After Effects

Okay so I admit I am just a week into learning AE but something has me confused. I created a comp that is 3d. Then I used that 3d comp in another composition and when I place the original 3d comp in the new comp the items are not showing as 3D, they are flat. What am I missing?

Hello, Is there a faster way to delete a whole bunch of user imported OBJ files from Trapcode Suite? I accidentally imported an OBJ animation sequence as individual OBJs. The sequence was about 350 frames long so now I have 350 OBJ files in the user 3D model section that I need to delete. I can only seem to delete them one by one and After Effects is so extremely so slow at doing this. At that rate it will take me hours to delete them one by one. I've tried searching the system (Mac OS Sonoma) and tried searching invisisble files but cannot find them.  If I could locate them in the system I could just grab them all at once and delete. Anyone have any ideas? Many thanks

What I want I want to be able to do is be in premier pro > essential graphics and drag my graphic template on, which is an overlay for a webinar with text on top, the text is part of the essential properties and is editable. But during these webinars, I may need to change to a different overlay, the text would be in a different place too. What I need to therefore happen is a toggle/button or anything that allows me to basically toggle on a pre comp or several layers and enable another set of pre comp/layers. Essentially multiple versions of one graphic inside one template?

Is it possible to apply faux text styles from the Essential Graphics panel to multiple text fields? I'm trying to create a lower thirds mogrt where the text and styles are all linked but the position of the graphic, direction of the animation, etc changes with each one. Position would be picked from a dropdown menu in the mogrt. I've gotten the source texts linked to match, but the styles won't link. As you can see in the screenshot, all caps is chosen for the Title, and it works on the left side, but not the right. I currently have the source text and the different colors pick whipped to the Essential Properties in the Left Aligned comp so they are all linked. Because the text and faux styles are added within the Essential Graphics panel, I couldn't get those included. I was planning on pre-comping each position so the dropdown menu options would work. Is there an Expression Control preset for font that can be used more globally? Or a scripted reference I could put in the text ex

Hi gang; I have used Cairo on Windows for SDK development and it works great. However, I am struggling to get it set up on a Mac in order to compile a Mac version. I am wondering if someone can help getting it to work. These are the steps I've done: 1 - Installed MacPorts2 - Installed Cairo through MacPorts by going to this website: https://ports.macports.org/port/cairo/ and entering the sudo command in my terminal.3 - Confirmed Cairo is installed by typing "port contents cairo". It is installed in my /opt/local/lib/ folder.4 - In the Xcode project navigator, under "Search Paths", I added the Cairo folder entries under "Header Search Paths": /opt/local/lib//opt/local/lib/cairo/opt/local/includeI also added the path here as well for my cairo.h file and added the include to my .cpp file: #include <cairo.h>5 - In the Xcode project navigator, under "Linking", I added "-libcairo.a" entry under "Other Linking Flags" But when I compile, I get

I've recenly upgraded from After Effects 2022 to 2023 and when I apply an animation preset to text using Bridge an error appears: After Effects error: Can't import file "Typewriter.ffx": unsported filetype or extention (0::1) The preset does however work if applied through After Effects via: Animation - Apply Animation preset - Text effect Does anyone know how to fix this error when appling an effect through Bridge?

For some reason when I try and drag and drop any media from the left menu on to my timeline it doesn't do anything, as if the file isn't even there. It had no issues yesterday. How can I fix this bug?

Does anyone know how to make this (attached)? I’m able to make the first circle but once it’s keyframed to take up the whole screen I don’t know how to make a second hollow circle that reveals the alpha layer again. The yellow circle in the example above should reveal the alpha channel

I know I am not understanding something basic here, but I haven't found the answer. You see here a simple shape to which I have applied CC light rays. The effect is bound to the bounding box of the shape. How do I get it to go beyond it to the larger frame?  

Hi All,So I've built up a MOGRT library that my team uses on many video  projects. We recently consolidated all our Creative Cloud accounts under an umbrella account and that got me thinking about using the libraries feature to share with everyone in my group.My expectation is that I can create a Library that has all the MOGRTs that I've created and give everyone access to them. Then, whenever I update a MOGRT with new features or requests, I can export that updated MOGRT file to the library and have it automatically update that MOGRT on everyone's machines.The reality I'm seeing is that whenever I export out the updated MOGRT to the Library I created, it creates an entirely new MOGRT file rather than updating the existing file. It doesn't give me an overwrite or save as copy prompt when exported.How I'm going about this: In AfterEffects I open my MOGRT and make a change, then in the Essential Graphics panel, I click the Export Motion Graphics Template button in the bottom right .

