After Effects

[Moderator moved from Forum comments to After Effects.]I am trying to copy already-translated Arabic (which is to read LEFT to RIGHT) text into AfterEffects, but it never looks the same once I copy over. It shows up fine in Word or Google Translate, but the whole thing copies over differently into any Adobe application. I am using Adobe Arabic for the font. Any solutions for this?

 

related to box texts, i was able to find only this functionAEGP_CreateBoxTextLayerInCompwhich creates a new box text. but i need to change the box texts boundaries of an existing text. and also are there any ways to change the alignment etc too.thanks

Hello!I have watched many tutorials on how to use the perspective corner pin tool in order to do a simple screen replacement, every video shows how easy it is to set the 4 corners pins on the 4 corners of the screen. However when I try to do it myself my corner pins don't move together, they are extremely hard to set and I just wonder what I am doing wrong. Is there perhaps a special key to press when moving them around?Thanks a lot for your help!

I have a project in After Effects. I'm using the GeoTracker plugin to make a 3D face model mimic an actor's movements in the video. When the tracking was successful and the 3D model followed the facial movements, I added a camera, an object track, and several surface points (GeoTracker → Export → Surface Points). I need to transfer this tracking data to Blender for further work, but since direct export from After Effects isn't possible, I decided to use Cinema 4D as an intermediary.After installing the After Effects extension (Cinema 4D via Adobe Creative Cloud), I exported my project using the Maxon Cinema 4D Exporter (File → Export → Maxon Cinema 4D Exporter), selecting the layers with the camera, object track, and surface points. However, in Cinema 4D, only static tracking points appear. These points don’t move, even though everything is set up correctly in After Effects and the animation works there. What should I do

heres a video for better look. https://youtu.be/woWX84zLRM0?si=HPPfZOmgYQiAO_c4

A .wav file I exported from Audition on a Mac is acting strangely on playback in After Effects. The sound doesn't actually play until about .3 seconds into the clip. This occurs on Mac only. On a PC the file plays fine. When viewed in Audition on both platforms the file waveform is identical. On my Mac, the file plays correctly in Quicktime Player, VLC, and Apple Music. It only misbehaves in AfterEffects.

The line returns inside the Markers Comment are automatically removed, pushing all the contents onto one line. The issue only happens with AE 2025 on Mac OS, not in 2024 or AE Beta.

Hi. I hope its ok to ask plug in questions here (I saw some other Duik questions floating around) - if not, feel free to delete this. I just started exploring Duik Angela to set up control sliders for character animations.I already found lots of tutorials on how to connect mouth graphics to build a lip sync slider... what I want to know if its possible to do similar setups but with different animated loops instead of just pictures/graphics?Lets say I got a bunch of animated mouths in short loops inside my comp instead of just pictures/graphics - like one is licking its lips or one has a growl animation etc. I would like to be able to animate this slider to chose one of these loops at a time and just have it keep playing the selected loop until i change the slider to another value.Another idea would be to have a flower in an idle animation loop as default and animating on the far right/left would go to a heavy wind loop while top/bottom might go to a perky or wilted state loop .If

My rotoscope brush is not working and I am not sure why. Anytime I click and drag with the brush there is no response. My computer is lagging quite a lot and I am working with a high res video. I've upgraded the RAM to 32 GB so am thinking it could be in relation to something else?  

I have encountered that problems with after effects and could not start the program. If I restart my pc and reopen then it works. But if I close and open it again, it didn't work. Please help!Thanks

Is there an indicator of the weight of a rendered project in terms of file size (.avi or other format) without going through the render process?Title was edited by: Mod

Bonjour, Lorsque je travail sur After Effects 2020, après 10 minutes dessus, la prévisualisation se fige.Je m'explique, le logiciel ne bug pas, je n'ai pas de message d'erreur. Le chargement se fait bien (Barre verte) mais que j'appuie sur ESPACE ou sur l'icône lecture, le curseur ne bouge pas. Une fois que je rappuie sur ESPACE ou le bouton STOP 3 secondes plus tard, le curseur se place 3 secondes plus tard. On m'a parlé de "Mise à jour automaqieu" mais je ne trouve pas ce bouton sous AE 2020 et de pus, pourquoi cela fonctionne t'il au début. A noter que la mémoire appartie au cache est de 40Go et que je possède déjà 16Go de RAM. (13 allou à AE) Merci de votre retour, vraiment je me tire les cheveux Romain

I just downloaded after effects and the effects that start with BBC aren't available. How do I fix this?

Nothing comes to my mind on how to create a fake 3D bird rotation. Do you have any ideas?

What I've Accomplished:I've successfully created a time dilation effect with simple panning shots using this workflow:Track and stabilize the backgroundApply time dilation to moving subjects (which correctly positions them in 3D space)Reverse the stabilization to get the final compositeThis works perfectly for simple camera movements. You can see the results in the before/after images attached.Current Challenge:I'm now trying to achieve the same effect with a more complex camera move - specifically a camera that's both pushing forward and panning while subjects move through the scene.Technical Setup:I've successfully tracked my camera dataCreated a ground plane and null objectAttached a tracking shape to my null (visible as the white box in Image 1)What I Need Help With:I need to stabilize the footage so that:The tracked shape (white box) remains perfectly static in 3D space from first to last frameThe footage should rotate and move around this fixed point to maintain the shape's persp

I am looking for any good og bads you guys might have experienced. The giffs i export can be both simple and complexe. 

For context, I'm working on a visual that has several sections of the video masked for alpha transparency, but the black areas that are not masked are still vital to maintaining color + texture with some of the overlays I'm using.  I just updated to AE 2025, and suddenly all of my black solid layers that were preserving the overlay in this project are now totally alpha/transparent and not functioning with the overlay as intended?

hii have created a shape layer of red dots (used a repeater)i want to make them randmoly appear and dissapear, i tried making them with trapcode particular but seems like the grid emitter doesnt have an option to make the dots randomlly appear on the grid, am i wrong? also tried using luma matt with cell pattern effect, but i cant match the squares for the spacing of the dots, (also i dont know how to make the cell pattern or fractal noise to have black and white only without grey) whats the best way to make the dots twinkle?

I'm new to after effects, I'm currently using the 2020 versionWhen I see the preview of my video, it gets slow, and a warning "not playing in real-time" appears, the information in my video turns red, (ram, fps, etc.) and my preview bugs. The problem intensifies even more when I apply a CC or text preset. This happens in all my projects. My computer is in perfect condition, and I have made enough RAM available for my after effects. I already reset the settings and nothing works.I ask for help, please. This problem doesn't let me carry out my projects in after effects.

Hi, when I working with AE an cinema 4D, I get this error when I launch AE and create layer MAXON CINEMA 4D File… How can I fix it?  Versions:AE 17.0.5,C4D R21.115,Mac OS Catalina 10.15.3

I was given a gradients to import into my Library but I can't really utilize them inside of After Effects. There doesn't seem to be any way to apply them and it says they aren't supported.  This seems irrational when it's just two hex codes on a linear gradient.When I look into the info of the gradient, I can't even copy and paste the hex codes to apply them myself and instead I have to type every single one by eye. Am I missing something or what the gradient not setup correctly?