After Effects

Just in case someone else encounters this issue. We have Macs and PCs in our office. We were getting the following two errors on PCs after packaging up a recent project:After Effects error: There was an error processing this PDF document. (1074397201) ( 50 :: 29 )After Effects error: cannot reopen an open file. ( 3 :: 130 )Followed by AE crashing.Macs opened the packaged project with no errors.SOLUTION: Prior to packaging, move all assets into folders with PC acceptable names (no \ / : * ? " < > | allowed). We usually do this but missed a folder with a "/" which was translated into an unreadable character (for PC) in the directory structure of the packaged project.FEATURE REQUEST: A more meaningful error code(s) would have been helpful in tracking down this issue.

I'm trying to spice up my Script UI Panels with some Unicode symbols. Some work great out of the box e.g. the "recycling" or "reload" Button \u21BA or most of the other arrows, some won't work at all. At the moment I have problems with this specific symbol: Thats \u1F5D7 (overlap window symbol): Should look like this: Is there some kind of UTF Encoding I can set in my script like I would for a website with js?Here are the codes for  I'm testing (and struggling) with: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1f5d7/index.htm

I've got a paragraph in AE with some punctuation that i'd like to hang.I found this option in the paragraph panel called "Roman Hanging Punctuation" and got all excited, but it's greyed out.Am i missing something? Does this only work with certain typefaces? To test, I tried switching to several different typefaces to no avail.I feel like there's probably an obvious step i'm missing here.Any ideas?

I couldn't find any ideas on how to create the text animation in the link. I'm looking forward to your assistance. Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NbaYHBKWiEgSAlRldH6rhZ9ptgQZYo9K/view?pli=1

I'm trying to learn how to use After Effects, and for that I'm following a tutorial, as shown in figure 1. I have a question. How can I activate the tool like figure 2, to make curves? Agradeço muito pela ajuda!Muito obrigado! 

Hey, for AE 2024, how do I disable the annoying popup panel that comes up every time I create a new text layer.Thank you. 

Is there any way to animation power point presentations in after effects? As animation in power point has huge limitations and it takes more time.In my office we have specific templates in PP that's why I can't make it in after effects.please help.

hey - i'm new to ae and need help with motion tile; i don't want the black bars at the top and bottom... how do i crop the source clip so theres no black bars at the top and bottom when using motion tile?

Hi,I'm trying to create something like a 3D mockup within after effects using an imported 3D mesh.I was able to import my scene using Cinema 4D via CINEWARE but I can't access any of the properties of my scene. I would like to access the object textures and replace them with After Effects compositions. The 3D scene would act like a mockup.Is there any way to achieve this within After Effects, without third party plugins?Thank you!

Does anyone know why my masking isn't working correctly? I'm trying to create a fade-out transition with masking, but it's not working. Can someone please help me?

Hello,Est ce que quelqu'un sait pourquoi tout à coup (ça ne me faisait jamais ça avant) quand je clique sur le petit cube pour mettre un calque en 3D (dans une scène tout ce qu'il y a de plus normale sans caméra ni rien) ce ou ces calques se déplacent plus loin dans la scène... ??!?!?🤔 🤔C'est juste relou dans un flux de travail de toujours devoir remettre les calques à leur place...Si vous avez une idée pour moi 😊Merci!

Hallo,is it (and how) possible to move a single vertex of a form along a path or in a curve?Is there in case a tool to do so?Thank you!

Hello, I'm no longer able to run AE Render Engine when AE app is already running in the latest versions – v23.6 or v24.0.1. If I launch AE Render Engine with AE running, the system will just jump to the running AE app instance. This means I can't run both the AE app and the AE Render Engine simultaneously. I'm running AE v23.6 or v24.0.1 on macOS Ventura 13.5 on an Apple M2 Max. In previous versions, it was possible to run both the AE app and the AE Render Engine at the same time, provided AE app was launched first and then AE Render Engine. Now the system just gets stuck on whatever app is launched first – app or render engine. Running both simultaneously is crucial for the efficiency of my operation. Anyone else experiencing this? Any idea why this may be happening and how to fix it?[ Note that this is not the instance where AE is running as a render only node – when there is a ae_render_only_node.txt file on the docs folder. ] Thank you,Nuno

