After Effects

I am always having issues with this, and I don't know the solution. Everytime I use the 'Trim Time In' feature, the clip is cut at the in point based on my time indicator.But when I use the 'Trim Time Out' shortcut, the footage still extends a frame too far beyond the time indicator. How to I get around this. I am often duplicating layers and needing the beginning cut off one, and the end cut off the other so they match up exactly.

Hi, I am making a scene using 3d camera tracker, did everything and then i add some environmental light to make scene good and but when i tried to caste shadows it's only casting shadow to only one 3d object (the one who is closed to camera), and even on that one object, shadow is not casting properly. Can anyone help me

What I'm trying to accomplish is to have a specific number in an expression change based off a number in the composition name. I have a character rig composition which needs to be used in several seperate compositions (Scenes). I have attached the rig controls to expression controls in a seperate Scene. However, in order to animate the character in each seperate Scene, I need to dedicate a character rig composition for each scene. For Example, Character Rig_Scene 1 is used in Scene 1, Character Rig_Scene 2 is used in Scene 2, etc. Each time I duplicate my Character Rig_Scene #, I'd like the number to automatically change in the comp("Scene #") part of the expression. So comp("Scene 4") will pull the number from "Character Rig_Scene 4" composition. Can this be accomplished? If so, what's a good approach? Thanks for your help. Please see photo for more context. 

Hey guys, I'm having a really big issue with After Effects...  I'm trying to create a talking head with the audio waves matching the voices of the people in the podcast (1 hour), however, the shape disappears after minute 5 (and I need it to stay there for 60 minutes). You can see the images below. The first 5 minutes, it stays without any problem and after 5 minutes, it just disappears. I don't know if this is a bug or not... I've tried everything I possibly can to fix it, I watched every tutorial I can and tried everything. I spent all day yesterday trying to fix it and I have a big deadline for tomorrow...  I attached the project below on G drive.  Can someone please make the talking head stay there for the duration of the whole video (60mins), I would be forever grateful... Fiona. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r6E3PGrXqUI43d6Q16-BBoqPjgp3u5WH/view?usp=sharing 

Tenho uma máquina dedicada a edição de vídeo, que deveria rodar sem muito problemas o Premiere e o After Effects, porém recentemente meu After tem acusado várias vezes memória insuficiente para o programa, o que não faz muito sentido pois a alguns dias usava ele tranquilamente. Não mexi nas configurações do programa para está fazendo isso, o premiere até então nunca aconteceu isso. A mensagem que aparece em tela é a seguinte: Configs do PC:Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700FGeforce RTX 406032Gb RAMWindows 10problema apresentado nas versões 24 e 25 do after, sem plugins instalados

I created a composition in AE of a lower-third that has blending modes. I tried importing it into Premiere, but the blending mode didn't transfer. I also tried bringing my Premiere Pro video into After Effects and then laying my lower-third composition on top, but that didn't work either. Is there a way to get blending modes to either transfer from AE to PP or work between multiple compositions in AE?

After I installed the after effect 2025 in my laptpot it`s can`t preview any composations or any layers GPU : rtx4050ram :16 cpu : i7 13th gen

I've tried everything I've found on every forum. Even had a two hour screen sharing with  Adobe Tech Support. Below is the error I get in 17.1.1 when loading After Effects. And this is what first showed in 17.1 that made me try and update but then everything got worse.  It just started happening, the only thing that has been changed recently is that I installed the WebM export plugin.  Anyone has any ideas? I've tried moving the Cycore folder, renaming the Media Core, Updating the OpenCL.dll.  Nothing seems to be working anymore. All other plugins are working fine except those ones.

how do I delete this vertex and keep the shape open? When I delete it together with the other one,I would like it to stay like this 

Hi,   I'm using AE in command line. Running through powershell, it works fineBut running through an apache web server, it crashes with the error "The Common Extensibility Platform (CEP) suite couldn't be loaded.".     $command = '"C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" C:\\Users\\blabla\\script_that_calls_AE.js'; exec($command)    Why is that? Thanks

Hi There Im learning how to create mogrt and learning expressions and i was wondering if anyone could give me a bit of advice on the below? i have a rectangle main body with a smaller rectangle inside, i need to give the ability for the smaller rectangle to move from one side to the other when the user wants it to and then back to its original position when they want it to.   im very very new to expressions and would love to know if there is a way to do this? i have seen ways of doing similar with texts but was wondering if there is a way to do it with shape layers, pre-comps etc thank you Kind regards Hugo Campos 

when i open why after effect my screen showed black but when i change why screen front to active camera my solid layer showed up but its  not showed up in front camera but when i do my layer or convert it in 3d layer showed up ?? why this is happening  

How can I slo-mo a single object in AE while the rest of the video is playing at normal speed? Ex. a clip of someone shooting a basketball, the basketball is in slo mo while the player is running at normal speed (and the rest of the video)Thanks!

