Fixed issues in After Effects

Fixed issues in the June 2025 release (version 25.3.1)

• After Effects no longer displays blank or black frames when previewing or exporting footage.

Fixed issues in the June 2025 release (version 25.3)

• Selecting Help > Reveal Logging Files more than 24 hours after enabling logging no longer causes After Effects to crash.
• Viewport interactions no longer experience lag on systems with AMD GPUs.
• Cache Before Playback in the Preview panel now functions correctly, ensuring the timeline fully caches before playback begins.
• The view no longer shifts left when resizing the Composition, Footage, or Layer panel with rulers visible.
• The Animation Options name in the Timeline panel now correctly updates in the Properties panel when changed to None.
• Improved selection and interactive performance when working with many Shape layers.
• The Info panel now correctly displays over-range values for colors when hovering over a solid in a 32-bpc composition.
• The Render Quality slider is now responsive when adjusting in Advanced 3D comps that contain many 3D Shape layers.
• The properties of selected layers now continue to be shown in the Properties panel when orbiting or moving the Default camera view.
• The keyboard shortcut for Split New Viewer and Toggle Lock now matches the View > Split with New Locked Viewer menu command.
• The warning when deleting an in-use footage item now correctly refers to the number of instances, rather than the number of compositions.
• Alt-double-clicking the Zoom tool now instantly centers the view without delay.
• After Effects no longer crashes when using Advanced 3D on systems where the Windows user folder name contains Unicode characters.
• Dragging files from the list of files into the thumbnail or summary area now correctly moves them to the top of the hierarchy.
• Support for Maxon Trapcode Particular 4.x on Windows has been disabled in After Effects 25.3 to ensure optimal performance and stability.

Fixed issues in the April 2025 release (version 25.2.2)

• Fixed a crash that may occur when closing the Color Picker from the Solid Settings dialog.
• RPF (Real Pixel Format) files no longer crash when imported into After Effects.
• Glow, Matte Choker, and Difference Matte show correct parameter types for all parameters, matching their types from 25.1 and earlier.
• Right-clicking selected text in a text layer will now show the associated context menu on macOS.
• A new Paste Text and Match Formatting feature is now available when editing text layers. After selecting text in a text layer, select Paste Text and Match Formatting from either the Edit menu or the right-click context menu to paste text from the clipboard into the text layer using the existing text layers format.
• Restored the silent audio track in an exported visual-only composition when the Output Module Audio Settings are set to Audio Output On.

Fixed issues in the April 2025 release (version 25.2)

3D

• Materials applied to Side or Bevel in a 3D shape layer now display correctly without requiring adjustments to Geometry Options.
• Track mattes in Draft 3D now render correct colors and alpha, including proper transparency and feathering.
• When enabling 3D for a mixed selection of 2D or 3D layers, the 3D layers retain their existing Z Position and other 3D property values. 
• When adding a 3D model to a scene, the composition viewer should no longer get "stuck" on the object placeholder.

Compositions, Timeline, and Layers

• Keyframes in pasted property groups or effects no longer paste at the wrong time when the composition's frame rate is changed after the layer is created. 
• Keyframes from presets no longer apply at the wrong time when the layer's start time and comp frame rate are modified.
• Keyframes with Ease In or Ease Out are now correctly reversed when using Paste Reversed Keyframes. 
• Typing in a Text layer now correctly enters the first character, even when the focus is not on the Composition panel. 
• Ellipses no longer appear in the Frame Aspect Ratio field of the Solid Settings panel.
• Large positive values entered in the preview timecode box now display correctly without converting to negative values. 
• The Composition viewer now lists open comps in the correct numerical order. 
• Source Text keyframe values are now correctly returned when reading keyframes on layers offset from the composition start.

Effects and Presets

• Renaming effects using tabs characters no longer convert the tabs to spaces.
• The Presets folder no longer disappears, and the option to show presets remains active when filtering the Effects & Presets panel for GPU Effects.
• The Hand Drawn Effect for creating animation "boil" now animates beyond 21 seconds with the default settings. 
• Applying animation presets to a composition no longer collapses the expanded preset listings.

