After Effects

hey Y'all!I wanted to know how to do a Halftone Transition Animation in After Effects as well as repeating pattern with the halftone.it's for a project i'm doing.Examples in this video here:https://youtu.be/eBc9L9urO20?t=1m5sand Herehttps://youtu.be/eBc9L9urO20Any way how i can do these graphics?

I have a 30 fps video I want to export as a JPEG sequence, but I only want to export every 50th frame of the video. Do I have to do that manually, or is there a way to do that in a single render batch?Thanks!

Hi,I've got a Text layer which is taking it's value from another layer "Rate" - first line of the code. I want to be able to kern the characters of this individually (using sliders) but when I add in the code (lines 2 onwards), it no longer takes the "Rate" value but reverts to the original valueI'm not sure why it is happening. I think I need to redefine the sourceText value but I'm not sure how to do that. Thanks in advance! thisComp.layer("Rate").text.sourceText.value; text.sourceText.style // 1st character kerning // .setKerning(thisComp.layer("CONTROL").effect("1st Kerning multiplier")("Slider"), 1) // 2nd character kerning // .setKerning(thisComp.layer("CONTROL").effect("2nd Kerning multiplier")("Slider"), 2) // 3rd character kerning // .setKerning(thisComp.layer("CONTROL").effect("3rd Kerning multiplier")("Slider"), 3) 

Hey! After Effects used to render amazing H264s, but lately in the last few versions of After Effects, h264/h265 renders coming out of AE with crazy glitchy square pixelation during movement. When I render Prores there's no issue, and I can use Handbrake to convert them to h264s that look fine, but for some reason native export has become completely broken. I've tried reinstalling AE, updating my mac, etc. Anyone know any fixes? 

I am working on creating an animated logo in After Effects using an Illustrator file. The file has been broken into several layers and needs to be animated seperatly. The only problem is that after animating all the layers that build the logo, there are lines in between each part of the logo. This is not visible in Illustrator and I have imported the file to After effects via File > Import > File Import Kind: Composition – Layer Size. This import made the lines slightly less visible but the problem still remains. I want to know how to solve this issue but still animate using layers. Thanks!   

Hello. I am working on a MacBook Pro. I downloaded this logo reveal project: https://motionarray.com/after-effects-templates/free-logo-reveals-20928/?subcategories=freeI am using version 1.  The logo and text are too small for what I am trying to work with. I have no idea how to enlarge the whole comp. The logo is getting cut off when I enlarge it. I am building a video in Premiere and I imported this logo reveal as an mp4 (H.64) because it would not let me import the comp from AE. The reveal looks pixelated. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on these sorts of things. This one seems tricky to me. 

I am new to the rotoscope tool and I am finding such a simple tool extremely frustrating. I had a framerate mismatch error but resolved it so my composition is in the proper framerate, but this had quite literally zero positive effect whatsoever. My issue is that when I apply my rotoscope, nothing happens until the next frame. This makes rotoscoping extremely difficult because I need to adjust, move to the next frame to check, then go back a frame to adjust, move to the next frame to check, and so on until it is perfect. Here are the steps I am making after importing my footage into after effects from premiere pro using "Replace with after effects composition". Step 1:Double click my layer and then click on the rotoscope tool. I then rotoscope my character but instead of properly rotoscoping, it just puts a pink box around the entire frame and does not change no matter what.Then if I move forward a few frames, it actually takes effect.But on this frame if I add more stro

Hi Adobe After Effects Team and Fellow Creators,I hope this message finds you all well and creatively inspired! I'm writing to report a tiny (and somewhat amusing) quirk that I stumbled upon while working with the Essential Graphics panel.So, here's the scoop: it seems like the "Mask Feather" property has gone a bit shy and doesn't want to join the party in the Essential Graphics panel directly. When I try to add it, it's as if I'm throwing a party and it just refuses to RSVP! 😊The interesting part is that I found a detour to coax it in. By creating a Slider Control and linking it to the Mask Feather property with an expression, the property happily waltzes into the Essential Graphics panel, no questions asked. It's like it needs a little pep talk or a middleman to make an appearance!Now, I realize this is a very minor quirk in the grand scheme of things—and there are certainly more pressing issues—but I thought it might be worth a quick mention. Maybe someone could give this l

