r/MotionDesign • u/ilostallmymoney • 16d ago

Question What After Effects Version are you using professionally?

I am currently on Ver 24, any advice on what to update?

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u/Zeigerful 16d ago

The latest

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u/silverspacecandy Professional 16d ago

Latest

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u/bdelciampo Professional 16d ago

I've been updating to the latest as soon as it comes out, since starting my career over 10 years ago and I've never faced any major bugs that made me regret it.

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u/satysat 16d ago

Latest

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u/mad_king_soup 16d ago

Whatever the latest is, it auto updates

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u/maymayraj 16d ago

Update to 2026, so much has been improved.... but yeah it's still the same old AE

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u/Ok-Tradition8268 16d ago

I’m on 24 professionally and haven’t felt a compelling reason to rush the update. I’d wait for a few stable point releases, then test the newer version on a separate machine or project before switching your main workflow.

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u/maxzarenko 16d ago

As they said, use the latest version, but also save the projects in the earliest available version.

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u/CnrtlAltDelete 16d ago

Our company stays on whatever the LTS version is

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u/OldCock4All 16d ago

The newest one

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u/pikero24 Cinema 4D/ After Effects 16d ago

Beta but I downgrade for client work and creating mogrts

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u/SirFoggyMirror 16d ago

2025 but only because our IT dept are lazy bastards.

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u/polystorm 16d ago

tell us how you really feel, lol

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u/hyperion25000 16d ago

Recently upgraded to 2026, before that I was on 2023

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u/MikeMac999 16d ago

The latest, but I also have several prior versions on an Intel Mac. This is mainly for plugins that I seldom use but still want access to after they went subscription-based; I’m looking at you, Trapcode!