Exporters and Rendering

• Fixed rendering issues in After Effects when using 32bpc, 8bpc, or 16bpc, ensuring it matches Camera Raw output. 
• Text animation in a flip board project created in older versions of After Effects now displays correctly in the current version.
• Rendering a composition with an audio Guide Layers set to All Off now correctly excludes the audio track in the output file.
• The correct output module path and file name are now set when multiple output modules are selected in the Render Queue. 
• Camera Raw 16.0 HDR mode now renders correctly in After Effects.
• Camera Raw images now match the CRAW preview color in the comp viewer. 
• Fixed artifacting issues when scrubbing H.264 renders on macOS Sequoia 15.0.1.

Expressions and Scripting

• Scripting now correctly returns the overridden value of the Source Text essential property instead of the primary property's value.
• Essential Properties driven by expressions now update live when the values driving the expressions are changed.
• Up to 887 scripts can now be added to the File > Scripts menu.
• Text driven by effect names via expressions no longer flashes between current and previously entered values.

Mercury Transmit

• Mercury Transmit now works correctly after undoing and adding a new solid layer.
• Transmit monitor no longer flickers after resizing the Composition panel.
• Transmit monitor no longer displays output after removing a media clip and pressing Alt+Tab.
• Enabling Draft 3D no longer causes the Transmit signal to display a harsh purple color or prevent Lumetri Scopes from functioning properly.

Properties panel

• Camera options in the Properties panel no longer have clipped text when the panel is at its default size.
• Right-clicking on a property with keyframes in the Properties panel now only selects the clicked keyframe, preventing unwanted changes to all keyframes.
• The Properties panel now updates immediately to show 3D properties when enabling 3D via the Layer menu.

Stability and performance

• Recovery projects are now saved when After Effects crashes.
• After Effects no longer crashes when adding .obj and .c4d files to the composition.
• After Effects no longer experiences delays when applying an effect to multiple layers simultaneously.
• After Effects no longer hangs when opening the Camera Raw dialog while Preview or Cache Frames When Idle is running.

Third-party

• Using the Select All command or shortcut no longer causes the Mocha AE window to close.
• After Effects no longer crashes when double-clicking on Help... of Mocha AE in the Effects Control panel. 
• VideoCopilot Optical Flares version 1.2.0.3x132 is blocked on Windows to prevent crashes in After Effects. 
• Deep Glow versions prior to v1.6.3 have been blocked to prevent crashes in After Effects.
• Animation Composer versions prior to v3.8.7 have been blocked on Windows to prevent crashes in After Effects.

User Interface

• Line breaks are no longer removed from multi-line layer marker comments on macOS.
• Custom UI controls for third-party plug-ins in the Effect Controls panel no longer exhibit flickering, duplicating, and glitching during interaction.
• The Composition panel no longer flickers with Posterize Time on an Adjustment layer above a Guide layer.
• The check marker now appears in the window menu for all open panels.
• Holding Shift while drawing strokes with the Brush or Clone Stamp tool no longer creates multiple undo groups.
• The Composition Settings in the Composition panel menu no longer incorrectly displays a checkmark.

Cosmetic

• Adjusted Graph Editor background contrast for better consistency in different color themes.
• ScriptUI panels are no longer cropped.
• Rulers are no longer cut off at the top when a floating dialog shows up.
• Fixed breadcrumb elements overlapping into the ruler space, causing part of the ruler to disappear in the UI.
• Text in the Frame Rate dropdown menu of the Preview panel now displays correctly without truncation.
• Icons next to effect names in the Effect Controls panel are now aligned.

Miscellaneous

• A solid color now displays correctly as yellow in HDR after changing bit depth and working color space settings.
• Improved Frame.io sign-in behavior when using Adobe ID, resolving login issues in the Review workspace.
• Improved search functionality in the Learn panel to provide more accurate results for tutorial searches.
• The Medium transparency grid preset now correctly displays the darkest color first, matching the other presets. 
• Memory allocation settings in After Effects now remain fixed and do not randomly reset when reopening the program.
• Dragging a thumbnail in the Project panel no longer incorrectly moves items to the root of the folder hierarchy.

