Imported Video Is Green in After Effects 2022

[Trixzy]

Hey im having this problem where whenever I specifically import an mp4 to after effects its green and it has comp markers all over it im not sure how to fix it i have tried some of the other fixes on the website but it does not seem to work please help me out thanks!

[RobShultz]

This is sometimes a graphics card issue. Please make sure that your graphics cards drivers are up to date and your AE and Operating system are up to date.

[Trixzy]

I have checked and my graphics card is up to date.

[Trixzy]

Also i forgot to add this in the reply i think the problem is because of the comp markers everytime i import a mp4 it has comp markers all over it.

[Peru Bob]

What graphics card and what driver number?

What version number of After Effects?

What operating system?

[Trixzy]

My operating system is Windows

My GPU is a NVIDIA GeForce-GTX 770

I have after effects 2021

[Peru Bob]

After Effects works best with the Studio Drivers, but your graphics card only has the Game Drivers available.

[Trixzy]

So what would that mean? May i also add i had this issue before and the only way to fix it was converting the mp4 file to mpg but that would reduce the quality but after a little bit it fixed and went back to normal so im sure there has to be a fix for this.

[nishu_kush · Accepted solution]

Hi Trixzy,

Please try the following:

• Disable the "Hardware Accelerated Composition, Layer, and, Footage Panels" in After Effects Preferences > Display.
• Clear cache (go to Edit > Purge > All Memory & Disk Cache).
• Restart After Effects and import the footage in a new project.

Let us know how it goes.

Thanks,

Nishu

[Trixzy]

Hello I have tried what you have told me and it fixed thank you so much for helping me out!

[NightCrawler211]

Absolutely worked thank you!!

[Benjamin22768829pqgl]

Unfortunaltey it does not work for me.
I am on a MacBookPro Retina 15" Mid 2014, with NVidia Geforce GT 750M 2GB. 2,5 GHz Quad-i7. macOS BigSur 11.6.7 (which is the latest macOS running on this device). Graphics card also on latest update. 
I know it's an older device but should still be around a lot.

[marlink2934828]

I actually had this same issue and the suggested steps did not solve the problem for me, I found another thread on a third party site that suggested going to Edit =>Preferences => Import => then in the dialog under video footage uncheck "Enable hardware accelerated decoding (requires restart)" then Edit => purge => All memory and disk cache, then restart AE without saving project. This is what worked for me. I am using windows 10 / Nvidia 770 graphic card. Also, I reenabled "Hardware Accelerate Composition, Layer, and Footage Panels" and everything seems to be working fine.

https://www.sweetprocess.com/kb/Gp8jUE0VYcmD/article/5Q8zirf2x1x/how-to-fix-the-green-screen-videos-...  (this site has screenshots) Best of Luck! (: 

[am.i.hari]

Thank you, this helped for me♥

[martins90197320]

Thank you! Worked for me also.

[tristankt]

This just happened to me. I was working on a project last night and opened the same project the next day and it happened. I was weird. I also needed to update my drivers and AF had an update for but that didn't fix the problem. That's how I got over here. Thank you

[strayhead]

Thank you!

[hendersonse]

THANK YOU!!! worked for me. Sheesh, such a pain when this stuff happens.

[Marvelous_Phoenix5FCA]

Thank you so much, it worked for me.

[Amjdo2 Action]

Thank you, this helped for me 

[Analog_22]

I'm running AE 2023 on PC and this worked. Thank you very much!

[MaikeFerreira]

Thank you!!! You saved me!

[hermanc15996965]

This fixed the problem for me as well. Thanks for sharing!!

[Richard Funke]

Thank you so much for sharing that fix!

[Rameez_Khan]

This green preview glitch in After Effects 2022 was related to a bad driver that got fixed.

If you're experiencing this issue in After Effects 23.0, it might also be due to a bad driver configuration. Please see this discussion for more details:

After Effects 2023 green preview with H.264 files