That's your problem - not mine. Go sort it out! And please do the TogetherWeTribe song-dance routine while you read the tips. And do post the video on Youtube and share it here. TIA 😄 ... View more

I think everyone is happy - you're assertions are misplaced - I've even called for a 48-hour marathon. Such a good thing should never stop but it deserves a proper place. We want to see the full AE Team Tribe Give it a Good GO. When was the last time you saw an app put their friend's names right in your face? I wished I had friends like these - NOT!!! But they should find a more suitable place and time. Nothing more tribal than building a community led by TribeAe. This sort of genius level thinking and support is what makes the world and After Effects a better place/app. TogetherWeTribe!  It's got a great vibe feel to it.  ... View more

Totally agree. It's as if they're trying to promote those that send in these tips. Go do a Youtube video or series - go promote these geniuses or friends of the AE Team. Don't forget the dancers and the sing-along sessions. It's never a show if you don't have dancers. 😄  Do a 48-hour live show - AE Team and Friends. I'll watch for sure. It's a good time the world got to know the Ae Team and their friends. Learning and Earning can be Fun!  ... View more

When duplicating a Text Animator - motivation was to 2X the settings to overcome the allowable max values - motion is jittery. More duplicates accentuates the issue. ... View more

1 - Make the Crop option available in the PreCompose Dialog 2 - Selecting a nested comp (in its Child Comp) should also allow for Crop Parent Comp to Layer Boundaries - see option C below 3 - can be destructive and alarming to uninitiated user if selected layers < all layers in the comp cos unselected layers will be outside of the comp frame. I'm thinking there should be an option to Retain Comp Size so that you only affect selected layers without losing focus of the current comp. So, you're looking at 3 features -  A - crop Comp to Selected Layer(s) Boundary B - preComp to Selected Layer(s) Boundary - and this should provide option to create one Parent Comp or Multiple Parent Comps, one for each selected layer C - Crop Parent Comp to Layer Boundaries   ... View more

The Shape Layer was designed as a Container for one or more Shape Objects. If you had more than one Shape Object and one or more of these object's rectangular boundary is away from the center of the Shape Layer, how do you imagine the solution to be? And what if multiple Shape Objects are animating their Internal Scale?    ... View more

You're welcome Zaffer. Hopefully one or more of the proposed solution solves your issue and it will be good if you shared your results so that we have finality or perhaps more input is required. Regardless, it will be good to know if you solved your issue in case someone else in the future has a similar/identical issue.  Have a good day ahead! ... View more

Take a look at LottieFiles. It's got better support and hence, I believe, they should have fewer issues. And as the case is with exporting to JSON animation files, effects compatibility is always a major concern and this is where LottieFiles has an edge. So, go to their Website and take a look at what they offer. HTH ... View more

I have a script, Path Transformer, that rotates, scales, re-positions and even flips motion paths - very useful for creating perfect geometric duplicates of motion paths. Unfortunately, it currently only affects the entire motion path and not a sub-set, selected set of keyframes.  You may want to look at using a Null as a parent - you then place the Null at the pivot point for the rotation and rotate the Null - logically it will work but I've been known to be illogical - so thread carefully and no refunds are allowed. Take a look at this quick screen recording - the mid-section is where I show the set up including using a Point Control to provide a visual and then numeric guide for the Nulls position before you parent to it. ... View more

AH! So ... I thought Red Giant and possibly BorisFX's Sapphire's offerings may have something similar. Thanks for that link - interesting stuff.  BTW, a little trivia - Mikey Borup is quite an AE Legend. Wayyyyyy back ... before Youtube, AE's preset.xml file had lines of code for his presets. So, the original AE DEVs took time to help spread Mikey's work - very cool stuff as always from Mikey. ... View more

Hi Ahmed! Good to see you here!  🙂 For me, nodes belong in the Effects Space - take a look at Stardust for its implementation - super cool nodes in AE - so, you use nodes instead of the Effects Control Panel.  ... View more

Yup. This will be good. It's a lot like Premiere Pro's Productions Workflow - https://helpx.adobe.com/sg/premiere-pro/using/production-panel.html which uses a Read/Write and Read/Only modes to add additional/required functionality when importing an AEP.  This is also similar to Cavalry's Reference feature - essentially updating once and having the update flow to other comps/layers.  But if you're code savvy, building this from scratch is the ideal cos you get to really fit everything you need without leaving any gaps in the system and also allow for a nuanced archectecture. Pros that develop design systems, especially those dealing with a single org with multiple sub-brands almost always require a custom set up so that they can easily enable/disable the flow. Of course Team AE can easily build these into the solution too but until this happens, developing a custom set up isn't too difficult and NOT EASY TOO!!!  🙂 ... View more

This is doable combining sampleImage() and Linear Interpolation methods. I've used this combo before and I know others have as well. And if you've deep dived into Particle Playground, lots of its properties are driven in this manner. Perhaps an updated sampleImage() that is 10x faster coupled with a user-friendly UI will make it more reachable while providing good UI-UX - quicker set ups using presets for both the greyscale as well as the Interpolation Method. And yeah, wrap it up as a new toy and call it Compound Effector should get good mileage.  ... View more

