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Should I update After Effects?

After Effects 26.5 · Known bug

Custom effect controls lag during drag in Effect Controls

Not marked fixed as of After Effects 27.0.0. The bug was reported for After Effects 26.5. Adobe tracks it (status: In Development).

Status
Not fixedAdobe: In Development
Severity
Major
Affects
Common workflow
System
Windows and macOS

Timeline

  1. Sep 18, 2026Reported on After Effects 26.5
  2. Nov 10, 2026Not marked fixed as of After Effects 27.0.0Adobe: In Development

The report

0 votes · 2 replies

Reported on Windows by 1 person (from the report and 2 replies).

“Custom UI parameters are very slow in AE 26.5”

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