After Effects Preferences Settings You NEED To Change In 2023

[@0ako]

Excellent video, thanks!

[@drudigger]

Love all the fun edits on this video, enjoyed watching alot.

[@johnthevideoguy]

Glad to hear that, thanks for watching! 😀

[@Jori_Feints]

You have been a blessing. Thank you. I be punching the air trying to play stuff back 😂

[@RFVisionary]

👍🏻 Very detailed, very worth knowing, very useful! Even if you already knew the Preferences panel. I will be able to go through everything again on my system with more awareness. Thanks for this "info package"!

[@Scxre.]

What a great Video that helped alot and was also very in depth. I learned alot thank you!

[@johnthevideoguy]

Thanks, I really appreciate it!

[@2424rocket]

16 gigs of RAM? I’m amazed after effects even works on your computer. Not to brag or anything but I have 128 gigs of RAM… And after effects just eats it!

[@sidharthm6347]

what is your cpu

[@terrifier.x]

AE only requires 16GB of RAM to run

[@ChocoParfaitFra]

I’ve always edited with 4 giga ram

[@ibrahimalsalmi4759]

Same here ... Probably the worst optimized application

[@СергейПавлович-г2и]

Just cant even play in realtime pure fhd footage without ANY effects on 12900kf with 64ram. 😢

[@drewconroy5938]

Hey John: Thanks for the update and the added info on setting a theme color:) I have been wanting to change the theme color for awhile now.

[@ABC-tt7qe]

THANK YOU for this!!!

[@amiralimm234]

Ready thank you it was really useful ❤❤❤❤😍😍😍😍🌙💃

[@thepresenter2051]

Great video! Thanks for the updates! I do have a question about video preview, when I want to select my device to use for video preview I can't select it. (no devices are showing) Do you have an idea how I can fix that? With kind regards, Ruud

[@AmritSingh-sc7fr]

Sir, I have a question about rendering. I have purchased AfterCodecs for my PC. I face problems when I render my composition/video and share anybody on my mobile phone. It shows only a thumbnail rather than a preview. Could you please share the solution or render settings of After codecs with me?

[@smokyx]

great video, thx!

[@LeeDodd]

I gasped when you showed us how to change the theme color. Legendary info 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@teresuhhh]

I can't change my theme color because my f12 is set to raise volume on my keyboard. Tried it with fn key on and off, am I missing something? Edit: Also tried creating a new keyboard shortcut, still my volume is the only thing that comes up

[@malxkk]

Thank you for making this!

[@johnthevideoguy]

No problem 😊

[@avinashsurve2898]

Thanks

[@gabrielmoro3d]

Thank you!

[@johnthevideoguy]

You're welcome!

[@C0smiChr1s]

Incredibly useful thank you for making this. I am definitely subbing!

[@johnthevideoguy]

Awesome, thank you!

[@pitched7401]

Awesome preferences showcase! Honestly weird, that a graphics software has "secret" settings... I'm trying to work, not play a game xD Also, caution is advised with XMP IDs as this changes the source files

[@bradleyconners657]

Thanks brotha!

[@diego_alcman]

Hey John! Great vid! You earned a sub my dude!! Quick question though, I can't seem to have the secret menu appear while clicking shift. Any idea why? Can't find any answers online :(

[@johnthevideoguy]

I experimented a little bit with this. Try holding down shift when clicking and don’t release from the shift key until the preferences window opens. Sometimes if I release the shift key too early, it won’t appear.

[@diego_alcman]

@@johnthevideoguy thank you for answering!! I'll definetly try that

[@monsunkrolik]

Very good, very very good

[@paigevisuals5281]

Legeeeeeend!! Thank you.

[@MindDrip]

Can you please make a video where you compare having disk cache enabled vs disabled, and see how it affects performance and normal AE usage, with info on the drive where you store the disk cache and details on its speed? I do not understand why but such a video does not already exist on YT yet. Would seriously appreciate it

[@kris.and_co]

thanks !!!

[@NaturalzFilmzProductionZ]

In the import tab, sometimes when i enable the hardware accelerated decoding, random parts of the video will flicker or glitch. What can I do about this?

[@DanielQuintero-oo7gc]

Hello there John, is there a way we can export this preference setting we already created into another computer´s After Effects?

[@meoow1123]

how do you darken the white top bar and menus?

