After Effects

Hi, I am trying to figure out if there is a way to use the Auto Mask feature in AE and then use that resulting mask in Blender.  For instance, I am trying to learn node based compositing in Blender, and would like to create a mask for an image sequence.  I can readily create a mask in AE and can use its auto mask feature and would be great to have a way to use it exported from AE. Figure there must be some standard way to do this? I guess it amounts to outputting the mask as something like an alpha only EXR image sequence? thanks

Hello everyone.How do I find out how many renderings I've done? For example, in January 2024?Does anyone know where to get such a report?

Hi all,  I've been working on a project in AE for the last week or so and had absolutely no problems with the project or any other project for that matter until this morning.  I made some amendments to this project last night, everything went fine, I rendered the timeline and when I've come back to it this morning after some additional amendments were needed I'm met with the ( 50 :: 0 ) error (pictured). It only happens for certain parts of the timeline. From a 1:30 timeline there is probably around 10 seconds that are actually playable.  Other than 1 photo late last night I've imported nothing new to the project for the last day or so. The project is running from a Samsung T7 External SSD. I have the latest version of AE (24.2.1). I've included a picture of my Mac Pro specs, however I'm 99.9% sure this wont have any baring on this problem. I've tried loading the auto-saves from before I exported the video last night and I'm getting the same problem.

Hello! Me and my whole team have a problem. When using audio files (often from desktop Google Drive), the sound in them moves out, and the only way to fix it is to re-render the file (with third-party software).And with all this, it happens completely randomly. Out of 10 people, the sound breaks for three, or for half, or for all. Its random. We are use the same file, from the same folder (no one downloads it).If we download these files with a browser, the problem will be solved in 70% of cases, but nevertheless it can still occur and we will still have to re-render.Why does this happen and how to fix it without re-render?The after effect version doesn't matter either. This kind of crap happens in versions 22, 23 and 24. We use Windows. File is .mp3 format.Here is example of broken audio. The beginning becomes the end and the end becomes the beginning.

I want to set up an expression where I can control the font size, but I want to limit how small/big that font size can go to using the slider. Is this possible? For example.... If I want to limit the user to a range between 20 and 50 using the slider. Appreciate any insight that could be provided!

How to change dynamic text in lottie animation json file (attached file )?

Hello, I need your help very much. There is no sound in After Effects. In the audio hardware settings, headphones and speakers are not displayed (it just says no device available). Windows itself does not see AE, like in the sound application settings, it's not there. The drivers are fine. I reinstalled the 2019 version twice, this time I downloaded 2020, and still there is no sound.

I am using Adobe After Effects CC and ExtendScript to create dynamic videos and then let the user watch those videos.I looked at this tutorial (don't need to read this tutorial to understand the context of this discussion): https://www.themarketingtechnologist.co/creating-dynamic-videos-using-javascript-and-after-effects-the-basics/Basically, the tutorial goes through how to create dynamic videos with After Effects and render them.Right now, I can use extend script to create dynamic videos to the user's preferences and render them.However, when I render the video, I have to wait till rendering is completely done before the user can start watching the video at 0:00 (via a HTML5 player).Is there a way to allow the user to stream the video as soon as the first frame or block of frames is rendered?In other words, is there a way to allow the user to stream a video before that video has fully rendered.Should I directly render the video on After Effects or Adobe Media Encoder?Thank you!

Hello,I'm having this terrible Issue since a few Weeks: File coulnd't be opened for writing. The Issue start happenig in an old Hard Drive, so I did a Backup and reset the Drive. Now I'm working on a Brand new SSD Drive and the same problem appears to happen. Can someone please help me with this? I'll be forever thankful!!!I'm working on a MacBook Pro with Sonora.Cheers,Nazim 

I’m experiencing significant performance issues with Adobe After Effects since updating to version 24.2.1 Build 2. The software is constantly crashing, disrupting my workflow and causing delays that are costing me time and money, as well as adding stress to my deadlines.My system is running on Windows 11 Pro and is equipped with an Intel Core i9 12900K 3.2GHz 30MB, an Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO mainboard, an NVIDIA RTX 4070Ti video card, two Western Digital Black SN850X NVMe SSD 1TB Drives (one of which has a 250GB cache drive partition), and 65 GB of Corsair D.Ven 05 5200 32Gx2 C40 memory.I haven’t made any changes to my default AE configuration, which was working flawlessly prior to the recent updates. I consistently submit my crash reports, though I feel they are being overlooked, much like the Robinson family they seem to be lost in space.Like many others in this forum, I pay a king's ransom monthly to Adobe for the privilege of using their products. Adobe needs to addres

I've not encountered this issue ever before but I've been able to consistently repeat it. 1. Create a comp with the resolution of 6336 x 2882. Output using Render Queue in h.264 format3. The resolution of the resulting video is 4096 x 186 (it should be 6336 x 288) Verified incorrect resolution with Quicktime, Media Encoder and AE. Correct output reoslution is achieved using other output formats.Correct output reoslution is achieved exporting to Media Encoder with h.264 AE Version 24.2.1MacOS Ventura 13.6.4 (Intel)

Hello, I just updated my driver on my desktop. Which before then, I could export anything just fine. Adobe adjusted to the new driver and I was able to edit and preview in the program just fine. However, when it came to exporting it glitches out the entire thing. Either the video doesn't export but it is an mp4 format, or it will export the video but its all glitched, blended together, then freezes frame. Exporting in both render queue and Media Encoder cause this issue, it allows me to export in AVI format, but I need h.264 and not AVI. I'm not too sure what to do about such. I even went back into previous project files from weeks and months prior with successful exports, but when I tested an export with those, they also glitched out in the results. And yes, test 2 was exported with video on as an mp4, the rest are pics of what the exports look like

My goal is to apply several keyframes to a property of a layer and then set them all as "Easy Ease": essentially, I'm looking to achieve the exact same effect as doing the following in After Effects:Playing keyframes, without changing their default interpolation (so leaving them as linear)Selecting all keyframes just placed.Pressing F9 to apply Easy Ease.I know how to do this when using After Effects manually but not when writing scripts.  I would like to achieve the exactly same effect with After Effects scripting.  I've come close, but I'm not quite there.  For example:master_comp.layer(1).property("Opacity").setInterpolationTypeAtKey(1, KeyframeInterpolationType.BEZIER, KeyframeInterpolationType.BEZIER);Will change the newest pre-existing linear keyframe to Bezier, but it will not apply Easy Ease to it; they are not the same.How can I apply Easy Ease to all the keyframes for a given property of a layer?

