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After Effects 26.3 · Known bug

Crash importing multiple SVGs in one ExtendScript call

Not marked fixed as of After Effects 27.0.0. The bug was reported for After Effects 26.3. Adobe tracks it (status: Investigating). It happens on macOS only. There is a workaround.

Status
Not fixedAdobe: Investigating
Severity
Major
Affects
Specific feature
System
macOS only

Workaround

Import one SVG per script call, or add about a 2 second pause between imports in the loop.

Timeline

  1. Oct 29, 2026Reported on After Effects 26.3
  2. Nov 10, 2026Not marked fixed as of After Effects 27.0.0Adobe: Investigating

The report

0 votes · 1 reply

Reported on macOS by 1 person (from the report and 1 reply).

“After Effects 26.3 crashes in AdobeSVGRE when several SVG files are imported in a single ExtendScript call”

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