[@himsxoxo]

thanks a lot man

[@AlexPaleczny]

Actually you can disable idle caching - Composition -> Preview -> Cache Frames When Idle. By disabling caching in secret menu you disable ALL caching, not just the idle one.

[@johnthevideoguy]

Good to know, thanks for sharing!

[@artv4nd3l4y]

Yeah this guy is a total randy right here, like where TF does he get off making videos not having any useful knowledge himself?! Time to man up John and grow a pair, be better!

[@ealanosborne]

Came here for the useful AE tips. Stayed for the sense of humor that I align with. 😂 Keep it up, dude. You deserve way more subscribers. 🤘

[@johnthevideoguy]

Thanks, I really appreciate it! 😊

[@doctorchampa5719]

Since last year, I have been facing a problem. When I transfer some of my footage from Premiere Pro to After Effects and do some motion graphics work in After Effects, and then save the project in After Effects and come back to Premiere Pro, it shows that the left part is being cut and blurred a little bit. Can you please tell me how I can fix this problem? The Premiere Pro and After Effects composition settings were both set to 1920 x 1080.

[@bludbruva]

2:08 surely muting audio when preview is not real time would mute the slowed down audio

[@kazardomain]

what about the script setting? I'm trying using Earth Navigator and it prompts for it.. however the check box for the script is not on the list in general for After Effects 2023.

[@optimusprime269]

Hi, nice video with very useful information. Do you know if there is a way to change the color of the "open - save as dialogue box" on macOS? It' s always white, ignoring the system settings which is set to dark.

[@optimusprime269]

Update: Found it! In the console panel search "dark" and check true under "AE.SupportsDarkMode" Cheers

[@johnthevideoguy]

Hi there, Thanks! I’m glad you found my video useful! This setting can be changed in your system preferences. The option to change the color is located under the general settings, then next to appearance. I believe you have to be using macOS Mojave or later in order to switch it to dark mode. This will also make your Finder windows and theme colors dark gray.

[@optimusprime269]

@@johnthevideoguy Hi, of course I have set the appearance system setting to dark but After Effects is ignoring it!

[@williambyers]

Now I know why my hard drive is so full. I had max 23gb but for some reason 204gb was in my disk cache?

[@johnthevideoguy]

It might be from different versions of After Effects over the years. For example maybe 2022 version of After Effects had 23GB, 2023 After Effects has 23GB, and so on...

[@fishdream23]

Theme color - cmd+f12 or cmd+cntrl+f12 does not bring up the console panel in my composition window. I have made sure that I am active in the composition window when I hit cmd+f12 and nothing happens other than my volume increasing. Am I missing something? is there another way to get to the console panel? Thanks for your help.

[@johnthevideoguy]

I believe that the only way to bring up the Console panel is by using the shortcut. But to see what shortcut to use to bring up the Console panel, you can check inside your keyboard shortcuts menu. Go up to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, then in the search bar search for console. If the shortcut isn’t cmd + f12, it will show the shortcut that will open it. Or if none is applied, then you can click next to where it says Show Console underneath the Shortcut column and assign a new custom shortcut for that command. Once you assign a new shortcut to it, click OK and you should now be able to use that new shortcut to open up the Console panel. ✌️

[@PlayerTsuki]

same exact thing is happening to me and i dont exactly know how to fix it...

[@marcomacias3960]

ok but what about for the 2024 version?

[@TimKurkoski]

Center Anchor Point in New Shape Layers, in the General prefs, is disabled by default. John, you didn't cover this option and had it turned on. (I have a special bias for this option because I instigated its creation. I'd like to argue for it to be on by default.)

[@drewconroy5938]

I have to agree with Tim -> It's a must have setting:)

[@petersolomon5227]

John The Video Guy, thank you for this video. I have a question and to date no one on Adobe After Effects' Community pages has a solution. How can AE's red dot render notification be turned off in Adobe's cloud. This irritating, unwelcome "look at me" addition to AE will not go away. I work on a Mac and have Notifications turned off in my Preference settings. Still this annoying thing pops up every time. :(

[@johnthevideoguy]

Hi there! Yeah, it can be annoying if you want to turn them off. What I found is that it needs to be turned off in two places. It needs to be turned off in preferences, and then when you add your comp to the render queue, there is a little checkbox at the bottom right corner that is named “Notify when queue completes”. This also needs to be turned off.

