After Effects

I'm trying to work on putting together more efficent blocks by using functions appropriately. I've got 3 check box choices on a form that fill variables "choice Previs, choice Postvis, choice Finals"I know that I can do three if blocks to execute commands based on this, but can I use input names on a function to use the variables?I'm figuring I have this fundimentally incorrect, but I "know" there is something in here that can do what I'm looking to do. As always, your input is appreciated!  

I want to prepare a paid "course". In one part of my course, I will take a 'screen recording' video of "after effect" and publish it in my course. There is no copyrighted material, logo, stock, etc., only the "after effect" interface is shown in the video. Is this legal? Does Adobe allow this? Is there any copyright infringement?

Hi, thank you all for reading this issue.I feel really great having VR support on both AE and Premiere,But I have encountered some minor issue on using VR plane to sphere fx on one of my 2d image. (On AE)Right now, I want to place my 2d image on the area indicated by the red arrow below (the vr video is top/down stereoscopic)In premiere, this can be easily done with adjusting Position value on Motion fx ( it seems its a default fx)But here's the problem. In AE, the value for adjusting position of the image is missing.All I ve got is VR plane to sphere fx only. How should I approach this issue?the position value of the image it self seems locked. If I adjust them, it only affects pivot of the image.Hope to hear from you soon.Thanks again for reading this post.Have a good day!

I am wondering if I can use a script or a shortcut to automatically move the active timeline to centre the Timeline playhead (current time indicator).I am working on a very long comp sometime have to zoom in close and move around the timeline, just wanted a quick way to move back to the area in which I have the playhead (current time indicator) rather than scrolling the timeline or zoom out and back in

I’ve created a function with an interval of 1000 milliseconds to check if After Effects is rendering, and it works very well. However, I’ve noticed that every second, as the interval triggers, the mouse cursor (both the Pointer and Pen Tool) disappears and reverts to the default arrow icon. The cursor only reappears when I move the mouse, resulting in a continuous glitch each second. This issue affects the entire After Effects user interface, not just my CEP extension. Are there any ways to correct this problem?Thank you...

 please how do I fix this, started all of a sudden, can't work on both old and new projects with this kind of glitch 

Hi Guys, I have the latest AE with Cinema 4D 2025  and also 2023, I do my camera tracking I create my solid ready to export to ciema 4D, I click on the export to C4d, and nothing happens.... I've done this tons of time with older after effects with no problem.. what am I missing? Thanks  

Hello,I created an Essential Graphic in Adobe After Effects and imported it in Premiere Pro.Everything works well except for 1 thing, the color.In After Effects i use an color red in the visual (this part can't be changed, only the text of my graphics can be changed). Everywhere the color appears. In the visual render from After Effects and also in the visual render in the Essential Graphics window from Premiere Pro. But when i import it into my sequence, the color dissapears and turns black. For the rest, everything works fine.It stays black, even after rendering the video.The problem appeared in the latest 2019 version, and in the 14.0 (2020) version.Does anybody knows how to fix this?

I would like to add a zoom-in effect to the tracked screen. It would work if the rotation of the 3D layer did smooth over time during the set keyframes. The final rotation only happens at the end, despite easing and speed adjustments.

Let me start by saying I'm a total newbie to After Effects and am unfamiliar with all of the jargon/terminology of the field, so I will do my best to express the issue in a way that makes sense. I have no doubt I'm doing something wrong and that the program is working just fine, but I'm having trouble with Continuously Rasterize and maintaining the crispness of my Illustrator image. I'm trying to animate a Production Compnay Logo I made in Illustrator, mainly for the purpose of putting it in front of my short films. I'm only working with 4 Layers, but whenever I select the Continuously Rasterize option in my Timeline (like I saw in various YouTube videos gauged towards my problem), it lessens the blurriness of my Logo, but is still visibly pixelated when I try to Magnify the image. My process for importing the ai file has been importing it as Footage with Merged Layers, then dragging it into the Timeline area, where I right click "Create" then "Convert to Layered Comp", then doubl

I am understanding how Setup/Flatten/Resetup/Setdown is working regarding the content of sequence_data. However, I could not differentiate sequence_data being "copied" for the same instance, and be copy/pasted for a new instance. In Premiere,  I could call PF_UtilitySuite4 GetFilterInstanceID to get the InstanceID to know to which instance the current "call" refer to. Is there a way in AfterEffetcs to know for which instance I am being called ? Should I use something like the StreamSuite ? Thanks in avance

Hola!!! estoy buscando la forma en que esta expresion de wiggle y de loop funcionen, porque al colocar el de loop el movimiento de wiggle desaparece y solo queda el loop, si alguien sabe como puedo hacerlo funcional estaria super agradecida por que ya probe un monton de maneras y no me funciona nada. 

