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To clearify, these a 2 seperate questions:Is it possible to dual point track 2 points and then use the midpoint between them as a single point for tracking? Basically I have 2 tracking points, but the actual tracking point that's going to move them is the middle of the distance between them. No I don't expect scale and rotation to be available because there is 1 tracking point that's going to move my object.Like lets say I'm tracking a point and then it disappears for what ever reason, it goes off screen or simply just disappears. Is it possible to change the tracking point midway in auto tracking? In a way where my doesn't object just jolt to the different tracking area once the tracking point has changed, and instead continues from where it left off as thought I started a new auto track. Basically I don't want the change in distance between the old and new tracking points to be accounted for.I hope you can understand my failed attempt to put my thoughts into words.

Hello, looking for help on the error found in the title. Following a guide which i've linked below, so not sure how to resolve. Other threads similar to this have had custom solutions. Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlKOWc81obU&ab_channel=aescripts%2Baeplugins Any help appriciated. Thank you

Hello,I'm currently using AE 23.0.0 (Build 59)I run into a strange bug when replacing a media via the essential properties panel.I got a square pre-comp (1920x1920) with a centred media (1920x1080) that I need to change in the main comp.The media inside the pre-comp is directly put as an Essential Graphics properties, with the Default Scaling set to Scale to Fit.The bug appears when I use a sequence from Pr (which I dragged and dropped from Pr inside Ae), and that I use this sequence to replace the media. There is no bug when I export this sequence in Prores for example and use it to replace the media.My media is then chopped in two part, approximately 95% size for the part1 and 5% for the part2, but the part 2 is placed before part 1. Like if the media position is pushed to the right but rather than crop the media it places this cropped part before. I thought it was only a preview bug, but it appears in the renders. I tried to purge the cache, to restart Ae and even the PC, but it sti

 sorry for being rude, but this has actually made me insane, why does this just randomly appear???? bro it makes the movement slow as a snail, i cant find any fixes for this, please help me

Meu pc travou e reiniciou no meio do projeto, só que quando ele liga novamente, o projeto aparece esse erro:Erro do after effects: dados ausentes no arquivo. (33 :: 4)

Is there a technique (or better yet, a template) for AE where I could simulate a crowd scene at a concert? If I were to draw, say, 25 or 50 cartoon characters, and put them in an audience at a concert? Or is the only way to do this is from scratch? Where I would have to put every last one of the people in the audience into the project, one at a time (causing me to lose my will to live)? Thanks.

Hi,When I edit music videos, I always encounter the issue of the music running a bit too fast. After a few seconds, After Effects realizes this and reduces the speed of the music (which sounds like slow-motion), and then it continues at the regular pace. I always have to wait for the pre-rendering to finish with each change, which can be very time-consuming. My system specs are:Windows 1032GB RAMNVIDIA Ge Force RTX 3060AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core I've already increased the RAM and set the CPU to 25% in the settings. Does anyone else have any ideas? Sven

"Shape Layer 1" must match the size of the text block "Text". But it turns out something strange. I've been watching tutorials for two days and I don't understand what's going on. Help please.

Hi!  I'm building a template .mogrt where I'm holding the source text as a attribute in the Essential Graphics template. It seems as if After Effects is treating the text in different ways depending on if the text is being fetched from the template or not. On a separate layer to the original text I have made two Slider Controls:On the first Slider I have set the variable t with the entire source text, on the next line I say "t = t.split(" ");" and I end with "t.length;". This gives me 65 which is the correct number of words or characters separated by a space. On the other Slider Control "t = thisComp.layer("txt").text.sourceText; t = t.split(" "); t.length;" where the layer txt holds the entire source text from Essential Graphics.This gives me 123 which is not the correct.  The only thing I can think of is that the application runtime handles requests from Essential Graphics after the ordinary Expressions is executed?  Is there a way to solve thi

Hi!I am working on an extension for after effects and I am searching for a way to set a hotkey that will "activate" the my docked extension panel and then jump to an entryfield within the panel. That might sound easy, but actually I talked to a lot of developers and all of them said it is impossible. It would only work for a script with an non dockable UI panel. Is that true? Isn´t there any workaround for this seamingly easy task? Thanks! Sascha

Hello there !I am developping an OpenGL plugin that allows 3D transformations of a selected layer in the comp (a sort of a 3D version of the "transform" effect)I am able to checkout the selected layer, apply to it the transform data of the original layer, and display it on screen. ... BUT! 1. AE and OpenGL have a different coordinates system: in AE, {0,0} is not the center of the screen but rather the upper left corner. So OpenGL's objects are positioned in the 3D world according to their center, whereas AE's layers are placed on the comp according to their upper-left corner.  2. Also, in OpenGL, Y points upwards and Z points away from the camera. In AE, it's the opposite.So rotations are inverted, and moving through the Y and Z axis are inverted. I tried many things, :- For the first problem, to shift the camera by (comp_width/2, comp_height/2) and the layer by (-layer_width/2, -layer_height/2). Seems to work but I am not sure if there is a better way...-

Anyone have any ideas of how to recreate a DNA helix that animates around a circle like below? I stuck on getting it to form a circlehttps://www.pinterest.ie/pin/dna-strand--484559241150793210/  

Hi everyone,  Maybe someone can help me:I have successfully run the GLator sample plugin, and modified it to display a different layer (user selects a layer in the UI, the plugin checkouts out the layer and passes it to OpenGL to display it). It works fine, however, I also want OpenGL to display the selected layer with its transform data (position, scale, rotation etc), even if it is 3D. Here is the code I've modified inside of the RenderGL() method. ..... // view matrix, mimic windows coordinates vmath::Matrix4 ModelviewProjection = vmath::Matrix4::translation(vmath::Vector3(-1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f)) * vmath::Matrix4::scale(vmath::Vector3(2.0 / float(widthL), 2.0 / float(heightL), 1.0f)); vmath::Matrix4 transformMatrix = A_Matrix4ToMatrix4(layerTransformMatrix4x4); vmath::Matrix4 resultMatrix = ModelviewProjection * transformMatrix; glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, inputFrameTexture); glUseProgram(renderContext->mProgramObjSu); // program uniforms GLint locat

