Adobe released the After Effects update “25.3,” the June 2025 update. The 25.3 release brings new features, workflow improvements, and important fixes to After Effects.
After Effects June 2025 Update Features
Smooth Zoom
Smooth zoom provides precise and smooth magnification in Composition, Layer and Footage panels. Instead of being limited to fixed magnification percentages like 33%, 50% or 100%, customers can now zoom to any decimal value using hot text controls or the scroll wheel for smoother adjustments.
Smooth zoom magnification adjusts the zoom during preview.
To customize zoom behavior, go to Preferences > Preview > Magnification and set the zoom type, behavior, and trackpad scrolling. For enhanced zoom control, select “Smooth” in the Type setting.
The Preferences dialog box opens. In the Preview tab, in the Magnification section, the Smooth option for Type setting is highlighted.
Learn how to adjust the zoom level while previewing a composition in After Effects.
Viewing projects in the file system
After Effects has a handy feature that allows users to instantly find their project files from within the application. With one click, it will open their computer’s file explorer and highlight the exact location of the currently open project file. This feature simplifies file management, reduces the time spent searching through folders and helps users stay organized, especially when working on multiple complex projects.
With a file displayed in the Project panel and the Reveal Project in Finder option selected, a context menu opens with multiple options.
After Effects June 2025 Update Patches
The following has been fixed in After Effects version 25.3:
- After Effects no longer crashes when you choose Help > View Log File after logging has been enabled for more than 24 hours.
- Viewport interaction lag is no longer an issue on systems with AMD GPUs.
- Cache before playback in the Preview panel now works properly, ensuring the timeline is fully cached before playback begins.
- Resizing Composition, Footage, or Layer panels with rulers visible no longer shifts the view to the left.
- Renaming an animation option in the Timeline panel to None now updates correctly in the Properties panel.
- Improved selection and interactive performance when working with many shape layers.
- The Info panel now correctly displays out-of-range color values when you hover the pointer over a solid in a 32-bpc composition.
- The Render Quality slider is now responsive when adjusting advanced 3D compositions that contain many 3D shape layers.
- When rotating or moving the default camera view, the properties of the selected layer now continue to display in the Properties panel.
- The keyboard shortcut for Toggle Lock and Split New Viewer now matches the View/Split New Locked Viewer menu command.
- The warning when deleting a footage item that is in use now correctly refers to the number of instances instead of the number of compositions.
- Holding Alt and double-clicking the zoom tool now centers the view instantly with no delay.
- After Effects no longer crashes when using Advanced 3D on systems where the Windows user folder name contains Unicode characters.
- Dragging a file from the file list onto the thumbnail or overview area now correctly moves it to the top of the hierarchy.