Hi, I'm getting such errors after getting new version of AE, can't find a solution for it.After Effects error: Couldn't find main entry point for Pro Import AE.aex ( 48 :: 72 )After Effects error: Couldn't find main entry point for Filler.aex ( 48 :: 72 )After Effects error: Couldn't find main entry point for Scripting.aex ( 48 :: 72 ) All of them are default plugins, located in:\Adobe After Effects 2025\Support Files\Plug-ins\Format\ProImport\Adobe After Effects 2025\Support Files\Plug-ins\Keyframe\Filler.aex\Adobe After Effects 2025\Support Files\Plug-ins\Keyframe\Scripting.aex

Heya. As the title says, I set up a simple line with three path points, all following nulls using the new feature in AE 2018. However when I copy and paste these layers into a new comp, it seems to all break apart. The names are untouched, scripts seem to be intact, yet when I move the nulls around the path points do not follow. Any ideas?

Hi, I've been getting BSODs when rendering from After Effects in Media Encoder since around May/June.  When it happens: BSOD crashes on certain projects from After Effects, but not others. It only happens when actively rendering in Media Encoder, but mainly seems to happen while A) Scrubbing through the timeline, B) Opening a new file or C) Opening Blender, which I use often. It seems that more complex projects cause the crash, which simple video exports never do. What happens: The error is VIDEO_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT_INTERNAL. The minidump file created during the crash indicates WATCHDOG.SYS as the problem. I would also add that the render times on certain projects is massive. I have records of a render from May 2022 taking two minutes, and the exact same render is currently taking two hours. Note: There's a specific After Effects project that causes the BSOD consistently, however I've had a co-worker run the renders on his computer with no issues. My computer:&nb

Have different Layers in different positions in Z space, have DOF on, Aperture is cranked to 1000, Point of interest is in a different position than the objects, F-Stop is at .1. Does anyone have any suggestions? I saw something about collapsed transformations but when I go into 3D mode there isn't an option to turn the option off.Any ideas anyone? I'll send screen shots if requested

Hi:) a few days ago, when i used the roto brush tool it worked just fine. but now eveytime im trying to use it doesnt work. How can i fix this problem? (see problem at the video)working on macbook air m2 16gb. 

When I press Reset on my effect control, a PF_Cmd_USER_CHANGED_PARAM is sent for each parameter. However, when doing Undo, the parameter is changed in the UI, but I do not get any "notification". I have an object instance that should be kept synchronized AE parameters and I do not know how to do. For example, this object instance is used to determine other parameters visibility, i.e. if checkbox A is checked, slider B and C should be enabled, if A is unchecked, B and C should be disabled.A popup could also be used to populate other float sliders. Could I get some notification using Undo groups ? or should I manually resynchronize my object with AE parameters at each PF_Cmd_UPDATE_PARAMS_UI call ?

The problem I've been facing is when my adjustment layer has effects added to it that makes a distortion or something under footage or effects, it sets it in the middle of the screen and the effect doesn't follow the position of the footage or effect. Some examples of the effects are:Displacement mapChromatic displacementCompound blurand more... This is very important because I am a VFX editor and I need this to work for my videos.

Yesterday I updated from AE 24.0.3 to 25.4 and it will not open projects from just the day before. A friendly Adobe support person took control of the workstation and verified many system settings; tried importing the project into a new project; tried disabling, then removing, all plugins. It still did not work.After about 45 minutes the support person said it might be a problem opening projects containing MXF files. Note that I am able to start a new project and import MXF files with no problem. It is only with these existing projects that AE crashes when the "Opening Selected Items" window appears.  The support person said he would accelerate the issue to the team.Someone called me a few hours later from an unknown caller ID and I did not pick up. He left a voicemail saying he was Adobe calling me back about the problem. I called back this morning but it went to voicemail identifying it as "Adobe Sales" and no human ever picked up.I have rolled back to 24.0.3 and everything

I can't move (position) the null object that the camera is linked to, and when I change the position coordinates, the x,y,z axes in my comp don't change, they seem to be displayed statically.how can I make the null object lie on the comp like in the third image, instead of just being a square on the comp?

I have tried to use keylight on a subject before with no green bouncing on them and they always have this weird noise on their solid color non-green clothes.  Is there a way to fix this with another plug in?

Hey developers.... I'm facing this problem for a week now. I dunno the reason of this problem, when I add ''Magic bullet looks'' Plug-in my AE will crash, I swear It was working perfectly fine before. 

I'm used to having problems with After effects when it comes to Arabic. But, this used to be fixed by going to  After effects/preferences/Type and choose /south Asian and middle east Now this doesn't exist when I go to <type> Any ideas how to fix this?  

Hello everyone !I was trying to animate my logo in After Effect. When I turned on 3D on the layers, I got a display error on one of the layers. I'm not sure why, but a black frame appears around the image on one of the layers. I think black represents transparency. Take a look at the attached screenshot. This isn't the first time this has happened. The last time it happened was in the previous version of After Effect.Is there an option I can enable in the GPU's Nvidia panel ? Thanks.