Wow, this post is from 2018! Seems like this feature is really not so popular or people prefers to download individual files one by one WHEN THEY CAN'T install the desktop app. ... View more

In other words, it seems Adobe excluded AE from being benefited, at least, in terms of sharing color palettes through CC Libraries. IMO the native AE color picker is really poor. When I am on a Mac I use the system color picker because I can save some colors for a temporary project on a swatch. The Windows color picker also seems to be stuck in the 90's. Why not redesign AE native color picker, or include ways AE can share color palettes via Libraries? The use of CMYK or RGB(A) should not be an excuse to previewing colors like whatever. Many people use InDesign, AI, PS, for web, or designing for video. I know color spaces can be messy, but is it so complex even Adobe developers can't deal with it between their own applications? ... View more

Thanks for the reply. I understand that the data type must be compatible between properties, so maybe I got it wrong the animation preset concept since I am basically just trying to store a generic expression I can attach to a property regardless of its data type. This expression I made works on the top of animated properties just to add some extra movement to it. The idea is you can animate some position, or rotation, or scale, or some effect value, and than add this expression to it just so it can "enhance" its "base layer animation". How do you store these expressions in after effects in a convenient way to reuse? Making a script with a button/UI that adds this expression to the selected property? K = effect("Spring constant")("Slider");//.3; M = effect("Mass")("Slider");//.8; D = effect("Damping")("Slider");// .8; L = effect("Spring length")("Slider");//0; n = 0; C = valueAtTime(0); cvel = velocityAtTime(0); i = 0; function calcMotion(){ while(framesToTime(i) < time){ dir = sub( C, valueAtTime( framesToTime(i))); len = length(dir) - L; force = mul( ((len>0)?normalize(dir):0), -K*len); acc = mul(force, M); cvel = add(cvel, acc); cvel = mul( cvel, D ); C = add(C, cvel); i++; } return C; } if( numKeys > 0 ){ n = nearestKey(time).index; if (key(1) > time) n--; } if( n>0 ){ calcMotion(); } else { value; } ... View more

Shift click selects multiple channels, for what that is worth. That was my first and intuitive attempt, but as long as I select a mask (alpha, or other than RGB, R, B or G) the RGB channels are automatically unselected at least on a windows machine, PS CC 2019. Or I select channels related to RGB or not. Couldn't select both as you showed on your screenshot. You can’t do it “at the same time” however this could be automated. Yes. I know I can create actions for it, or save the levels I wanted to apply on each layer as a preset, but I can't, then, adjust it visually, the same way one selects points on a curve editor and move the mouse, while seeing the changes in real time, until satisfied. I think for a matter of consistency, between adobe products (I am comparing with After Effects to be precise), I was just wondering if it does make any harm to include an alpha channel on PS image adjustment editors. ... View more

Thanks for the reply guys! I have few issues with this method, at least using a Windows machine: 1 - I couldn't find a way to select all channels (RGB + mask) as you performed on your machine to then apply curves and see all 4 channels. 2 - can't select multiple layers and > Layer > Layer Mask > From Transparency as mentioned by Jeff.  (seems like I can only do it individually or by actions?) 3 - Say I have 10 layers. I want to select all and apply level adjustments on the "alpha" channel of all layers 10 at same time. Couldn't find a way to easily access and adjust (visualizing it) all "masks" from more than one layer at same time. I can't save levels parameters to apply on subsequent layers since the adjustment depend on the sum of all layer's transparency, right? I am not an advanced PS user and people are doing CG since ages without pointing this out, so I might be missing something. In my experience, it is easier to create a PS file, open in After Effects, adjust alpha on all layers as needed, than output it as a single frame render. This becomes troublesome when there is a need to keep bouncing between these applications. ... View more