After Effects

I've been doing subtitle layers according to this tutorial:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a-_flGOAkI neded dynamic text boxes for multiline text.This is working otherwise, but if I want to be able to change the source text of the main text layer in a way that the borders width scales with the main text. Now it only picks the width of the main text in the last keyframe. The borders are parented to the main layer. In the border layer source text i have expression:borderText = "g\r".repeat(thisLayer.parent.text.sourceText.split("\r").length - 1); borderText += "g" ; thisLayer.parent.text.sourceText.style .setText(borderText) .setFont("Webdings") .setFontSize(1) .setAllCaps(false) .setSmallCaps(false) .setFillColor(style.fillColor)and in the scale property I have added:margins = [2, 1.7] * thisLayer.parent.text.sourceText.style.fontSize; x = linear(thisLayer.parent.sourceRectAtTime(outPoint - framesToTime(textIndex) - inPoint).width + margins[0], 0, 5000, 0, 100); y = linear(m

Tengo problemas al importar videos en after effects. como que no los reconoce. alguien sabe que sucede y como lo puedo solucionar

hallo therei have 2 layer:Layer 1: text layerlayer 2: shape layer i want to change the Source Text property of layer 1 in scale property of layer 2; How can I do that? thanks

Bonjour, je tente de faire un pattern liquid et pour rajouter de la texture au projet j'aimerais utiliser une image transparente qui réagirais à la luminosité de la composition pour s'adapter automatiquement en taille et créer une texture intéréssante. Merci d'avanceBonne journée

When using the feather tool in face tracking, it cannot be applied to every frame. After applying the feather tool to a portion of the video, the next frames do not show the feather controls and automatically reset. feather tool applyed frameNext frames

Hello, I just made a podcast edit (have done XXXX with the exact same protocal before), I noticed that initially the video and audio are synced perfectly and for some reason it starts to fall out of sync by the end of the podcast... (I havent found the specific point of ref yet) Any ideas why this is happening? Appears to be off by half a second starting somewhere around 40 mins in... 

Hello. We are implementing a plugin that use GPU for it's internal rendering, So far, we implemented succesfully OpenGL and D3D11 renderers.currently in the process of implementing the D3D12 renderer, while iterating over the different adapters (like described here:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/d3d12/nf-d3d12-d3d12createdevice  ), we stumble upon a DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_RESET that block us from getting the device.After a quick talk with the DirectX12 guys, they stated that:Direct3D 12 devices are singletons per adapter. If a Direct3D 12 device already exists in the current process for a given adapter, then a subsequent call to D3D12CreateDevice returns the existing device.If the current Direct3D 12 device is in a removed state, then D3D12CreateDevice fails instead of returning the existing device.  Is there any internal query of After Effects to D3D12 Device that could cause this state ?  Tested on two different computers (one AMD; on

Usually when you select a file name, composition name or actually any text box, a vertical flashing line shows you where you're about to type. This is now missing when editing comp or pre-comp names in After Effects. This makes it difficult to make minor changes to comp names such as altering version numbers, variations in names etc, as until you type you have no idea where you're typing. After Effects 2025 version 25.0.1 Build 2MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1Macbook Pro 2023 M2 Pro

I want to copy everything, including the layer itself, and its keypoints. 

so I have the following code, it works when the layer is not parented , but when the layer is parented to another layer it fails.I know this happens because the transform properties of the parented layer doesnt change when you move the parent layer, is there a workaround for it? app.beginUndoGroup("Add Guides to Anchor Points"); // Get the active composition var comp = app.project.activeItem; // Check if a composition is selected if (!(comp instanceof CompItem)) { alert("Please select a composition."); return; } // Check if there are selected layers if (comp.selectedLayers.length === 0) { alert("Please select at least one layer."); return; } // If "autoclear" is enabled, clear all existing guides if (Autoclear.value) { app.executeCommand(2276); // Clear all guides } // Loop through each selected layer for (var i = 0; i < comp.selectedLayers.length; i++) { var layer =

I have a layer with a few keyframes. I would like to temporarily disable the keyframes to test the animation without them. I don't want to delete them I just want to turn them off and back on again.Is there a way to do that?

expect matte with round cornerbut ... it doesnt

I've updated to the latest version of AE (25.0.1) on my Macbook Pro M2 Pro 16GB. I am now getting multiple errors when launching:- .mov / prores files that were recognised previously show up as missing footage and can't be re-linked or re-imported. - Getting this message: "After Effects warning: Unknown exception" on launch.- I am unable to export from After Effects- When launching Media Coder I get the message: "Adobe Media Encoder has encountered an unexpected error and cannot continue". So can't even use Media Encoder.  These are major issues as this now makes the software unusable.  I was running Sonoma and thought upgrading to Sequoia might do the fix but the same issues.I've tried clearing the cache and uninstalling/reinstalling. Please fix asap!! 

