After Effects

So I have a null connected to my 3d camera, some pictures, and two 3d shape layers (stroke lines). Whenever I move the null's position, the two shape layers move with my camera and follow it instead of staying in its place. Now I don't have this problem with my pictures, just with my shape layer. And I also tried moving my shape layers back and forth in the Z-axis but that was to no avail. Thank You.

I have finsihed creating this edit and went to export via AME but my render got stuck at this section in the first image around the same time mark 1:04 to 1:07, every time without fail when i try render this edit file it gets stuck here and i have to stop it. I hve tried numerous ways to fix it, change renderer from gpu to software only, disabling paralell encoding, uninstalled and reinstalled AME, uninstalled and reinstalled AE, uninstalled and reinstalled both applications, attempted to uninstall creative cloud as well but got the repair prompt instead so i did that still nothing, gone back into the edit and swapped out the clip that the rendered got stuck and it still freezes there, i removed that clip section entirely and it still gets stuck, i've also used the "collect files" option to put the comp into a new file and it still doesnt work, ive moved the whole edit into a sinlge pre comp clip still nothing. i also tried rendering other edits i've made again in case it was AME

Hello,I have a rather big problem. I am working on a client project and normally for those projects, i work rather clean. Last Friday i changed a few thing around in my project and saved it. After that i did work for two other clients and filled my "recently opened" tab, wuth files for these two projects.Now i cant find my project from friday. I searched everywhere, in autosave, in the other clients projectfolder, in my finder... and i cant find it. I even went into my preferences.txt file but could only find the recently opened filed after that. Is there any other way to find my project? Thanks in advance for every tip. 

Hey AE Users! I’m looking for a creative solution using expressions or by any other means.

Is there a way to drive the value strength of an effect via luminence map?

For example, if “Shape Layer 1” has the effect simple choker, I want the choke matte value to be controlled by the luminance intensity for layer “Gradient Map.”

I'm currently trying to get three wheel to follow the body of a car, but they seem to move at different speed and even rotate for some reason. The wheels are parented to the car body and the wheels are 3D objects, whereas the car body is not. Is there a way I can get the 3D wheels to follow the car at the same speed moving with the car body? 

Hey community, this is my first post. I hope to find some help.I am currently working on an animation to create a liquid gradient similar to the one on this site: https://monopo.vn/?ref=godlyI think this is the effect I need to achieve. I tried creating a layer with a 4-color gradient and then applying an adjustment layer with the following effects: Motion Tile, Turbulent Displace, Smear, and Twirl. However, I haven't been able to get it right.In parallel, I created another composition where I animated the edges with Turbulence and Wave, but I didn't achieve the desired effect either.I am unsure if these are the right steps and I'm just missing the necessary adjustments. Here are my issues: How can I create a gradient where I can control the center and the edges to achieve this effect? Also, should I add turbulence to the gradient to make the edges move? I'm a bit lost, so any help would be appreciated.

I've been trying to use the bend tool and I've got it down, but I don't know how to expand the border around it so that way the object doesn't get cropped out as it bends.  Any suggestions? 

I used Photoshop to save a couple color swatches in a Creative Cloud Library for easy access in After Effects. The problem is the Eyedropper in After Effects never reads the colors correctly and I have to manually type in the hexadecimal color code. Here are the results of trying to use the Eyedropper on a Fill effect:   As you can see the hexadecimal color code and RGB values do not match up. I even tried turning on Use System Color Picker in the Preferences but that didn't work either. Any idea on how I can get this working? 

Hi, when i try to use the warp effect qnd i choose the bulge and vertical option, it behave different from the tutorials i saw, it has to just warp the left and righ side of the shape but it my AE it moves the whole shape! Is this a common issue? How can i fix this? I'll post pictures from it if it is not common.Thank you for helping 🥹

I'd like to zoom in (not animate zooming -- with the zoom tool) at, say, 150%. Not 100%. Not 200%. I'd like to type this somewhere. Clicking with the zoom tool, using the mouse wheel, or using the menu, I'm stuck with the same choices.

Whenever any sort of mosaic effect (s_mosaic and bcc mosaic) is used on any video format in timeline, it crashes after effects, It does this in both '23 and '24 versions. NOT only does it crash it, but when I remove the effect from the project altogether and continue editing, about 5-7 minutes in the project crashes with no report or anything and I am forced to terminate the program as if the file is now corrupted and all my work is gone.  I enabled logging in help since no log file was being created in the roaming path.  Here is a link to the log file created: log .

