After Effects

Hi there, lately I am challenging myself to step up my After Effects game. I wanted to see if I could figure out how to recreate this effect from an M.I.A. video at the 8:37 mark. https://youtu.be/FKqGH6i8RDo?si=yySd2KA_aNb8wArw&t=515 I have been playing around with RepeTile to see what I can accomplish. I really like the ghost trail that seems to be present in the video, but it's difficult to figure out myself how to do this. It also immediately gets very messy- is there a way to best manage multiple stacked effects?Cheers

I've made a text animation into a template so that it can be used in Premiere Pro.I've applied grid, cc vignette and spotlight to the adjustment layer.However, when I open the template in Premiere Pro, nothing is displayed except the grid.By the way, I didn't add a background in AE, but rather created a color matte in Premiere and then placed the template on top of that.

CPU: Ryzen 7 1700xGPU: GTX 1070 TiRam: 16 GBMost current version of AE: 2018 CCI have searched very long with no answers that worked. Ive tried moving the save file, from HDD to SSD, clearing cache, etc. The project have 5 gb of items in it, but no effects no nothing. Just like 6 10 second clips in a timeline.The problem: I save, or it auto saves, and it stops responding for a solid 3 minutes. Nothing is maxed out in my resource monitor. All of a sudden, it starts working again and saves basically instantly. Why is this and how do I fix it? Please help.

Hello, Lately, I've been getting into deep editing for Sports Videos as I'm currently producing a Local Football Show and helping some of my High School Football Players with Highlight Packages for their seasons. The biggest thing I'm looking to elevate my Production Value is the Motion Tracking that you see in Sports Broadcasts when the Analysis are drawing the lines that the viewers see on the screen when a Player is Circled/In Motion. When an object like a Ball is in Motion and all of that kind of fun.A fun one that I'm looking at is the concept of following a  "Thrown Object" like in Baseball when a Pitcher delivers the Ball towards Home Plate and you see that Motion Tail from the Ball when it's Released by the Pitcher and that Trail goes all the way through the frames to the point where the ball is Caught/Hit. Same is applicable to Football when the ball is Thrown by a QB or Kicked for a Field Goal./Punt. All these "Projectile Motion Paths". The others on

These rings are moving along the path of a circle. How to determine radius of this circle? video also attached.  

When I try to use the gridrig plugin, I get the message shown in the image. How can I use it? どうやって使えばいいですか？

Hi, Is there a way to replace an image sequence in duplicate comp without changing it in the original comp? I have a comp with a image seqeunce setup which is used in a certain structure/setup. I would like make a duplicate to maintain this structure/setup but replace the image sequence for another sequence. When I replace the sequence now in the duplicate comp, it also replaces in the org comp.  

Greetings! I am very happy to see the 3D aspect of AE! I have been thinking about subscribing to the full version of Cinema4d. But I have a question about AE. Will or does AE 3D have the ability to render photo realistic animations. As a animation hobbyist I love doing "spacesci-fi scenes" with ships, space background, planets etc... OF course Cinema4D handles that many optional renderers. But Does AE render out with similiar level of realism? Similiar to RedShift or even the built in Physical Render in Cinema4D ?  Thanks for your help on this ! "Live Long and Render Fast" 

Hello, yesterday I just updated the After Effects because the new  "Create Nulls from Paths"  tool would help me to do what I was doing. And helped!So I worked for 6 hours, saving versions, with the autosave on, and everything was doing ok. Than in a moment a saved the project and closed the software to do another thing. When I tried to open the project again, it started to open, i could see the project window filling with my footages, but when it finished After Effects crashed. And it happened with all the versions and autosaves since I used the new "Create Nulls from Paths" tool.I tried to import a project to another, tried to open in another computer and nothing, i just lost my projects and my work. The only projects that still opening is before the after effects update, in other words before I used the create nulls from path.I thought that was a  incompatibility with the "Omino Snake" plugin that i'm using in the project. So yesterday i did a test: i opened the cc201

When I apply fill color to text using the animator, the color doesn't change. Please tell me how to use it.

Hi there!I have a problem where After Effects keep switching to Mercury Software Only by itself without me switching it. Yes, I'm always using Mercury GPU Acceleration (CUDA). No idea why it does this and it's quite annoying.I tried searching around for solutions but I can't seem to find one or maybe it's just me who's encountering this.Any ways to turn this off? I mean the auto switching. I don't want this option or want this to happen all the time as it slows down my workflow.Thanks in advance!PS: Please see attached for more info or let me know if there are any other information that I should provide to get this fixed.