Fixed issues in the December 2024 release (version 25.1)

• The Broadcast Wave time reference field in XMP is no longer truncated, eliminating the issue of incorrect start media timecode values.
• After Effects Dynamic Link now adheres to the project’s hardware acceleration preferences.
• 3D models are no longer replaced by placeholders in exports.
• Exporting MP4 files at a width of 4100 px now accurately outputs at 4100 px instead of 4096 px.
• Using the middle mouse button to close panels no longer causes After Effects to crash when clicking elsewhere.
• Updated several keyboard shortcuts to include more user-friendly labels.
• After Effects now renders compositions with non-multi-frame rendering effects more quickly.
• Dialogs now always open on the same monitor as the main application window.
• Using the Shatter effect with specific settings no longer causes a crash on Apple silicon machines.
• Motion path dots are not visible when performing capture in Motion Sketch for After Effects 2025.

Fixed issues in the October 2024 release (version 25.0.1)

• Exporting to a UNC (\\) network location no longer fails with a missing directory/folder error.
• Applying 3D Camera Tracker to a layer that does not match the composition resolution no longer triggers multiple error messages.
• Imported ProRes 422 LT footage no longer appears with unexpected black bars.
• The color of the grid lines now matches the color selected in the Grids & Guides preferences.

Fixed issues in the October 2024 release (version 25.0)

• Home Screen no longer goes blank after you press the Esc key twice when the Open project Finder dialog is open.
• After Effects no longer needs to be restarted to load team projects after encountering an "unknown exception" error.
• Green cache markings now update properly during RAM preview caching.
• When exporting in QuickTime format, the encoding date is accurately set to the current date, regardless of the codec.
• Small changes to a Text layer's Fill & Stroke color values are now properly respected.
  
• Separating a spotlight's position dimension no longer keeps the original Position attribute.
• All new projects will now use the JavaScript expression engine by default rather than the last-used expression engine.
• Using the ACES 1.3 Studio v1.0 OCIO configuration with aerender no longer reports an error or switches to Adobe color management on Windows.
• Importing Cinema DNG files on macOS no longer results in a Photoshop file format error, and the image from the file is rendered successfully.

Fixed issues in the April 2025 release (version 24.6.6)

• RPF (Real Pixel Format) files no longer crash when imported into After Effects.

Fixed issues in the September 2024 release (version 24.6.2)

• Fixed an issue where 32 bpc compositions were exporting darker than expected due to the Convert To Linear Light in the Output Module control not working correctly.

Fixed issues in the August 2024 release (version 24.6.1)

• Users can now remove collaborators from Team Projects if they were initially invited through the Organization or Personal Address Book, typically by selecting the contact names from the suggestion dropdown.

Fixed issues in the August 2024 release (version 24.6)

3D

• The Save menu is no longer disabled when only changing the Draft 3D, Ground Plane, or Extended Viewer button state.
• Draft 3D no longer becomes disabled if selecting the Puppet Pin tool.
• Ground Plane now works correctly on Apple Silicon machines.
• Layer references of 3D models now correctly update on the current frame when adjusting the Advanced 3D render settings.
• Replace source with the model is no longer allowed for layers that have a non-model source.
• Updated Adaptive Resolution preference UI to be more user-friendly.

Compositions, Timeline, and Layers

• Improved behavior when aligning parented layers.
• The Freeze on Last Frame command now correctly extends the out point of the freeze frame to the end of the composition, rather than only the visible area, and behaves correctly for footage and compositions that are only a single frame in length.
• The incorrect cursor adornment no longer appears when the selected layer is inactive at the current time.
• The timeline now correctly updates for undo operations on shape layers.
• After Effects no longer shows the wrong layer in the Effect Controls panel when a sourced layer in a pre-comp is selected.
• Layer twirl state is now retained when opening a saved project.
• Time Remap keyframes can no longer be pasted to layers that don't support Time Remapping.

Effects and Presets

• The Animation Preset dropdown populates when the Effects & Presets panel is in Category mode.
• Fixed duplicate Effect categories in non-English languages.
• Mesh Warp should no longer drop the drag point unexpectedly.
• Applying the Bar Graph preset no longer results in After Effects becoming unresponsive.
• Improved quality appearance of Wave Warp effect when Height or Width are greater than 100.

