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Why is it called pre-composed? This activity separate & creates the layer in a new composition. In my view most sitable name is post-composed.  

Hi,I have designed one template and planning to send data from database(sql server) and I want to run adobe after effect from asp.net with opening adobe after effects with simple database example. But now i am unable to integrate from asp.net and sql server. I am able to integrate with excelsheet but not able to integrate with Sql server. Please help me.Thanks & RegardsShankar Chaurasia[Moving out of the Forum comments forum (which is for issues with these forums themselves) and into a product-specific support forum - moderator]

Greetings Community, I'm using After Effects, and when I put a project in the timeline, it automatically adjusts to the length of the media (COOL, GREAT, AMAZING shout out to yall), but it won't let me zoom out of the time to see the entire length if I add media that is longer than the original import. Is my AE buggin, is this intentional, or am I just missing something? 

I am experimenting with creating multiple variations of the same animation in After Effects- where all that changes from variation to variation is 1 image and 1 color. I have the project set up so that all colors within are pick-whipped to a Color Control effect layer, which works well. I am aware that I could write a script inside AE that could set up a nice GUI interface to make this process even easier. However, is there an option to do this OUTSIDE of After Effects? So for example, I could design a web interface, where I could select the color for the control layer, and then it would create an AEP, or even better, tell AE to render the anination with that color?

First time using AE for masking so sorry if this is basic. We use mattes to adjust colour, not to cut out objects. We'd prefer to track just a few key objects, then combine or subtract those mattes to create alphas for grading the rest of the elements. e.g. Consider this shot of bed sheets and an arm...  We can create masks for the sheets and the arm, but Roto Brush either ignores the arm but misses the overlap where sheets go behind it—or tracks the arm which creates missmatched alphas between the sheet and arm alphas, causing halo artifacts after grading. Questions1. Can we teach Roto Brush to see the sheets as an object, then subtract a separate arm alpha?2. Or is there another tool to mask-out the arm from the sheets Roto Brush - and if so, whats the best tool to use? Also, we've only just started playing with Roto Brush, so layer-wise, do we create the masks on multiple instances of the same clip (on differtent layers), then multiply/subract layers to

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I keep trying to open AE but it always get stuck on splash screen and not responding. anyone have an idea how to fix it? I didn't run any 3rd party plugins on it

Hello, I have a problem with the casting box position, the value of the Z does not go beyond 30000 and it place the box like this when I click on Fit to Scene. I can't moove the box behond so I can't see the shadow of my car deeper into my scene, I do a lot of search but I have no answer to how fix this box problem.

So say that I have an icon that I animate on the Y-axis +40px, but instead of trying to hand key the other layer each time, is there an expression I can write to have the other layer move in the opposite Y direction the same amount of units (ex: -40px)?Thanks!

I want to start automating some processes and just be a little more free within AE without relying on chatgpt code or asking for specific expressions any time I need one - I realise this might come accross as a wider 'how do I start coding' question, but its more in specific relation to AE, that I'm interested to learn, if that makes a difference. Thanks!

Hello there! On this Ukramedia video, he explains how he created a .CSV file on Excel and how he can batch render multiple clips on one click from AE using that .CSV file. In order to do so, around 9:54, he talks about a script that he created for this situation, and by using that script, he can batch render in one click multiple videos based on the rows inside the Excel file. Is there any way I could do this without his plugin? Another plugin will do the work as well, but I currently can't find anything like that. Most of the stuff I've found is how to link Texts from AE to columns on a .CSV file, but what I am looking for here is to export different versions of the same video with a different text. Thank you all! PS: an option on Premiere will do the work as well, but just wondering if I could do it on AE. Any other alternative without using a .CSV file will do the work too 🙌

Hello, I need to compare values between 2 consecutive frames (in this case the Y position). How do I get that value in the previous frame? Once I have that it's just if-else from there on.

Hello Adobe community, Long story short, my workflow often involves creating many legal disclaimers before publishing my video. This is usually done by grabbing the information from a word or excel document and putting it back into Premiere via copy and paste. I usually receive these documents from another team, and the time it takes to render, bounce it back to them for double check, change any typos etc... is quite a lot if you add it up over the year. Since we live in the time of AI and automation, I was wondering if there's a way to automate this? I did a bit of digging into .CSV automation through After Effects but since the text is usually quite long, and some parts need to be in bold - it doesn't feel like the way to go.  Thank you!

