After Effects

I am creating a shape layer in After Effects, that I want to use as a MATTE layer in Avid to create different "looks" for how Archival footage is shown (i.e different shaped boxes etc). However, it only seems to work when I fill in the shape layer with a color. But, the issue is then the Color is represented in Avid on the footage. When I tried it with no color, it does not show anything in Avid. Please help!

I was having trouble loading a few thousand point features into After Effects without AE crashing. GEOlayers gives me the warning that says "You're trying to draw 3484 features with 3484." After I loaded the features in, After Effects became unresponsive, I got the spinning wheel of death and I had to force quit.How can I more efficiently load these 3484 points into After Effects with GEOlayers? I then need to continue editing. These are the things that I have tried so far:1. I have allocated as much RAM as possible to After Effects. Currently I have 6.5 GB available for AE.2. I have closed all other applications running on my Mac.3. I have reduced the resolution to "quarter."4. I am using my fastest external harddrive for the diskcache folder.5. My project AE file is on the external harddrive.6. I am using "Simplify Geometry (Current Zoom)"After I tried all these things I was able to load the point features without crashing AE, but I am not able to do any editing because AE is too slo

Hello, everyone! I'm creating a GPU effects plugin by modifying the Vignette_GPU example.I used the CreateGPUPPix function of PrSDKGPUDeviceSuite to change the outFrame buffer size. int bufferWidth = 2560; int bufferHeight = 1440; mGPUDeviceSuite->CreateGPUPPix( mDeviceIndex, pixelFormat, bufferWidth, bufferHeight, inRenderParams->inRenderPARNum, inRenderParams->inRenderPARDen, inRenderParams->inRenderFieldType, outFrame ); However, the problem is that the origin of the buffer is fixed to the top left of the sequence.The image below shows the problem I was facing, where the start of the outframe buffer is anchored to the top left of the sequence. The image below is an example of the typical buffer resizing I want to implement. How do I move the start point of an outframe buffer?Dear Adobe community, please help me with this issue.

I was editing in 3d layers (some) and after completing my edit I realized my composition was 3 min long where my video was 1 min long. So I decided to change the time but mistakely I made 1 sec instead on 1 min, and again I corrected it to 1 min and all of a sudden my layers gone missing and I am unable to play the preview of the video I edited. please check out the video I provided. I need to submit my work tomorrow.

Hi! I work a lot with synched files in After Effects, and sometimes when I open a new project file with a lot of clips I haven't synched yet I will have to go in to ~Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common and delete 'Media Cache Files' after I synch the clips so they load into the project file. But now when I go into ~Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common the only folder I see is 'Plug-ins'? Did they move the 'Media Cache files'?I've attached a screenshot how it looks for me now! Cheers!

this preview options(?) help...! Spacebar with PLAY ONCE: it plays from the CTI to the Wort Area end WITH music, then it starts from the beginning of the Work Area WITHOUT music till the position of the CTI (why? 😕😕 ) Is there an option: From the CTI to the end of the Work Area with music and stops at the End of the Work Area? 

Hi Community. I have a short 48 frame animation, (using 24 frames setup) using random transparent keyframes to make a flasing effect using Redgiants Collision form. When I playback the animation I can see the flasginf effect. But when I scroll through the timelime, or use the arrows to go through each frame, the canvas is empty, only the first 3 frames are visible. And to make matters more complicated, when I export the PNG sequence, from the 48 frames, only the first 2 have the graphics with the flashing effect.    How ever, If I turn off the Collision form, and there is no FX, and just a circle, everything gets exported correctly. So Why does Collision form cause this issue?  Thank you.  

hello everyone! so recently my after effects effects and presets tab started glitching, basically everytime i try to search an effect with the word ''s'' or ''r'' the effects tab goes black and then i can't click on anything or drag any effects nor can i scrolll down . I have to completely close and reopen AE to make it functional again. Has anyone else been experiencing this? And is there a way to fix it? PS. I have tried almost everything, i even deleted everything off my computer and redownloaded them all nothings working, and i'm currently using AE 2024 !  