Exporters and Rendering

• Output renders now maintain alignment and no longer display artifacts when exported as TIFF and PSD sequences at 16 bits per channel with Straight (Unmatted) alpha.
• After Effects on Windows no longer interprets double spaces in an Output Module template name as a single space.
• Inserting tokens into the Template field of the File Name and Location Template dialog now inserts new tokens at the end of the existing template string rather than at the start. 
  
• Thumbnails no longer render if the Disable Thumbnails in Project Panel option is enabled.

Expressions and Scripts

• Shortcut (U, U) will now reveal audio property expressions.
• Folder.userData now returns the correct value on macOS when file hosting services like Dropbox or OneDrive have their backup features enabled.

GPU

• The GPU Information dialog in Preferences > Memory & Performance no longer displays a placeholder GPU version.
• There is no longer a mismatch between CPU and GPU rendering when applying the Curves effect.

Properties panel

• Entering an absolute value in the Properties panel now correctly updates all selected layers, even if the entered value matches the current value of the first selected layer.
• The Properties panel now correctly updates the Point of Interest when switching between camera types after adjusting a value first.
  
• The Properties panel now correctly updates camera options when undoing after switching renderers.

Performance

• Improved performance of importing footage that contains XMP Markers.
• After Effects no longer becomes unresponsive when ungrouping complex shape groups.
• Pasting a single effect to many layers is now more than 100x faster.
• Applying animation presets is now up to 20x faster.

Crashes and Stability

• Fixed a crash that would occur when opening a composition with an Environment Light layer already selected.
• Fixed a crash that would occur when any Layer > Arrange > Bring Mask command is used while multiple Shape Path groups are selected.
• After Effects no longer hangs when creating a palette using third-party Ray Dynamic Color script.
• After Effects no longer crashes after saving a dynamically linked Premiere Pro project and returning to it.
• After Effects no longer crashes when ungrouping an empty shape group. 

Miscellaneous

• Project files containing consecutive spaces will now open correctly.
• After Effects will now maintain its window state when opening projects from Windows Explorer.
• The Yen symbol no longer appears in the Keyboard shortcut view.
• Keyboard shortcuts no longer incorrectly show internal strings.
• The spacing issue in the filename saved as version 23.x is now fixed.
• The Quit After Effects menu no longer gets disabled if opened while a dialog window is up.
• Opening an exported Premiere Pro project from After Effects in Premiere Pro no longer results in missing video sequences.
• New projects now use the Solids folder name set in the preferences rather than the name used by a previously opened project.
• The checkmark for the Solids folder in the Project panel context menu no longer remains selected for all folders after right-clicking on the Solids folder.
• Saving project as XML will now include the server name so that the assets on that server can be properly accessed when changing machines.

Fixed issues in the June 2024 release (version 24.5)

• After Effects no longer crashes when adding an asset from the library to a folder in the Project panel.
• Animation presets are now applied correctly when Advanced 3D render is enabled.
• Fixed memory leaks that caused users to run into application memory exhausted error where the mask path was keyframed.
• Improved UI interaction performance in the composition panel with Faux Bold enabled.
• Pasting a keyframe from a scale property no longer gives an error.
• The 3D model layer keyboard shortcut to toggle shadows now works correctly.
• Purging ALL_CACHES no longer shows a confirmation dialog when scripts are run from ScriptUI palette, ScriptUI window, or VSCode Extendscript debugger.
• Purging ALL_CACHES now purges cache successfully if app.purge() is called from a ScriptUI dialog.

Fixed issues in the May 2024 release (version 24.4.1)

• Fixed a stability issue when importing AVC-encoded footage.
  

Fixed issues in the May 2024 release (version 24.4)

• Incomplete Warp Stabilizer tracking data no longer causes UI slowdowns and caching issues.
• The composition panel no longer flickers when the Draft 3D option is enabled.
• Changing the view mode to Draft 3D and enabling the Extended Viewer now renders layers correctly.
• After Effects no longer shows “Unknown Error” when opening an AVI codec configuration window.
• Slow model import can now be canceled. 
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when using Adobe Dynamic Link to work with Premiere Pro sequence. 
• Multiple installations of the Microsoft ONNX Runtime should no longer cause After Effects to crash on startup.

