The June 2023 release of After Effects, version 23.5, is now available for download from the Creative Cloud desktop application.
Here's what we fixed
- Audio preview now works when the Composition panel view is set to show two or four views.
- After Effects no longer crashes when using Apple's SF Pro and New York Fonts.
- After Effects no longers crashes while rendering the Bevel and Emboss Layer Style with Multi-Frame rendering enabled.
- If multiple Fills or Strokes are applied to a Shape group, the Properties panel now shows the first Fill or Stroke with an info icon indicating more Fills or Strokes exist.
- The Properties panel now snaps to its default width when part of a stacked panel group.
- Changes made to Shape layer Fills and Strokes using the Properties panel are now applied to new Shape layers.
- Rotation controls values in the Properties are drawn correctly after making edits to layer properties.
- When making changes to multiple Text layers using the Text section menu, a single undo will now revert the changes for all selected layers.
- Stroke Width is no longer reset to previous values when changing the Stroke type from None to Solid using the Properties panel.
- Using the Cmd or Ctrl modifier keys to scrub by increments of .1 is now supported by Rotation properties in the Properties panel.
- Absolute math operations are now supported for Rotation properties in the Properties panel.
- When setting multiple Text layers to the same typeface using the Properties panel, the selected typeface is now correctly displayed.
- The correct color values are now shown opening the Gradient dialog from the Properties panel after reordering multiple Gradient Fills or Strokes on a Shape layer.
- The Composition Profiler no longer causes After Effects to hang in some cases.
- Audio waveforms are correctly displayed for dynamically-linked Premiere Pro sequences, whereas previous versions might fail to show waveforms or give an "Audio conforming failed" error.
- Variable fonts installed from Adobe Fonts now activate and sync properly in After Effects.
- Variable fonts with custom PostScript names now work with Expressions and Scripting.
- After Effects no longer crashes in multiple situations involving the Character panel, specific variable fonts, duplicate fonts, and missing fonts, amongst others.
- Improved performance in the Character panel: custom variable fonts now display properly, duplicate font families are now supported, and Show English Font Names changes are respected in Favorites.
How to update After Effects to version 23.5.0?
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.