Bug in AE 2021 layer panel no longer displays Effects bezier handles

[Annette Rays]

AE 2021 - The Layer Panel no longer displays Motion Path handles for Effects or Motion Tracking. This is a major hindrance when animating and tweaking Effects paths such as Brush Position, Center, etc.  or for analysing Motion Tracking problems. I have also tested this in AE Beta and the problem persists. I have tested this with multiple Effects and Motion tracking examples. The problem also applies to bezier handles for >Anchor Point path. Mask paths bezier handles are still editable in this panel.

Here is a more detailed description:

AE 2020 >Layers panel CORRECTLY displays 
>Effects motion paths with editable bezier handles; and 
>Tracking Motion paths - display motion paths enabled

AE 2021 Using the same settings, the >Layers panel DOES NOT display any bezier handles for
>Effects motion paths - displays dots of path but no bezier handles, so the paths can no longer be edited
>Tracking Motion paths - display motion paths enabled

AE Beta - same as 2021

[Rick Gerard]

If the selection tool (v) is active and you do not see handles,  make sure that "All Keyframes" have been selected in Preferences/Display/Motion Path.     shortcut: Alt/Option + Ctrl/Cmnd + ;

If that does not fix the problem, reboot, then hold down Shift + Alt/Option + Ctrl/Cmnd and double click the AE Icon to open AE and reset your preferences. If you want to keep your preferences open Preferences/General and select Reveal Preferences in Finder at the bottom of the panel and rename your old preferences file and then reboot. That way you will be able to go back to the old preferences if the old settings were not causing your problems.

[Annette Rays]

Thanks Rick for your answer
Unfortunately, I had already tried all your suggestions and none of them work. It is definitely a bug that has reared its ugly head in this latest version of AE 2021.... and just tried again to be sure. 🙂
I'll try and attach the screen shots but it would not let me do so yesterday when I posted.

[Annette Rays]

PS. I should stress it is the LAYER panel set to view Effects, not the Composition panel 🙂

[Rick Gerard]

Attaching files is buggy. Just use the toolbar or copy and paste to the reply field or drag an image to the reply field so we can see them.

You have stumbled upon a feature change/bug. The motion path on effects that use position properties is no longer displayed. Instead, we are seeing the position of the feature for every frame instead of the motion path. I filed a bug.

The motion tracker never puts bezier handles on keyframes because the path between frames is always a straight line. I don't see any bug here, but there is a display change.

[Annette Rays]

Thanks Rick.
Yep, I also submitted a bug report after double checking everything again and before receiving your reply. Hopefully something will get sorted out re the >Effects motion paths and beziers.

My bad re the Motion Tracker, and thanks, it's only ever been vertex points, no beziers.

FYI. In the spirit of thoroughness, I've also gone back and tested Anchor point path feature in the Layer panel, which is also displaying as tiny dots. Mask paths in the Layer panel still display as in previous versions.

[nishu_kush]

Hi Annette Rays & Rick Gerard,

Would you mind sharing the link to the bug report post?

Thanks,

Nishu

[Rick Gerard]

https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-beta-discussions/motion-paths-in-layer-panel-are-not-vi...

[nishu_kush]

Thanks for the sharing the thread, Rick.

Best,

Nishu

[Annette Rays]

Hi Nishu
Sorry for my delay in sending this. Here is the Adobe Case ADB-20960146-L1D8.