Fixed issues in the March 2024 release (version 24.3)

• After Effects no longer crashes when you try to export tracking data to the 3D model layer.
• The maximum values for specific layer style sizes (Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Outer Glow, Inner Glow, Satin, Stroke) have been reduced from 30,000 to 250.
• The “Invalid clipboard format” alerts no longer show up when bringing After Effects in focus.
• Textures now render for model exported in .obj format.
• White Noise option is added to the Audio Tone effect.
• After Effects no longer quits when undo is pressed during playback after a camera is created and the number of views is changed.
• After Effects no longer crashes rendering track mattes using the Advanced 3D renderer. 
• Users who sign in to Creative Cloud within After Effects should no longer be signed out after 30 minutes.
• Navigating After Effects menus on macOS Sonoma 14 should now work as expected.
• Calling app.purge(PurgeTarget.ALL_CACHES) via scripting will now match the behavior of Edit > Purge > All Caches.... Use the new PurgeTarget.ALL_MEMORY_CACHES option to clear only the RAM cache, matching Edit > Purge > All Memory.

Fixed issues in the February 2024 release (version 24.2)

• After Effects no longer crashes when you use Mask Feather Tool to adjust a feather beyond the bounds of a mask. 
• Ampersands "&" in the effect names are now correctly displayed in the Effects submenus.
• Expression errors no longer cause "{PrepAndWrite() called on non-diskcacheable stuff}" error.
  
• Preview no longer fails when collapsing transformations on a nested composition that has a layer with Puppet pins.
• The Rotation value no longer resets to 0 after one rotation while holding the Shift key.
• For image-based lighting, replacing footage now correctly updates Environment Light rendering.
• For image-based lighting, Environment Light no longer renders too bright through intensity range.
• When applying a preset, the Position of a layer will now be combined or separated automatically according to what the preset was saved with.
• Error message when failing to read Project XMP data is correctly formatted.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using sampleImage()in a layer expression.
• High-quality shadow settings no longer cause TDRs on systems with AMD Radeon PRO cards.
• The tiling size is calculated correctly even when the shadow Smoothness value under Advanced 3D Renderer Options is set to greater than 1.
• Adaptive Resolution will activate when needed and as expected when you change settings values in the Advanced 3D Renderer Options dialog.
• 3D placeholder models no longer cast shadows.
• Replacing the source of a 3D model updates the name and bounding box as expected.
• After Effects no longer crashes when you modify Color settings in the Interpret Footage dialog box.
• In Cineware, when you revert to Cinema 4D, the composition viewer updates to use the C4D camera as expected.
• After Effects no longer freezes when you remove a Cinema 4D layer.
• Updating Cineware to 5.1.10 allows projects with Cinema 4D files to open as expected when saving them to After Effects 23.x and 22.x. Projects with Cinema 4D that were created in 24.0.3 or earlier can be opened in 24.2.1.
  

Fixed issues in the December 2023 release (version 24.1)

• Clearing the preferences from Startup and Repair no longer crashes After Effects.
• In the Properties panel, the Fill and Stroke colors no longer reset when switching from solid color to gradient and back.
• In the Properties panel, Stroke controls now correctly toggle when the Stroke checkbox is changed. 
• Changing the frame rate of a composition no longer causes the UI to freeze or lag.
• Keyframes on time stretched response design now correctly follow the cursor when dragged. 
• Blocked older version of Animation Composer that caused After Effects to crash. 

Fixed issues in the October 2023 release (version 24.0.2)

• Keyframes applied from presets should no longer appear offset from the Current Time Indicator location in the timeline.
• Projects created in After Effects Beta builds containing 3D models will no longer open in 24.0.2 to avoid possible loss of layers from a composition.

Fixed issues in the October 2023 release (version 24.0.1)

• Fixed an issue where adding keyframes to multiple layers using keyboard shortcuts required multiple undos to reverse the single action of adding the keyframes.
• Improved experience when After Effects fails to start on macOS Sonoma 14.
• Applying or pasting keyframes containing multiple properties such as Scale, Position, and Rotation works as expected.
  

