First, what are you trying to isolate? I would not use rotobrush for that shot unless you do some serious masking and color correction to improve the edge detail and contrast of the details you are trying to isolate before attempting to use the tool.   To ensure that Rotobrush does not have problems on your system, try a very simple shot like a head-and-shoulders shot of a person with a simple background.     ... View more

Those animations can easily be created using the Morph workflows I shared. You need one object in Illustrator with the starting frame design and one with the extruded shape of the ending. Then, apply the Blend tool, select the number of steps you want to set for the duration of your animation and follow the steps in the tutorials.    That is the easiest way to create isometric 3D animations in After Effects. Just ensure you start with one surface for each surface you want to extrude. I don't have time to create a new tutorial for you, but if you share an AI file with me, I will try to create the AI file you can import and animate. I need the Illustrator file with your desired starting frame.   One more suggestion: In the future, you can drag or copy and paste your screenshots to the reply field on the forum and adjust the size so we don't have to download images to see them. The "Drag & drop here or browse files to attach is only efficient for uploading short videos (MP4) or project files.   ... View more

I would create a layered Illustrator file and import and animate the layers. Maybe this short, old tutorial will help. It explains how to create animations from blended shapes in Illustrator.  Maybe this one that uses the same workflow will give you some more information on the workflow:   ... View more

After Effects will not render isometric views. Your only option is to add a camera with a very long lens to the comp. This will force the perspective to something close to isometric views. Set the focal length to 20,000 pixels or more.   The only real limitation is the extrusion depth. You will be limited to 1000 pixels. ... View more

You can also use the timeline's search bar, select one or more layers, and then type pos, sc, or the whole words followed by a comma. All position and scale properties, including those in effects with position and scale properties, will be revealed.   ... View more

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I would probably not use Keylight. I would use the Stabilized Power Pin method in the first tutorial I shared and overlay the replacement screen on top of the layer. It's less work.   If you really need to apply Keylight to the footage to knock out the screen, apply keylight to the source footage and key out the screen, then add Mocha AE and track everything, including perspective using the corners of the screen, then return to AE, put the replacement layer below the footage and apply Corner Pin tracking to the screen layer.  Something like this will do it:   ... View more

You will be a lot better off with that shot if you use Mocha AE and do Motion Tracking and Corner Pin tracking.    Maybe this will help: Because there is little or no detail on the screen, you'll have to track the corners. Here's an old video that shows how to do that. Sorry, there is no audio.     ... View more

If you want to stick with Red Giant Universe/Glow, try uni.Chromatic Glow or uni.Edge Glow. All other Universe glows use every color on the layer and black generates 100% opacity in the alpha channel, while white generates 0% opacity.    The other option would be to add a black solid layer below the layer with uni.Glow layer, select both layers, then Pre-ccompose.   There are lots of other glows that will give you similar looks while preserving the black background.           ... View more

BCC effects are from the Boris FX Continuum package. That is a 3rd party set of tools you have to purchase. Here's a link to the product page:https://borisfx.com/products/continuum/?tags=&search= ... View more

You need to use Mocha AE for that kind of tracking. You can extract mask information, position information, and even mesh distortions. Here's a training series on that: Mocha AE Training ... View more

I took a quick look at your project, and there are quite a few problems. The first is the Paragraph Text for the text layers. You cannot control the size or position of a text box with expressions. If you need a text box, you must ensure your text is left-justified. You also have some severe scaling and other things going on.    I don't have time to dig through the whole comp and fix all the problems, but maybe the file I am sharing will help you figure things out. You have to consider the top, left, height, and width. You also tie the text layers to the main or top layers using position expressions. This project requires the same paragraph justification for all layers.   Take a look, and it should give you some guidance. The comp is part of a tutorial series I am working on that should give you all you need to know to create very complex MOGRTS and Animation Presets for text, shape, and even image layers using sourceRectAttime() to control and animate position and size.     ... View more

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For as long as I can remember, the Preview panel has had a "Full Screen" checkbox. To turn it on, click the checkbox.   ... View more

If you type "fill" in the Timeline Search Bar and then select only the layers you want to change, you can use the toolbar to change only the selected shapes.    Unfortunately, you cannot add modifiers to the Timeline Search. A good feature request would be to be able to search for fill and color to eliminate the stroke colors from the timeline.   The only other option without scripting would be to open the Essential Graphics workspace, type color into the Timeline Search bar, and then drag all of the Fill/Color properties into the Essential Graphics panel. ... View more