I need to test if there are unsaved changes to the project in the After Effects application. Is there any way to do that? I get really close with this hacky solution -- save the project to a temp location and compare it to the current project:   function projectHasUnsavedChanges() { if (!app.project || !app.project.file) { return false; } var currentFile = app.project.file; // create_uuid pulled from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/105034/how-to-create-guid-uuid var tempProjectFile = new File(Folder.temp.fsName + '/' + create_uuid() + '.tmp.aep'); app.project.save(tempProjectFile); var filesIdentical = byte_compare_files(tempProjectFile, currentFile); tempProjectFile.remove(); return !filesIdentical; }   This solution has a huge side-effect making it unacceptable. Basically whenever .save() is called, it changes the After Effects active project file to the saved location. Furthermore it adds the saved file to the recent history. Given I am just tryin

Hey all,So I've been using After Effects CS6 for years, and just today I finally decided to update to the newest version. In CS6, when I imported a .mov file with no background, it would be transparent in AE. Now, however, the background is a solid black. I'm fairly certain that when I first got CS6 I had the same problem, and there was a setting I had to change, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was. Can anyone help?Thanks!

I can't seem to figure out as to why there are black lines on the sides of my videos on export. Hoping someone can help me out. I've attached some screenshots of my render settings as well as workspace. Things i've tried/checked: Scaling the layers past the composition window.Video resolution is 960x540 and is being exported as ProRes not H.264.No effects on layers other than opacity.Comp background is white.Added a white shape layer that extends beyond the composition window. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks!

My after-effect keeps popping up this message when starting up, but nothing happens once I check ok, what should I do? thanks!  after effects error: invalid clipboard format - effect could not be found(line 24, near column 0).  

The triangle indicator  that the item has further sub-items or content that can be expanded or collapsed.but I cannot find the triangle indicator to sub-items expression controllers. How can I do like this?

The box shape in my lower third animation adjusts it's width based on the length of text through soureRectAtTime anchor point expression. Then the box is parented to a Null object to animate it and the text on and off screen.I've attached "SSF_L3rd_AGENT.mp4" which shows the animation working. It works great, but when my text gets longer the animation of that box and text doesn't start fully off screen.  Is there a position expression I can apply to the Null layer that will take into account the width of the box and start and end it off screen?I've attached "SSF_L3rd_AGENT_tooLong.mp4" which shows the animation when the text gets longer and the box doesn't start off screen.  

In tutorial in the Robat Layers folder there is a Right Foot layer in adobe illustrate format but it did not come with double clicking  the composition icon. I drag & drop this Right Foot layer in time line but it did not show in the graphics. How to fix this issue?         

Hey, I have a problem when installing Adobe After Effects 24.0, error code: 183.installing offline also has the same problem. has anyone experienced a similar problem?

HelloI'm importing DNG files into AE (23.6) and colors don't look as expected. Can you please confirm that the following DNG tags are read and used by AE:ProfileHueSatMapData1ForwardMatrix1ProfileLookTableDataProfileLookTableEncodingCalibrationIlluminant1ProfileToneCurve

According to my memory, keyframing (or pasting properties) on multiple selected layers used to make a single step of history. But after an update (v24? I don't know exactly), this kind of operation makes the same amount of steps as the number of selected layers. For example, pressing Alt+T to make keyframe to 100 selected layer produces 100 steps of history, which makes very hard(or impossible when history steps reached its limit) to revert. Is there an option to control this behavior?

Hi, I am trying to work my head around an expression, but am not able to write it. I have multiple layers being assigned a random position as initial value.I also apply a 3d-effekt for rotation on it, which I will keyframe manually. I would like to have each layer move constantly to the right starting at its initial position, if the rotation of the 3d-effect = 0; and change direction (move to the left) if the 3d-effekt rotation changes to 180°.I thought of using a "Transform"-Effect wherein to write an expression, so to not mess with the random-expression for the original Position. But that's my way of thinking to not make it too complicated. Eather way, in theory I guess I need to:get the position at the given timethen add a value if the Effect=0 or subtract if the Effect=180.Haven't been able to write it though. Any help appreciated as always 🙂

As per the image... I'm getting this weird flicker rendering some dark scenes of my animation. Seems to be sometimes be related to movement, others to some lighter thing appearing on screen (like a dialog balloon)... So weird. If I render it in AVI, I get no issue, it's just rendering in h264.... But the purpose of this was to be uploaded to youtube, so I guess I have to do it in h264 right, because it will end up being compressed that way anyway... Also avi would be just a gigantic file.Any idea how to overcome this?