After Effects

Hey guys, Since CC21 I have a bug which drives me a little demented.When I play back something and then  uncheck it in the Timeline,'Toggle Mask and Shape Path visibility' turns itself off, for no reason. Please watch the video attached. Kind Regards

 Hello! I have a problem to open plugin m.b looks. When i wanted to turn on the button "edit", so plugin was crashed like i send a screen error here. I tried different things, example, reinstall this plugin or ae, update a new drivers or change a preference, but it doesn't work. Maybe is problem about pluggin, which looks don't opened for fun. Anyone have a different idea to fix a error in ae? Thanks you!

Hi I was wondering if there is a way to nest a looping pre-comp into a longer timeline and have it loop?

I've just started using AFX 25.1.0 and Media Encoder 25.1 on my MacBook Pro 2020 M1 with 16GB (running Sonoma 14.6.1). Renders are now inexplicably slow. A render that used to take 2mins with the previous version of AFX and ME is now taking 40mins!!! There is nothing complicated in the project. I can see that the render grinds to a halt when proccessing .MP4 video or .png image sequneces. The videos and image sequences are not even big (1920 x 1080). I know my macbook is a little old and 16GB not a massive amount of ram (these days) but... the same machine had no problem with these sequences in previous versions of AFX and ME. It is driving me crazy. Is anyone else having similar issues? Any ideas for a fix? Would be very grateful if anyone can help. kind regards Paul

Hi, I recently downloaded adobe suite and honestly have no idea what I'm doing yet. I installed the geolayers 3 plugin without any issues but when watching tutorials I noticed that they all have their geolayers open in the right side panel. When I launch it from extensions it opens in its own panel and remains that way throughout. It's extremely awkward and makes the entire process very tiresome. Does anyone know how I fix this?

I have a use case of a simple Mask and would like to keyframe the Mask Opacity On and Off (0% - 100%) however, the Mask Opacity is working as if it is the "Transform Opacity". I strongly believe this is a Bug. 

I've 100+ layers. I can easily click it in the visual preview, but it's too tough to find every element in the layers panel by scrolling up & down for every other element. Isn't there a hotkey to do this?(not talking about type & search feature here)

Hello, for the last couple of months, every time I open After Effects I get this:  After Effects error: internal verification, sorry! {no current context} It's an especially annoying dialog since it give you zero info to do anything about it.  I have reset my preferences, rebooted my machine and opened all my files outside of AE to confirm they aren't damaged.  Not sure what else I can do at this point.  Mac Pro 2019 256GB OS 15.4.1. AE 25.2.2

I am trying to export a Mogrt with media replacement, which doesn't work with Dynamic Link. That's cool. I'm not using the C4D renderer, Cineware, or C4D files. I'm not even using 3D space at all. But I still get the error message -  "This Motion Graphics template requires Dynamic Link, which does not support Media Replacement controls. Please remove the Media Replacement controls or ensure that Dynamic Link is not required.The Following filetypes, renderers or effects are only supported via Dynamic Link: CINEMA 4D" How do I ensure that Dynamic Link is not required? 

Hi, can anyone share the upgrade from version 23 to 23.6.x for macOS or its installer? I've spoken to Adobe and they only give me version 23. My computer doesn't support v24, so I'm looking for the latest update to 23. Thanks for reading.

Hi everyone,I'm using the "For Each Layer" block in my script. What I’m trying to do is:Get the current layer's position.Add +100 to the position.Set this value to the next layer.Everything works fine except for the last layer. For example, if I have 10 layers, all 10 positions are set correctly, but I get this error: execution result: could not find object with path '11': layer 11 does not exist Because the script tries to access layer 11, which doesn't exist, it throws an error and stops the script.I tried using index-based logic to avoid the last layer, but variables don't seem to work properly inside the "For Each Layer" block.Has anyone solved this issue? How can I skip the last layer in a "For Each Layer" loop to avoid this error?Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,I’ve created an isometric design in Illustrator and want to animate it in After Effects to match the style exactly. I’m very new to AE and my goal is to make the letters extrude in and out smoothly I’ve been trying to isolate and animate just the front anchor points (so they push in and out over time), but I’m struggling to highlight or move only those points. I was planning to keyframe their position over time, but I can’t seem to isolate the front anchors on their own. Is there a better way to do this — maybe with a mask or a different technique? If I can get one letter working, I think I’ll be able to figure out the rest. Any help would be massively appreciated! Thanks!

