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My Text Isn't Showing Up and Resetting Character Isn't Working

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August 13, 2021
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I've just bought and downloaded After Effects as part of the Creative Cloud package, but when I try enter text onto my composition it doesn't appear, I've tried resetting character as some people have suggested and it still doesn't work.

Any help please? This hasn't got me off on a good foot with my new software

I've attached a picture to help

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Mylenium

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Turn off Fast Draft mode and check your hardware acceleration settings. Also update your system's graphics driver if necessary.

Mylenium

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default5yzuxgclgmj1Author

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Sorry I'm still getting used to the program, where can I find the options for Fast Draft mode? Searched everywhere for it. No updates for my graphics driver and couldn't find any obvious issues with the hardware acceleration settings.

Ed

nishu_kush

Community Manager

Hi Nishu,

Thank you for taking the time to help. I tried changing the background colour when I started a new composition, it shows on the side preview but not the composition preview, as you can see in the attached pic.

Specs

Intel i7-7700, Quad Core, 3.6GHz

AMD Radeon R5 435

16GB RAM

Windows 10 64 Bit

Version 18.4.0 (Build 41)

Hopefully that's everything you asked for.

Thank you,

Ed

I suspect it's not just the text that's not visible. It's everything.

Could you try adding some Solid layers or import media to the Comp and see if After Effects shows the preview?

When you have "Toggle Transparency Grid" switched on, you should see the transparency grid as in the screenshot below.

Let us know the outcome.

Thanks,
Nishu

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