HiI am making a CEP panel. The panel is part of a multi-panel setup. Multiple panels talk to each other via extendscript.My problem is that panel A is giving panel B a command. Panel B receives this command and should change the UI. So I need panel B to tell the CEP HTML UI what to do. This will not be triggered by a user action in panel B.My other communication goes through CSInterface.evalScript with a callback. But I can't use that in this case.So in other words I need to send a command from JSX to HTML without the user first clicking any UI buttons or anything.Is there a way to do this?Thanks,JakobEDIT: This seems to be what I need, but I don't know how to make that work for AE. I get the error "File or folder does not exist."https://www.davidebarranca.com/2014/07/html-panels-tips-11-externalobject-cep-events/

This is maddening. This issue has been going on for years and all of the so-called "fixes" on the Internet and in these forums do not work. Disabling plugins doesn't work. Starting in safe-mode doesn't work. Resetting Preferences doesn't work. How can you have not fixed this issue by now?Us professionals RELY on using the camera tracker and using Mocha is a pain.After resetting preferenece, I get the notification of a long list of plugins that are not compatable with the M1 chip. However, I can't find ANY of those plugins to disable. So why are they on the list?I'm on a 2022 Mac Studio running OS 14.6.1 and the latest version of After Effects 24.6.2.Almost everyone who has posted about this issue has gotten feedback from Adobe and 99% of those people still have this issue. Occasionally you'll see a response from someone saying that the fix worked for them. None of them have worked for me.What would be MOST helpful is for Adobe to post a complete list of plugins that could possibly be t

With the 25v update, I can no longer replace a layer by holding Alt/Option and dragging it from Poject Pannel.

The redline is not moving during playback.The audio levels are not updating during playback. Version 25.1Windows 24H2 (Build 26100.2314)Nvidia 566.36

I'm experiencing the same issue described in this thread: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/error-the-font-dictionary-can-t-be-read/m-p/14934620 Basically, choosing certain fonts causes AE 2025 to crash.In my case, Adobe Clean Fonts works fine for most styles, except Bold. There are other fonts that cause crashes, but the reasons seem random. I have no issues with these fonts in AE 2024, and all my coworkers (8 people) are encountering the same problem. This makes me doubt that it's related to font corruption. Here’s what I’ve tried so far:Reinstalled Adobe Clean Fonts.Deleted all versions of AE from my machine.Cleared the cache and removed leftover folders from Program Files and AppData.Reinstalled AE 2025. I'll attach screenshots/video and a sample file. Are you experiencing the same issue? Any clue?

Everytime I try to add font to After Effects after the 2025 update - it crashes and I get this error message.  I googled looking for solutions, attempted to find the 'AdobeFnt' to delete like instructions said but didn't show up in any locations and couldn't find anywhere. Have deleted all downloaded fonts.  Trying to finish a job for a client as is impossible as I can't add text - any help would be hugely appreciated.  Thanks 

I've become fascinated with the history of visual effects and this is my third video looking at how VFX worked before computers.   When I made my video exploring Optical Printers and how they could be used to remove blue from a scene, I was left wondering how did film know which colour was which? And if someone is wearing blue, like Christopher Reeve as Superman (1978) how was he able to be keyed into flying shots. And then I started to question how live analogue TV was able to "remove the blue" for weather forecasts and original Doctor Who. Join me down the rabbit hole of colour film (or color film) Technicolor, Eastman Kodak's Kodachrome and Eastman Color. We'll take a diversion to look at colour analogue telly and CSO (colour separation overlay). Once we're back on track, we'll learn about Petro Vlahos, Didymiun prisms and the Sodium Vapour process. And then, we'll take a diversion to look at how Star Trek: The Next Generation developed the use of UV light and flourscent orange

Hello, Everything works wrong since the last update. Before, a 12-15min video took about 30-35min to export and now look at that times (4h). I have not touched anything in the settings, I have not modified any parameter, I have not installed or uninstalled any plugin. I've been working the same way for months but now it's impossible for me to work smoothly with those export times. Not to mention the continuous crashes. Once even the PC restarted by itself 😂 I leave some screenshots in case someone could help me. Please, we need a solution. Thank you.

