After Effects

NateW121Participant

UI Improvement to shape fill and strokeOpen for Voting

When a shape layer does not have stroke or fill on it, it appears in the small fill or stroke window as a "?" - it would be helpful if when applying a stroke or fill in this situation it was automatically added to your shape (instead of needing to add one from the shae twirl down menu). Small improvement but, would be a nice UI upgrade. 

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AquilonsParticipant

Display special characters in pseudo effects through XML PresetEffects file

Hello!I'm trying to display french characters "é", "É" and "à" in a pseudo effect by editing the XML PresetEffects file, but After Effects doesn't seem to accept them and they get replaced by "?" when I import the pseudo effect in my composition.Replacing, for instance, "Durée" by "Dur&#233;e" or "Dur&#xE9;e" doesn't solve the issue.If it's possible to get these special characters in pseudo effects through the XML PresetEffects file and someone knows how to do it, I would really appreciate some help! Thank you very much!

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AfterEffects comp can't connect to Media Encoder

Andre WinaldyInspiring

Bug Reports

AE Comp can't connect with MESystem:MacBook Pro 16 M1 Max 32GB RAMMac OS Sonoma 14.5 (23F79) Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue... won't do anything and makes ME crashes. (Had to force quit)PR works totally fine with ME.Rendering at AE works totally fine. Adding Comp from ME with File > Add After Effects Composition... works.Tried uninstall and reinstalling both AE and ME did not fix the problem. Any help will be superrr helpful!! Thank you so much!

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Slider Control malfunctions

randym8731967Participant

Bug Reports

The percentage counter i have built using this expression effect("Slider Control")("Slider").value.toFixed(0)+"%"is malfunctioning. As it spools up it keeps switching between whole numbers and percentages within the ket frames

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ThreeGuitarzParticipant

How do I port my AE web page to my domain server?

Can I use Adobe Express to make a real web page that I can use with my real domain extensions?  I currently use WordPress to build my sites, but I hate their new block editor.

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Stephen BarranteInspiring

Posterize Time effect breaking the integrity of a pre-comp, causing layers to "time slip"

Hi folks, we're experience a really strange issue with the Posterize Time effect, and at the worst possible moment for the project. The addition of Posterize Time over some nested Pre-comps causes the layers in those pre-comps to become out of sync or "time slip".  Quick summary of set up:We have a 23.976 pre-comp ("comp A"), dropped into a main composition ("comp B"), of the same dimensions and frame-rate. Inside comp A, we have several animated layers which are tracked over live-action footage. Some layers are manually key-framed, but in all instances the motion is synced and plays back as expected if we maintain the full-frame rate. When we add Posterize Time effect to comp A's layer directly, OR as an adjustment layer in comp B, so it effects all the comps below, such as comp A, it causes the content in comp A to shift out of sync. For instance it might shift our live action a few frames forward and the tracked / composited laters a couple frames earlier. O

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Maria Camila35872614pm2bParticipant

Herramienta rotoscopia, pincel y tracking presentan errror, el video en ventana source se pone negro

Versión de la aplicación: After Effects 24.5 Acer Nitro AN515-58, corei7, Nvidia RTX 2050, Ram 32, windows 11Versión de plataforma y sistema operativo: Acer Nitro AN515-58, corei7, Nvidia RTX 3050, Ram 32, windows 11Problema: En after Effects en la ultima versión 24.5 cuando voy a hacer una rotoscopia, a utilizar el pincel o hacer un trackeo, en la ventana de source, la imagen del video se va a negro. En rotoscopia puedo utilizar la herramienta aun sobre la imagen en negro y ver el resultado solo cuando regreso a la herramienta de selección.En la versión 2023 no tengo ese problemaPasos basicos para reproducir el problema1. doble clic en la capa a la que quiero hacer rotoscopia2. en la ventana nueva selecciono la herramienta pincel de rotoscopia3. la imagen se pone negra Resultado esperado: La imagen del video permanece y visualizando el vídeo utilizo el pincel de rotoscopoiaResultado real: la imagen se va a negro y utilizo el pincel sobre una imagen negra, la herramienta func

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Jaydude-wbInspiring

Let Ae import multiple Artboards as Illustrator SequenceOpen for Voting

I ignored Adobe Illustrator artboards for years, but now I have found some benefits, I'm disappointed that Ae is not aware of those. Please make Ae do something smart when an .ai has multiple artboards.

