
    January 27, 2023

    Hello. I recently downloaded After Effects 2023. At first it seems to be working fine, but nowadays, every time I open it, it just keeps crashing a few seconds after it starts up. And interestingly enough, it happens on one of my projects instead of all of them.

     

    Attached is a screenshot of the error message I get, if that may help.

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    KenshoMedia
    Participant
    January 24, 2023

    After Effects 2023 is absolutely terrible. There is such a massive performance decrease that it affects my editing as a whole. I can't load simple clips with time remapping or even music without it lagging and playing that slow motion sound. My PC has a 3080 TI, Intel i9, 32GB ram, and a Z590 Aorus Master. There is absolutely no reason my PC should struggle. It works jsut fine in AE 2022. I have watched numerous videos and visited several forums about changing settings to maximize performance. Nothing works. I should not have to pay for a program that delivers constant issues.

    nubnubbud
    nubnubbud
    Inspiring
    January 24, 2023

    welcome to adobe, where "subscriptions mean you'll pay for whatever we do or do not, and you own nothing"

    maryhawkins
    maryhawkins
    Participating Frequently
    January 19, 2023

    I'm really struggling with one bug in particular: Multiply will sometimes make the canvas brighter. I can't figure out a good workaround for this one and its driving me up the wall. Has anyone else had this problem?

    maryhawkins
    maryhawkins
    Participating Frequently
    January 20, 2023

    I reported this bug into Adobe yesterday and we discovered that I could add Curves or Multiply but not both to my layers. If you're also having this bug, see if that matches what's going on for you.

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    Community Expert
    Warren Heaton10841144Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 20, 2023

    For clarification, do you mean that you are not able to apply the Curves effect (Effects > Color Correction > Curves) when the Blending Mode set to Multiply (Layer > Blending Mode > Multiply)?

     

     

     

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    Tom Theys
    Participating Frequently
    January 17, 2023

    I had to downgrade back to 23.0, the timeline was extremly laggy when moving and sliding layers, keyframes etc. So bad that when I move a layer in time I had to wait 1 to 2 seconds to release my mouse click, otherwise it jumps back or slides to another position, very annoying, the same with keyframes. 

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      Community Expert
      Warren Heaton10841144Community Expert
      Community Expert
      January 17, 2023

      @Tom Theys 

       

      Which graphics driver are you running?  Users have reported in other forums that updating to

      Studio Driver (528.02) resolves user interface lag in After Effects 23.1.

       

       

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      bbmedia42
      Participating Frequently
      February 7, 2023

      Hi @bbmedia42, 

       

      Sorry for your issue!

      Can you share a screen recording exhibiting the interface lag? That will help us understand the issue better.

       

      Thanks,

      Rameez


      Just downloaded the 23.2 update, and this is still not fixed. Come on guys, this is pretty horrible. Am I going to be stuck on 23.0 for the next year or two just so I can get my projects done? 

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        LOGRAF
        Participating Frequently
        January 11, 2023

        what about playback of cached frames and the pesky pop up that states it needs two frames to render. My solution is to dump my cache and then restart. Then let the preview rebuild a new cache. Sounds normal and logical.. well then I have to quit and let my computer have resources for a 3d program. when I need to come back to my file and reopen my exact comp with the saved files I should be able to use my saved cache. thats when the 2 frames needed for preview..so what do I do? delete the cache and rerender the preview cache again.. save. and restart after effects. which isnt a big deal for a few layers..but when you have multiple shots and they are all 10-25 layers the preview render could take an hour to render.. I basically spent 3 months doing this day in and day out devoting 2-4 hours everyday rerendering and restarting afte effects to make the preview cache work. All of this because AE was causing redshift to slow down and could not run both even if AE was just in the background. so I couldnt just leave AE running I had to quit. when I quit and came back I got the dreaded "2 frames needed for preview" message...  I hope they fixed that.

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          zevendesign18164115
          Known Participant
          January 10, 2023

          Double-clicking a folder in the Project panel no longer opens the bin in a separate panel. I don't find any workaround for this. Has anyone else run into this? Any solution? 

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          Community Expert
          Warren Heaton10841144Community Expert
          Community Expert
          January 10, 2023

          @zevendesign18164115 

          Folders inside of an After Effects project expand or collapse in the Project panel, they do not open in a separate Folder panel.

          In a Premiere Pro project, Bins can open in a new tab, open in place, or open a new window based on the Bins setting in the Preferences (Preferences > General > Bins).

          Having the same Folder/Bin behavior beween After Effects and Premiere Pro would make for a great feature request.

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            zevendesign18164115
            Known Participant
            January 11, 2023

            Thanks for reply. Seems like a huge oversight. I'll definitely put in a feature request. 

            sarar98436666
            sarar98436666
            Participant
            January 10, 2023

            Hi,

            I am trying to export a video through Media Encoder, and the message attached appears. 

             

            Don't know where to find this plugin.

            Thank you

            W
            Community Expert
            Warren Heaton10841144Community Expert
            Community Expert
            January 10, 2023

            @sarar98436666 

            It's always frustrating when sending something to Media Encoder doesn't work as expected.

            Render the Comp in the After Effects Render Queue and try dropping that into Media Encoder directly, unless, of course, it's not installed as the message shows.  In that case, use Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop to install Media Encoder.

            Beau Stine
            Beau Stine
            Participant
            January 8, 2023

            Anyone else not able to use Rotobrush 2.0 best with this new version? Everytime I try it crashes AE. 

            Rameez_Khan
            Rameez_KhanAuthor
            Legend
            January 11, 2023

            I haven't seen any other reports yet, Beau Stine.

            What kind of computer and OS do you have? Can you share a crash report so we can understand what's causing it?

             

            Thanks,

            Rameez

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