After Effects

Is it possible to export an XML from After Effects? The rights team where I work needs these for asset reporting. A list of the assets isn't good enough since they need the data for how long each asset is used and in what order. If exporting an XML from AE isn't possible is there anything equivalent to it that I could use to get the rights team what they need? Thanks!

HI, I'm interested in using the puppet tool in a video, with moving objects.The object moves (the cat), therefore I commanded the puppet tool pins (which are linked to null objects) to tracking the cat's mouth.The problem is that as soon as the camera moves a little, the whole mouth goes wrong.The question is simple - how can I use the puppet tool in a moving object in a video without it ruining the effect? Thanks in advance

Hi, last week, I've made an After Effects project, but I had forgotten to save it. Its not rendered yet so I couldn't get onto that project. I've spent nearly 3 hours working on it last week and now its all gone! I want to ask if there is a way to recover an unsaved After Effects CC project because i really need it.Thank you for the help really.btw Im using windows 8 and After Effects CC

Hello Everyone! Hope you guys are all doing well. I am kinda new to this animating and I have a really cool picture of a girl that is sitting down in a chair but I want her eyes to blink and maybe even her hair to move..which one of the apps would be best to create this motion graphic effect? I like characters or objects to move in a photo to give it a more realistic effect.

You know... yesterday i tried downloading Parallels to try After Effects, but i keep trying and it doesnt appear on Creative Cloud applications. Can someone tell me what happens?? ty!!

Hi, Prior to setting up Parallels I installed AE on Mac Ventura. All is well. I installed AE on Windows 10. All is well. Those are my two devices. Then I set up Parallels on Mac (same Mac mentioned above) and am running Windows 10 via Parallels. When I try to run AE on Windows via Parallels I get this message: "You've reached your device activation limit. Sign out of one of the devices." It lists devices as This device - not activated Desktop-RLXXXX - last launched 2 hours ago iMac - last launched hour ago I guess Windows when running via Parallels on Mac presents itself as yet another device/license? Any workaround? Any way for AE when running Windows on Parallels to use same license as AE when normally running on Windows (that is, when booted separately to Windows)?

Hi everyone, I have a rendering problem with After Effects regarding the GPU, does anyone know how to disable the processor's integrated GPU and use the dedicated GPU, I also tried to disable the integrated CPU from the BIOS but nothing continues to use that and I also tried to change settings on AE

Hi! My problem seems a bit complicated, and i'm not sure there even is a solution for what i'm trying to do, but i thought i'd give it a shot and ask.I'm currently working on an animation showing the route deviation of a tram line for the duration of a construction site. I have mapped the route in illustrator and exported layers to use in after effects.The tramline i want to show is on its own layer and i am using a mask on that layer to "uncover" the line bit by bit. So far i have just been unmasking one station of the route at a time, setting one keyframe per second.This screenshot shows the tram line i am uncovering and the mask-outline in red:and here is a screenshot of my keyframes: Like i said i've just placed them one second apart so far, because it's easiest that way, so i could focus on animating the mask path.  Of course now, because the distances between the stations on the map are vairable, this means the speed of the line uncovering looks faster or slow

Hello, I have 2 questions regarding parameters. For the sake of simplicity i will use a circle area idea as a toy example. let's say i have a parameter "radius" and a paramter "area". if the user changes the radius, i can detect that in PF_Cmd_USER_CHANGED_PARAM , compute and set the area value. questions: 1/ where is the best place to detect that change in case radius was driven keyframes (aka timeline change) ? in PF_Cmd_UPDATE_PARAMS_UI call? 2/is there a way to retrieve the raw param value before it is downscaled by in_data->downsample_x (and _y) ? 3/in my circle area example, is there a way to use "area" keyframes (with whip tool for example) but preventing the user from editing it ?...namely, i wanna expose "area" param as a read only param but that can  vary in time (keyframes will be added programmatically). thank you,

Hello, I have a mogrt in after effects which looks just as intended, but as soon as it goes into premiere the position is offset.It is set up to have multiple resolutions, but they work fine. Any ideas?