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Maria Camila35872614pm2bParticipant

Source Window Goes Black When Using Roto Brush tool, brush and tracking

Browser & Device type: Acer Nitro AN515-58, Core i7, Nvidia RTX 3050, 32GB RAM, Windows 11, After effects 24.5Issue: In After Effects version 24.5, when attempting to perform rotoscoping, use the brush tool, or do tracking, the image in the Source window goes black, and I cannot see the image to use the tool properly. In rotoscoping, I can still use the tool on the black image and see the result only when switching back to the selection tool. This issue does not occur in version 2023.Steps to reproduce:Double-click on the layer I want to rotoscope.In the new window, select the Roto Brush tool.The image goes black.Expected result: The video image remains visible, and I can use the Roto Brush tool while viewing the video.Actual result: The image goes black, and I use the brush on a black image. The tool works, but I cannot see where I am applying it.

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Anonymous

After Effects Video looping weirdly

alright so it's been a while I'm always having this problem: whenever I add a clip to my composition be it 5 minutes or 20 minutes long and preview it it initially starts playing normally but after a while it starts repeating. over and over. no matter where in the timeline I click, I will always see the same scenes of the first 3 minutes, and this is driving me crazy. It shouldn't be a file problem since if I play it with vlc it goes totally normally, so what do you guys think this could be caused from? Thanks a lot

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RobBarrettCommunity Expert

Better scripting support for 'Lock Markers'Open for Voting

I'd like to request a read/write layer property (eg. layer.lockedMarkers = true/false), so that markers on a layer can be locked/unlocked (and the lock status determined). Currently the only was of doing this via scripting that I'm aware of is with the Command ID (2565), which is very inconsistent. It doesn't always work properly, it seems that it can lock/unlock layer markers but only lock comp markers. Furthermore, markers that have been locked can still be modified via scripting, so it would be helpful to have a way to determine if a layer's (or comp's) markers are locked, in order to skip that layer/comp.

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josefm808422Participating Frequently

Essential Graphics - no "browse" Options

Hey guys,I am working on a trash project that had to be done last friday. The customer bought and sent me a folder full of mogrt text effects. I am still searching since last friday and about to go insane. All tutorials tell me there is a browse button in that craptastic tab but I cant craptastic find any craptastic shit browse btuton. I craptastic hate adobe products so much I cant tell you...thanks for deleting this post and not responding, I dont care anymore...

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christianb5949572Inspiring

Grow Bounds not working with Bend It on text layers?

Hi! I'm using Bend It on a text layer, and Grow Bounds isn't working:  What would be the solution?Thank you!Chris.

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default47xbeu6n0s79Participant

Project with Korean file names not linking footage properly

Hi!This might be more of a Windows question than an Adobe/After Effects one, but I'll give it a shot here just in case: I have a project from a client with Korean file names and references. In After Effects, the file names appear correct and in Korean script, but my main issue right now is that none of the footage is properly linked. I am guessing this has to do with the fact that Windows is not identiying the files correctly and is thus unable to identify files are present that need to be linked. Below is what my files look like in File Explorer and in After Effects: After Effects:  Windows 10:  Any thoughts on how to solve this?Many many thanks in advance!