I'm creating a 1920x360 video, where the right half is composed of 4 compositions I need to rotate 90 degrees, pause for 5-8s, then rotate 90 degrees, pause, etc.. and it just needs to loop.I've set the 4 compositions as 3D objects, set their positions and rotations to create a 4 sided box essentially. I parented them to a NULL object, then set the key frames along the X rotation. If I grab the scrubber or play the video, I'm getting the desired effect. Problem is... it doesn't stop. It just keeps spinning. I just need to time it: Rotate 90 degrees, stop for 5 seconds, rotate for 90 degrees, stop for 5 seconds...I've looked through the forum, expression libraries, YouTube... I can't find a solution. I've tried keyframing it, but the effect started breaking down because I'm ham fisted. Just looking for a simple script that does this effect.

Am trying to import PNG files to after effect but i get the massage "A file could not be found."i click Mommand + I and navigate to the file location and clikc OK then i gut the massagethe file is PNG file RGB and 8 Bitsi tryed other files some of them worked and the other did notcan someone help me please  

I have hundreds of .aep files that I need to obtain the project bit depth of (8, 16, or 32 bit). I can't really find a good way to do this other than open up the file, use a .jsx script to write the bit depth to a file, then close after effects, and repeat for each project file. This is terribly slow, and is very error prone because it won't work properly if for whatever reason a dialog box appears (such as missing media) when attempting to open the project file. Is there any way to parse the binary format of the .aep file to get the project bit depth instead? This is what I'm currently using, if you're interested, but it's really janky and subject to the possible errors I mentioned above. Not to mention it's way slower than simply parsing the .aep file would be: Python script: import subprocess import os import time afterfx_exe = r"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2024\Support Files\AfterFX.exe" script_path = r'C:\Users\username\Downloads\16bpc_test\writ

I'm used to dragging in PSD files into After Effects and telling it to import as a composition, and then it gives me all the psd layers broken out. It's great. But I took a PSD into After Effects 2025 today and all it did was bring in the psd as one file without layers, despite me saying import as composition. I can see all the layers broken out within photoshop so why arent those layers translating to After Effects like it normally does? is it because the layers are in an art board? the last time I had a file with multiple art boards in one psd, i deleted all the artboards except for one and then brought it into AE without issue months ago, which is what I did today: made sure the PSD only had one art board. but that didnt solve my issue. After Effects version 25.1.0 (build 68). Mac os sequoia 15.1.1, apple m2 ultra, 128gb ram, update: i think i figured out the issue. its because the artboard was cmyk. the minute i made it rgb, i could now bring in the PSD to After Effects as a c

Bonjour, j'ai un problème sur AE depuis plusieurs jours que je n'arrive pas à résoudre.Lorsque je séléctionne mes points clés et que je rentre dans l'éditeur graphique, aucun graphique ne s'affiche et un message apparait en me disant que "Aucune des propriétés sélectionnées n'a d'expression" (Cf : photo ci dessus).  Si quelqu'un peu m'aider, je serais vraiment réconnaissante car ce problème perdure et je n'arrive pas à le résoudre. Merci d'avance 

I am trying to create my own pseudo effect (through PresetEffects.xml). The group properties are collapsed by default (like the 'Point2' and 'Point3' groups shown in the image). Can I set it to expanded by default (like the 'Point1' group shown in the image)? Thank you.

I have looked all over the place, and have not found a solution to this besides being the overlord plugin.