After Effects

Hi I was wondering if anyone knew any tools that would do lip sync in a particular way for me. I want a puppet effect so the mouth just opens and shuts like an old wooden puppet, roughly in time with the speech.I've tried a few AI tools but they try to be too realistic and the video needs to be longer than they can do. The image attached gives an idea of how I want the mouth cut out and moving up and down in one chunk. Here is a youtube short of the sort of thing I'm talking about but I'm going for a less freaky vibe. https://youtube.com/shorts/YThggcgu7FE?si=AREozQFBGo_qcqAp Experience level with After effects is basic so any youtube video turorial suggestion would be welcome. Many thanks

I've been using AE for over a decade now and can't remember ever having this issue. After finishing a project, I will reduce, consolidate, collect, etc. in order to archive the project for storage. Currently, the latest version of AE 18.4.0 Build 41 running on MacOSX 10.15.7. I have noticed when relinking footage placed in a new folder, all footage types will be located automatically once the first project file has been located... except for MP4s. Excuse me, but what? I can't be the only one that has decided to rename a footage folder before, used "replace footage" on a single PNG for example, and seen all other footage be found and updated to the newly renamed folder. Well, normally this would grab all footage files, including MP4s. Now, let's say I change the MP4 location back to the original recorded in the file, and I click "Reload Footage"... well, that too will fail. A dialog box says the footage is not at the very location that it is at. The only way to restore the footage is to

When clicking the "Generate Fill Layer" button, the following error occurs.Similarly, it now appears when importing PNG sequences. Previously, there were no errors.Win 11, AE 25.1   

hi, i have a problem. When i use after effects 2024 it uses all the ram while nothing is happening and it gives me the low memory warning. And when i want to cache before playback it stops almost imminently and it doesnt matter where i want to cache before playback, it always stops. i also have when i restart the laptop and start after effects it gives me the low memory warning while i have no other apps open.I uploaded a image where you can see i only have a video, no effects or anything, and it doesnt want to play.i already cleared cache and i did that after effects uses 24/32 gb rami use after effects 2024and i have a macbook m1 pro 14 inch with 32 gbs ram  could anyone help me?

Hey recently i see a tutorial video which is about digital pixelated logo reveal but i have a doubt i use a square to reveal the logo by using alpha mat and the add turbulant displace and mosiac effect , then pre compose that layer and when i use a duplicate of that layer as alpha invert map the whole logo should be hide but the pixelated box are visiable why?

I would like to animate an object in varying, smooth orientations to give the illusion of going forward along a path, reversing along a path without turning around, and going forward once again.Here is an image to better illustrate things.I know how to do step 1. Simply animate along a path with orientation along the path. The tricky part for me is step 2. I would like the object to go in reverse without turning around for a while, then going forward again at some point (step 3) just like before.Any suggestions?

After effects program fades the colors of the last two videos. What is the reason? How can I fix it? Both versions of the videos are raw. One is opened in the program and the other in the mp4 application.

HiI'm trying to create a file that pulls groups of names from an Excel file (which I converted to JSON) and randomly scatters the group of names across the screen and every 5 seconds swaps and scatters the names of the next group of names.My problem right now is that I don't understand how to do different animations for different words within a single text layer.One solution I found is to make each word be on a separate layer using a script. The problem with this is that I have a file with 1325 names and I assume 1325 layers will crash my software. If anyone knows how to do this correctly, I would be very grateful! 🙏 (The number of names in each round varies from 1 to 79)

I have a Cinema4d animation: a Formula object whose Y(t) parameter changes along with frame number with Expresso and a small Python script. Rendering works correctly in Cinema4d but during rendering with After Effect V2025 the Y(t) is not changing. Here are the relevant pieces of information.Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

I just launched After Effects again for the first time in a couple months just to make a very quick and basic edit. Unfortunately whenever I create a composition the window just won't update and when I resize it just goes haywire. Moving the window around to different parts of AE doesn't fix the problem, neither does restarting the program or my computer. Reinstalling to a different drive didn't change anything. What's in the composition doesn't seem to matter, I've tried it at full res, low res, even with an empty comp and the problem is exactly the same. I checked my hardware and everything is fine, nothing is being throttle, overheated, etc.

Hi! Does anyone know how to create a dropdown with an icon in ExtendScript?I saw this in a regular script (not an extension) and I really want to know how!Here is the example of what i saw, as you can see, there is an blue image icon in the list itself

Hi, I need some help here. I'm not so sure what I'm doing wrong.Here are my steps:1) Click on Camera tracker, waited for the footage to be tracked.2) Selected 3 points on a surface, created a null and camera.3) Placed a Polaroid picture in timeline as another layer, made it 3DHowever, the Polaroid does not track.4) Removed Polaroid picture from timeline.5) Clicked on Null layer in the timeline and realised that the null was not tracking but stationary throughout the clip.I've tried pre-composing the footage and it still does not work. Most of the tracking points looks good and fixed on my footage.My footage is the opening of a door revealing a baby crib and a bunch of stuffed toys in the room. There are no tracking points on the door. Please advise!

