Welcome to After Effects 25.3
New in 25.3
Here are the new features coming with version 25.3
Smooth Zoom
Experience smooth and fluid magnification while scrolling, using pinch-to-zoom, or scrubbing with the Zoom tool in the Composition, Layer, and Footage panels.
Reveal projects in the File System
Instantly reveal your project file's location, saving you time and effort by eliminating the need to search through the system folders manually.
Fixed issues in 25.3
- Selecting Help > Reveal Logging Files more than 24 hours after enabling logging no longer causes After Effects to crash.
- Viewport interactions no longer experience lag on systems with AMD GPUs.
- Cache Before Playback in the Preview panel now functions correctly, ensuring the timeline fully caches before playback begins.
- The view no longer shifts left when resizing the Composition, Footage, or Layer panel with rulers visible.
- The Animation Options name in the Timeline panel now correctly updates in the Properties panel when changed to None.
- Improved selection and interactive performance when working with many Shape layers.
- The Info panel now correctly displays over-range values for colors when hovering over a solid in a 32-bpc composition.
- The Render Quality slider is now responsive when adjusting in Advanced 3D comps that contain many 3D Shape layers.
- The properties of selected layers now continue to be shown in the Properties panel when orbiting or moving the Default camera view.
- The keyboard shortcut for Split New Viewer and Toggle Lock now matches the View > Split with New Locked Viewer menu command.
- The warning when deleting an in-use footage item now correctly refers to the number of instances, rather than the number of compositions.
- Alt-double-clicking the Zoom tool now instantly centers the view without delay.
- After Effects no longer crashes when using Advanced 3D on systems where the Windows user folder name contains Unicode characters.
- Dragging files from the list of files into the thumbnail or summary area now correctly moves them to the top of the hierarchy.
New in Beta
Check out what's new in After Effects Beta.
Support for CICP Metadata
Import and export HDR content with CICP Metadata to ensure accurate color management and consistency across different devices and platforms.
Change anchor point in a more efficient way
Effortlessly adjust the anchor point on 2D layers with Quick Set Anchor using the Properties panel or a keyboard shortcut.
Paste Text and Match Formatting
Paste text from one text layer to another while maintaining the font and style of the destination text layer.
Enable lights to cast shadows
Add multiple shadow-casting Spot, Parallel, and Environment lights to your 3D scene when using the Advanced 3D renderer in a 3D composition
Improved UI language support
Run After Effects in languages different from the OS display language, enter Unicode characters in UI elements, mix multiple language scripts in a single text field, and more.
Here's how you can install the latest version
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.
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When attempting to launch Adobe After Effects 2025 on Windows 11, the following error message appears:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2025\Support Files\VideoFrame.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try reinstalling the program using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support. Error status 0xc000012f.
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