After Effects

i want to create a triangle but no matter what I do I cannot change the amounts of points on a polystar   

Hello.I'm having a hard time dealing with this new Preview in AE. A lot of times it is not giving me a real-time playback. It is nice to have the preview continuously playing while making some changes on the comp, but sometimes I would like to have a real-time preview, like the old RAM preview.Is it possible to generate a real-time RAM preview? I don't mind waiting for AE to render before playing back the animation.I have tried the Numpad 0 and also spacebar. I've tried to purge all, restart machine, etc...Thanks in advance.Best,Andre ArrudaAfter Effects 2015.3 (13.8.0.144)Mac Pro (Late 2013)3.5 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E564 GB 1866 MHz DDR3 ECC

Hi everyone, I'm an editor currently working with an Indonesian-based app company called boothcool.net. We're handling a promo video for their app where we need to showcase multiple features in a clean, modern animated style. The client specifically asked for Lottie compatibility, so the final output needs to be exported via Bodymovin for integration into their app. While working on the animation in After Effects, everything looks and previews fine inside AE. However, the issue starts when I try to use layer styles (like Drop Shadow or Gradient Overlay) on precomposed shape layers. As soon as I enable any layer style on a precomp that includes vector shapes or shape animations, After Effects either lags extremely or instantly crashes especially when I enable motion blur or collapse transformations. I tested this on two different systems and both behave the same. Removing the layer style fixes it instantly, but of course, we lose the look the client wants. I’ve tried all usual

hello, I have added the bcc ripple effect to my image and there is no issues regarding the download of this effect because it is being added to my clip. But for some reason, the effect is not working.Could I please have some assistance? I have ae 2020. Thanks 🙂 

 Hello, I have been driving myself crazy for hours trying to match the color space of my footage in premiere pro with the color space of the footage in After Effects. This is an issue because when I try to use a dynamic link for editing, the footage that is replaced is vastly different colorwise. I have tried switching both to Rec. 709 but After Effects has Rec. 709 PQ and not simply Rec. 709 (which still gives me different colors than in premiere pro unfortunately). If someone knows a solution I will be so thankful!

I'd love to see functionality added to be able to edit the composition settings of multiple compositions at the same time. Example of functionality:- Select multiple compositions- Right click and select composition settings- Any settings that are shared across compositions are visible- Any settings that are different between compositions show a '-', but can still be edited- Once adjustments are made, any settings that weren't adjusted remain as is to ensure that any differences between compositions are still honoured.  Real-life use case:I have 30 compositions set up for social 'feed' posts at 1080x1080.I need to now do 'story' versions of all of these compositions at 1080x1920.Currently, I have to manually edit the specs of each composition one at a time.

Visually, the precomp doesn’t align in Z-depth with the text, even though both have the same position values.In the Top view(Right) it seems to be behind, but in the Active Camera view, it appears in front. It's like the Z position is being interpreted differently between the precomp and the main comp.Thanks in advance 🙏

Hi folks,I'm working with the font "Mojito" from Adobe Fonts. It appears just fine in Illustrator and on the adobe fonts website. However, it changes appearance in After Effects (notice e & o).  I've reset AE preferences and none of the faux text options are switched on. What can I do to solve this?  

Hi all,I'm trying to import a psd file as a composition and AE keeps loading a different file from the same folder - I tried saving my file with a new name in a different folder and AE just picked a different wrong file to load. I'm not sure if I'm being clear. AE loads/creates a new composition with the correct file name, I have the same file open in PS just to confirm, but the contents of the file, i.e., the layers, are from a different PSD file that I've got saved in that same folder.Any idea why this is happening and how I can stop it?Thanks!

IssueExpressions that rely on time no longer evaluate correctly in After Effects 25.2.2.In previous versions (24.x and earlier), these expressions worked as expected. This appears to be related to overly aggressive internal caching of time-dependent expressions that prevents them from updating over time, even though no error is shown. Adobe After Effects version25.2.2 Operating SystemWindows 11 (Build 22631) Steps to ReproduceCreate a new composition and add a solid or text layer.Select the Position property and apply the following expression: center = value; radius = 100; speed = 1; angle = time * speed * 2 * Math.PI; x = Math.cos(angle) * radius; y = Math.sin(angle) * radius; center + [x, y]Play the composition (RAM preview or spacebar). Expected ResultThe layer should move in a smooth circular motion over time, based on the angle derived from time. Actual ResultThe layer jumps slightly on expression evaluation but remains static. The time variable does

Just sending this out there to hopefully find out about some new 3d model and free textures sites. It’s exciting to find more resources, particularly if they are free and include models compatible with MAX or SKP formats. It is hope that will be helpful for you to create 3D special effects using Adobe After Effects.3D models and Free Textures Resource：https://www.relebook.com/3D models search engine：https://www.yeggi.com/

I'm trying to figure out how this WW2 map animation revealing Japan's occupation of China was done in Johnny Harris's video. Can anyone here in this forum tell me what method you would use in After Effects to do this?  Thank you very much in advance. https://youtu.be/TOJQkhzpLyQ?t=31  

Hi there, my current issue is that when I export after effects files over to media encoder to be processed to mp4 files it would not load. Above is a sample of a single part being rendered and stuck at 1.12 minutes for over 5 hours. Most of my other AE files do not do this and only this file has this issue.  For reference, these are my specs1920X1080 P 60FPSH.264 or Quicktime (apple pro res 422)Plug-ins used (vc orb)License is school license as this is provided by them for intern use, coms specs (in case someone says my com is bad)pc- 64gb ram, ryzen 5 5600x and rtx 3080)Laptop- (16gb ram, intel i7-7700k and gtx 1050) Both platforms experience the same issue and I have been troubleshooting for a while. If anyone knows how to troubleshoot this pls help!   

Hello guys,I recently started a new project and i have to use a lot of spotlights, but my problem is, when i have more than 8 spotlights, the last one (lowest) in my timeline doesn't work. I don't notice anything if I turn it off or on. Please help me.

I have an AE file with a bunch of missing links... is there a way to view what the filepath is currently set as like I can with InDesign?   I know I can replace links, but it would be helpful to know where AE is trying to pull the links from in the first place

With either the menu selection Edit->Split Layer or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-D (Windows) I cannot split a layer.  The shortcut will sometimes do nothing and sometimes duplicat

i've noticed ae crashing more recently, and after reading the an online guide have picked up on some mistakes that likely led to that (mp4 files), but for the last 3 days every time i try to open the program this happens. i can't even enter the app to make changes, it literally crashes immediately. any advice? i cannot figure it out for the life of me and i am desperate 🙏 

Salut tout le monde ! (Merci à ceux qui prendront le temps de lire ma demande d'aide 🙂 !) Je me permets de faire un post car j'ai de gros gros problèmes de performances sur After Effects.En fait, peu importe ce que je fais dessus, il y a une utilisation énorme de ma RAM et je lagge à mort quand je preview. Je précise que j'ai suivi tous les tutos YouTube sur comment optimiser After Effects : Mettre la preview en 1/4Changer les settings dans displayVider le cache et la mémoire à chaque utilisationMettre le cache sur un SSDTester plusieurs project settingsEssayer d'activer et de désactiver le multi-frame pour le CPU renderingJ'ai alloué le max de RAM que je pouvais Bref, j'ai testé tout le truc basique que j'ai trouvé sur les tutos YouTube récents sur le sujet.Je vous joins 2 captures d'écran montrant la consommation de After Effects sur mon PC quand je n'ai fait que lancer After Effects (c'est-à-dire uniquement en lançant After Effects sans aucun projet ouvert ni