After Effects

While using after effects, I notice when i am trying to apply a effect to a layer and will take me out my pre compose layer and select anothor layer. i tried to re-install to see if its a bug but the problem is still happening 

Hi! Newb question, but your infinite wisdom could save me HOURS.I’m animating a short commercial. It’s my first project in AE. The project is done. But suddenly the client informs me that they ACTUALLY need the dimensions to be 3840×2160 instead of 1920×1080.Most of the animation bases are eps files created in illustrator that I imported at 100% size. Though they’re eps, the video is pixelated when I render the it at the new larger dimensions. I guess it rasterizes the eps files when they are imported? Since I was just learning, I set this project up so stupidly. There are 10 scenes, each with over a dozen sub-compositions. There are easily over 100 vector assets. The folder structure is a mess.As far as I know, I’m just going to have to start resaving the assets at 2X in illustrator – but then when I reopen the project, they’re gigantic in their scenes. I guess I’ll have to go to to each layer in each scene and reset the dimensions. I’ll probably have to do that with any vector shapes

Hello, good day to everyone. I'm generally experiencing a crash issue in Adobe programs like After Effects, Photoshop, InDesign, and more. Sometimes, I receive an error report, and sometimes I don't. I've been unable to pinpoint the cause of the problem.I believe everything on my system is up to date and installed correctly:My graphics card driver is up to date.My Adobe programs are up to date.I have an antivirus program installed and it's up to date.Other computer drivers are installed and up to date.I want to emphasize that my system is not low-performance. I haven't been able to identify the source of the problem, and right now, I can't do my work. I would appreciate it if you could help me.

I've been working in after effects for 10+ years but as of recently, (the last year or so) I've been having insane performance issues. I was fed up to the point of buying a brand new, super powerful machine to help correct the issues of my old (also relatively powerful) machine, and yet, even on this new machine, I'm having massive issues.Specs:Intel i9 13900K128 GB DDR-5600k RAMRTX 4080Separate M.2 System, Cache and Output drives.It seems like it has to do with the newest version of AE, but I also get some issues when I work in a rolled back version. It shows itself in general performance issues throughout AE but the easiest one to talk about is render times for obvious reasons.This is not limited to a single project but I'll use my current project as an example...I'm just trying to render 720 frames of a relatively simple UHD Comp to ProRes 4444 using trapcode particular. It is a sprite of a leaf falling and generating 10 particles/second. the sprite is 500x500 (I know it's

who ever uses after effects could you help me just started useing when ever i play a frame its upside down and there all ranomize i just spent 4 hours trying to find a resolution dm me     [Title edited by Mod.]

I am now working with AE on my new Mac studio.  However the location of my Media Cache is on my old Mac and I can't seem to move it to a new folder on my Mac Studio.  All the browse locations appear to be on my old ImacPro.  Please Advise. Regards, Michael

I am unable to initialize AE v23.5.0.52, every time I try the program generates a CRASH file on the desktop and closes itself.I will leave the complete CRASh below, I ask that anyone who knows how to solve it, help me, please, I will be eternally grateful!!   Process: AfterFX.exe [6880]Path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2023\Support Files\AfterFX.exeProduct Version: 23.5.0.52File Version: 23.5.0.52Code Type: x64Parent Process: explorer.exe [7456]Date/Time: 2023-09-27 00:58:37 Hora oficial do BrasilOS Version: 10.0.19041.2546Report ID: 7f6a0adc-23ad-4717-a803-9217418b81bd Time Awake Since Boot: 190 secondsCrashed thread: 0 [9700] THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMALException Code: 0xc0000409Exception Parameters: 0x00000005Exception Message: 3221226505 O sistema detectou a saturação de um buffer baseado em pilha neste aplicativo. É possível que essa saturação permita que um usuário mal-intencionado obtenha controle do aplicativo.Application Specific Information:C:\Win

First off, apologies as I am still getting the hang of After Effects. So my project/main comp is 2 mins 54 seconds long (because of the song I have in it). I have a 6 second composition in it that loops perfectly - as in it loops perfectly within a 6 second period. I'm trying to get this to loop throughout the whole project. I used a guide that has helped me in the past with looping a composition, followed it by enabling time remapping, going to the last keyframe, going 1 frame backwards, setting a new keyframe, going back to the last keyframe, setting the time to 0 and deleting it, adding the expression loopOut(type = "cycle", numKeyframes = 0) to the 2 keyframes, then dragging the comp all the way to the end of my project. However this doesn't seem to work and I'm unsure why as this has worked for me in the past, only difference being (as far as I know, I keep looking but don't see anything else different) was that my last project was 60 FPS and this one is 29.97 FPS.I'm not having a

My Pc Information:My After Effect Is so slow, When I render a video in full-quality 4K 30fps H.246 {3648 frames} in render it takes about 25m to finish render, Please help, Thanx.System Information------------------Time of this report: 9/22/2023, 18:24:37Machine name: XXXXXXMachine Id: {BAFD1C87-D374-4FA3-BC96-C3331D4CBF48}Operating System: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 22621) (22621.ni_release.220506-1250)Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.System Model: B560M DS3H V2BIOS: F4 (type: UEFI)Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz (16 CPUs), ~2.9GHzMemory: 32768MB RAMAvailable OS Memory: 32638MB RAMPage File: 34059MB used, 10353MB availableWindows Dir: C:\WindowsDirectX Version: DirectX 12DX Setup Parameters: Not foundUser DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)DWM DPI Scaling: DisabledMiracast: Available, no HDCPMicrosoft Graphics Hybrid: Not SupportedDirectX Database Version: 1.