Fixed issues in the October 2023 release (version 24.0)

• Hide After Effects on macOS 13 and later now works consistently.
• Resolved a performance slowdown that occurs when revealing many property streams from the Properties panel.
• When using the Cinema 4D renderer, After Effects no longer shows the ‘zero denominator comparing ratios’ error when trying to preview. 
  
• CPU and GPU render for the Fill effect no longer mismatch when All Masks is checked, but the layer has no masks.
• The video layer no longer freezes when the Shadow/Highlight effect is applied, and Effect Opacity is set to 0.
• Improved performance of the CC Particle World effect when using animated textured particles.
• Added Shutter Phase control in the CC Force Motion Blur effect and fixed potential invalid RGB values up zero alpha pixels in 32 and 16 bpc.
• Fixed UI issues on macOS for the CC Split 2 effect.
• Fixed potential invalid RGB values up zero alpha pixels in 32 and 16 bpc for the CC Power Pin effect.
• Fixed potential invalid RGB values up zero alpha pixels in 32 and 16 bpc for the CC Light Burst 2.5 effect.
• Fixed incorrect area sampling radius when using the CC Ball Action effect.

Fixed issues in the May 2024 release (version 23.6.6)

• Cycore (CC) effects now work on macOS 11 installations.

Fixed issues in the August 2023 release (version 23.6)

• Modifying the keyboard shortcuts for the Zoom In or Zoom Out commands for the Composition panel no longer causes the shortcuts to stop working. 
• In the Properties panel, choosing Reveal in Timeline for the Position property when multiple layers are selected now reveals the property for all selected layers. 
• In the Properties panel, clicking on the value of a property with an expression applied now correctly shows the pre-expression value. 
• Using Shift+J or K to navigate the Timeline panel works as expected when After Effects is installed in non-English languages. 
• After Effects no longer crashes when previewing for a long time with Draft 3D enabled.
• After Effects no longer crashes when a script uses callbacks.callbackData.
• Holding the Shift key while dragging the rotate handles of the 3D gizmo now constrains rotation to 5 degree increments instead of 45 degrees.
• Duplicating both a layer and the track matte layer assigned to it now updates the track matte reference to the duplicated layer.
• In the Properties panel, the Layer Contents window now auto-scrolls if necessary when you select a shape in the Timeline panel.
  
• Reassigning certain keyboard shortcuts that have a default command assignment in the After Effects Menu bar (For example, Ctrl+Z for undo) now executes the new command instead of the default command.
  
• The Roto Brush effect no longer causes After Effects to crash in certain cases where multi-threaded rendering fails.
• In the Properties panel, changing stroke properties after changing stroke color type no longer shows an error.
  

Fixed issues in the June 2023 release (version 23.5)

• If multiple Fills or Strokes are applied to a Shape group, the Properties panel now shows the first Fill or Stroke with an info icon indicating more Fills or Strokes exist.
• The Properties panel now snaps to its default width when part of a stacked panel group.
• Changes made to Shape layer Fills and Strokes using the Properties panel are now applied to new Shape layers.
• Rotation controls values in the Properties are drawn correctly after making edits to layer properties.
• When making changes to multiple Text layers using the Text section menu, a single undo will now revert the changes for all selected layers.
• Stroke Width is no longer reset to previous values when changing the Stroke type from None to Solid using the Properties panel.
• Using the Cmd or Ctrl modifier keys to scrub by increments of .1 is now supported by Rotation properties in the Properties panel.
• Absolute math operations are now supported for Rotation properties in the Properties panel.
• When setting multiple Text layers to the same typeface using the Properties panel, the selected typeface is now correctly displayed.
• The correct color values are now shown opening the Gradient dialog from the Properties panel after reordering multiple Gradient Fills or Strokes on a Shape layer.
• After Effects no longers crashes while rendering the Bevel and Emboss Layer Style with Multi-Frame rendering enabled.
• The Composition Profiler no longer causes After Effects to hang in some cases.
• Audio preview now works when the Composition panel view is set to show two or four views.
• Audio waveforms are correctly displayed for dynamically-linked Premiere Pro sequences, whereas previous versions might fail to show waveforms or give an "Audio conforming failed" error.
• Variable fonts installed from Adobe Fonts now activate and sync properly in After Effects.
• Variable fonts with custom PostScript names now work with Expressions and Scripting.
• After Effects no longer crashes when using Apple's SF Pro and New York Fonts.
• After Effects no longer crashes in multiple situations involving the Character panel, specific variable fonts, duplicate fonts, and missing fonts, amongst others.
• Improved performance in the Character panel: custom variable fonts now display properly, duplicate font families are now supported, and Show English Font Names changes are respected in Favorites.

