After Effects

Hi,Is there any way to have an expression so the null layer follows the text range selector x and y position even when we have multiple lines of text? Thank you in advance.

Hi! I would like to resolve this bug as I am significantly hindered in doing projects with this bug within the application.So the issue is that I want to open Preferences/Settings but it crashes every time I try to do so. This disallows me to change my disk cache (currently 10 GB while I normally set it to 500-750 GB) which slows down the program as it is always full... More background information:I work in Adobe After Effects v.23.2.1 on macOS Ventura 13.2.1 (MacBook Pro)The steps I take: Open AE > Go to Preferences via (1) the After Effects tab at the top left or via (2) the shortcut Cmd + Opt + ;Expected result: Opening the settings and being able to change my disk cache and all the other preferences.Actual result: My MacBook messaging with “Application is not responding” and not being able to do anything. And I also can’t access other applications until I Force Quit AE. So far other 'solutions' haven't helped yet, hence this is why I'm posting here. I will continue try

So I want to have a camera move that starts overhead looking down on pebbles, then slowly lowers and lifts to rest on. the ground and  reveal the horizon. Currently doing this with a photo and so by the time the camera comes to rest it reveals its a flat photo so how might I have some volume to the pebbles? Possible? Many thanks

Hello, AE community. Im currently working on some pixel perfect work and ive hit an issue that ive been trying to figure out for days, and i was wondering if anyone else has solved it. When you create a text layer in AE, there seems to be some automatic anti-aliasing that applied to it that I need to disable. Lemme explain with a screenshot; In this screenshot, you see MS Sans Serif of size 20 in 2 different programs, AE and paint.net. You can see that the AE text is blurry and not pixel perfect, while the paint program is not. Changing the quality setting of the text layer makes the issue argubly worse, as it applies the effect after the text smoothing is applied, resulting in inconsistant pixelation that looks terrible;Has anyone found a way to turn this off? Im assuming its a small checkbox in a menu I havent found yet. It seems ludicrous that a program with such a high prestiege (and cost) would not have this option to turn it off. 

It's crazy how many people have asked this question and all the replies are that "the question makes no sense" I'm almost having a breakdown how it's such a simple question and no one seems to answer it.Let me go step by step so people don't give me the same answer and this can finally be resolved.Step 1: Select the orbit camera tool.Step 2: Move it around to see what my image looks like.Step 3: This is where i am having the issue. All i want to know is how to position the camera to the original front position as it was before I even played with the camera view. That's it... just want to know how to reposition the camera to the default position like i never touched the orbit camera tool. Please someone tell me they have the answer to this!

Hello, I've tried this several different times, and I'm not sure what the issue is. I have an animation I made in Animate CC, which I exported as a .MOV file with transparent background. (I know that the file is working properly because I am able to use it with a transparent background in another program - OBS.) When I import the .MOV file to After Effects CC, it changes the Alpha channel to solid black. I have found countless articles about how to EXPORT a video with a transparent background, but none about how to IMPORT one. Hopeing someone here can help me.Please & Thank You,M

I'm looking to animate this isometric design so that the front face of the letter extrudes outward and then pulls back in—basically shifting from a flat letter to an extruded 3D version and back again.I’m struggling with selecting the specific anchor points to adjust on the timeline. Would it make more sense to redraw the shape directly in After Effects, or is there a way to just highlight and animate only the necessary points from my existing design?Any advice would be appreciated!

Hi! I'm trying to export various properties to a file for each frame of an animation, and I'm a bit stumped. I've been able to pick up frame data for other Effects, such as hue and saturation within Color Balance (HLS) effect. like so:layer.property("Effects").property("Color Balance (HLS)").property("Hue").valueAtTime(time, false) However, when I go to do so for various Levels properties (Input Black, Input White, Gamma), it only gives me the data for the frame I currently have selected in the timeline. The only thing I can guess is that TECHNICALLY the stopwatch icon is on the Histogram property, and those are some sort of sub-property that only show up in the effect controls. But not sure if there's a way to get these numbers from the histogram itself in a script? I've tried doing e.g. property("Histogram").property(1) but not having any luck there. Using Property("Histogram") at all seems to just make the script not run at all. Any help would be appreciated! Thank yo

Hello,I would like to cancel my subscription. Could you please assist me with this? Also, I’d like to understand the cancellation terms—why would there be a fee charged if I unsubscribe? Thank you in advance for your help.

Hi, In File > Project Settings > Expressions  we have a field named Expressions Engine and we can Select Javascript.We can then use modern javascript for our expressions. But When I tried to create a script, method like map, reduce.. on arrays are not recognized. Does it means scripting is still on LegacyExtendscript ?