I have 200+ layers, and my rendering is very slow. I want to speed up my render. How can I trim a layer for faster rendering? The layer is currently present from start to end, but I want it to be visible only during a specific time based on the animation. When a text or shape appears on the screen and then moves out, I want the layer to be trimmed accordingly. Thanks in advance for your help! 

I had been installing the Voukoder Plug-in on a friends recommendation but when I did it had crash with this message, now a couple weeks later it now says this: I have tried everything recommended here (reinstalling, reinstating subscriptions, etc) but it physically won't let me access After Effects.  

When I tried to work in latest AE (beta) on relatively large and complex project, it starts at some time do strange things.. I had imported 8 pngs with the same part of name, just different number, and from one point it every second one was replaced by duplicates of the first with no user activity. I had still 9 pics, but four of them was duplicated.On the attached picture is list originally imported pictures, everything worked for few hours, but from some time it was changed by after effects by files with those names174207076174207076174207084174207084174207086174207087174207087174207088174207088original pictures in source folder are still the same.. It was just replaced somehow in project after first render, which was correct. Then I made second render and I got duplicated pictures instead originals..It was second time I experienced this misshandle of files with similar names. I can try to send you project version before and after this change..  

Hello,I am trying to make a Video that has so charts and animations and I just can't work with this very slow speed i'm getting when I try to preview what I made! I tried every single thing I found online like Adaptive Resolution or skipping frames from the "Preview" Panel but it is still way too fast. For every time I pre-render 3 sec of my timeline I need to wait like 10 seconds! This is the PC I'm using: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37767368Plus two 2K Monitors.Is there something I can do to enhance the AE experince? I feel like my GPU is never being used so idk...Thank you and have a great New Years Eve!

Hi, I'm mapping battles and have an issue when I end up having too many vertices in a shape layer. I need to sometimes have multiple vertices moved to the same position. When I do that manually with too many vertices, I end up having them all bunched up imperfectly on top of each other, roughly. Is there any way I can select multiple vertices and have them positioned in the same xy?If you look at the attached image, you will see that I have those 2 clusters of vertices that are fairly horribly imprecisely placed to each others position. Is there a way to do that precisely? Thanks,

I am using After Effects and I would like to have the compositions export to ProRes, but I am not given the choice. I am not sure what the issue is. I am using Adobe After Effects Version 25.1.0 (Build 68) System Info:CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7730U with Radeon GraphicsAMD SoC (System on Chip) platformGPU: Radeon Graphics Software (Adrenalin Edition)System OS: Windows 11 ProStorage: 1TB WD Elements SE SSDSCSI Disk DeviceRAM: 40.0 GB (37.8 GB usable)

Hi There, I try to use aerender.exe on a HP Z2 Mini G5 Workstation Intel Xeon W-1250 6 cores x64 32Gb RAM Nvidia Quadro P620 driver 572.83, Windows 10 Enterpise 10.0.19045 Build 19045 with no success. After Effects, Media Encoder installed, both work fine. I try to render a comp with aerender.exe with terminal command and bat file (I tried both) and it stuck at "PROGRESS: Launching After Effects..." stage. Even if I write dummy text as paramater does the same "aerender blabla blabla" doesn't give error message. This machine just has been built and has fresh install. Same command, same project file works fine on another machine HP Z2 G4 4 cores P600 32Gb RAM, or everywhere else where I tried. Any help would much appricated.

Hi all,I’m a 3D artist rendering a scene from Blender as a multilayer EXR sequence (including passes like diffuse, gloss, etc.) and bringing everything into After Effects for compositing. However, I’m running into an issue where motion blur—both native and CC Force Motion Blur—doesn’t seem to work either on the EXR precomp itself or on the individual passes within the multilayer EXR precomp. Interestingly, motion blur works fine with a PNG sequence, whether it’s applied to the layer itself or the precomp.Has anyone else encountered this problem? Any ideas on what might be causing this or how I can fix it?Thanks in advance!