I can't tell from the single-frame screenshot, but it looks like there is not enough changing geometry in the shot to analyze the shot properly. You might be better off using Mocha AE to do the tracking.    I could give you better advice if you could share all or part of the shot. ... View more

After Effects is not designed to create long sequences or edit movies.   All the major studios follow the following efficient workflow: Edit the movie in an NLE, pick the shots that need visual effects, transfer (export - link - whatever) those shots into a visual effects app and create the composites and effects, import the final effects shots into your editing software (NLE), do the final sound mix and color grading, then review the edit and do the final polish on the timing. On higher budget productions, the color grading and final sound mix are done at a separate facility specializing in that, like Skywalker Sound for audio or Beambox or Motion Grade for color.   I have been using AE for a little more than 30 years and making movies for 50. I would not even consider your workflow idea. I would pick each shot that needs visual effects and use Dynamic Link to create an AE comp for that shot, complete the effects editing, then either render the comp and move the render to Premiere Pro or, if the effects render quickly, continue using Dynamic Link in Premiere Pro. A two-frame shift from before the blink to after the blink in a sequence between a man and a woman can change the story from falling in love to having an argument.    I hope this helps.     ... View more

In my experience, using Chat GBT to help or create expressions for After Effects has a success rate of about 10%.   Numbers, not names, drive menus like the Range Selector/Advanced/Mode. The numbers start from 1, not zero.   The easiest way to understand what is going on is to use an if/else statement:   ctrl = effect("Checkbox Control")("Checkbox"); if (ctrl == 0) 1; else 2;   Without an if statement, the expression would look like this:   ctrl = effect("Checkbox Control")("Checkbox"); ctrl == 0 ? 1 : 2;   Setting up an Effect/Expression Control as a variable is always a good idea. The ctrl checkbox switch starts at 0 for not selected, then goes to 1.      ... View more

That's precisely what I do as part of my business. I get hired to go to a set as a VFX Supervisor and make suggestions and discuss camera moves, lighting, costumes, and everything else related to creating a shot that can be quickly and efficiently transformed into a believable composite.   I don't say you must do it my way because I want to use AE's Tracker. That's not my job. I make suggestions based on the story's needs and the shot, and I consider how AE's Track Camera, Mocha AE, Mocha Pro, and Syntheyes will behave with the shot. All major productions that require visual effects have somebody on set helping make sure the shots work for visual effects. Even the small production or the solo social media video producer should spend some time gaining a good understanding of how to shoot so you don't spend hours or days trying to insert a graphic behind a person walking through a shot.    Mocha is not clumsy. It just requires a little time to learn. Mask tracking works for some things. AI is part of Mocha, part of Photoshop, part of Lightroom, part of Rotobrush, and even part of the basic AE tracker because it looks at data and makes a decision. Some of the improvements are pretty good, like the improved Rotobrush, but AI still cannot do a great job of removing the background from a blond with long in a yellow shirt walking through a wheat field on a windy day. It still has to be photographed, so there is some chance of figuring out what part of the image is what. Even shutter speed is critical. You cannot pull a good green screen-keying shot of somebody dancing around if the footage is shot at 1/50 of a second on a 90 MM lens at T 1.2 because motion blur and shallow depth of field would foul up the shot and ruin the key.   Plan, shoot, and use the right tools. That's how the big studios do it and how amateurs can achieve amazing results.    I am not saying that AE's Motion tracker (point/detail tracking) could not or should not be improved, but it is entirely the wrong tool for most tracking jobs. Right out of the box, with a little planning and the proper exposure, focus, background, and camera movement, you can duplicate most visual effects compositing shots you see in any feature film using the standard set of After Effects tracking tools.   If you want to walk down a crowded sidewalk with nothing but hundreds of people and moving cars in the shot, and you have not planned for and included some fixed geometry in the shot, you are going to have a very difficult time having any tracking tools figure out what is going on in the shot. It's going to take a lot of keyframes.  ... View more

Mocha AE has a fabulous tracker. AE's Tracker is a feature tracker, not a Motion Tracker. Feature trackers are only suitable for tracking small detail areas and delivering results in the X and Y coordinates. If all you need is Feature tracking (a small area of contrasting pixels), AE's Tracker works very well, including all the options up to Corner Pin tracking. The Camera Tracker in After Effects works very well if the footage is shot with tracking in mind.  ... View more

With AE open press Alt/Option + Ctrl/Cmnd + ;  You can also use the menu to open preferences. The second line item is Startup & Repair. You will find the Enable Home Screen checkbox in that tab.   ... View more

Try switching your File Explorer preferences so that the file extensions show.  ... View more