[@SN10FILMS]

I need help with fps and frame rate. Every time I use roto brush 2.0 and having the new apple mac book I mind you. It’s dumb slow though? Any way I can change my frame rate to help speed up the problem so I can finish production

[@johnthevideoguy]

It sounds like something is slowing down your computer causing you to not be able to see your work in real time. I’d recommend cleaning your cache, allocating as much RAM as possible to After Effects. If there are any other applications open on your computer, I’d close those. If all else fails, you could try setting up proxies in your project. The only issue is that you may loose detail when applying the roto brush effect. What I’ve been doing lately for roto brush work is using RunwayML. Runway may be a great option for you as it doesn’t rely on your computer’s processing power. Check out my video below if you want to see how it works. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIiwZ6mJacqSr6s Hope this helps!

[@petersolomon5227]

John I have found not everything appears in AE Preferences that you describe. For example, there is no Secret tab when I followed your instructions in my Preview (AE 2023). Also, Enable Home Screen does not appear in AE 2023. Strange. I'm working on a Mac.

[@johnthevideoguy]

Hi there, You are correct. After Effects changed there preferences menu since I made this video. For the secret menu, click and long hold on the shift key. Don’t let go of the shift key until the preferences menu appears. That should help you there. The Enable Home Screen button is in a new tab called Startup & Repair near the top. Hope this helps! ✌️

[@STRANG3R0001]

@@johnthevideoguy thanks a lot john

[@educouchez6709]

well... some months later in 2024, and now "Enable Home Screen" has moved into "Startup and Reapir" tab... let see how long sits there :-)

[@johnthevideoguy]

Yeah, I noticed that too a few months after I made this video 😅

[@HybridRain]

@@johnthevideoguy Can't wait for the updated 2024 please! Really helps!

[@NKM_Pixels]

Why my footage change its position after replace composition with after effect. After saving from ae when i get back to or pro. Clip change its position. Please help.

[@johnthevideoguy]

This might happen if you anchor point is off. I’d check the anchor point of your video footage layer before replacing it.

[@NKM_Pixels]

@@johnthevideoguy what is anchor point?

[@NKM_Pixels]

the anchor point in the after effect is showing normal but the video is shifting its position, the anchor point is fine before replace composition, but after replace when i go back to premier pro the position changed. please help me Sir.

[@skraghav22]

hi can we save our own ----render presets ----in after effect, so that i dont have to select again & again

[@johnthevideoguy]

Yes, we can! I recently made a video covering how to create one. Please see the link below if you’d like to learn more. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJanhKWFjtlmitU

[@skraghav22]

@@johnthevideoguy thank you so much for your help…and prompt response…..subscribed

[@imagiine1634]

How do i open preferences on windows ?

[@johnthevideoguy]

To open on Windows go to: Edit > Preferences > General

[@CreekyAE]

How would i Fix the Not Realtime FPS thing when i play a video ive been having some trouble with this please help if you can

[@johnthevideoguy]

You might have to let it render out first in order to preview it in realtime. Go to the Preview tab and click the play button. Once the composition plays all the way, you should see a green bar at the top of the timeline panel. This indicates that the frames in the composition are cached. You should now be able to click play and see the composition playback in realtime.

[@s1xeyez]

Hey i have a real issue, nothing works even the instructions in the video nothing helps me. My ae says: ae has run out of memory and cannot export increase Ram or decrease resolution, or add more Ram to Ae. I tried everything. Nothing works. HELP.

[@johnthevideoguy]

It sounds like another application is taking up all your RAM on your computer. Unless After Effects is taking up all your RAM. I'd check your activity monitor to see if anything else is weighing it down.

[@sheldontan9381]

my camera animation wont render. when rendering it just renders w/o the movement. solution to this problem?

[@johnthevideoguy]

It could be a few things. First check to see if your camera layer is hidden inside the timeline panel. If it isn’t, check to see if your camera is being viewed in the composition panel. At the bottom right corner of the panel there are camera viewing options. Be sure your active camera is being shown. If there are multiple cameras in your composition, they may be interfering with each other.

