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Hi, I’m new to AE and I was wondering if there was a way for me to combine all of these mask into one mask. I am trying to animate this image from top to bottom but since there are multiple mask it is animating it sequentially. Alternatively is there a way to prevent multiple mask from being created when tracing a complex image?

Tenho um plugin externo de estenção chamado Brazu Motion sempre funcionou numa boa. Recentemente eles atualizaram o plugin que preciso acessar pelo navegador, porém o after 2026 esta com incompatibilidade no plugin por que toda vez que eu clico nele só carrega e faz nada. Ja configurei a aba de scripts mas nada resolveu. Gostaria de saber se alguém ta com esse tipo de problema e conseguiu resolver. 

I am trying to create a video that is a seamless loop in both the visual and audio. After I export the file from after effects, the visual plays in a seamless loop, but the audio does not - there is a tiny space of silence in between. I imported the file into Adobe Premiere, along with the original audio file, and the waveforms are different. There is silence at the beginning and end of the waveform in the After Effects file, in addition to the waveform being slightly off throughout. I cannot figure out why AE is doing this or how to fix it. Any insights are greatly appreciated!

The 2 images above are a wide to a medium shot of my film. The background is 4K and there’s no problem to scale into the different shots (wide, close-up etc). However the animated characters are .mov files and if I was to simply take the composition as a whole and scale in (which would be so easy and great!) -the characters lose a significant amount of quality.If I parent the characters to the footage they will scale but at the scale they are already at in the wide shot -so for example -a character in image 1 above -the wide -might be at 30%. When I parent to the footage, the character will scale up but stay at 30% so not as good quality.  What I’ve been doing is scaling everything separately with key frames -for each shot -which takes a long time with all the above characters! There must be a better way -can anyone help?!

Hello I have a shape layer with only one path. I would like to retreive the points of the path My layer :“Arrow”|_Content  |_”CArrow”    |_”CPath”      |_Path My code    comp=app.project.activeItem;    shape=comp.layer("Arrow");//I try these two possibilities    sPath=shape.content("CArrow").content("CPath");    sPath=shape.content("CArrow").content("CPath").path;//I also try these two possibilities    sPoints=sPath.points(); //I got an error    sPoints=sPath.points; //I got “undefined” I don’t understand where is my error. Could someone explain how to retreive points coordinates ?

Where is the implementation of display color space transforms via mercury transmit? My second monitor is now useless if I want to use OCIO color management. Why does it not follow the displat color space set under the compostion window?

Hello I would like to retreive the points of a path in a shape layer In a composition, I have this layer :“Arrow”|_Content  |_”CArrow”    |_”CPath”      |_Path I create a text layer. In the source text of this layer, I write :-- Code --thisComp.layer("Arrow").content("CArrow").content("CPath").path.points();-- End code --and it works fine But if I write this code in a .jsx file -- Code --  var mainWindow = new Window("palette", "Get-Set arrow", undefined);  group01 = mainWindow.add("group", undefined, "Group 01");  group01.orientation = "row";  var bGet = group01.add("button", undefined, "Get");  var comp = app.project.activeItem;  WriteLn(“name : “+comp.layer("Arrow").content("CArrow").content("CPath").path.name);  pointsArray = comp.layer("Arrow").content("CArrow").content("CPath").path.points();-- End code -- that I launch by File->scripts->Execute file script (not sure of the name, I’m using a non english version of After Effects), it doesn’t work anymore. The writeLn(...name

I have a line of text that I want to reveal from the center out. I tried making 2 shape layers as masks each moving in opposite directions to reveal the text. I want to use the scale for the mask so it hides the side of the text I don’t want to see. However, there is drift in the scale even though I have unlinked the scale parameters. It is about 5% drift that reveals the side of the mask I don’t want to see as the correct side of the text appears. How do I do this?

Is there a way to still obtain the AE 2024 in 2026?The oldest version I can find when I click on the three dots is version 25.0. If I click on "see more," I just get redirected to the website where the 2024 version is also not listed.Thanks

I’m working on animating a chart to go on my company’s homepage and followed this tutorialto help me achieve the look I want. The red line (trim path) is moving left, which is the direction I want it to go, but for some reason the null is moving the opposite direction when I adjust the slider control. I’ve attached a screenshot of my work so you can see the expression I used to achieve this. I need the null object to be aligned to the right side of the trim path line so I can eventually add a gradient color that would be track matted over the red line. Happy to provide more insight if needed, but am hoping for an answer! This is definitely user error :) Red Trim Path moves from left to right, but null object moves from right to left 

Hello, I'm sure there's been discussion on this, but I am at my wits' end trying to get accurate colors in motion graphics for use on a web page. My goal is to set hexidecimal colors in AE, and achieve those same colors in the export file. But I can't seem to get the file to come out without Rec. 709 curve adjusting (I think)?   Color test export results.  I have:Project Settings: Working Color Space: set to sRGB IEC61966-2.1Output Color Space: set to the Working Color SpaceSee project/render/output settings below. My current work around is just basically guessing/calculating a different hex value that, when color transformed upon export, results in the desired hex. Not a great long term solution.  Surely with these settings the color should come out of AE as the hex code they're set as? Or am I missing something? Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you.  I don't want to muddy the water, but additional info:I'm trying to re