Under certain conditions, AE 25.01 is not auto-saving.When starting a new project in 25.01, auto-save works fine. However, when I open a project created in version 24 in 25.01, auto-save does not work.Here are the methods I’ve tried:Changed the auto-save interval to 1, 3, and 10 minutesSaved the project after loading a version 24 project in various ways: overwriting the file, saving under a new name, and saving as version 24xChanged the save location from the project folder to a specified folderEnabled save when starting the render queueDespite these attempts, it seems that no auto-save folder is created, and auto-save does not work.I accidentally deleted a composition, realized it a few minutes later, and couldn’t retrieve it, which was very frustrating. If you know a good solution, please let me know.OS Windows 11 Pro 23H2

I'm using AE20019 on an iMac Pro suddenly all my text look jagged. What can be causing this.Thanks.

Bonjour,je rencontre un problème sous Adobe After effect. Quand je crée une composition avec un fond (rose par exemple), dans la prévisualisation il y a juste un fond noir qui prend l'enssemble de la taille de cette fenêtre. Je ne comprend pas, je n'ai rien fait et meme en installant et réinstallant rien ne change. Je n'ai pas la touche Majuscule enfoncé etc. Je suis sous Windows 10 - Adobe After Effect CC 2020 1.7.1.1 (buil 34). Je vous remercie d'avance pour votre aide ...------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello,I'm having a problem with Adobe After effect. When I create a composition with a background (pink for example), in the preview there is just a black background that takes the whole size of this window. I don't understand, I didn't do anything and even installing and reinstalling nothing changes. I don't have the Shift key pressed etc.I am under Windows 10 - Adobe After Effect CC 20

Premiere Pro has a nice "favorites" folder and easy to drop 'em in. What about After Effects? Thanks,Letty

So I'm trying to morph a boxy circle shape into a circle. However, when copying the shape from Illustrator, this happens ↓. Even though the points are very close to the points of the other shape After Effects still reads them incorrectly.I tried rotating the circle, but it wouldn't help.Is there anything I can do other than editing morphing manually? 

Hi.So, latest version, updated and all that.CPU i5-11400F @2.60GHZ32GB RAMGPU AMD Radeon RX 6800 I opened an old file, which with my old configuration was running super smooth, it only took about 30 seconds to render a 6 sec. logo opener with some particle effects in it.Old configuration:CPU: i5-66016GB RAMOnBoard GPU Right now, CPU is 100% when rendering, drops down to 50, then spikes to 100, then drops down again, so on.. Same file on old configuration was rendering super smooth and didn't abuse the CPU like this.I updated everything, I pre-comped some complex effects (althought the same effects on old configuration were running super smooth), still having the same problem.Any ideas anyone?Thanks.

Hi. First of all, I used to have working After Effects (version 24.x.x and 23.x.x) on the computer on which I now have trouble installing it. After formatting and resetting my PC, when I try to get After Effects installed, I'm met with a message that says that my processor doesn't support AVX2. And that’s fine, because I don’t need to use the most recent version (25.0). I used to have After Effects version 23 and then 24 before and it was working fine. But now I cannot access previous versions and cannot install the 25th version of After Effects… Simply put it. Is there a way for me to access previous versions of After Effects, without installing the newest version first? Or is there a way for me to move the older version of After Effects from a different PC? (I have After Effects 25.0 on a different PC and access to previous versions there). (note: I would like to avoid just upgrading my processor just so it supports AVX2 and allows my Creative Cloud to download the new

I have a layer with multiple shapes in it.How to find the bounding box of a shape made out of bezier curves, like this one: I can see vertices and tangents info inside value property, but nothing similar to sourceRectAtTime for a layer. Computing bounding box of a concave shape is rather difficult.

I kept getting this message for my Textevo 2 script in After Effects, is anyone have the same issues? And if anyone know how to fix, that would be great because i need to use this script for my project, thanks!

Hey guys,I'm so so new to Ae. Just installed a couple of hours ago, and I'm trying to do the motion stabilization effect, but all I see as options/tabs is Preview, Properties, Align, and Effects & Presets. The "Tracker" option (the stabilization effect should be under this tab) is just not there. Can anyone please help me?  The footage I uploaded is not landscape, it's portrait. Don't know/think that makes a difference, but LMK!!