Welcome to After Effects 24.0! (2024)

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The October release of After Effects 24.0 is here, packed with exciting new features and a host of bug fixes! You can grab this exhilarating update right now from the Creative Cloud desktop app. Let's dive into all the amazing possibilities awaiting you!

System Requirements

The system requirements for After Effects 24.0 have changed. Please visit theSystem Requirementspage for details.

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Next-Gen Roto Brush

A new AI model extracts objects from footage faster and more accurately than ever and requires fewer corrections. Refine your results for a beautiful composite, even when tracking objects that overlap or working with hard-to-mask footage, such as hair and transparencies.

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OpenColorIO workflow enhancements

Additional OpenColorIO effects under theEffects & Presetspanel add flexibility to this industry-standard color interchange workflow.

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Text Scripting support

New scripting hooks for text and font manipulation save you timeand effort while working with complex text animation workflows.

We heard you! We have been hard at work fixing issues in the latest release of After Effects.

  • When using the Cinema 4D renderer,After Effects no longer shows the ‘zero denominator comparing ratios’ error when trying to preview.
  • Hide After Effectson macOS 13 and later now works consistently.
  • Resolved a performance slowdown that occurs when revealing many property streams from thePropertiespanel.
  • CPU and GPU render for theFilleffect no longer mismatch whenAll Masksis checked, but the layer has no masks.
  • The video layer no longer freezes when theShadow/Highlighteffect is applied, andEffect Opacityis set to0.
  • Improved performance of theCC Particle Worldeffect when using animated textured particles.
  • AddedShutter Phasecontrol in theCC Force Motion Blureffect and fixed potential invalid RGB values up zero alpha pixels in 32 and 16 bpc.
  • Fixed UI issues on macOS for theCC Split 2effect.
  • Fixed potential invalid RGB values up zero alpha pixels in 32 and 16 bpc for theCC Power Pineffect.
  • Fixed potential invalid RGB values up zero alpha pixels in 32 and 16 bpc for theCC Light Burst 2.5effect.
  • Fixed incorrect area sampling radius when using theCC Ball Actioneffect.

Design in a whole new dimension using dedicated 3D-related features such as native model import, alignment tools, Image-Based Lighting, and high-fidelity, GPU-accelerated renders.

3Dmodel import

3D model import in After Effects allows you to import 3D model files in OBJ, GLTF, and GLB formats and render them in the same 3D space as native After Effects cameras, lights, and other 3D layers.

Image-Based Lighting

Use 360-degreeHigh Dynamic Range Image (HDRI) filesas a light source to realistically place 3D models into a scene with complementary lighting and shadows. Image-Based Lighting uses an image to produce realistic lighting, reflections, and shadows on 3D layers by surrounding the scene with an image-based environment map. Be it a subtle lighting effect or strong shadows, Image-Based Lighting enables you to ensure that your 3D objects appear as though they naturally belong to the environment your animation needs.

Advanced 3D Renderer

A new high-quality, performance-oriented composition renderer,Advanced 3D, enables you to render beautiful 3D motion graphics with high-quality antialiasing and transparency.Advanced 3Dhas an underlying rendering engine that is shared with other Adobe and Substance products and usesAdobe Standard Materialproperties for physically-based rendering.

2D/3D Interoperability

You can combine 3D assets such as 3D models or extruded text and shapes with 2D ones in your compositions. This increased flexibility in After Effects allows you to mix 2D and 3D elements to create more visually stunning and engaging animations within a single space.

Animated lights and cameras

You can extract lights and cameras from GLB and GLTF models in a composition. When you import a 3D scene with light and camera data, After Effects automatically creates new light and camera layers. If the lights or cameras are animated, keyframes will be created too.

3D Snapping

You can nowsnap layers in 3D space while dragging the constrained X, Y, and Z position handles of the 3D Gizmo.This includes the XY, XZ, and YZ combo handles of the 3D position gizmo.You can use both constrained and non-constrained snapping while working with 3D model layers to align and position your 3D layers and objects with pixel-perfect accuracy.

3D Model-Driven Effects

Combine 2D and 3D workflows in one composition by using the“asrendered”frame of a3Dmodel layeras a source. This workflow enables you toapply 2D effects to portions of 3D scenes andcreate highly stylized renders using effects that reference another layer, such asDisplacement Map, Vector Blur,Calculations, and more.

Open the Creative Cloud desktop application and click theUpdatestab on the top left. Find After Effects in the list and clickUpdate.

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I don't see the update in my Creative Cloud desktop application. What should I do?

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