I started Using Arc a750 1 month ago and upgraded to Lastest after effect now . I saw Its taking way to long to a Preview In Timeline Of after effect in 1080 p . My Gpu is almost similar as the RTX 3060 ti . My Friend can playback in his pc almost 10 x speed . I think My After effect does not support arc a750 yet and facing almost smae issu in Adobe premiere pro . PLease Help someone

Hey everyone, hope you all doing well. I have Lost my project (containing 8 hours of hard work).In auto save folder the project is not also there, i searched the project in whole pc files but I didn't get the recovery , pls help me ,  I have opened the project in old version also but same problem, Please Help me.It showing "after effects error : missing data in file"

So basically i am having an issue with the shape layer that sits behind the text on the screen, the current mogrt i have automatically does my captions for me which is a word by word animation, however it had some things i wanted to customize about it which was the positioning of the text and also the positioning of the shape that sits right behind it, it seems like as soon as the words change over to a new sentence with the captions the shape just goes out of shape automatically  

Hello, I can't open any version of After effects anymore on my machine. I have version 17.0.5, 16.1.3 and 13.1.4 installed. They worked fine yesterday, today i get and error while the startup screen loads: After effects warning: Can't write to font cache directoryAnd after that:After effects error: string memory leak (83 :: 2)After effects can't continue: unexpected failure during application startup All my other programs (Premiere, Illustrator etc.) work fine, and I have not changed anything to my setup. The only thing I changed yesterday is upgrading to the newest Illustrator version. Going back to the older version did not change anything. I've tried reinstalling, rebooting and checking for any corrupt fonts.I'm running Windows 10. After Effects is my main tool and i can't do any work without it. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks! Michiel

HelloI'm currently working on a project using After Effects 2023, and I've incorporated the Element 3D plugin to enhance my composition. Everything was progressing smoothly, but I've encountered a peculiar issue: the lighting in my scene stops casting shadows midway through my composition.To give a bit more context:The initial segments of my composition render the shadows perfectly.However, at a certain point, the shadows from the light sources cease to appear, despite no apparent changes in my lighting or layer configurations.I've double-checked for any unintentional keyframes, adjustments, or effects that might be affecting this, but couldn't identify any.Given the importance of consistent lighting and shadowing for the visual continuity of my project, this issue is proving to be a significant obstacle.Could you provide guidance on potential solutions or troubleshooting steps to ensure the lighting works consistently throughout the entire composition? Any help would be greatly apprec

I was trying to figure out how to create an accurate GPS location display for an animated path. I got almost everything figured out using some simple math, but the Longitude compensation was giving me problems. Here's the heart of the problem.    Latitude has nearly the same distance of about 69 miles per degree, no matter where you are. Longitude is not as easy. One degree of Longitude is also about 69 miles per degree at the equator, but at the poles, it is zero. As the Latitude increases from 0º to 90º, the distance per degree goes down, but the decrease is not linear because the measurement is on a sphere.    I tried all kinds of trigonometry but failed miserably, so I simplified everything by creating a new layer, offsetting the y Anchor Point value by 1 pixel.  I then set up a rotation that matches the 0 to 90º values for Latitude. I then used toWorld to generate a multiplier from 1 to zero from the X position value. Here's the simple expression:   l

i cant create vetor layer from layers ai im afet effectsknowing that if I deleted the program, I re-downloaded it, but nothing benefited!

Hi  everyone! I click on Create Shapes From Vector Layer but this appears and I dont know why, there is no effects other than position and scale in the layer. If anyone could tell me other option that would be how to create a clipping mask in that pale orange solid 1 color for that one vector I would appreciate! (Because the solid color in color mode changes everithing and i just wanted to change the logo collor)

 Hello! I need help, I want to join two compositions together so that they adjoin each other, started together, but when I want to drag and drop, one composition goes too far away, change the frame rate tried does not help, they seem to have moved from the correct frequency 

Greetings! I am trying to export a a MOGRT file so I can contral an animation's speed in Premiere Pro.  However, I got a warning saying that the key frames will be ignored.  Does that mean I cannot have the animation of this simple endless loop of an image I have made with key frames in Permiere Pro and that the image will be stationary when the MOGRT gets imported in to Premiere Pro?  If so, what will be the fix for this as I would like to have the animation in Premiere Pro.   If needed, I have the project file and the other files used attached to this post for reference.  Thank you in advace for your help.

HiI am importing a new batch of JPEGS to an existing project. I have each of the files named individually. the first image imports and previews correct. However, every single image after that looks identical to the first in the preview, and does not look like the the actual JPEG that was imported.. I am fairly new to AE and needs assistance asap.

Hi, I am trying to render through Adobe Media Encoder. I have composition in After Effects, then I switch it to Media Encoder to export, but I keep getting this error.--Export ErrorError compiling movie.Render ErrorRender returned error.Writing with exporter: H.264Writing to file: \\?\C:\Users\Josh\Desktop\Test.mp4Writing file type: H264Around timecode: 00:00:00:08Rendering at offset: 0.000 secondsComponent: H.264 of type ExporterSelector: 9Error code: -1609629695---I don't know what this means, but it is really annoying me and I need it fixed! I have cleared media cache, disabled gpu acceleration, switched encoding files, but it still won't fix it! PLEASE HELP!!