I am experimenting with various Effects & Presets by dragging them onto animated image layers in the Timeline.Is there somewhere that you can see a summary of how all the different effects look when applied? How do you specify when you want an effect to start after being dragged to the layer since it is applied to the entire layer? What if I want some effect to only be applied at the beginning or the middle or the ending of a clip? I applied three different effects to animated text and I only see the parameters for it in the Layers and not in Effect Controls. Why are they not displaying in Effect Controls?Thanks

This is definitely user error, but I’m clearly forgetting some of the most basic AE knowledge. Nothing on Google is helping me. I have two shapes. A line and a circle. I’m trying to copy the ellipse’s path to the line’s position so the line will follow along the circle’s path. Yes, I’m aware of just using a trim path on the circle but that’s not the end goal here. Anytime I copy the ellipse’s path and paste it on the line’s position, it just pastes a “Group 1.” How can I properly copy the ellipse’s path so that the line follows it?  

Everytime I open after effects I get this message on startup. Have tried everything but nothing seems to work.  

How do I adjust the Fade Up Words preset to match the speed of words spoken if the speed is inconsistent for every word? That means some words may have appeared when they shouldn’t because they weren’t spoken yet and some words may haven’t appeared when they should.

I’m working with Particle Playground the most heavily I’ve ever used it, and using it for some fairly unusual purposes (essentially layer instancing). It works fine overall, but I am noticing some significant inconsistencies with the results I’m getting when I preview a comp versus what I get when I render out the whole project. In particular there seem to be far fewer particles/instances being generated in the full render than there appear to be when I preview. There’s a lot of randomness going on so it’s hard to really quantify, but visually this definitely seems to be the case. I’ve monitored many of my renders and AE does not appear to be running out of RAM -- the highest I’ve seen the RAM use so far has been about 80% of my 256Gbs. Most of my experience with particles has been in 3D (Maya specifically), and I know particle systems are quirky, but this seems to be a consistent problem. I know Particle Playground is super old, though I’d never realized quite how useful it can be til

Certain layers in my comp do not populate any settings in the effects control panel, where it used to have Transform, Opacity, Unassigned masks, etc. This just happened today as yesterday all of this functionality was working and nothing has since changed. - restarted computer- reset prefs- cleared cacheWhy is this happening now? And if this is normal functionality, who thought it was a smart idea to remove the default layer settings (transform + opacity, etc) out from the effects control panel? 

 Any Idea what is wrong with it? I honestly so frustrated with Adobe changing the layout so often. If you work with many of their programs it becomes truly painful experience. 

Using an M4 MBP with and iPad with Mercury Transmit. I work with lots of Black comps and I need to be able to see the borders of the comp, otherwise the Mercury Transmit feature is useless to me. Confusing why the BG isn’t the same as the pasteboard or just customizable.  If I’m missing something, I would appreciate your help!Cheers

There is a new behaviour after the latest update of After Effects v16.1.3 build 5, OSX Mojave.   When you have a mask on a layer, you have the "Toggle mask and shape path visibility" switched on, and you have the layer selected, you can't move the layer with the selection tool (V) anymore. Using the selection tool transforms the shape of the mask.   If I disable the toggle mask, or deselect the layer, or select multiple layers ... it works as it used to be. Any feedback would be helpful, Thank you,   Sam     This is annoying. Is this normal, and can this be set back to the way it worked before (just moving a layer)?  

in after effects 2023I have a full res EXR Z depth frame, i set proxy to a low res sequence of the same exr format, XTractoR does not detect/use the sequence and displays the original still frame.I get the same behaviour with the cryptomatte plugin, so i cannot work with any of these passes using proxies. Is there a way around this?

I am developing a script for After Effects that launches a small window and lets the user generate various compositions. I want to include a small image of a company logo on the window: One version that works with a light color theme and a different version that works with After Effects’ dark color themes. However, what ExtendScript code can I use to detect the currently active theme (e.g. ‘light’, ‘dark’ or ‘darkest’?)I’ve scoured forums and Github for answers but I’ve not found anything yet that works.

I am an AE plugin developer. With this new MacOS update to Tahoe (or maybe it's the upgrade to AE2026) my customers aren't able to load my plugins via Mediacore, it only works in the Plug-ins folder.Does anyone know how to solve this?

Hi use creative cloud desktop to do a free trial on adobe after effect and I want to cancel the plan but when I go to my account it doesn't show so I don't know what to do. I tried to contact adobe but I don't know how and everytime I search for their contact I get a link to a virtual assistance. I didn't use my card to do the free trial so was wondering when the free trial is done will i not get charge due to me not using my card? Pls help thank you

Hello. Recently Ive encountered a serious issue with the After Effects interface. It becomes extremely laggy after any click or action. The problem appears randomly - sometimes the program opens and works fine, but most of the time it freezes constantly.Interestingly, if I move the program window to my second monitor, the issue disappears completely.I’ve already tried the following:Updated and rolled back GPU drivers (twice),Reinstalled After Effects,Removed all third-party plugins,Changed monitor refresh rateSometimes the issue temporarily goes away if I switch between fullscreen and windowed mode, but it always comes back eventually.