After Effects

​I am an After Effects user currently developing a streamlined workflow for my projects. I am writing to inquire about the correct usage of arithmetic operators within the Composition Settings (Cmd+K) dialog, as they are not functioning as I expected.​1. Procedure followed:​Open the Composition Settings dialog (Cmd+K) and place the cursor at the end of the current timecode in the Duration field.​To add a specific amount of time to the current value, I enter +3. (to add 3 seconds) or +300 (to add 300 frames) and click OK.​2. Current Issue:​After clicking OK, the value does not update and simply reverts to the original number.​I have attempted this using both keyboard and mouse inputs, but the result remains the same.​3. Specific Questions:​Is the method I am using (+3.) the incorrect way to input these values?​Are there specific Preferences that might disable this feature, or are there different input rules depending on the timecode base or frame rate?​4. Context:I am in the process of

The tools do not work. I tried using them and it only shows:It only shows *** GLOBALS and then it's just empty. Why? It should show something even if my effect does not have statics or globals in it, right? I tried running it for the sample code that has issues as well, but it does not show anything for that either.

Hii am trying to do 3d camera solve. After analizing, even though i select track point on the ground plane, the solids are not orienting as they are in ground plane. Solids are coming only in front view. please see the image i have attached. you can see i have selected the points on the ground but the solid is coming in front view.Please help me. i am stuck. 

is it possible that he doesnt float, instead stays in a fixed postion even if the camera moves, notice how he stays in the frame even though the camera angle changed, this is the thing i waana avoid...

I would like to create an effect that zooms into the logo and follows through the movement, similar to the effect Gretel NYC used for the NYC FC rebranding.So far, I’ve built the Trim Paths animation and established the core movement of the logo elements.What I’m struggling with is creating an effective zoom that works in tandem with the existing motion. The goal is for the zoom to follow the rhythmic flow of the logo, so both the camera movement and the animation feel unified and help convey the brand’s core meaning and energy. I’ve included a video for reference in the text.https://www.instagram.com/p/C_stneeRPkx/

I have tried everything I can think of. I've cleared the cache, closed all other programs, restarted the program AND my computer, and there's nothing in the file that would cause this. My computer is quite beefy and should have the processing power. I'm using version 25.6.0      

I've been editing in After Effects for 3 months, ever since I bought my graphics card (RTX 3050 6GB). I've always preferred the After Effects render queue to Media Encoder, since my PC is a bit slow and I prefer not to waste time exporting directly to h264 mp4. However, yesterday (I had already rendered a video normally), when I needed to correct an error in the editing, I went to export it and it took about 1 hour and 20 minutes to finish. After that time, I discovered that the "hardware encoding" option was disabled. Shortly after these problems, I received a notification about an Nvidia driver update (NVIDIA Studio Driver v.591.44), and I made sure to update, thinking that was the reason for the deactivation. That's why I'm asking here: is this new driver incompatible or something like that? Because I've tried everything and I can't enable hardware encoding, not even Media Encoder had that option available anymore. In short: my hardware encoding was disabled, even though I had alway

Hi! I have an animation where a series of text boxes slide from right to left. I want that, whenever a text box reaches a certain point on the screen (green line), it freezes for some time. As an addition, I would also like for the text to become bold or bigger.Below I attach what I want to achieve. I did it by carefully making a new bold textbox appear when time was right, but I have a lot of texboxes sliding, and I would like to not do this for this one. I never used expressions, but if it was possible to transform (sustain position, enlarge, make it bold) any textbox that reached the green line, it would be great. Thank you  

Recently I've been getting a very frustrating error in AE, anytime I move or resize the Composition window I get the following error "Direct 2D Drawbot Error. HRESULT: -2003238911" This only happens when I resize or move windows affecting the composition window. This happens even when nothing is open in the window, even on a brand new project. I can move other window panels around so long as it doesn't affect the composition window.  I'm using AE 25.6.0 and have tried rolling back through every version of AE 25 and still have the issue.My system specs areWindows 11Intel i9-13900kNvidia Geforce RTX 4070 Super96gb RAMI've attached a screen recording of the issue. Thanks

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Is it possible to use color correction to turn the first image into the second one? If possible, how do I do it?  

My After Effects program is up to date, but I can't open it because I get error 126. The Adobe website suggests uninstalling and reinstalling the program, but that didn't work for me. Does anyone know how to fix this? The message "LoadLibrary failed with error 126"

Hey all,I'm experiancing a weird error when trying to install the Red Giant plugin. When trying to install from a freshly installed Maxon app is says there was an error and the states that I need MacOs 11.7.10 or newer. I'm confused because this is a Mac Studio with MacOs Ventura 13.0I've already tried a simple restart and no luck. I appreciate any guidance or suggestions, thanks! 

When rendering MP4 videos with version 25.2, black edges may appear at the edges. MOV and AVI are normal, and when using the third-party plugin Voukoder for rendering, it is also normal 

I'm trying to use the Video Copilot: Saber effect on this shape, but I'm under the impression it first must be turned into a mask.  One guide I followed had me use the auto-trace but that created like 30 keyframes that wound back and forth. Is there a simpler way to make this exact shape? It seems so simple, and because I don't truly understand masks, I don't understand why I can't just copy/paste this somewhere, haha. Thank you! 

If you are a 3D artist doing compositing of your frame sequences in AE, you know the pain of arduous importing dozens of sequences with all the render passess. I've been searching for a tool that will do that for me, but none worked correctly with my workflow. So I decided to make my own script that will do just that: automatically import VRay image sequences with render passes into After Effects and generate a clean folder hierarchy.If it helps me, perhaps it can help someone else too. Would any of you be interested if I share the script?