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Hi,I'm a beginner to After Effect expressions. I'm creating a end creadit MOGRT for my team. There are total 16 text layers, named as "Title", "Name", Title 1" "Name 1" etc. and controled by 8 checkboxes, named as "Group 1", "Group 2" etc. two layers per checkbox. The vertical gap between "Title" layers and "Name"  layers should be 15 pixels, and 40 between groups. If one of the groups is unchecked the visible groups will move up. All the stacked visible groups should be vertically centred in the comp. I tested with 6 layers. Except to keep the gap remain as I asked for after adding multiple lines in "Name" layer, everything works well with the expression generated by Chatgpt.  I would be super grateful if someone could let me know which part has gone wrong in the below expression script, and how to fix it. The image on the left is the fulty result and on the right is what I would like to acheive.      // Fixed x positionx = 785; // Layer order (

Hi all,I've recently returned to After Effects and am having trouble viewing anything in my composition window. I've uploaded a screen grab of a short animation I did a while ago here, and you can see the preview of the project in the Project window, but I can't get anything to appear in the composition window. I thought it was just having the caps lock on, but that's not sorted it. I can't think of anything else, so wondering if anyone has any ideas?

Hello guys,I'm trying to import a figma screen into After effects using AEUX and it keeps showing this script error.After Effect error: Unable to call "setValue" because of parameter 1. Value is undefined.Any help please??

Hello guys,I'm trying to import a figma screen into After Effects using AEUX and it keeps showing this script error.After Effect error: Unable to call "setValue" because of parameter 1. Value is undefined.The error keeps coming up after everything i have tried.Any help, please??

While working on a wedding animation project in After Effects (version [insert version]), I encountered a major preview issue:The video file (ZDR59251.MP4) appears completely pixelated and discolored in the composition panel. This distortion persists even after clearing cache, adjusting render settings, and reimporting the footage. The timeline and linked layers are unaffected, but visual feedback in the viewport is unusable.What I tried:Cache PurgeChanging Preview ResolutionDisabling GPU AccelerationRe-importing footageCross-checking codecs and format compatibilitySuspected cause:Possible decoding error or preview rendering bug for MP4 files in this AE version. The original footage plays fine in external viewers (Premiere Pro and VLC), so it's not corrupt.Impact:This issue halts my ability to perform real-time animation adjustments and hampers productivity in critical delivery timelines.Request:Please investigate and provide a fix or workaround. A lot of editors working with hybrid we

Hi folks, pretty new to After Effects (usually edit in Prem pro) so need help id possible?Basically as a proof of concept for a longer video, I need to place the head from clip 1 onto the skeleton in clip 2.So far have managed to rotoscope the head in clip 1, and motion track the dots on the head of the sheleton in clip 2.If someone could give a step by step guide relevan to the latest edition of AE, that would be great. AS you know out there there's loads of advice but I can't find anything up to date or specific for thsi problem.Cheers!!!

Reference frames created in Ae and edited in Photoshop are tot automatically reloaded.After retouching in Photoshop, the old cached frame stays visible until manual reload.

HI, is it possible to make this Javascript suggestion box wider on Mac OS?or where I canfind these setting or name i ccould search for AE 25.3.1. on MacOS sequoia 15.5  Thank you!

HELP!!!! Trying to make a simple particle effect of leaves falling, but cant seem to import texture (the option isnt there). I was following this tutorialThings i've tried:-Looking up tutorials, but the tutorials seem to have the "texture" option while i dont-Saw an old reddit thread 6 years ago with the guy having the same issue. Applied the effect to the layer with the texture and it didnt work. Just made squares that were the leaf but enlarged i think.-Under the same thread it said to close any RAM intensive programs and to check my hardware but from what i can tell everything looks good, and i restarted my after effects after closing everything, but still no changeSpecs:Processor: 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7Graphics: Intel Iris Plus Grahpics 1536 MBMemory: 16 GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4XStartup Disk: Macintosh HDSerial number: C02FQ04QML88macOS: 15.4.1 (24E263)To whoever can help u i beg you... my supervisors are not helping TT

Hallo, ich habe folgendes Problem: Ich habe eine Cinema 4D Datei, die in After effects geöffnet werden soll. Daraus soll ein 360 grad Bild werden. Nun wird leider meine Kamera aus der C4D Datei nicht erkannt und das 360° Bild funktioniert nicht. Kann hier jemand helfen ?  Vielen Dank im Voraus! 