Fixed issues in the May 2023 release (version 23.4)

• Fixed an issue that caused some options from the camera submenu to be greyed out. 
• Fixed an issue where 12-bit color DNxHR HQX video in MXF files was being decoded as 8-bit.
• Fixed an issue where Media Browser favorites were not being saved.
• Fixed an issue with migrating preferences that caused After Effects to become unresponsive.
• Fixed an issue with the render engine that caused After Effects to crash when choosing a folder from Watch Folder in the file menu.
• Fixed an issue with Puppet Tool that caused After Effects to crash when changing the engine from Advanced to Legacy. 
• Fixed an issue that caused a ‘zero denominator in ratio addition.’ error when dragging the anchor point of a shape layer in 3D space.
• Fixed an issue that caused MXF assets with Alpha Channel to not be transparent.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to hang when collecting files that contain a Cinema 4D file in composition. 
• Fixed rendering notifications for non-English OS languages.
• Fixed an issue where footage containing audio using 16kHz, 64kHz, 88.2kHz, or 176.4kHz Sample Rates would not play or export correctly.
• Fixed an issue where After Effects could crash when using a Wacom Tablet with Paint and Brush tools.

Fixed issues in the March 2023 release (version 23.3)

• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when using certain MXF format files. 
• Fixed an issue where migrating preferences from the n-2 version did not migrate workspaces and keyboard shortcuts.
• Fixed an issue that caused Adobe Illustrator files imported from Creative Cloud Libraries to be renamed.
• Fixed an issue with long library file paths causing the import to a project to fail.
• Fixed an issue where OCIO color management didn't update the display color space when the project color bit depth was changed. 
• Fixed an issue where ICC profiles were embedded in still exports (JPEG, PNG) when OCIO color management was in use. 
• Fixed an issue that caused the RGBA channel to be available for unsupported formats in Output Module Settings.
• Fixed an issue with the Expression editor that caused text selection to be offset from the cursor.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Expression editor to display incorrect font.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when applying Look LUT from Creative Cloud Libraries.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when resizing panels with EGP hidden behind another panel.
• Fixed an issue where dropdown controls had stopped working in third-party panels.
• Fixed an issue where PSD-based layers showed "Zero denominator comparing ratios" errors.
• The gradient dialog is now color managed and will display accurate colors when project color management is enabled.
• Embedded images in Adobe Illustrator documents animate more smoothly.
• Additional improvements to the performance of scrubbing the Current Time Indicator on Windows devices.
• Fixed Cinema 4D issues:
  • Crash when extracting data from Cinema 4D scene.
  • Switching back to After Effects from Cinema 4D.
  • Connecting to the Cineware Renderer failed.
  • Redshift materials are not displaying in the Draft mode.
  • Non-ASCII characters in lists.

Fixed issues in the February 2023 release (version 23.2.1)

• Fixed an issue that could cause layers and keyframes to update slowly while being moved around the timeline.
• Fixed an issue where MXF files with non-English filenames failed to import, instead showing an error - "Failed to import. Unsupported format or damaged file."
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when using Roto Brush version 2.0 and Quality set to Best on macOS Ventura (version 13) on Apple silicon hardware.

Fixed issues in the February 2023 release (version 23.2)

• Fixed issue that caused H.264 and HEVC exports to fail when the export location name used double-byte characters, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or extended ASCII characters, like accents and umlauts.  
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash on Windows devices when using Chinese characters in text layers.
• Fixed an issue that allowed users to create new C4D layers when Cinema 4D wasn’t installed.
• Fixed an issue that caused an error when saving the project with a media replacement control and a track matte.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to hang after presenting modal dialogs. 
• Fixed an issue that caused a delay in closing After Effects projects. 
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when enabling any of the Simulate Output profiles with HW acceleration enabled.
• Fixed an issue that prevented users from canceling an ongoing import of media files into the project.
• Fixed an issue that slowed or interrupted CAF processing when Cache Frames When Idle was active.
• Fixed an issue with Selectable Track Mattes when clicking and dragging on Alpha/Luma/Invert icons didn’t change settings on multiple layers.
• Fixed an issue that prevented AErender from showing progress with interlaced render settings.

