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Changing information in Properties Panel vs Essential Graphics panel causes elements to break

I have a comp that has lower third elements that update just fine in another comp using the Essential Graphics panel to manipulate the Essential Properties. The minute I use the Essential Properties panel to edit on of the text properties (instead of the Essential Graphics panel) it breaks the animation.  The size changes, the alignment shifts, the expressions I'm using to match certain properties stop matching, etc. I assumed it was a bug in my comp and did WAY too much troubleshooting before I realized it was a software bug. If I undo the edit in the Properties Panel is goes back to working properly and I can make the update in the Essential Properties panel.  I'm also just noticing that ANY change I make in the Properties panel breaks the link between the two panels and the Essential Properties panel stops updating.  If I only make updates in the EP panel, the PP continues to show the changes, but any edits in PP causes errors and the EP no longer updat

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Extension is not communicating with After effects

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Your Extension Name</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/styles.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="libs/classic.min.css"> <!-- Local Pickr CSS --> </head> <body> <nav id="nav"> <div class="panels-group"> <button id="panelx1">Panel 1</button> <button id="panelx2">Panel 2</button> </div> <div class="settings-group"> <button id="settings-button"> <img src="client\images\Settings.png" alt="Settings" style="width: 24px; height: 24px;"> </button> </div> </nav> <div id="panels"> <div class="panel" id="panel0"> <button id="cmp-button">CMP</button> <!-- Button for CMP --> <button id="ADJ-button

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"collaspe transformation" on both comps in order to have the two .glb files be 3D. overrides below?

Hello Adobe Affter Effects Forum!I'm working with .glb files.I have imported them into a comp. I want to change the tint so I procomp the .glb file and add a adjustment layer with a tritone effect. I make a duplicate of that com and change the color in the tritone effectNow I have two comps with the same .glb file and adjustment layers with two different colors applied.In the main comp I tick "collaspe transformation" on both comps in order to have the two .glb files be 3D, but the top comp with one color overrides the bottom com with a differnt color in the tritone effect.Is there a way have "collaspe transformation" be turned on and retain the 3D of the procomposed .glb files and not have the top comp effect the below comps? Is this possible?If only .glb files could have effects applied to them, this woudnt be a problem.Thank you!

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Text with auto resizing box issues

I have an Auto sizing box I made but I am running into a little problem. I imagine their is a fix but my experience in expressions is limited, and my searching online has yet to yield any answers for me.Right now I have a rectangle shape layer that is the child of a text layer. The box automatically resizes with the text using sourceRectAtTime() and I have an offset paths for the padding. These text boxes are sitting in the bottom right and bottom left corners of a text-safe zone I have for the final video and I want to keep them there when I edit the text.I am easily able to keep the left and right edge there by simply changing the text to right or left justified depending on the side of the screen they are on, but if I add a line or add hanging letters (j, g, y etc.) then the bottom of the box drops out of text-safe.I also am running into the issue of keeping a paragraph that is center justified, on the left/bottom corner of text-safe. I imagine it would be the same solution as the p

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Layers not casting shadows. How strange.

I've set up a comp with a light behind a large number of grey solids aranged in a grid. The light shines through the grid and onto a perpendicular solid ground-plane. The thing is, the grid solids aren't casting any shadows. Now, they're in a precomp which is set as a 3D layer, but all the materials options are set correctly. All of the solids AND the precomp are set to cast shadows, and the ground-plane is set to accept shadows. The light casts shadows (and it works with other objects in the scene), but no joy on the solids grid. Here's an image showing two views of the scene along with the corresponding overhead view to show the camera and light placement. The horizontal line in the overhead view is the solids grid. Also, Trapcode Lux is on to visualize the light cone, but it's not to blame, since there are still no shadows with it off and removed from the comp. http://www.leonid-studios.com/Personal/ShadowTest.jpg Let me know if you can figure this out. Thanks!

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How to Use Adobe Stock Green Screen Billboard

I am a beginner and I downloaded this green screen from Adobe Stock to place an ad I made. However, there is no tracking when I open to AfterEffects (that I know of) and now I am following this tutorial below to learn the tracking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPg1Byc23q8 My trackers start getting jittery and I'm really upset because I spent money on this stock video. I also screenrecorded but I don't know why I need a url to upload. Can someone help me? Or share a tutorial that is better? (stock i downloaded)https://stock.adobe.com/search/video?k=billboard&ef_id=CjwKCAjwnei0BhB-EiwAA2xuBiVwXxlaYfHESOybX5oqphCeyJq8e0Lvmb_qI1gHgkPrN32i4BqoyRoCT_oQAvD_BwE%3AG%3As&s_kwcid=AL!3085!3!689288606394!p!!g!!billboard+videos!20010336886!153296644474&as_channel=sem&as_campclass=nonbrand&as_campaign=US%7CCPRO%7CStock%7CPURCH%7CLong-Tail_Video_SRP_BMM%7CGG%7C%7C&as_source=google&as_camptype=acquisition&sdid=M7K4SK8B&mv=search&mv2=paidsearch&a

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sourceRectAtTime like function in SDK, boudaries of shape layers or clipped by mask

So the question isHow to get the dimentions, boundraies of the particular layer if it dont have a source or was clipped by mask? Here how I get it for AEGP_ObjectType_AV: A_long extraDimetions[2] = {0, 0}; AEGP_ObjectType extraObjectType = AEGP_ObjectType_NONE; ERR(suites.LayerSuite8()->AEGP_GetLayerObjectType(extraLayerH, &extraObjectType)); if(extraObjectType == AEGP_ObjectType_AV){ AEGP_ItemH extraItem = nullptr; ERR(suites.LayerSuite8()->AEGP_GetLayerSourceItem(extraLayerH, &extraItem)); if(extraItem != nullptr){ ERR(suites.ItemSuite9()->AEGP_GetItemDimensions(extraItem, &extraDimetions[0], &extraDimetions[1])); } In another words, how to get the same or similar for AEGP_ObjectType_TEXT and AEGP_ObjectType_VECTOR?And also how to get the boundaries for masked/clipped layer.

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Generate Fill Layer takes very long / After Effects

Hello.(I am not an expert). I am tryting to remove a moving peron from a video. I am using the Generate Fill Layer on a Video in After Effects trough the Dynamik Link from Premiere Pro.It works perfectly, but the issue is, that it is generating since two days.  I dont know if the Visuals on the Video are very complicated. I am using a MacBook Pro M1, the Video itself  is 5 min. long and 4k (needs to be), the part where the person is removed is 30 seconds long.I dont know, if I should have done something differently, if I should cancel the process and to it differently again so it goes faster? Maybe wihtout the dynamic link and just putting the needed 30 seconds into After Effects. Or should I just wait?I will attach some screenshots.Thank you 😊 🙏. 

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