After Effects

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? 

Hello everyone, how can I pre-compose for several layers to get an individual pre-composition for each layer?I have many layers so don't want to do it manually...

Hello everyone After Effects is crashing without giving much information. The only thing I can notice is that when the plugins are loading at the opening window, it would stay forever in AE Juice pack Manager 4. The only option they give me is to send a report to Adobe, which they never respond. I would appreciate any help on this matter since I need to finish some projects and this problem is taking too long to solve. 

I switched to v25 in the desperate hope that it would solve the unusably slow interface in 24.  It's not faster, AND it caused some major problems.  What is going ON at Adobe?  With some comps, after working on them for hours, suddenly the second frame won't render.  Seems to be mostly when I have an adjustment layer at the top, but it's also random.  I have updated my graphics drivers, tried 8bpc + 32bpc, tried software rendering, tried purging.  NOTHING works (other than starting a new comp and copying everything over. I'm so sick of this.  I love hours a day to this damn company, and I'M paying THEM.  Stop adding all this AI garbage and fix the software that we depend on.  I'm on Windows 10.  Can't upload any specific details of the project because of NDA.

Looking for a solution to having the text scale via another expression that is driving a slider control.When using this in the layers Source Text, the layer will no longer display the text from txt variable, and the size will revert to the default set on the text object. When setting the .setFontSize() where the variable scaler is not driven by an expression, everything works as it should. Need to be able to use 'scaler' as an expression driven value. //Set Text Sourcelet txt = comp("_Update Copy Here").layer("Artist Name_TEXT").text.sourceText; //Set Text Scalelet scaler = effect("Text Size")("Slider").value; //Text Styletext.sourceText.style.setText(txt);.setFontSize(scaler)   

hi folks, im using AE since CS6, i pretty much grow up with adobe and im there when AE , PR , Ai got this so called 'Home Screen' . helpful, but recently, my AE from the moment i launch the App, until Home Screen displayed properly, getting longer and longer to the point i bored.please Fix. Adobe getting Crazy with internet connection these days, IF i went offline then restart my PC, this problem is fixed. why? idk ,i hope adobe do something, cause Davinci Resolve Project Page never did this to me, butter smooth. always

Trying to write an expression that automatically pushes a shape/text a set amount of space away from another shape or text by the bounding box. It only has to work in the X axis. That way what ever i do with the previous shape (scale, Mask path, etc) the bounding box will automatically push the layers to the right without having to adjust. Any help would be appreciated 

Hello alll.The new properties panel is causing crashes, but much more importantly, I want complete control over mu own workspace.It is currently auto-opening whwnever I select a tool.Please can a preference be added to turn off this behaviour?And in the meantime, if anyone knows a hack to do it myself, I would appreciate it. I think it is conflicting with complex expressions and third party script panels and basically is not yet a replacement for simply pressing UU.I am sure it will be a great development when it is stable. tagtagtag

Hello,  I am relearning After FX after many years and have been tasked with recreating the attached text animation. Basically the words both grow and dissolve on at the same time. I have found presets that come close, but still not exact. Does anyone know if this is something I can find in a preset or do I have to build it from scratch. Thank you!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enIeoBRzP7M 

How i can use arabic font in after effect ?

Since the most recent update, I'm not able to import multiple After Effects files at one time, and I have to use the File-->Adobe Dynamic Link function to import anything, which REALLY slows down the process.

I'm looking for shortcut keys to trim and extend a layer. I'm using a short Mac keyboard (no square bracket keys). I can use the⌥( and ⌥ )  to type an open or closed square bracket, but it doesn't work as a shortcut in After Effects since the short cut is ⌥[ and ⌥]

No puedo abrir archivos de versión anterior de AfterEffects. 

Hi! I just bought a new mac book pro with 18gb ram since I started a course in After Effects and I needed it to be strong enough for future work and for this specific reasons. It keeps crashing, I have googled and looked into drífferent settings I should change and what not. It is literally driving me crazy now since I can't do anything for more than 1 hour before crash again and I am forced to close the program. I need help with this and then I also need help with other things that I don't seem to manage in the editing. So if there is a kind soul out there that would help a girl out I would be so thankful for the support. Hope to hear from someone haha! 🙂

Hey!I have a text with CC Cylinder applied and I wanted it to spin very fast and long. I keyframed that animation. But after about 90 full rotations the animation just stops. But the value still changes. Do you have any explanation for this?

I was following this tutorial here and he animates a shape by using the bezier handles.I don't seem to have the option to curve the position path. Could someone tell me what I'm missing? I included a Screenshot of my project where I would like to round out the path. I know I could use the graph editor but I'm mostly just confused that I've never had these other handles. Thank you!

hi,all:     i've installed AE cs6,but it cann't import *.mkv file,it also cann't import *.mkv after i've installed quicktime 7.how to avoid that limitation?thanks advance.

I can't center anchor point in AE 2024 or latest Ae 2025 using external plugins. Even when I check this ONIt simply creates somewhere in middle of the comp. I made video I am not joking. 😄  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bzr65v61nevmxs13hq8oh/Z-znam-2024-11-07-133151.mp4?rlkey=plhd9z08dl0gc2xdr6ge21b9d&dl=0 Cheers.  

Hi, When I open After Effects v25 in Windows 11, nothing happens. The program appears in my task manager, but the splash screen never appears.  When I set the compatibility mode to Windows 8, it launches fine. I have updated my drivers and reset my preferences. I don't have any plugins installed. It still gives me an option to migrate preferences from v20 even after I reset them.  Why is this happening? Why does it run on Windows 8 but not 11? 

In After Effects 2025 and Beta, under certain circumstances, when adding an effect to a layer from an external composition using ExtendScript, the effect is duplicated, and the effects panel is activated even though the layer’s composition is not active. code used in the video:function comp(name) { for (var i = 1; i <= app.project.numItems; i++) { if (app.project.item(i) instanceof CompItem && app.project.item(i).name == name) { return app.project.item(i); } } return null; } function addShape(){ var shapeLayer = comp("Comp 2").layers.addShape(); shapeLayer.name = "Shape Layer"; var shapeGroup = shapeLayer.property("ADBE Root Vectors Group").addProperty("ADBE Vector Group"); } function addEffect(){ //comp("Comp 2").openInViewer(); comp("Comp 2").layer(1).Effects.addProperty("ADBE Point Control").name = "Position"; } addShape(); //addEffect(); BONUS:It may not be a bug, but it can be confusing.

I'm trying to export a project thats due today for my class but it won't show up no matter what I do. I've attached a video showing what I mean.  

Can you do anything right for once please?

1. AE 24.6.2 ;2. Win 11 Pro 64x 23H2, Intel i7 11thGen, GF RTX 3070 ;3. I have a 3D comp with two types of animation in it - for the layer transforms and for the effects. Here, I attach a AEP file made of solids alone.In every "Side_*" comp, there is expression-animated Fill effect so that every frame is distinct (tried key-anim, all the same). And, Sides are joined in 'Block' comp, where all those are parented to a key-animated rotating null.Now, I nest several 3D copies of this comp with collapsed transformations on top of eachother. 4. I expect to have a 3D scene where each instance is autonomous. Meanwhile, the result is that the very top layer influences the underlying copies, e.g. changing its time value (animated timeRemap, expression, or simply shifting the layer over time), makes all the underlying copies within the 3D container use the time from the top one - this true for the Effects animation, meanwhile, the transform animation is unaffected. See yourself by shift