Hi, any help much appreciated! I'm a novice when it comes to scripting in AE, and was wondering if someone knew how to write an expression that would either control the opacity of a layer (to make it visible or not) or toggle the visibility of the layer (if that's possible).I have an AE template with a set of 12 presenter images in it. What I want to do is automate which presenter is made visible.This would need to be controlled by an external JSON script, so for instance in my JSON script, I have :[{"Reporter": "presenter_john_smith"}]What I want to do, is if "presenter_john_smith" is present in the JSON, then this presenter image shows up at 100% opacity in the comp, all the other presenters will have the same expression, but are looking for a different name in the JSON, so will be opacity 0. This is what i've put in the opacity as an expression, which doesn't work:myData = footage("presenters.json").sourceData[0];data = myData.Reporter("presenter_john_smith") = active;100Does that m

 My system is high end machine but still i am facing low memory error. pls suggest me what to do?  

Anyone have an idea how to use the reshape effect with with compound shapes? Essentially I have 3...let's call them "donuts"... with different inner and outer diameters. I need to morph the smallest to the middle size and the middle size to the largest in sequence. The inner and outer diameters scale at different rates (small very fat ring donut, to middle sized moderately fat ring donut, to large skinny ring donut). When I create the masks for these donuts, I get an inner and outer mask for each - but I can't use both masks in the reshape. I have to use either the inner diameter mask - which means my outer diameter doesn't scale correctly, or the outer diameter mask - which means my inner diameter doesn't scale correctly. I've tried everything I can think of and I'm stumped!

I was experimenting with the SDK's parameters to improve my plugin user experience. Basically, I just want some settings to be collapsed in an "advanced settings" section. To do so I used the PF_ADD_TOPIC and PF_END_TOPIC macros. The topic is well displayed in premiere in the effects pannel, but all the settings within the topic's section have a value of zero during the execution of the program, no matter the parameters within the section. I tested it with another plugin I am working on, and I have the exact same problemAll of the other parameters outside the topic are workingI tried to remove the AEFX_CLR_STRUCT but it changed nothingstatic PF_Err ParamsSetup ( PF_InData *in_data, PF_OutData *out_data, PF_ParamDef *params[], PF_LayerDef *output ) { PF_Err err = PF_Err_NONE; PF_ParamDef def; AEFX_CLR_STRUCT(def); PF_ADD_FLOAT_SLIDERX( STR(StrID_Ratio_Param_Name), TINTER_RATIO_MIN, TINTER_RATIO_MAX, TINTER_RATIO_MIN, TINTER_RATIO_MAX, TINTER_RAT

I'm trying to create a library of animated shapes I've made, and I find it difficult to delete all the footage after every project and then save the project with all the layers that I don't necessarily need, however I do want the option to use it again for a later project.Is there a way to export a composition as a separate After Effects file?Please & thank you for your time.Best,Kenny

Does anyone have any pointers on how to get my After Effects app to download onto my MacBook Pro? I have updated my Mac to latest software and I have restarted the download multiple times and it keeps saying it is "waiting" this has been going on for 2 days. I have already downloaded the creative cloud app 

Hi all,I’d love to hear about your experience — whether everything worked smoothly, or if you ran into any issues. Your feedback is incredibly helpful at this stage, as it helps improve stability, usability, and overall performance. If you’ve tested it, feel free to share what worked well and what could be better!https://exchange.adobe.com/apps/cc/203667/assistant-plugin-for-after-effects

Preview resolution is shown as full in every option and when I render the video, there is only sound and no screen display. It used to be normal. Has anyone else experienced this? What should I do?

Whenever I try to type text or manually change type in a number in an effect, After Effects does not seem to take the input. Rather it just flashes the blue skinny box highlighter thing. What is causing this problem? Whenever I hold down on my clicker the box is clearly there, but it doesn't do the usual thing where I just click on a section once and the box stays there. At first I thought it was just a small meaningless thing but it's preventing me from typing text and I need some help.

Upon startup after effects crashes "after effects can't continue: unexpected failure during application startup" message appears. I'm using Mac OS 15.4.1 sequoia.

I am trying to use Content-Aware Fill in After Effects to remove a title on the cover of a book, and I want to use "Create Reference Frame" to open the default app of Photoshop to get a clean cover. But whenever I try to use it it takes me to Adobe Illustrator? I have tried using encoder to change the format of the video and importing as a png sequence but neither of them worked. I don't know what to change or what to look for in order to change it. I have tried researching websites and videos but there is nothing covering this. Can anyone help?

hello everyone, whenever my pc comes out of sleep mode, the playback in ae doesn't work - there's no audio at all, the red line/time indicador only work once, then they're stuck. (and the preview time goes back a frame too) apparently this is caused by the audio hardware, when you use headphones or speakers or whatever. however, i dont use headphones, nor do i have extra speakers since i use the ones in my monitor.  there's a similar thread with the exact same problem i face right now on here already, but none of their advice seem to work for me. Solved: after effect preview not work - Adobe Support Community - 9804111 i hope my explanation made sense.this is driving me insane and i really don't know what to do anymore.  also, i use ae 2019ram 16 gb