While opening AE received the following warning:After Effects warning: The following plugins have failed to load. Please reinstall these plugins:[insert long list here] clicked through OK Was then greeted with the following error:After Effects error: Couldn't find main entry point for [plugin name] (48:: 72) I followed the path to investigate:/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/7.0/MediaCore/ But found that there is no Plug-ins folder in the Common folder. After a search on Adobe Community I have found fixes for PC users, but not for macOS users.  my details:After Effects 25.2.0Apple M2 Max96 GB MemorymacOS Sequoia Version 15.3.2

J'ai un problème les effets ne tiennent plus compte des masques... D'avance, merci

I've been having problems with the puppet tool in AE 2025 for a bit now, even when trying to autotrace a png or a simple image, autotrace seems to get stuck at 50% with the "remaining time" going up indefinitely and never finishes, thus not letting me use the puppet tool to animate. Anyone else having this problem or know of a workaround? thanks!

I was trying to combine both text style & Sourcetext but it kept telling me it's not a function.I have the most updated version of After Effects.

I'm editing a comp for a school project and when I pause (space bar) and press play (space bar) the playback goes BACK to the beginning of my comp and not where I had paused it in my timeline. I'm trying to see my progress from when I'm editing in my timeline without having to watch the video from the beginning. How do I stop this? I must have hit a few keys of selected something to mess up my spacebar functions

I am using the newest update of AE and Premiere. I have a lower thirds template created in After Effects that animates in and out via the Position attribute. I'd like to make the source text, as well as the Position adjustable to accommodate different title lengths. When I export the .mogrt and open it in Premiere, the Position attribute is static and does not retain the keyframes from the After Effects project. So the lower third does not animate, it just appears and remains at one Position value. I'd like for the Premiere editor not to have to re-keyframe the animation, and instead just adjust the values of the Position keyframes I've set in After Effects as needed. Is there a way to export this .mogrt with a "Position In" and "Position Out" keyframe already in place, with adjustable values for Premiere?Thank you for any help!

Hi all, I've been using after effects for a while now and have never encountered this issue even doing very effects-heavy projects and 3D work. I'm getting system warnings that AE is using too much memory and I can't do previews more than 5 frames even though I have no effects applied, just 5 clips laid down in the timeline. I have no other apps open.

I'm using renderItem.timeSpanDuration = comp.frameDuration;  in a script that  renders out still images from comps.  works fabulous in OSX.But in windows, something wonky is occuring, for example when it's a 25fps comp,  it applies a value, such as 0.04000000, it accepts the value, but when I have the script check what value is stored,  the value is changed to 0.040006514! resulting in a duration of 0002 (rendering out two frames),   sometimes it causes it to render a frame too soon, or not, reslts vary depending on comp frame rates.  Havent figured out the logic.  But on Mac OSX, if it applies 0.04000000, it reads back a perfect 0.04000000,.I attemped to alter the script to round out the number, but no luck.  I thought perhaps if I entered a value lower than 0.04 it might be counter the offset, but AE didn't accept that. since this does not occur on Mac, I'm guessing it might be a bug in AE or some windows anomoly?any ideas?

Hola a todos,Estoy intentando generar un deslizador para controlar los keyframes creados en el trazado de una forma en After Effects para simular el giro del torso utilizando el plugin Joysticks 'n Sliders. Sin embargo, cuando los conecto, en lugar de un solo deslizador, se genera un deslizador por cada keyframe del trazado.Vi que el youtuber Dustin DT en un vídeo corto  logra hacer lo que pretendo que es el giro del torso por medio de un deslizador, pero no tiene un tutorial explicando el proceso de como lo hizo. Asumí que lo hizo con el trazado y vinculándolo directamente al deslizador, pero no está funcionando.¿Alguien sabe cómo solucionar esto? ¿Es necesario usar alguna expresión específica para que funcione correctamente?¡Agradecería mucho su ayuda, porque es para un trabajo académico de una animación en After Effects

Drop down menus are buggy and/or nonfunctional. For instance: •In the character palette, choosing fonts via the font family dropdown works, but not with the typeface dropdown. You can select an option via the arrow keys, but not with the cursor. •The dropdown menu that allows you to select a specific comp from open comps (two right facing arrows in the top right corner of the comp window) does not work with the cursor. You can engage the menu with the cursor, but selecting a comp does nothing. You must instead uses the arrow keys to navigate the list and then select with enter. Various dropdown menus across the software behave similarly. AE - 25.2.0Mac OS 15.3.2 SequoiaMacbook Pro M4 Max

Auto updated to the newest 25.2 upgrade on After Effects and it crashes on every open. have installened new system software and redownloaded it a few times. same result.

Hello guys, I couldnt install creative cloud as the .exe wasnt opening... so I used the AdobeCreativeCloudCleanerTool... but after using this i can no longer start after effects, how can i fix this?

In the 3D scene. Contact shadow a little far from the object, there is some parameter that measures the distance? Another thing, I noticed is that the shadows generated are exclusive to Environment Light. Because even if I add a spot light, it only helps to illuminate and does not cast shadows on the floor like this Environment Light, is that right?