Hi,I'm quite new to AE.I apologise in advance as I'm not familiar with all the terminology as yet, although very familiar with PS/LR and Apple media programs.I have taken a couple of AE beginners courses and all went well. I'm making my own project  and have used the Roto brush. The first time it worked easily, I was able to make a video that is about a minute long and sucessfully export it via Media Encoder. However, I wasn't happy with it so I tried to re-do the Rotobrush part of the project which I wanted to export and then add into the original project as a finished .mp4. However, I cannot get AE to stop propagating, even though I havn't added any further refinements after the first frame. I took a chance and I did try to export it, it started well but then stopped.I've spoken to Abobe support who checked my system and said it's sufficient and should run the program (they sent me a tutorial but it was the same info as the one I'd watched on th Adobe site ) I then I spoke to Ap

Hello I am trying to create a basic butterfly wing animation (top down. And I just want to add an expression to make the left wing rotate in the opposite direction.  and the shadows to basically do the same. I am currently using the following expression. And it's not working. Does anyone have any suggestions?thisComp.layer("Right Wing").transform.yRotation;//value *= -1;

When I make a 3d camera layer or a null layer and try to make it 3d it shows the axis instead of the 3d cube and it is not working like a 3d layer. How can I fix this?

i am having trouble positioning the camera through my scene. i have set up a 3d maP with a bunch of landmarks on it (all in 3d) and I want to fly though the scene.I am having a huge amount of trouble with using the camera controls and I can’t find any good video tutorials on specifically how to use the camera control tools.Also, my two-node camera is not rotating around the point of interest like it should. I have checked all my settings and restarted it but it still won’t stick the point of interest in place like it should. I have tried one-node camera and it’s not that wither.Any helpful links would be gratefully receivedThanks

I'm trying to find out how to get missing files installed.  I downloaded an editing plugin pack with many effects but a few missing effects are needed.   Where can I get these without paying multiple subscriptions?  

Hello, I was hoping someone could share their experience with exporting a video created in After Effects and then being exported in Media Encoder as a transparent MP4 video instead of MOV. Unfortunately, the MOV video is not loading. I have tried multiple media players with no success. If anyone has any information or another alternative regarding my inquiry, please let me know. Thank you!

It ends too soon! precomposed layer's image doenst ends and is 7 minutes longalso i tried frame hold and then putting shatter effectbut its still doesnt works..what can i do? video below

I have a comp that has lower third elements that update just fine in another comp using the Essential Graphics panel to manipulate the Essential Properties. The minute I use the Essential Properties panel to edit on of the text properties (instead of the Essential Graphics panel) it breaks the animation.  The size changes, the alignment shifts, the expressions I'm using to match certain properties stop matching, etc. I assumed it was a bug in my comp and did WAY too much troubleshooting before I realized it was a software bug. If I undo the edit in the Properties Panel is goes back to working properly and I can make the update in the Essential Properties panel.  I'm also just noticing that ANY change I make in the Properties panel breaks the link between the two panels and the Essential Properties panel stops updating.  If I only make updates in the EP panel, the PP continues to show the changes, but any edits in PP causes errors and the EP no longer updat

Hello, so how exactly do I fix that? my system is up to date; and please don't direct me to: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/system-requirements.html?x-product=CCHome&x-product-location=Apps&guid=a08e7949-6caa-4f03-b2e3-8ba47500441c&promoid=QGMZPG6T&mv=other&mv2=ahome   I triple-checked that and my system/hardware requirements are more than fine. Anyone?    

Situation: The shortcut for setting a keyframe will always display as whatever property is selected under Animation → Add Keyframe . So, if a Position keyframe is selected, it will appear as Add Position Keyframe in the Animation menu. If a Time Remap value is selected, it will display as Add Time Remap Keyframe. Issue: It will also display as Add Time Remap Keyframe in the shortcuts manager (if selected before opening up the manager), implying one can set a custom shortcut specifically for Time Remapping. The shortcut manager will display the keystroke for Add Keyframe as Add WHATEVER VALUE HAS BEEN SELECTED Keyframe. So it tricks you into thinking one could set up shortcuts for specific properties. It probably simply references what the Animation Menu is showing, whereas it shouldn’t (in this specific case at least). Adobe After Effects version number: 24.5 Operating systems: macOS 14.5 (23F79), Windows 10.0.19045 Build 19045 Steps to reproduce: Select a property, open up the shortcu

Hello Guys, I am new to after effects, since I am trying to learn, I need to import a class projectWhen I try to import a file and check the proper options, I get After Effects error: Unable to parse this file.( 39 :: 0 )What I need to do?

In after effect crashpad handler and dynamic link in after effect dynamiclink and crashpad handler to stop after effect from openning and these two dynamiclink and crashpad handler opening multiple times when i stop every file of these then aftereffect open but it start not responding i deleted plugins and scripts it not work what should i do then i deleted the files with these Dynamiclink and crashpadhandler which opening multipletimes when i open the after effects and now after effect open but i cannot use tracker in after effect like track camera tell me a fix to solve this

I have the Cinema 4D add-on installed. I see it in the drop down menu, but even when I click on it, the menu just closes and the renderer is still Classic 3D.If I hover over the menu, I can even mouse-wheel it to change to Cinema 4D, but after half a second it just switches back to Classic. Pretty maddening stuff, as I need C4D right now. I even tried hitting enter immediately after mouse-wheeling it, but it didn't take.