Hello! Since upgrading my Adobe suite to the latest 2022 versions I haven't been able to export my files from After Effects to the Media Encoder. When I'm ready to render I'll go to "File > Export > Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue..." as usual, but nothing actually shows up in Media Encoder's Queue. I've sat and waited long enough, staring at Media Encoder, mentally willing the file to go through the dynamic link that my boss started poking at me with a sharp stick to see if I was still alive... I've had a similar lack of luck exporting from AE to ME in different ways.

I've removed all the third party plugins I could identify and find, but that didn't help either. I've restarted the software probably nineteen times, and have rebooted my iMac several times as well, but alas and alackaday, the problem persists. I've fiddled with various settings in AE and ME, but...

If anyone has a solution to this I'd be very grateful! (At the moment I'm using the "export via AE as a .MOV, import the .MOV to ME, export as H.264" workaround, but that's adding several steps to my workflow.)

I'm working on a Late 2015 27" iMac with Big Sur (v. 11.6), 32 GB RAM.

The Fractal effect (not the Fractal Noise effect) is buggy in AE 2022. It works fine until I try adding another effect to the layer. For example, if I start a new project, create a new comp, add a new solid layer, and then add the Fractal effect to it, it looks fine. But if I add a Glow effect to the layer (after the Fractal effect) the effect disappears.

Almost all other effects will have the same result when used with the Fractal effect, but the bug is inconsistent. So If you have trouble recreating the issue, try adjusting some of the properties of the Fractal effect, after adding a couple effects to the layer. This problem does not exist in earlier versions of AE.

I am attaching two screenshots. The first shows the Fractal effect by itself. The second shows the same Fractal effect, with a Glow effect after it.

so I have a project:
F:\filmmaking\Client Name (587)\Film Name\CODE.2.6.2021.aep

When I use the File Name and Location Template (in AE 2021 only, all other versions work fine)
[projectFolder]\renders\FINALS[compName]_Proof.[fileExtension]

It seemingly randomly saves the file(s) in either:
F:\renders\FINALS* or
F:\filmmaking\renders\FINALS* or
F:\filmmaking\Client Name (587)\renders\FINALS*
never F:\filmmaking\Client Name (587)\Film Name\renders\FINALS* like it is supposed to.

If after I apply the template, I click on the link, it takes me to the dialogue showing exactly where it is supposed to go. Click render and it renders to the correct path.

If I don't click the filename first, it renders to a random parent folder like the above.

I have rebuilt the template, have tried changing the slashes and removing the first slash.

If I choose Custom... rebuild the template and name it the same as the original, overwrite the old then render it works fine. Choose that template again on the next render and it fails.

It's making organizing and finding files a nightmare, especially if the render imports the file after rendering.

After Effects V 22.0.1 still crashes while using a 3rd preview monitor via Mercury Transit.

My setups: Mac Pro trashcan (Late 2013) 12 core with 64GB and AMD FirePro D300, now running MacOS Monterey. I have 3 monitors- 2 4K Dell P2715Qs over mini Displayport and a JVC DT-v24L1 broadcast preview monitor over HDMI

Also occurs on new 2021 Macbook Pro 16 running Monterey

Repeatable crash: Preferences-> Video Preview -> Enable Mercury Transit ->Video Device: Adobe Monitor 2: 1920x1080

In a project that has different sized comps, say 1920x1080 and 1080x1080, AE will crash when switching between comps of different sizes while Mercury Transit is enabled.

This pretty much renders the preview monitor unusable. This issue has been present since at least V 18.4- I'm not sure exactly when it appeared since I wasn't using the preview monitor as much in the past year. This crash occurred in Mojave as well, by the way.

I haven't seen any comments from Adobe on this issue or anything about it being a known issue. Anybody have any more information?

Bug report: (started with After Effects 22.0 and still going on in version 22.0.1 and 22.1.1, on Macbooks (late 2018 i9 & late 2021 M1 proMAX)
— The Effects panel you normally find on the left and who might automatically open when applying an effect on a layer DOES NOT show up. You have to manually activate it via Windows in the menu bar.
Then, when the Effects panel is at last on your workspace, it doesn't switch automatically if the Project panel was already activated. Again, you have to manually click on Effect panel to show the effect you just added onto your layer.