After Effects

I'm currently working on a project file that requires motion tracking VFX to a piece of footage. I want to have the footage not to appear and only have the adjustment layer present with a transparent alpha background. The problem is when I try to hide the footage from the render, the adjustment layer disappears as well and leaves nothing but the transparent background. If ayone has any input about only rendering the adjustment layer without having the background footage in the render, it would be very helpful. Thank you.

Macbook ProApple M1 max64 GB RAMmacOS Sonoma 14.6.1AE: 24.6.2 (Build 2)Plugins: Connect Fonts (deaktiviert)Hallo ich habe dauerhaft bei 3D Kameratracker nach 2-5 Minuten Analyse eine Fehlermeldung  "Zeitüberschreitung - Bei der Verbindung mit Dynamic Link-Server".Das verrückte ist bei ersten mal halt er Analysiert und kurz getrackt und dann erneut seit dem funktioniert es nicht mehr. Auch der Verkrümmungsstabilisator funkitioniert nicht. Selbe Fehler meldung.Ich habe bereits beide vorhergehenede Fehlerbeschreibung angewendet und trotzdem auch nach einer Neuinstalation, Cache leeren, Connect Fonts deaktivieren und stoppen des "dynamiklinkmanager" über die Aktivitätsanzeige keine Veränderung. AE trackt einfach nicht mehr.Was kann ich noch versuchen? Welche Infos werden noch benötigt? 

 Hello everyone,I'm having a persistent issue in After Effects 2024. When I create a new camera and go to the **Camera Options**, the only setting that shows up is **Zoom**. I’ve tried multiple solutions, including:1. Ensuring that at least one layer is set to 3D.2. Creating both 1-node and 2-node cameras.3. Resetting the workspace and preferences.4. Switching between GPU acceleration and Mercury Software Only.Unfortunately, none of these steps seem to bring back the full set of camera options like **Depth of Field** and **Focus Distance**.Has anyone else experienced this in the 2024 version? If so, any additional solutions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!Thanks in advance!Best,Daniel 

Hi! Ive recently installed BCC Plugins and I can see it on my effects and presets tab but whenever I try to use it my after effects crashes. How do I fix it?

Really stumped with this issue and hoping someone can help me! I literally don't even know what to Google to find an answer  so I'm just going to explain step by step here - I'm brand new to After Effects and know next to nothing about it (much more well versed in PS and AI) and I'm trying to do a very simple logo animation following a tutorial on YouTube.In the tutorial we're animating the LinkedIn logo.I import the logo image, add it to the timeline, and duplicate it to animate the text and icon separately.I put a rectangle mask over the text layer and then one over the icon layer.I then use the pan behind tool and set the anchor point in the center of the icon layer.I then set markers at 0, 1, and 2 seconds and move my playhead to 1 secondHere's where I run into my issue:In the tutorial he simply selects the text layer and moves it to the right, holding shift so they beginning of the layer snaps into place at the 1 second marker where the playhead is In my file, when I try

Hate to be repetative and bring up an old topic; however, it is extremely concerning that it is impossible to uninstall Maxon cinema 4D due to the software (creative cloud) forcefully reinstalling Maxon cinema 4D, without consent. There is a topic on this in the forums with lots of incorrect answers and so my goal with this post is to clear up confusion and welcome truthful, honest answers about the automatic installation of Maxon Cinema 4D First, uninstalling the software does not work. The software reinstalls itself automatically. The steps published in this article are false. Second, there is no mention of Maxon Computer Gmbh as a licensor in the 3rd Party Legal notice for after effects. Third, the software is unusable without creating an account with Maxon. All in all, this behavior is extremely provocative and counter-productive. In fact, it is bizarre that this is still an issue in 2024

      When selecting a Composite Tab the search bar automatically turns white and is ready for me to search for some. I haven't selected this but it is automatically ready for me to search something.

I have watched a bunch of videos and I do not know how to install the sapphire plug in. Please help, I really want to use it. 

heyi'm getting this error, i'm trying to understand what it means, and how can i fix it.i am using the most updated version of AE.does this error mean there's a picture inside the sequence that's that big or what?

So im trying to recreate Spectrum like in that video.But, It supposed to be "bigger", isnt it? Also it has an invisible barrier even though i applied Motion Tile and set Output Height to 260. Whats the matter? 

Hi!I'm doing a crazy thing where I animate gaming video subtitles from Premiere Pro into After Effects to give it more quality. I'd love to have in the library a way to this: - Go to in point- Add a "0" value scale keyframe- Go forward 5 frames- Add a "100" value scale Keyframe- Go to out point- Add a "0" value scale keyframe- Go backwards 5 frames- Add a "100" value scale keyframe And then continue to the next layers. Also, It'd be really useful an "Un-precompose" action too, where the elements of precomposition come out of the precomp and places in time in your main comp I used to do this actions with another automation application, but now I'd love to rely more on Automation Blocks for these tasks If these work, I might have some more ideas in mind for these same kind of videos which are actually very requested. Thank you very much in advance!