Hallo,mein Versuch, in After Effects einen Kreis, eine Wellenlinie und das Wort uhu mit dem Pinsel zu erstellen, ist gescheitert. Ich bekomme ein Vieleck, ZickZack und irgendwas, das mit Uhu nichts gemein hat. Egal, welche Mal- oder Pinseleinstellung ich vornehme. Ich habe schon überall nach einer Lösung gesucht, aber dieses Problem wird im WWW nirgends besprochen. Was kann ich tun?

I want to create this but I'm stuck the output is not been same   Mod note: Title was changed to reflect the issue better and to create a tracking tutorial post.    

I'm encountering an issue when trying to use the Content-Aware Fill feature in After Effects.Each time I attempt to generate the fill layer, I get an error (please see attached screenshots).

Text Expression Selectors are one of the most impactful features in Adobe After Effects. So, I've written a blog to introduce it and I've provided links to 4 really useful Youtube Tutorials to get you into the groove. I've also shared two useful expressions - - select specific character/letter [with case-sensitive checkbox & instancing feature (tell the Expression which occurrence/instance of the letter you want to select)] - select word/phrases with partial word match checkbox - includes instancing featureIt's all here - https://www.broadcastgems.com/post/the-text-selector-expression-is-arguably-the-most-elusive-adobe-after-effects-feature-and-yet-it-s-t

I added a CSV file in After Effects. The data only has 8 columns and 10 rows. The data is mainly used to create line charts (4 line charts in total). I created null objects through "Create Nulls From Paths" and used expressions to link them to the data in the CSV file for creating the line charts. Around 30 null objects were created to control these 4 line charts. However, I noticed that as the number of null objects increased, the frame rate during preview significantly decreased. Is there any way to optimize it for smoother video playback? Or does the logic of calling CSV files in After Effects mean that calling multiple layers will lead to an excessive amount of data?

Hey guys! Hope you're well.I recently install red giant but when I preview a video on after effect 2025 with the effect looks it crashes....everytime.If someone can help me...you're welcome.Thanks!

I used After Effect 2024 as render node via command:"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2024\Support Files\aerender.exe" -project "C:\tmp\test_tpl.aep" -r "C:\tmp\some.jsx"All worked fine.After updating to After Effect to 2025 it was broken with error output:"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2025\Support Files\aerender.exe" -project "C:\tmp\test_tpl.aep" -r "C:\tmp\some.jsx" aerender version 25.2.2x2 PROGRESS: Launching After Effects... aerender SYNTAX ERROR: Illegal argument flag: -rJSX-file is generating dynamicly on runtime.How can this be fixed? 

Hello!I need help to better explore the functionality of linking CSV files with After Effects projects. I have some projects that I need to render very often, the video design of these projects is exactly the same, what changes is the text information and in some projects I also need to change the backgroundcolor. With that in mind, I decided to explore the potential of After Effects template creation further and use a CSV file to change the text information and create some conditionals to change the background color according to what is written in the CSV file. This allows me to create these videos much faster and put to render directly in Media Encoder or using a .bat file to render it with aerender, so I don't even need to open the project. The issue is that for some reason in some videos the CSV information is lost in the middle of rendering and the video texts start to glitch and switch frantically between the information in the CSV file and the information tha

Hi Is it possible to create shortcut for Fit up to 100% command in After Effect? Thanks for any help.

HiI have a question and dealing to find an answer for a weekI'd appreciate if someone can help meI am learning after effectsIk photoshop a lil but not muchHere is the problemWhen I try to use vanishing point in photoshop I do all ri8No problemGrids become blueI export into vpe file for using in after effectsAll done ri8 as I have seen videos about itBut when I open the after effects and use the vpe fileThe vpe is messIt's like the center of the pic is changedWhat I marked as wall now is half of the floorIt's not about positionI make it ri8 but it makes the pic half and then do the things in one half while other half is disappearedEven when I check the pics near vpe file after exportingPics are all wrongSome are so smallAnd completely different from what I marked in photoshopCan anyone help pls...

hello, please help me find out how to pefectly align two videos of the same content, but they are little bit different because of small camere movements...i need this for split screen project so it must fit perfectly together to create one image..thanks a lot, M.P.

I'm trying to add the simple saber glow effect to some text on transparent background. I wanna animate the first letter with a red glow that outlines it. I have been able to do it a million times before but now when i "autotrace" it literally just autotraces a circle. Any help? Could it be because I'm using autotrace on a precomped layer?