Software: Cinema 4D R18 e After Effects cc 2017.1With Cinema 4D I made the car.With After Effects I want to apply a realistic light to the front light.In Cinema 4D, the machine is animated in a null object.Then I created a null object (for the light in After Effects) that I put as a child to the null object of the animation and it follows perfectly the animated path.The problem arises when I use a camera.If I do not use any camera, when I open the .c4d project in After Effects, the null object follows perfectly the center of the front light.If instead I use a camera, the null object is not at the center of the lighthouse and does not follow the animation perfectly, why?How can I fix it? I absolutely need to use the camera. Thank you.

Hello all,I have an interface in script ui that relies on event listeners initialized like this:var button = palette.add("image", rect);button.onDraw = buttonDraw;button.addEventListener('mouseover', onMouse, false);button.addEventListener('mouseout', onMouse, false);button.addEventListener('mousedown', onMouse, false);button.addEventListener('mouseup', onMouse, false);I need these events so I can change images (fake buttons) when the user moves the mouse over them or clicks one of them. Everything works as it should, until I decided to render something. While rendering in After Effects, a window or something is opened somewhere and it makes all scripts useless, they do not respond to user input at all, and that's fine to me. It works the same for all scripts that I tested.The real problem is with event listeners. Scripts that use them will generate a background error if any listener is activated. And when the render finishes, AE will show a popup message letting you know about these e

After the AE CC 2022 update I got the same thing now. Adobe - any suggestions? After Effects warning: The following plugins have failed to load. Please reinstall these plugins:C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\Continuum Plug-ins\BCC3dImageShatter.aexC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\Continuum Plug-ins\BCC3WayColorGrade.aexC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\Continuum Plug-ins\BCCAdvancedComposite.aexC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\Continuum Plug-ins\BCCAlphaPixelNoise.aexC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\Continuum Plug-ins\BCCAlphaProcess.aexC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\Continuum Plug-ins\BCCAlphaSpotlight.aexC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\Continuum Plug-ins\BCCArtistsPoster.aexC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\Continuum Plug-ins\BCCBeatReactor.aexC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\Continuum Plug-ins\BCCBe

I want to create a video that has a still image and sound (dialog). I want to key over a sound waveform of the dialog to give the still image some motion. Does After Effects have this ability?

Hi is it possible to set superscript character in TextDocument by scripting?I have TextLayer with text: 01st  03rd , this is downloaded from api urlAnd i want to set superscript for st and rd characters. var textProp = layer.property("Source Text"); var textDoc = textProp.value; textDoc.text = content.value; // <--- here is value from api textProp.setValue(textDoc); thanks for your hints. 

After Effects and all Adobe products crash when opening Windows File Explorer within the program.This only happens on my account, when I go to an Admin account it works fine.  This crash happens across two different computers as well.Basically I can use the program without issue until it needs to open up Windows File Explorer and it will instantly crash.  I can drag files from a windows file explorer window that was opened up outside of the app without issue but I can't save or export anything since those actions require opening it within the app.  It's made working in adobe impossible to do.  Adobe has sat on my computer for multiple hours now and not been able to solve it.  Hoping someone here can help because they just closed the ticket without an answer.I attached a log of the recent crash.I have removed all plugins, cleared perferences, uninstalled everything.  This problem happens over two computers using ANY adobe apps and versions.my main version i

First of all, I'm running AE 2025 on a Macbook Pro M3 Max, Sonoma 14.5.Having a  frustrating issue where by the cursor or tool often flickers while trying to target a certain part of the UI. Eg. Simply trying to drag out a layer length means the tools change between cursos / extend layer tool, which takes a few attempts to grab it with the right tool It's difficult to pintpoint what could be causing it and sometimes seems worse than others, but maybe this is just dependant on the task I'm doing (eg. drawing masks is particularly frustrating) Some videos here here I dont think this is a new problem and have noticed it on previous versions, but have been trying to live with it. Thanks for any help 

Both Skew and Motion4 do not open. I reinstalled AE 2024 and they work. The extensions manager shows compatibility with 2025. I have no issues with Mister Horse Animation Composer 3. Anyone else? Thanks

Any idea how I can solve the issue since it's interrrupting my workflow.GPU is RTX2080 Max-Q and my renders are not that complicated but rather basic.   

Hi, I'm using AE in command line. Running through powershell, it works fineBut running through an apache web server, it crashes with the error "The Common Extensibility Platform (CEP) suite couldn't be loaded.".  $command = '"C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" C:\\Users\\blabla\\script_that_calls_AE.js'; exec($command)  Why is that?Thanks

When I try and edit/create text layers, the text input is painfully slow. I will type, and nothing will appear in the text box, or in the text layer in the composition panel. So it is not receiving the input for some reason. Text in Premiere works completely normal. Is this a bug?  I have tried the "reset character" fix from other posts, and this doesn't work. It's definitely an issue with the actual input/reception of text information.  Mac Studio Ultra128GB RAM AE 22.5.0

Experts 😉I have run into an issue, I have several video clips that I am using in an AE project, the ones that are animations (renderings) are smooth and play like cream.  When I include them in the AE project and send to Media Encoder, they become choppy and laggy.   Not all video clips do this.  The ones shot from a camera do not do this, only the renderings.  I have tried to run the animations thru ME on their own and every format results in choppiness.  I do not know what I am missing.    Thanks in advance