[@sheldontan9381]

@@johnthevideoguy i can play it fine in the timeline (in default camera view but not active camera? idk how that make sense) but when i render its just 2d or flat, i tried on another piece the render worked with Y rotation but not w/ the Z axis, do you by chance have discord? maybe we can figure out together or something. I really need this fixed because i have to finish this video for friends wedding end of month, if can help on discord would be much appreciated!

[@ChocoParfaitFra]

Is it possible to use it with 8 giga ram?

[@johnthevideoguy]

It won’t work if you have 8GB of RAM. You’ll need at least 16GB in order to run After Effects.

[@johnthevideoguy]

Sorry, I misread Adobe’s instructions. 8GB is the bare minimum, but at least 16GB is recommended.

[@ChocoParfaitFra]

@@johnthevideoguy ok thank you!

[@samuelbardez7546]

Really cool tutorial, thak you.

[@aniakozalowska]

Im new in to AE and Im about to delete this program. Error:Cached Preview of negative time stretched layers is not supported. I have this massage every time when Im freeze framing my reversed clips. No matter what I do- always have this massage. Even after applying your advices. Is anyone comes across same issue ?

[@johnthevideoguy]

Is your caps lock turned on? Might sound weird, but having caps lock on sometimes interferes with the way After Effects can preview comps.

[@jodaarba]

where is the Text engine now?? in preferences?

[@SkooTea]

I wish you would have shown what we really NEED to change like your title says, and not so much optional and niche stuff. cool vid though, just a pain to get through. 5 min video would have been enough

[@ThayTorquato]

Currently the button to "activate and deactivate the home screen" is gone =(

[@johnthevideoguy]

I found it! It is in a new tab called Startup & Repair. It’s at the top.

[@Gasconauxolives]

Great info, but unfortunately the sluginesh of Ae goes way beyond the preferences and tricks. Sometimes it is on its knees only opening a simple project on a capable computer : it is then all about Ae version vs display driver version, the newest not always being the best. Thank you for this recap.

[@mintsunvivid]

After effects are really difficult

[@CrazyGaming-se2nm]

hallo sir . give me your After Effects donlod link 😊

[@johnthevideoguy]

? 🙃

[@theholepicture]

Trying to make the interface bigger so I can see it. I guess there isn't a way. :( I made the text bigger but it didn't add height & size to timeline etc. Evidently designed by young people for young people.

[@johnthevideoguy]

Hi there! I looked into this, and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to make the interface larger for After Effects. 😔

[@theholepicture]

Thanks for looking. @@johnthevideoguy

[@petersolomon5227]

No, the only current solution to this problem is employing a larger screen. In any event you raise a good point. By not providing a means to increase the scale of After Effects' UI, Adobe are effectively saying their products are primarily designed for consumers under sixty years. The truth is I imagination and creativity do not end at a given age. And the major motion graphic vendors know this full well, if only by the longevity of some of their senior product designers.

[@theholepicture]

@@petersolomon5227 I had a 24 inch screen at the time, that isn't small. we will see if it is any better on my new 5K 27. I have thought put off After-effects for a bit. Thanks for the get back.

[@thetribalgaming1194]

After Effects Only Recognizing 4GB of 8GB ram. (?)

[@johnthevideoguy]

Hi, If After Effects isn’t recognizing all your installed RAM, it could mean a few things. You can first check to make sure that the memory stick is still working. Sometimes RAM stops working at the end of its life. Also, depending on the brand of RAM, the both sticks might not be able to be read by After Effects at the same time. You can also consider reinstalling After Effects.

[@ZyteVFX]

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[@ziwalker2954]

i have a problem.. even if i set the RAM to reserve at least 5 or 6 gb for the system, After effects will ends eating ALL the ram aniway, and then crash. making those settings useless? i have 32 gb ram. what to do please

[@KittyCat_Cute]

yes i love hearing spit

[@freezy.rfx1]

This vid sucks because I can’t even click on after effects😭😭

[@stma9929]

After Effects pisses me off so bad... This stupid programm isn't capable to show the preview video even though I gave it 13 gb ram and set the preview resolution to quarter. After Effects is a joke

[@artv4nd3l4y]

Bro did you remove my comment? That was a good video after all I have to admit man, keep up the great content my man.

[@johnthevideoguy]

I don't know, I can't remember. LOL 😂 I usually only remove hate comments that don't have any valid reasoning.

[@mohammadhashash9329]

[@Bubbabooba12]

wont let me view options when ur in display tab