Hello,Please. Help I am trying to format a .csv file so I can have a elon vs zuck Montly networth  data,it name is test.csv How to data smooth scrolling animation in same time,How to data link the each text layers ..... V1 = Date (eg- 1/4/2010) V2= Elon Musk (eg- 804931507)V3= Mark Zuckerberg (eg- 4047591069)V4=  Elon Musk value - Mark Zuckerberg value (eg- 804931507 - 4047591069 = "-3,242,659,562" )every text layer chang by time and value.Please. help 

I've been having this problem lately where After Effects gets stuck at the end of a render, without ever finishing it; but at the same time, when I check the render folder, it has finished the render. I always work in image sequences, so when some render breaks it's not usually a problem, but this has happened multiple times now and with some semi-simple renders, so it's strange. Here's a screenshot of the render queue I left last night:As you can see, the render queue got stuck at the end of the very first render. However, when I went to check the render folder, my surprise is that it seemed done: all the frames were there, with their corresponding information, the sizes were correct and they looked fine. So that's the most strange part. Even though After Effects said only 397 frames were processed, I found the whole 419 of them. And again, this has happened multiple times in the past few days. Any ideas why? Anyone experienced something similar in the past? How di

I know there is a quick and simple fix to this, but I've hit a roadblock. It's my first time using a Red Giant plugin, very happy with the results of my project so far, thanks to the plugin. Im using the Trapcode Particular effect to create a bubble particle logo look for my logo. Im having trouble finding a way to end the effect in unison. So far, I only have the center part fading away early, while it takes the rest of the logo a couple more seconds to fade. I know the reason it is doing this is because of the logo being matted as a shape layer, which is animating the expansion movement. Since the orb in the center is the first to be seen, it is also the first to fade away. I've tried messing with the Life Seconds slider of the Particles, but it doesn't seem to change the timing. Any input or tips to find a solution would be greatly appreciated. I've attached a video of what I have so far, as well as some of my pre-comps, to show my workflow. What I have

Issue:setJustification() is broken if it is set after setText(). Solution:Allow setJustification() to control paragraph alignment, irrespective of setText(). Adobe After Effects version number25.xx Operating systemMac/Win Steps to reproduceThis expression controls the Justification from a Dropdown Menu control and ignores the layer's Properties > Paragraph settings.  var myString = "myText" + "\r" + "on a new line"; var menu = effect("Dropdown Menu Control")(1); var myArray = ["alignLeft", "alignCenter", "alignRight"]; text.sourceText.style .setText(myString) .setJustification(myArray[menu - 1])   If you reverse the order of the final 2 lines, the Justification does not update from the Dropdown Menu but can still be controlled from the layer's Properties > Paragraph tab. var myString = "myText" + "\r" + "on a new line"; var menu = effect("Dropdown Menu Control")(1); var myArray = ["alignLeft", "alignCenter", "alignRight"];

Why does After Effects assume the colour space of all media in an ACEScg project to be ACES 2065-1?Even when it knows what it is like this PSD or MOV, it still manually overrides it to ACES 2065-1?  Why?? This is really stupid.   

Hi,Im trying to make a edit in after effects but my current time indicator isn't moving so I have no idea where the video is playing and thats a pretty big problem for me if I want to edit. Does anyone have a solution for this? Greetings Jesse

Hey,so After Effects is not performing very well on my PC. Sometimes its so bad that my PC Frezzes and i have to power reset it. I ran some checks and the Problem is that when After Effects is open my VRAM Usage Jumps from 300 mb in use to 7,8 GB in use. I check and it looks like After Effects is using almost all of my VRAM on my GPU. That causes the System to Frezze. PC SpecsCPU : Ryzen 7 2700x AIO : Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 360MM GPU : RTX 3070 Gaming OC RAM : Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB 3200MHz Here are to Screenshots of the Problem Without After Effts I dont know why After Effects does that and it only happens when i render the Project with my GPU, the second problem it that it doesnt even peform good. When i render with the Software encoder its smoother then with my GPU. Sometimes even effects dont render with my GPU and i had a problem with a Project where i coudnt render it using my GPU because it Media encoder either failed or got stuck at a Fra

A frame glitch after making it into a comp.  I have used roto in it and it came perfect. When i made this into a comp it appears like this     

I'm seeing a strange issue where I try to draw a layer mask with the pen tool, and instead of adding a path point where my mouse is, the new point is on top of the first one, and it's given handles that reach where the mouse is.  I have a layer selected, I definitely know how to use the pen tool, and I can create shape layers just fine. The issue is drawing a mask on an image layer.  I can use the polygon tool and make a square, and add and move points, to get the desired mask but that's just an awful solution.  This problem has occurred over many projects, and I've restarted my computer and the application several times.  I just updated AE as well.I have no idea why it's acting crazy or really even what's happening and would LOVE some assistance.(the cursor wasn't captured but it was above the first letter on the right, where the handle is)

I have my colour workflow set to Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 accross the board. So Photoshop, AE, Premiere are all set to the same profile. Everything looks fine in Adobe's apps. I can play the files back in Premiere and as long as I have the Lumetri Colour viewer gamma option set to Gamma 2.4, they look fine. Same in AE, they look fine. When I view the files in various media players and on YouTube, the brightness is shifting. What is the best approach here? Should I be rendering a final version out with a gamma shift for uploading to YouTube? Would this be done by setting an output profile to sRGB Gamma 2.1 in the render module? I've seen people using a weird QuickTime Gamma LUT too. What a headache! I just want to upload videos to YouTube and have them look the same as what I can see in Creative Suite. I'm not overly technical so I'm just after some simple, practical advice. Thank you!