Hello all! I have a project where I have five layers in an Adobe Illustrator file. I have to apply trim paths to each layer so that it appears as if being drawn. I import Adobe Illustrator file as composition with document size and create vector shapes on each layer by left click on each layer. Then I add Trim Paths and animate the End from 0 to 100%. It works fine, however I wish that I just replace one Adobe illustrator file with another, so that I don't have to repeat the animation process. I tried making changes to original Adobe illustrator file and saving it but it doesn't incorporate the changes to created vector shapes. Is there a way I can just replace the Adobe illustrator file so that I don't have to apply trim paths animation repeatedly? (All files of Adobe illustrator have 5 layers labelled 1,2,3,4, and 5).

I’ve set the PF_OutFlag2_PARAM_GROUP_START_COLLAPSED_FLAG flagIn ParamsSetup I add the PF_ParamFlag_COLLAPSE_TWIRLY flag to my parameterAEFX_CLR_STRUCT(def); def.flags = PF_ParamFlag_COLLAPSE_TWIRLY; PF_ADD_FLOAT_SLIDERX( STR(StrID_Gain_Param_Name), SKELETON_GAIN_MIN, SKELETON_GAIN_MAX, SKELETON_GAIN_MIN, SKELETON_GAIN_MAX, SKELETON_GAIN_DFLT, PF_Precision_HUNDREDTHS, 0, 0, GAIN_DISK_ID );However when I apply the plugin to a layer my parameter is collapsed and does not display the slider What am I doing wrong?

Is is possible to get the AEGP_LayerH if I only have the AEGP_EffectRefH? I have some complicated way of getting the effect reference I need, and I want to go back up to the comp. I can get the comp from the layer using AEGP_GetLayerParentComp, but I'm missing the first step.

I have this clip with hand playing cello. I want the hand to have a meaty end where its cut off. Is it possible to make that? Like blood, veins maybe hanging from the wound? It must be a movie, not just an image. Maybe use a tracker somehow and an image at the cut of stump? The greenscreen effect is not perfect so I will fix that. 

Hey,I have a csv dataValue "1920x1080" that I want to convert to separate to two integers, one for width and one for height. My thinking is to first split it up with a split command and then convert it to an integer with parseInt.However, I get "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'split')" for the split command.I am pretty sure the res value of the specified csv field is "1920x1080", and replacing the first line in the code below with "res = "1920x1080" works perfectly.With the dataValue([13,1]) being "1920x1080", why does this not return "1920" without an error?res = footage("list.csv").dataValue([13,1]); res.split("x")[0] Thanks!Mikael

AE Refuses to read any HAP format video I load in the program. It literally doesn't show any preview. About the export, even after installing the HAP Encoder from the link below, the HAP option doesn't show in the Output module -> Format. I'm working on a Macbook Pro M1 Max.The only way I found to make it work is to open AE with Rosetta. By doing so, everything is where it should be. Clearly a problem of optimization of AE for M1. Using Rosetta works, but slows down dramatically the overall performance of AE. Is there any workaround to fix this problem? I'd really appreciate some help. Thanks! HAP Encoder link:  https://github.com/disguise-one/hap-encoder-adobe-cc/releases.      

I want to import Psd file as editable layers. When I import my file into After effects It doesn't opening the dialog box to choose "Editable Layer style"Thanks you very much !!

Hello, if change the size of a solid in a comp, after effects creates a new copy of the solid, keeping references to the original the same in all other comps.Is there a way to swap out a solid/change the size of a referenced solid or adjustment layer?I do not mean when you select something in the project manager then swap it with the selected layer in the currently opened comp. I mean like how you would resize a comp which is used in various other comps, they are all still pointing to that same comp.

Hello la Famille Dans la version 25. 2.2 je cherche comment retrouver l'effet type writer  (machine à écrire).Quelqu'un (e) autait-il (elle) une piste de recherche .? Merc i

Hello, my After Effects application is not opening after I uninstalled the Sapphire plugins. I uninstalled using the uninstall file and then deleted all the contents of the Boris/Sapphire package, as I did not wish to use it anymore. Now I am unable to open After Effects at all. This error keeps appearing, and whenever I click 'OK', it reappears. What can I do to solve this issue? I have paid for the application,n so why is it not working now that this plugin is gone? It was working fine before when it didn't have the plugin as well. 

 I am trying to get a graphic to react to the audio in my project but I keep getting this error no matter how closely I follow tutorials. Please help!

I have exported a simple 5-minute video to AE render queue and the current render bar has been spinning with 0% progress for hours. I have emptied the cache, even reinstalled AE and also moved the files directly to my hard drive to see if that would help and nothing helps. Please advise. Is something wrong or does it do this?