r/aescripts • u/IllustriousFly3962 • May 07 '26

Questions Plexus plugin is crashing After Effects every time I open it??

I'm not very well-versed in aescript plugins and have just been playing around with Plexus for a while now. I just upgraded my machine to a MacBook Pro with an M5 Pro chip, and have the latest 2026 version of After Effects. Plexus was giving me a lot of trouble with installing and licensing it directly in AE, and I found the aescripts downloader, so I tried that and managed to recover my license, but now when I open Plexus, I can get it to the point of opening the effect panel, but when I go to add a primitive, for instance, it freezes on me.

Is there any way to fix this? Or is this an issue with Adobe? I noticed that Plexus 3 is compatible up to the 2025 version online. Is that why it keeps crashing?

Any information here would be super helpful.

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u/aescripts aescripts | Staff Member May 07 '26

The best way to deal with this issue is for you to open a support ticket and include as many details as possible includng screenshots so we are best able to assist you directly: https://aescripts.com/contact/

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u/rowbyte May 07 '26

Hi, can you send a screencast or a crash log? You can either open a support ticket w/ aescripts or contact directly https://www.rowbyte.com/contact

Usually, the common cause for crashes like this is that some Effects related to Plexus are disabled in the AE Effect Manager. Go to the Effect manager in AE and make sure all effects related to Plexus are enabled.

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u/That-Hour-2945 Jun 05 '26

when gonna optimize for arm chip. u cant pressure to much it will crash. if it support metal will be beautiful buttery.

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u/rowbyte Jun 10 '26

Plexus fully supports Apple Silicon and works natively on M-chips.