Hi there,I know this is an easy question but I am stuck.I just did a snapshot & it has a camera click like sound. (I click on the small icon below the window).Question is, how do I locate the file ?Thanks a lot.Cheers

Is it possible to animate with Trim Paths using a line with a gradient? This doesn't seem as simple as picking a gradient from the colour of the stroke.Many thanks

Hi all !!! I need to organize the following process. After Effects composition has a Solid, which generates a black and white map. I need to transfer this map to the Illustrator application, make a trace, lay it out into layers, transfer the resulting file back to the After Effects application, open it as a "TraseBitmap" composition.It is assumed that this process is often repeated during operation, so there is a desire to organize this process into a script, obtaining an image from AE, -->, -->.It is assumed that such a map should be similar to the Smart Object from Photoshop, but for Illustrator. After executing the script, these compositions "TraseBitmap" are updated. How to organize the update of the "TraseBitmap" composition in the form of a script, and in which format is it better to save a black and white map.

Friends, please help me, it's making me go crazy. My playhead started showing at the END of each frame instead of at the beginning (please see the attached printscreen). Please tell me what I've changed accidentally to make it work like this, I hate it and I want to change it back. Thanks!   

Hi all.As a result of the work of 3D Tracker, we get points of 3D space. If we take three points of this space (or more), we will get the average position of such points, but if we choose only 3 such points, then the resulting average value will lie in the plane of these vertices. How to draw a mask along three vertices of such a plane???

I made a mask but the mask shows replicates more images please help me out

Hi folks, first time poster here. I’m having a hard time with my camera tracker. I attach 2 videos to elaborate the issue. For the context, I shot the video with my iphone 11 pro, wanting to track the wall in order to attach a photo on it later. I ran the camera tracker, it didn’t turn out well since the wall doesn’t have a lot of details (only know this after running the camera track). I end up choosing a few track points on the wall, set a ground plane, add a solid (named Reference) and camera. Put Gird effect on the Reference to see how the track doing. I had to adjust Z rotation, along with X and Y position to set the Reference solid align with the wall. But after playback, I can see the Reference solid keeps moving around. Anyone has solution for this? I plan to reshoot the video but still wanna know about this issue. Also, can you direct me to some videos or course that properly guide me for camera tracking in After Effects. I don’t have faith on some random S

I've noticed that when I duplicate a text layer and make a change to the type, it does not update in the layer's naming convention labeling. It keeps the naming from it's last state. This is pretty annoying as the layer is labeled as something the text is not. 

Hello, I wonder is there any way to cut a layer (ALT+]/[) and moving all the keyframes automatically. I mean first keyframe automatically will move itself to the start of the layer and all other keyframes will exaclty  be positioned before the cut took place. when I cut a layer I have to manually move the keyframes, I dnt wanna do that. any shortcut or process? 

Hi, Every time I try to import a text animation preset I get this error message 'after effects error can't import file .ffx unsupported file type or extension'. When I try to import a preset file from AE, the presets don't show up in their folder (whilst the default 'all acceptable files' is selected). If I change from 'acceptable files' to 'all types of files' then the presets appear. However, when I select a preset to import, the 'importing selected items' box appears for a long time and then I get another error message saying 'an error occurred while importing this file. please try again.' Could it be something to do with the presets being in the wrong folder? I have attached the path to the folder  Adobe says the presets should be and then the path to where my presets folder is on my PC (as the path Adobe provided doesn't exist on my computer for some reason. This is happening with any text preset I try to import. I am using Windows 10 and the latest Adobe

Whenever I start AE, it opens up Untitled Project.aepOnly widget visible on screen is Render Queue.File menu options are grayed out, so I can't open a new project. I also tried opening up an aep file, but that didn't work.

Dimensions (Width) changing after render the video in after effects

Hello. I would like a little help, When I export my videos they suddenly turn offbeat and nothing syncs up but when I look at them in AE they suddenly work and are not offbeat can someone help?

Hi, I am currently filming A Ghostbusters fan film. I am new to Adobe and need help finding out how to make a ghost. If anyone has any ideas that would help me alot.   

Hi,I have workstation with 3 GPUs (1*RTX 3090 and 2*RTX 4090) and i want to "assign" specific GPU to After Effects to use for textures/acceleration but for some reason AE always picks automatically "wrong" one ?I want that AE use my RTX 3090 since that one i use for my monitors, and it's already using some VRAM by windows but other two (RTX 4090) i want to have all VRAM free/available (24GB) for my other GPU programs (Octane render in this case) but AE won't let me PICK which GPU to use, it just picks whatever it wants and in this case it's "wrong" one ?Is there a way to fix/change that somehow ?Thanks

On use two Nvidia Cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2 GB and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti with 11GB VRAM on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014).  They have different CUDA compute level and different VRAM. How I can force After Effects to use only my powerful GTX 1080 Ti?Thanks for any advice!