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Last updated on
May 8, 2025
Learn how Unicode support in After Effects can enhance your workflow and unlock new possibilities.
Use new beta features
Unicode support is now available for testing and feedback. Try it now in After Effects (beta).
Unicode support in After Effects offers the ability to use Unicode characters in various parts of the application user interface (UI). This means you can:
- Run After Effects in a language different from your OS display language.
- Enter any Unicode character in various UI elements, such as text fields, labels, and controls. This includes project and layer names, as well as effect names and their parameters. For example, options in the Dropdown Menu effect.
- Enter multiple language scripts within a single text field. For example, you can add Russian, German, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese all in the same string.
Run After Effects in a language different from your OS display language
Unicode compliance in After Effects allows you to run the software in a language different from the operating system's display language. This means you have the flexibility to set a different language for After Effects without being restricted to the language your system is configured to.
For example, if your OS display language is set to English but you prefer to work in After Effects using Japanese:
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Open the Creative Cloud app and set your display language to Japanese.
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Reinstall After Effects, and it will install in Japanese. When you run it, the application will operate in that language.
This feature is particularly useful for working in multilingual environments, as it allows you to maintain your preferred UI language without needing to change system preferences.
Note
To use After Effects in Chinese, you must set your operating system's display language to Chinese.
Enter Unicode characters in UI text fields
With Unicode support, you can input a diverse array of characters from multiple languages and symbol sets, including emojis, directly within the user interface.
Note
No changes have been made to rendering Unicode text in Text layers. As always, you can still enter Unicode text, but color emoji won't render, and if a glyph is missing in the selected font, it may not be rendered correctly.
Join the discussion on improved UI language support in our After Effects (Beta) community.
Additional resources
Help us to make the next releases of After Effects our best yet.
Submit feature requests, view, track, and vote for issues/feature requests using the After Effects beta support community.