After effects only preview my project around 5 frames. I have tried to open the project using after effects version 24.3, 24.1, 23.0 yet it still didn't work. I also have tried to remove some layers which used 3rd party plugin but that didn't solve the problem, even when i imported mp4 file only without any effect on it, it still previewing only around 5 frames. But this problem didn't disrupt the image files in the project. I have tried to set the ram for after effect for 27gb and empty the disk cache but it didn't solve the problem either.When i re-opened the software, it runs normally but only for a while, after around 2-3 times previewing the video, the problem came back My PC specs:- Ryzen 1500x- Ram 32gb- RTX3060

The problem of H264, when the project was completed after 2024 and after the project was exported, there were flaws in the sector and image constantly jamming, please help me who got this problem. This is an example of the problem in export

Hi Everybody, Another timeline feature question...Is there a feature option that turns on a highlight when my cursor rolls over a layer? Like a highlight that highlights the whole layer across the timeline (whether it's locked or not). That way it's easy to tell that the layer I'm about to select is the correct object/element (...that's two feet away on the other side of my screen). Having to square up what's what in on the left with the array of stuff that's in the timeline would be helpful for sure. Thanks for reading. 🙂

whenever i try to quit after effects it shows me "Before quitting, you have one chance to save your project (don't use the same name as original) "

We've had an ongoing discussion about how slow the newer versions of AE are. It's unconscionable. I can't believe Adobe hasn't fixed this yet. So upon my latest start up I timed if from when I clicked on the program in the Windows 10 start menu to when the Home screen finally popped up in AE: 58 seconds. My entire computer boots A LOT faster than that. What is the issue? Does Adobe need to hire new programmers?

Hi Everybody, Is there a function or option of some sorts in After Effects where the timeline focus will jump to whatever object you click on in the stage. Like, for example, I click on the title text on the stage and the timeline then moves to make that the layer in focus or to be visible. Is there something like that available? I've got a project 40+ layers high with versions/stages and it'd be great not to have to constantly scan back through my timeline looking for the highlighted layer.  Thanks for reading. 🙂

This is an example image of my problem. I made this flower shape in After Effects and it should be strokeless. It still has this faint black outline though. I saw a couple threads about this but those were only for if you created the shape outside After Effects. How do I get rid of this little black line? Thank you!

After Effects/ExtendScript Geniuses,Heres my dilemma, I've just started coding and I'm struggling to learn all the language/syntax. I need to figure out how to set the ("Layer") of ("Layer Control") that I've renamed to "A-Target" currently in Null4.property upon script launch. -----------------------------------var mainComp = app.project.activeItem;var tarA = mainComp.layers.addSolid([0.5, 0.5, 0.5],"B-Target", 480, 270, 1.0);var Null4 = mainComp.layers.addNull();Null4.name = "Camera Rig Controller";var tar1 = Null4("Effects").addProperty("Layer Control");tar1.name = "A-Target";-----------------------------------All of the code above seems to work just fine. I just need to set that Layer Control layer to tarAI've pretty sure it has to be something close to this:tar1.property("Layer").setLayer(tarA)     -------> What is the right way to say this?Many Thanks,Sam

Hi all,I'm searching for an expression I can use so I don't go insane. See the attached image. I want each number to scale from 100% to 150% as the red line approaches. So if the red line is 200 or more pixels away from the number's anchor, the scale is 100%. If it's right on top, it's 150%.Thank you.  -  Geoff

Hi there,I've noticed relatively recently (maybe within the last month) that I've been having an issue with Helvetica/Helvetica Neue fonts.  I used to be able to install other variations of Helvetica in addition to the system fonts and they'd all appear in After Effects.  But now I have one machine missing a simple Bold version that I can't seem to install in one of my font managers (so I have to use the next best thing, Arial Bold).  Then on another machine, I've activated additional fonts, but they're not showing up.  I'm working on something that requires Helvetica 85 Heavy and 95 Black, but neither of those are appearing in After Effects.  They DO appear as Helvetica Neue (T1) in InDesign, Helvetica Neue (just as a duplicate version, no T1 or anything) in Illustrator and Photoshop.What can I do to resolve the issue in After Effects?

HelloAm I doing something wrong or...?Project in ACES colour space, source LogC3. Looks nice in After Effects.Open the layer in Mocha and the whites are clipped so I cannot get decent details for tracking. How to get a working colour conversion in Mocha.This started to bug me so much that I decided to post here. Left AE screen capture with colour settings. On the right side is the same layer in Mocha AE. All log information is lost.  Help, please.  

Subject: Performance Issues with Text Layers in After Effects 2024Description: Hello Adobe Team,I am experiencing significant performance issues when using text layers in After Effects 2024 compared to the 2023 version. Specifically, compositions containing multiple lines of text (around 30 lines) are causing severe slowdowns, whereas the 2023 version handles even 50 lines of text smoothly.System Specifications:Laptop: Katana GF66Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060RAM: [Specify Amount]OS: [ windows 11 OS Version]Steps to Reproduce:Create a new composition in After Effects 2024.Add a text layer with 30+ lines of text.Notice the significant slowdown in performance.Comparison: Performing the same steps in After Effects 2023 results in smooth performance, even with 50+ lines of text.Request: Please investigate this issue and provide a solution or workaround. It is crucial for maintaining productivity in text-heavy projects. i understand that 3d layers are slight smoother performanc