Layer below the adjustment layer goes invisible in after effects, please help!  

Does anyone know if you can use the linear function to deform a path?In below, the triangle goes from left to right, but its path deforms slightly.If the triangle was moving to the right from a position of (0,0) to (100,0) ...I thought of using something like this in the Path property expression:A=path.key(1)B=path.key(2)linear(position, 0, 100, A, B)But it doesnt work because path is not an array, it's a path object. I tried using pointonpath but to no avail.

I've been using After Effects for 2.5 years, but I never understood this problem. People can see the fill in the videos made for this, but when I click on the solid layer, the fill disappears. please i need help...

I have downloaded a bunch of presets off YouTube videos to use in After Effects, but every single preset that I try to use says: This favorite contains a reference to a missing effect. Please install the following effect to restore this reference."S_DissolveShake"The term in quotation marks changes depending on the preset used and often is similar to the preset name. I don't have this problem with the built-in effects in after-effects. Makes me think that I have imported the presets wrong or something. I dragged and dropped them into the User Presets folder. 

Hello everyone, I am new in after effects I am facing a weird issue in after effect final export. See the attached image the edges of the 3D shape layer are not smooth and have green color kinda stroke edges. I am not using any green screen but when I export this transparent clip it shows this kinda green edges around the shape layer in after effect canvas everything is just perfect. Thank you for your help 

intento instalar el adobe after efects y simplemente el archivo After_Effects_Set-Up no abre, me pasa igual con el adobe premier, necesito ayuda. INGLES: I try to install Adobe After Effects and the After_Effects_Set-Up file simply does not open, the same thing happens to me with Adobe Premier, I need help.

So I just opened my Ae project to work as usual. However, when a change occured in a layer, I couldn't playback anymore and instead, the hand tool keep appeared when I press the spacebar button

Hi!I'm trying to figure out how to solve color issues we encounter during a RED (R3D) workflow through After Effects. I hope someone can shine some light on this. We have interpretted the R3D inside AE 2017 with the RED importer (interpret footage > more options) as follows: - colorspace: Dragoncolor2- gamma: REDgamma4- rest as default, only the ISO as shot. We have left the AE working space to 'none', as we usually use OCIO to manage colors to know what happens. Though we mostly do some removal work on this footage, so we won't need much color changes.  The project is set to 32bit and we render image sequences to 16-bit EXR's with preserveRGB enabled. At our end, everything works as expected. However, the grading facility had trouble getting enough color information from the EXR's. Of course, you lose some dynamic range from the raw file when importing them with these settings. But I find it very strange that they claim the available colorgamut is sRGB, not DragonColor2. So, w

Could somebody please help in figuring out which plugins are used in this video? https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8eUN5yn/ 

Hey hey guys, Just another issue. I am trying to make 100 frames stretch out to a 30 min video but the time stretch just doesnt work or default to 4 mins. The time warp isnt helping either. When i import the frames i just want AE to populate the entire 30min timeline not just a few seconds.What am i missing here?thanks

I want to fade out the two ends of a saber line. How can I do that? I already tried with playing the start_size and end_size, but if I'm set them to an equal value (e.g. 0), the whole saber line will be equal to the value I set.So I would like to achive some kind of fade from the middle to both ends of the saber line. How can I do that? I attach an image where I found an example of it. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I want to manipulate these sars' position values. but I dnt find their motion path. these little guys moving in a straight way. I want to them move in a curvy way. how can I do it? 

Updated to version 17.1 a while ago (don't dare to update to the newest version due to TO MANY BUGS!)Now when importing images they only show in the first frame instead of the length of the composition...I know how to prolong the frame by using "Freeze frame" but that is so tedious...Does anybody know how to avoid this issue?Thanks!

 I'm trying to run an ExtendScript (JSX) in Adobe After Effects 2024 using the command line option -r to execute the script. However, every time I attempt to run the command, After Effects crashes.What I've tried:Using ExtendScript directly: When I manually open the .aep project file, wait 15 seconds, and then run the JSX script via the ExtendScript toolkit, it does not crash, but nothing happens.Running the script via the command line: It crashes as soon as I try to execute it with the -r option.My setup:Operating System: Windows 10After Effects Version: Adobe After Effects 2024Script: A JSX script that opens a project, saves a backup with the suffix "_backup", and suppresses dialog boxes during execution using app.beginSuppressDialogs() and app.endSuppressDialogs(false).Command I'm using: "C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe After Effects 2024/Support Files/afterfx.exe" -r "C:/Users/Shadow/Keyframe Studio Dropbox/EP/Scripts/generated_script.jsx"  What the script does:Ope