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Michael3839867399vlParticipant

Graphics Essential created on After Effects on Mac won't perfectly work on Premiere on Windows

Hi everybody,I have a little problem. Maybe anybody can help me with that.I created a Graphics Essential Template on After Effects on Mac. After importing it to Premiere on Mac, everybody works perfectly.But when importing it to Premiere on Windows it's not perfectly working. To be specific. In this Graphics Essential Template I simply connected Text scale to a Slider Control. When using it in Premiere Pro for Mac, it is working. When using it in Premiere for Windows, nothing happens at all. I can change the slider's position like I want to ... nothing happens.Is that a bug? If not, what did I do wrong? Thanks for your helpBest regardsMike 

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Anmol_Panwar3469Participant

A easy ease problem

Guys I dont have easy ease option neither F9 is working, Plz help, I have tried all the way possible.

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johnmcmullinInspiring

Move layer and selected keyframes on a second layer without moving the second layerOpen for Voting

I'm often having to retime complicated After Effects comps. I can select layers and move them. and all their keyframes will move with them. But often there is also a select group of keyframes on outgoing layers that I want to move at the same time, without moving other keyframes on those layers. I currently can't do this in one operation. I have to move the layers first, then select the group of keyframes and move those by the same number of frames. This is just a bit more fiddly than doing it in one movement 'cause I need to count precisely the number of frames I moved the layers and apply that to the keyframes. Also, on complicated timelines, it requires me to scroll the timeline window and click more often. Generally speaking it would really help if there was a way to do the equivalent of a ripple edit in Premiere. Maybe there could be a way of shortening a layer that causes all non-overlapping layers downstream to move by the same amount and well as downstream keyframes o

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S_ AInspiring

Trim the path of a stroke on a shape with a fill

Hi, I just want to keep the fill as it it, but want to apply trim path only to affact the stroke. I tried duplicating layers and keep feel on one and stroke on another and then applied trim path on the stroke activated layer  it works nice. But wondering if there is any way I can do it on one shape layer where the fill and stoke both will stay. Thank you. 

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janetl51368789Participant

Animate a string of arrows

I need to show water flow in a river system. Each of the 8 branches would have up to ten arrows following each other. I am not very advanced in After Effects but can animate single arrows. Ideally the arrows might look like this . Can someone help and explain in very easy terms?Many thanks in advance. 

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Panel minimizes when changes to certain tools such as the pen tool

Arturo AcevedoParticipant

Bug Reports

I maximize the composition panel to see my work on fullscreen. I change to the pen tool to draw, composition panel minimizes.I notice it also happens when panning holding the middle mouse button.

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Luca27905111oackKnown Participant

How to cut out the bridge?

Hi all, I'm trying to cut out the bridge to put the footage of Mars behind it. The screenshot below is my attempt using colour keying but its not quite there yet - a few edges still show too much of the original backdrop - and I was wondering if anyone had any other suggests on how to do this better? Cheers

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AdrianHParticipant

Text tool is very laggy

Hello I found a few previous posts regrding this but not found a solution.  I'm posting here with view to finding a solution. In essence the text tool in Ae is very slow and laggy, even with only a couple of layers in the comp.  I have a decent spec Mac pro, decent GPU etc so cant undestand why this is hapeening.  I've cleared cache, reset the prefes, turned it off and on again etc to no avail. Does any one have a fix for this?  

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Mike ChooInspiring

Add an audio alert to anything that will stop your render from Render QueueOpen for Voting

Hey! More than once I've been caught out by a render not starting because I missed an alert when pressing 'Render' in the Render Queue. It's often that there's more than one alert that I get caught out, thinking I've dismissed the alerts and the render has started. The feature request is pretty simple - add an audio alert (or the option to have an audio alert) for any event between pressing 'Render' and the render actually starting. This is valuable to me because renders not going when I think they are can be a real problem for production schedules. Cheers!

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Krishna Kumar22556352ieq8Inspiring

scripting - how to change render resolution via scripting?

via scripting how to change resolution of composition, while rendering. that is Full, Half, Third, Quater. How to change resolution via scripting.

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