You can use different modes for your masks so that they add or substract from the selection. ... View more

Removing them temporarily for troubleshooting purposes would be helpful. If you remove them and the crashing remains, we know more. If removing them makes the crashing stop, we know even more! ... View more

That sounds frustrating! I seem to recall issues like this happening a while ago, but I'd thought they'd been addressed. You might need to contact Adobe support on this one. ... View more

If you know the kind of lens on the drone, you can set it in the camera tracker to help things along, but your client may not care about things that much. A simple track may be all you need.   If you're concerned about distortion (and I don't blame you; drones have rather wide lenses), you can get as into the weeds as you want to with it. If I were doing this, I'd use Lens Distortion Matcher from Red Giant. You can use it to undistort the footage prior to the camera track (giving you a more accurate track) and then you can use it to easily redistort your new assets so they sit better in the shot. It's my secret weapon for this sort of thing.  ... View more

I'd suggest trying the latest version of the After Effects public beta. I know it fixed an issue with kBar recently. ... View more

 That's where the beta apps are. That said, today's update to the "shipping/release" version of AE fixes a collecting files bug on Macs. More info here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/after-effects-22-5-is-now-live/td-p/13019775 ... View more

Try today's update to AE. Several Mac and M1-related fixes in it: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/after-effects-22-5-is-now-live/td-p/13019775 ... View more

If you start a new comp in that smae project? Does it move with the snappiness you expect? If so, what happens if you copy those problem layers to the new comp? Are they 3d layers? What renderer is the comp using? ... View more

Today's update of AE includes a fix for responsive design time! https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/after-effects-22-5-is-now-live/td-p/13019775 ... View more

Try today's update to AE. Several Mac and M1-related fixes in it: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/after-effects-22-5-is-now-live/td-p/13019775 ... View more

I'd suggest uninstalling AE and then reinstalling it. Also of note, there's a new version out today with some bug fixes. https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/after-effects-22-5-is-now-live/td-p/13019775 ... View more

Today's update to After Effects (version 22.5) includes a fix for hanging while collecting files on MacOS. More info here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/after-effects-22-5-is-now-live/td-p/13019775 ... View more

I meant, if you go to About After Effects, what version number is it? Should be formatted something like 22.5.0 ... View more

I know Shadowplay tends to use variable frame rate at default settings. If it has an option to not do that, choose to not do that. 😆   But, in the meantime, convert your footage a production codec with the same frame rate the whole way through, as I mentioned and those green frames should be gone. ... View more

In addition to what Nishu asked, what (exact) version of AE are you using? ... View more

Vote up any similar requests on UserVoice like this one. ... View more

Select layer 2. Press o to go to the out point of that layer. Then, hit page down to go one frame foward. Select layer 5. Press [. Boom. Snapped. Or, probably better, edit in Premiere Pro. It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay faster than editing in AE. Then, once your clips are edited, use the Import Premiere Pro Sequence command to bring them into AE for adding your effects and motion graphics. ... View more

If your computer isn't a Mac with an M1 chip, how large is your project file? That is, do you have a TON of assets imported into it? ... View more

Often, game recordings are made with variable frame rates. I'd suggest using something like DUME from Rainbox (free) to convert your files to ProRes files first before importing them into After Effects. It helps a LOT with green frame issues. ... View more

There are a bunch of ways to do this. I like Rick's suggestion. Another way is you can make an animation in a small precomp. Make a grid of those precomps. Precomp that. Then apply Time Displacement on that using another precomp to drive the timing of how the animation happens. ... View more

I don't understand the issue. Presets are just a collection of effects and settings. A preset could apply any number of effects to a layer. The Raining Character In/Out presets apply text animators and an Echo effect to a text layer they've been applied to.  ... View more

Well, if the public beta doesn't work for you, I'd suggest contacting Adobe support. You can access the public beta here: ... View more

Has AE ever worked correctly on this machine? Do you have any third-party extensions, plugins, or scripts? Have you tried other versions? For example, I'd suggest trying the public beta and then, if that doesn't work, try one major version back. ... View more

I'd try unticking the box that's ticked and ticking the box that's unticked. See if that makes a difference.  If so, try turning one of them back and see if it reintroduces the issue to see if we can narrow things down. ... View more

You can try turning off (or on) the preference for hardware acceleration of panels, etc. What do your memory and performance settings look like?   ... View more

Try installing an older version of After Effects and see if it behaves correctly. ... View more

There's not enough information here to diagnose much with. What is the other export setting you're doing? Is it the same composition just with different render settings? ... View more

You have the minimum amount of RAM for using AE, so try turning off the option to cache frames when idle. Although, it may be an issue with the GPU. What GPU do you have? ... View more

Try uninstalling and reinstalling and see if that helps. ... View more