Hello.I´m trying to cast shadows from 3D objects in Element 3D.This is what it looks like with shadows enabled in render settings and cast shadow set for the objects in Element 3D. I allso have a paralell light with cast shadows enabled. No shadows.  And this is what it looks like with shadows enabled in E3d´s render settings.  And this is what it looks like when I created a plane and and enabled the matte shadow in material options in Element 3D. Shadows are there but so is the plane. What am I missing?  

Hi, i would like to edit the polygon shape to triangle, but i dont have the options to do it. I also find out that for some reason i never get any options.my UI setting is standard = defaulsorry its in german- but you can clearly see i dont have any possibilitys to change the shape 😞 - what do i wrong?

Out of curiosity, what might be some of the demands for an "AE STDLIB" for plugin dev? I've been working on some frameworks for my own projects, and am looking to improve them, expand them, and open source them for everyone else to use. some of what my wrappers include: RAII wrappers around AE objects, using shared ptr, and if needed, custom deletes, so no more worrying about having to dispose of handles.  Custom Allocator using AE memory for STL containers. On the lowest level, I've wrapped each AEGP suite call in a few different checks-- in general, a check that will throw an exception if a handle (like AEGP_ItemH) is null, before passing to a function to get the name, for example. and another, a new "ERR3" Macro that wraps the SDK call itself with more verbose error handling. in my own development these wrappers have made accessing layers, properties, and pretty much anything significantly simpler, safer, and easier to trace and debug. at

En cada proyecto que intento trabajar me aparece el siguiente error al exportarlo, en Media Encoder también me aparece ese error. Mi equipo:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 - 6GBRAM (Driver DCH 551.23)Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz24,0 GB RAMWindows 10 Pro 22H2 Estoy un poco desquiciado porque necesito trabajar y entregar proyectos.:' ( 

 Hello,i have a sound in the video that i cant find in the timeline. All the sound is off.I attached a video to show you.If you know the reason please help me.Best Regards

I know this is a familiar issue, but there's a twist: A client has requested an After Effects project that was started in a Spanish-speaking country.  The project has approximately 100 pre-comps, each of which contains dozens of layers, and just handful of them still have commands in Spanish. I deleted the application and reinstalled.  I checked the application.xml and made sure it said, <Data key="installedLanguages">en_US</Data> Nothing seems to work.  Does anyone have any ideas?Thanks so much in advance for your help!! 

Is there any way to add shape roundness properties to slider control.I created a subtitle background, using adjustment layer but can't able to find the way to add roundness to it.

Hi, new to Blender, Unreal Engine, and AE and still trying to figure out what work I should do in which program.  Spent past month non stop learning camera solving and Blender, and a little bit about AE compositing. Feeling overwhelmed. I am solo artist (guitarist first) trying to use VFX in a music video. I want to have myself filmed and integrated into 3D scenes. One scene I have in mind is this: I am in my hallway at home. I open a door and see a waterfall falling below, and also see off in the distance (mountains maybe). In this case I need good detail of top of waterfall and its immedaite surrounding. Then camera view wide shot from the waterfall environment of me in my doorway. For this shot since it is wide, I don’t need super detail. But since camera will be doing a push in towards me (though it will never get that close), I need the camera move in 3D space. At this point I know how to in Blender 1) perform camera solve, orient, set origin, set referenc

Basically, let's say i have 5 layers, all PNGs, with different sizes. I have animated Layer 1, and then parented layers 2-5 to Layer 1, so that they move in the same way. I want to now unparent Layers 2-5, but have them keep the same animation properties, so that it looks the same as when they were parented to Layer 1.I'm not sure how to do this, I think it should be simple, but it's not as simple as, say, creating keyframes in the children at the same marks as the parent, then unparenting. If anyone has an idea on how to achieve this, it'd be super helpful 🙂 

I am looking for a way to word by word-by-animate text with a smooth scale from the bottom left baseline of each word and include an overshoot. Like this example   I appreciate your help.

I'm working on After effects 2020. i don't know why whenever i export my files it became overexposed. yesterday it was normal suddenly it changed like. i try everything on internet says, i really need this somebody please help me to get through this.

Dear All, I have a 4K 360 video and the length is 1 min 30 sec. I'm using content-aware fill to do subtracting the Masking area by After Effects. However, It will get frozen the After Effects process with error message from Mac Computer even it's processed against the 15 sec of work area. So, I will have to make the length of work area to be short such 13 sec. There is no consistency on the issue even it's same point in the place and the length. The point is in the narrow street in the Japanese typical hotel. Even I have update After Effects, It happens again and again. I have never done content-aware full function against full length of the video. Error message from Mac Computer : Your system has run out of application memory. Mac Computer Specification ;SDD : 1TB (200 GB remaining)Memory : 16 GBAfter Effects Disk cache : 100GB Could you provide me information how to fix the issue?  Thank you. Best regards,