Fixed issues in the December 2022 release (version 23.1)

• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to show low memory warnings during preview. 
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the "Save as" dialog to close on machines with macOS 13 Ventura if arrow keys were pressed.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when opening Cinema 4D projects.  
• Fixed an issue that caused the "Unable to obtain dynamiclink server" error when applying Warp Stabilizer VFX effect.
• Fixed an issue that caused a long delay when closing large projects. 
• Fixed an issue that caused a long delay when trying to quit After Effects while the cache was full. 
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when converting the PSD text layer to editable text through the layer timeline context menu. 
• Fixed an issue with H.264 encoding that caused low audio bitrate when one render item used multiple output modules. 
• Fixed an issue that caused the animation preset "Fade In+Out – Frames" to fade in incorrectly when fade in frames number was set to 0. 
• Fixed an issue that caused the "Map output for" field in the "Audio Output Mapping" preference to be empty. 
• Fixed an issue with Keyboard Shortcuts that caused commands to be not added back when commands with the same name existed in other sections. 
• Fixed an issue that caused Keyboard Shortcuts for zooming Effects Control panel to not work.
  
• Fixed an issue with 3D Transform Gizmo that caused the central handle to not work properly.
• Fixed an issue with Classic 3D that caused the Environment Layer menu item to be active despite the comp renderer not supporting it.
• Fixed an issue with Draft 3D that caused transformed track matte layers to stretch to comp bounds for 2D layers. 
  
• Fixed an issue with 3D Scene Navigation that caused 3D Reference Axes to move when using the hand tool in composition with Pixel Aspect ratio correction enabled.
• Fixed an issue where saving a project for After Effects v22 or prior created a project that showed an extra track matte connection than what was present in the original project.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when clicking on "Reset" in the Lumetri Color Effect Control window.
• Fixed an issue where changing the blending mode on a layer disabled visibility of the Layer above it.

Fixed issues in the October 2022 release (version 23.0)

• Fixed an issue where only five frames would render on machines with shared system/GPU memory, such as Apple silicon M1 machines. 
• Fixed a crash when using the Cinema 4D renderer.
• Fixed an issue where .fla files would not import.
• Fixed an issue where Scripts would not run if a modal dialog were displayed.
• Fixed a crash when executing complex layer/property expressions.
• Fixed a crash when copying Camera options between Camera layers in the timeline.
• Fixed an issue where the Application Menus on macOS may not work or act erratically if scripting or licensing dialog appeared during application startup.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when opening the project from the Home screen.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when opening preferences.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when the migrate preferences dialog was up.
• Fixed an issue with loading workspaces that sometimes caused After Effects to crash on launch.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to become unresponsive and eventually crash when invalid characters are entered in the Timeline panel's 'Time duration' text field.
• Fixed an issue that caused a memory leak followed by a crash when trying to quit After Effects.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when applying Roto-Brush with Refine Edge activated to a pre-composition.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when importing certain PSD files.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when applying some third-party effects to the adjustment layer with no rendering layers below it.
• Fixed an issue that caused After Effects to crash when using certain third-party plugins from Trapcode Suite.
• Fixed an issue that caused some operations to not work on sub-selected text from the text layer.
• Fixed an issue that prevented selecting some characters on the text layer.
• Fixed an issue that caused the cursor to draw in the wrong location when working with mixed paragraph directions.
• Fixed an issue that caused more than one instance of After Effects to open when repeatedly clicking the Open button in CCD to launch it.
• Fixed an issue with 3D Transform Gizmo where dragging bounding box Z handle on 3D layer scaled inversely from drag direction.

Fixed issues in After Effects version 22.x

Fixed issues in After Effects version 18.x

Fixed issues in After Effects version 17.x

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