Does anyone out there have the installer for the final version of After Effects CC2019. (16.1.2 or 16.1.3) that they wouldnt mind sharing?  Thanks!

 How do i make those bright patches of my glow effect have a much stronger red colour, rather than white?

Hi, I want to create a basic effect where text falls away with a natural gravity like effect. this was possible in the last a.e version I used, but, shock, they have changed it again. There is no simulate > gravity. They have changed it AGAIN. How do you guys keep up with this madness?  It is unworkable for me. Any online tutorials are soon rendered useless. This program is beyond frustrating. 

I am unable to move layers up or down in the Timeline panel using keyboard shortcuts. Typically, the shortcuts Cmd + Shift + [ (Mac) or Cmd + Shift + ] would allow me to rearrange layer positions in the stack, but in my case, they only select layers instead of moving them. I have tried using both the keyboard shortcuts and dragging layers manually, but neither approach resolves the issue. I've also ensured that I'm in selection mode, made sure I'm focused on the Timeline panel, closed and re-opened AE, and restarted my MacBook.Unfortunately, none of these methods have worked, and I’m still unable to move layers within the Timeline panel. I don't know if this is happening because I'm doing something wrong, or if it's a bug. It's my first week using After Effects, so any guidance would be appreciated. 

I developed an After Effects script with ChatGPT to address this issue, but it seems that shape layers and text layers are not being converted into separate compositions. If this functionality is possible, could you please provide the XML file for Automation Block (After Effects)?

I'm looking to reduce a list from a spreadsheet and don't know how to do it.I've got a .csv where column B is the 'type' of sequence that the shot belongs to.Column C is the the actual sequence name and Column D is the shot name. This is my current block set.The last two "in list" blocks add the last selected item to the top of the list with a space. (Super handy, but I can't figure out an easy way to exclude the space from actually being selected.) It creates a list that is every single line of the .csvHow can I reduce all the "same" sequence to a single item? Or if I had many "reduced" sequence initials that would get pulled if they match the "if" block?

Hi gang! I know there are a few developers on here using Cairo with the AE SDK and I have recently jumped into this as well. It is indeed quite powerful and makes life significantly easier. One thing I can't figure out is how to render in other depths like 16 bit and 32 bit. This is the familiar code for rendering in 8-bit from Cairo: // Write pixel 8-bit PF_Pixel* sampleIntegral8(PF_EffectWorld& def, int x, int y) { return (PF_Pixel*)((char*)def.data + (y * def.rowbytes) + (x * sizeof(PF_Pixel))); } PF_Err cairoCopy8(void* refcon, A_long threadInd, A_long itemNum, A_long iterTotal) { cairoRefcon* data = (cairoRefcon*)refcon; int i = itemNum; PF_Err err = PF_Err_NONE; uint32_t* rowP; PF_Pixel8* worldPtr = sampleIntegral8(data->output, 0, i); rowP = (uint32_t*)(data->data + i * data->stride); for (int x = 0; x < data->output.width; x++) { worldPtr->alpha = rowP[x] >> 24; if (w

Hi, Adobe Premiere Pro Team.We are a video production studio and use your products daily for 10 hours a day. Please add the 🇺🇦 Ukrainian language to the Captions tab of Premiere Pro 2023. Because now we do all the titles and subtitles manually.

Hi,I'm new to after effects so I need a little troubleshooting help. I am trying to create a magnifying glass type effect over some type. I've followed some online tutorials and have added an adjustment layer using magnify and bulge effects and have them tracking the magnifying glass movement all good so far. The issue is the magnify effect seems to be duplicating the text and enlarging to over the top of the original text (double vision see attached image). Any ideas why this might be happening? Thanks. 

Hello Everyone,I was wondering if there were a way to export individual compositions that I have made within a project to be reused in others as a template. I remember having done this in the past by selecting a composition, going to file -> Dependencies -> Collect files, but now, even when I choose "for selected comp" it collects media from the entire project. For my specific case, I made a looping animation of a squiggly line in its own composition that I would like to reuse in other projects. Is there any way to export this composition individually from the project as a whole to be reused later on? Thank you in advance!  

Two layers appear on top of each other in my render. Also on the display while scrolling, I need to fix and move manually each layer to be sure they do not overlap, but when I zoom out the display sometimes athe error appears again, the weird thing is that the render does it too. any idea on how can I solve it?