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Fixed issues in the November 2025 release (version 25.6)

Compositions, Timeline, and Layers
The Timeline panel no longer shows a floating horizontal scrollbar when expanding or maximizing the panel with minimal content.
No error is shown when using Paste Reverse Keyframes on mixed selections with and without keyframes.
Multi-line comments in the Timeline panel now display the bottom border correctly.
Replacing or deleting an audio-only layer no longer clears cached video frames.
Rotation now correctly snaps to 5-degree increments when holding Shift while dragging with the Rotation tool.
Dropdown menus for Light Options, Environment Light Source, and Model Animations now appear in the timeline’s Switches column.
Shape group transform space now centers correctly when Center Anchor Point in New Shape Layers is enabled.
Resetting to Saved Layout no longer creates multiple duplicate panels in the timeline.
The timeline no longer scrolls to the top when adding keyframes to layers near the bottom of a large layer stack.
Grid snapping for path points and handles now aligns correctly with transformed Shape groups.
Moving layers in the Timeline stack no longer displays a duplicate plus icon.
Effects and Presets
Effects & Presets no longer cause After Effects to crash due to hidden effects exceeding internal index limits.
Presets apply and play back without expression errors in all languages.
Preview and Rendering
When the resolution settings of the Composition and Preview panels differ, a frame with the resolution of the Preview panel no longer flashes when playback when stopped.
After Effects no longer downscales audio to 16-bit when exporting at 24-bit or 32-bit, preserving correct audio quality.
Time Displacement effects in pre-comps now render correctly in the main composition.
Overwriting multiple renders in the Render Queue now includes a Yes to All option, eliminating repeated confirmation prompts.
Hidden layer handles no longer appear when opening the Renderer Options dialog.
Switching from QuickTime to DPX/Cineon format in Output Module Settings no longer resets the channel setting from RGB + Alpha to RGB.
Render tokens in the File Name and Location Template dialog now insert at the text cursor or replace the selected text.
The Composition menu’s Save Current Preview option is now enabled, sending the active comp to the Render Queue with current settings.
Expressions and Scripting
Text style expressions no longer disrupt cursor behavior when typing, deleting, or navigating text in After Effects.
Expression links now correctly update when layer names are renamed using non-Latin characters.
Scripts, ScriptUI panels, and CEP extensions no longer load in Safe Mode.
Correct bounds are now returned by sourceRectAtTime(time, includeExtents = true) for Shape layers with Stroke set to Miter Join.
Line breaks in marker comments are now preserved when applied via scripting with carriage return characters.
Graph Editor
The Current Time Indicator (CTI) no longer gets stuck when navigating keyframes in a narrowly sized Graph Editor.
The Graph Editor tooltip now correctly limits values to two decimal places when dragging keyframes.
Properties Panel
Transform values in the Properties panel can now be adjusted while text is selected in a text layer.
Double-clicking dropdown properties in the Properties panel now correctly reveals them in the timeline.
Switching between Point and Box Text modes now applies a default minimum box size when no text is entered.
The Color Picker cursor in the Properties panel no longer gets stuck as a circle after canceling the dialog.
Scale, Rotation, and Orientation values update live in the Properties panel while scaling and rotating layers in the Composition viewer.
Stability and Performance
After Effects no longer crashes when scrubbing values in the Properties panel.
Applying OCIO plug-ins no longer causes crashes in After Effects when using non-English languages.
After Effects no longer crashes when using Shape Repeater with extreme coordinate values in combination with the Glow effect.
Copying a Content Aware Fill reference layer no longer crashes After Effects.
After Effects no longer becomes unresponsive when scrolling over the timeline control column with Option/Alt held at maximum zoom.
Applying effects to multiple layers no longer causes After Effects to stall.
After Effects no longer crashes when pre-composing nested composition layers that contain numerous Essential Properties and Protected Regions.
Third-party
After Effects prevents Blackmagic Design Desktop version 10.11.4.0 (2018) and earlier from loading to avoid startup crashes.
After Effects no longer crashes when undoing Ripple Insert Edit or Overlay Edit actions on a Cinema 4D file opened in the Footage panel.
User Interface
Icon buttons and links now have meaningful text alternatives.
The usage count dropdown is now correctly enabled for all project items with valid usage in the project.
Label color brightness no longer shifts when changing UI themes.
The History menu now lists the most recent items at the top instead of the bottom.
The Home screen can now be closed using Esc or Cmd/Ctrl + W.
Dialogs now open at their last saved position by default, with the Preferences dialog always opening centered.
The Layer panel title bar now remains visible after undocking and reopening the panel.
The Align panel’s default height now fully displays the Distribute section.
Enabling Preserve Transparency for a layer now correctly shows Undo Preserve Transparency in the Edit menu.
Miscellaneous
Premiere Pro projects exported from After Effects now open without errors using ProRes editing mode.
AEGP_GetNumTextOutlines in the AE plug-in SDK now correctly returns all paths for Right-to-Left text set in Paragraph options.
Undoing a cleared shortcut in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog no longer incorrectly shows a "Shortcut already in use" error.
Dialogs now always open on the same monitor as the main application window.
The Mask Feather Boundaries option is now correctly disabled when "Masks" is turned off in the View Options menu.
Incompatible file formats can no longer be replaced with 3D models in the Project panel.
After Effects project files created on Windows are no longer deleted when edited and saved on Mac via Dynamic Link with Premiere.
Transparency Color thumbnails now correctly retain their original color when changes are canceled in Preferences.
Holding Shift while using the Rotate Tool constrains rotation to fixed angle increments.