Adding the time argument into the sourceRectAtTime() method actually worked for me - to stabilize the move - the centered object stopped straying. Perhaps the OP had set it up to perform a more unique move because at first glance, the set up looked more elaborate than how I would set it up. So, first thoughts for me was to get rid of the straying motion. An important take away is that sourceRectAtTime() is never wrong. It's always correct and it's always user-error or user-related error that throws unexpected results.  ... View more

Dan, this is major sleuthing!  🙂 Never seen a trimmed clip exhibit such a behavior. For OP, did you try to input the "2" as the sourceRectAtTime() time argument?  And do take note that valueAtTime() needs accounting for inPoint and will throw a curve ball if you're not mindful.   ... View more

You need to define a time for sourceRectAtTime() - in your case, this worked -  t = thisComp.layer("Square_03"); sr = t.sourceRectAtTime(2); posx = t.transform.xPosition; posy = t.transform.yPosition; [posx-sr.width/2, posy-sr.height/2] If you like to build stuff like this and even more interesting Responsive and even Adaptive Design Components - and complex rigs using sourceRectAtTime(), look out for my Advanced AE course - hopefully, I will run it between Jan-March, next year.  ... View more

I wrote a Blog thingy a while back on Text Expression Selectors - it's got links to a few other tutorials and samples -  https://www.broadcastgems.com/post/the-text-selector-expression-is-arguably-the-most-elusive-adobe-after-effects-feature-and-yet-it-s-t  I released quite a few samples as part of an Expressions Package earlier this year. Here are a few samples -  ... View more

Hi Jakob, thanks for sharing the solution. Unforutunately, there are only a few Expression Selector tutorials to refer to but this one from Luis Martinez is quite interesting -  https://youtu.be/wgiaNEQit3g BTW ... View more

OP mentioned having to animate 100 of these. So ... I just released a set of After Effects scripts and one of them is perfect for this - Keyframe Orchestrator was imagined and developed for users to control and animate lots of layers and keyframes without having to select a single keyframe - it's all done programmatically and rather easily too. If you can type in basic Expressions, this is a lot easier. For what you're doing, if it expands to 100 layers, it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to set this up and this includes full control over keyframe speed and influence and stagger options. https://youtu.be/sAxOyre0jq4 ... View more

Mocha's standard tracking tools performs planar tracking - a flat surface. Unless the non-planar tracking object is sufficiently distant such that it looks and moves flat, relative to the camera, you will have to use its PowerMesh tool which is part of its Pro Product and not available in the bundled-with-AE version. HTH ... View more

Use a Text Animator. A capital L or I on a sans serif should do the trick. Then use transform.scale - scale up yScale. Apply Text Animator with the Scale Operator.  HTH ... View more

My thoughts are AE has always leveraged its developer community as part of its community building program. Every successful app requires an eco-system made up of users, developers, and trainers and each have their own eco-system.  Also, while it is possible the AE Team may eventually make this feature part of the main app, the danger is they may be digging a rabbit hole they don't want to be it. Solving for one feature may require solving for related issues/features and while possibly not an endless series of tasks, there is the issue of Opportunity Costs and whether a third party can solve for the feature reliably and for the long-term.  I develop MoGraph Design Systems and a critical requirement is to analyze requirements from a Systems Thinking POV - with Text Layers, things get very wide and deep very quickly and for my use-case, a Text Layer's position, other than its Anchor Point/Baseline also forms a critical part of an overall solution. So, it won't be long before user-expectations expand to meet their needs and this is where the rabbit hole gets deeper. So, what may seem like a short term solve actually involves a deeper and longer-running commitment. This is also why you should go on a few dates before deciding to get married. 😉 ... View more

I want to passively state that if you want to set your Text Layer's Anchor Point at a Baseline, on any line and locked horizontally to the Text Layer's rectangular edges or actual text character, there's a script, Anchor Point Pro that does this. It also has a robust Anchor Point feature that supports a closed mask, rotation, parenting, transform.scale and you can change paragraph alignment without moving the text - very useful if you've already set up the layout and need this adjustment.  Anchor Point Pro was passively launched today as part of a set of 20+ scripts with '00s of features and options.  ... View more

I know right!? It's either me being Agressively Passive or Passive Agressive - not easy to find a balance. But it could also be my liking for tiget motif boxers - it rubs on me.  😄 ... View more

Take a look at the Super Duper script from Element Supply - I THINK it does what you want. https://elementsupply.co/products/super-duper ... View more

My brain's a bit fried - can't visualize what you want and the Shape parameter plays a part too ... what I do for intricate set ups involving the Expression Selector is to combine it with one or more Range Selectors and then adjust its Range Parameters, Shape and Mode options and Ease High/Low too can have an effect.   ... View more

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Does this tutorial help -  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lVYGFo4E_rc?feature=share ... View more