Is there a shortcut to place anchor where I point my cursor?

Hello When I turn on the after effects program and turn on advanced 3d, the program crashes after I convert a layer to 3d. In the beginning, some kind of error came out. I just rebooted and that's it, I did the project. I just can't open it right now. a window pops up and says "you need to save before exiting", I did nothing with a new project...my laptop specifications intel core i5-10300H NVIDIA geforce gtx 1650 ti

Hello, I am unable to install ADOBE After Effects v23.6.9 on a MacPro 2013 (cylinder) purchased in 12/2019, 2nd generation, under MacOS Monterey v12.7.6, , Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 6-core processor. Same with After Effects v24.0 and v24.1

what the meaning? and what I do?

Hi All, Having some trouble animating "teeth" on a chainsaw along the path of the chainsaw (Image for reference). I tried to copy the path of the chainsaw to the position of one of the "teeth" then auto-orient the shape, but it didnt seem to work, might it be I have the anchor point in the wrong position? I had the anchor point of the shape in the middle, then had it on the path of the shape itself, both did work. Any ideas? Defo missing something here. Let me know if more info is needed

When you animate the anchor point the object itself moves, That's shouldn't happen, what should happen is that only the anchor point moves, Why? so we can actually use the anchor point animation to make something, if i want to move the object i would use the position property not anchor point property Showcase: If i want to make a rolling cube, I can't just rotate then change the anchor point, No I have to make workarounds, Cause anchor point is moving the object

Every object is on its own layer. Saved with a compatible pdf. Imported as All Acceptable Files, Composition - Retain Layer Sizes. All of the layers appear as blank.

Hi there, lately I am challenging myself to step up my After Effects game. I wanted to see if I could figure out how to recreate this effect from an M.I.A. video at the 8:37 mark. https://youtu.be/FKqGH6i8RDo?si=yySd2KA_aNb8wArw&t=515 I have been playing around with RepeTile to see what I can accomplish. I really like the ghost trail that seems to be present in the video, but it's difficult to figure out myself how to do this. It also immediately gets very messy- is there a way to best manage multiple stacked effects?Cheers

I've made a text animation into a template so that it can be used in Premiere Pro.I've applied grid, cc vignette and spotlight to the adjustment layer.However, when I open the template in Premiere Pro, nothing is displayed except the grid.By the way, I didn't add a background in AE, but rather created a color matte in Premiere and then placed the template on top of that.

CPU: Ryzen 7 1700xGPU: GTX 1070 TiRam: 16 GBMost current version of AE: 2018 CCI have searched very long with no answers that worked. Ive tried moving the save file, from HDD to SSD, clearing cache, etc. The project have 5 gb of items in it, but no effects no nothing. Just like 6 10 second clips in a timeline.The problem: I save, or it auto saves, and it stops responding for a solid 3 minutes. Nothing is maxed out in my resource monitor. All of a sudden, it starts working again and saves basically instantly. Why is this and how do I fix it? Please help.

Hello, Lately, I've been getting into deep editing for Sports Videos as I'm currently producing a Local Football Show and helping some of my High School Football Players with Highlight Packages for their seasons. The biggest thing I'm looking to elevate my Production Value is the Motion Tracking that you see in Sports Broadcasts when the Analysis are drawing the lines that the viewers see on the screen when a Player is Circled/In Motion. When an object like a Ball is in Motion and all of that kind of fun.A fun one that I'm looking at is the concept of following a  "Thrown Object" like in Baseball when a Pitcher delivers the Ball towards Home Plate and you see that Motion Tail from the Ball when it's Released by the Pitcher and that Trail goes all the way through the frames to the point where the ball is Caught/Hit. Same is applicable to Football when the ball is Thrown by a QB or Kicked for a Field Goal./Punt. All these "Projectile Motion Paths". The others on

These rings are moving along the path of a circle. How to determine radius of this circle? video also attached.  

When I try to use the gridrig plugin, I get the message shown in the image. How can I use it? どうやって使えばいいですか？