Hi, @Cary5CA0: I was just trying to make sure you're aware of your options.  I hope you're able to find something that suits your needs. Take care,     Warren ... View more

Got it. Repost this as an "idea". I'll upvote it. ... View more

It sounds like you may want stabilization instead, but it could still take a long time for 45 minutes of footage. ... View more

Remove the loopOut expression and delete Time Remapping. Re-enable Time Remapping and jump to the second (or the last) Time Remapping keyframe. Go to the previous frame and add a Time Remapping keyframe.  Go the the next frame, what's now the third Time Remapping keyframe, and remove the third Time Remapping keyframe. Add the loopOut("cycle") expression back. ... View more

@jerryw48492253  On Apple Silicon, render using the Best Settings / High Quality, then drop that into Shutter Encoder (donation-ware), select HAP as the format (setting it to HAPQ, if needed) and click "Start function". Pictured: Selecting HAP in the format pop-up menu of Shutter Encoder     ... View more

@Dpmatlosz      I use Turbulent Displace quite a bit, but on the After Effects side.  One of its more common uses is to introduce wiggle (or boil) to what’s meant to look like a hand-drawn animation that was done on paper and then shot with a camera two frames at time.   A way to keep using Dust and Scratches is to apply it to an Adjustment Layer in a Sequence in Premiere Pro 23.x, save that project, and then open it in Premiere Pro 25.x (or import it) and then use Copy and Paste Attributes to apply it in Premiere Pro 25.x.  This should work for any of the obsolete effects.   If you need to apply Dust and Scratches frequently, I’d check out the trial version of NeatVideo.  It’s a one-time purchase, but the results are excellent.   As far as Wraptor DCP goes, I’ve switched to DCP-o-matic (free); however, that’s not due to the lite version of Wraptor no longer being available in the Apple Silicon version of Premiere Pro.  I have recent film festival submission guidelines that explicitly state not to use Wraptor DCP.   It is challenging to have to change how we’ve been doing things, though, especially if we’re happy with the way it worked.   On the plus side, have you had a chance to check out Film Impact?  Now that Film Impact is part of Adobe, the effects and transitions are available for anyone using older versions of Premiere Pro (I believe it goes back to 14.x or 2020) as well as the current version.  Film Impact installs with Premiere Pro 25.5 if we’re running that. ... View more

@A3user  To disable add-ons and extensions, run After Effects in Safe Mode.  If you haven't' done this before, go to Edit > Preferences > Setup & Repair and then click Startup in Safe Mode.... When AfterEffects relaunches, create a Comp, create a Solid, and then try Slit Layer. To get out of Safe Mode, relaunch After Effects. Instead of corrupt preferences, an add-on, or an extension, it could be another application or background utility intercepting the keystroke - even though nothing happens when the keys are pressed.   Some other things that come to mind: Double-check that Windows is not set to a different input language/keyboard layout. Try a different keyboard.   ... View more

@Barton5C39    The blue circle with the cross inside of it is the Anchor Point. When we hover over the center of the Anchor Point with the Selection Tool, it turns into the Anchor Point Tool.   The Anchor Point Tool allows us to change the the Anchor Point coordinates while keeping the Clip in the same location in the frame by also changing the Position coordinates.  For example, if the Clip is centered to the Sequence and we animate Scale from 10% to 100%, the Clip will grow from the center of the frame.  But let's say we want the Clip to grow from the upper left and finish centered.  That would be a time to use the Anchor Point Tool to move the Anchor Point from the center of the Clip to the upper left.  The Position value will also change so that the Clip remains centered.  For best results, always use the Anchor Point Tool before enabling key frames for Anchor Point or for Potision.       ... View more

@Barton5C39    That should have read "double-click in the Program panel".  Sorry about that.  I've corrected it in my post. ... View more

@triple_one_1931:   Are you thinking something like this?   Pictured: Animated GIF created from image using Photoshop, Firefly, and After Effects   - Warren ... View more

Hi @lily!!  @jenkmeister pointed out the likely issue.   If your audio is multi-channel, you'll want to jump over to Premiere Pro or Audition and either split the channels to separate files then import the splits back into After Effects or export a mixdown for reference on the After Effects side. ... View more

@Heenaaah    I found this article to be informative: The Professional’s Guide to Buying a Mac with Apple Silicon – March 2025 by Jeff Greenberg, March 10, 2025     ... View more

To add to what @John T Smith mentioned about not expcting perfection, don't expect it to be fast.  Upconverting a few shots can be fairly quick, but upconverting SD edited masters that are thirty minutes to one hour or more can take a lot of time. ... View more

@John Ellenberger  I think I paid $89 for NeatVideo?  But that was back in... 2013.  I think that I've purchased one upgrade as well.  For video noise and flicker, it's been excellent. VHS can be very challenging to improve.  As I'm sure you're aware, everything that's usually hidden by overscan on a 4-by-3 analog SDTV screen (skew at the bottom, black vertical bars along the sides, closed captioning signals, Macrovision, etc.) becomes visible.  And it also needs to be deinterlaced and up-converted. I think Topaz Video Ai is your best option if you can figure out a way to make purchasing it work within your budget. On the After Effects side, you can crop for overscan, reduce noise, and do Detail-preserving Upscale.  I did that for Holly du Rivage's documentary that's been on PBS for a little over a year now (PERFECT HOUSE, MAGIC CITY), but we've gone back and redone the upconversion for any source that wasn't already i1080 or p1080 with Topaz Video Ai for the screenings at colleges and events.  It's made a huge difference for the archival content. Are you associated with a non-profit?  Adobe offers a good discount on Creative Cloud for non-profits.  Or does the public access have editing bays with Creative Cloud installed?  That's not the same as having it on your personal computer, but at least it's access. ... View more

@LuMags  When MTS files are playing in an app like VLC Player, they're just being decompressed for playback which MTS is designed to do very efficiently. When MTS files are imported into a video editing application (if the application supports it), they're being demuxed for editing.  That is, the audio and video streams are separated such that they behave as independ files and are more like, but still not the same as, formats meant for editing.   Definately try importing and playing whatever source you have to see how it performs on your system.  If converting MTS for editing, I'd recommend going with ProRes 422 LT or if disk space is very limted ProRes 422 Proxy. ... View more

The MacBook Pros handle heavy workloads very well.   One of the first things I did with the 16-inch M1 Max MacBook Pro was render a very effects heavy thirty second 2160p30 After Effects Composition.  It took 89 minutes.  My 2019 Mac Pro for work took 91 minutes.  My 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro used for email took just under 9 hours.   It was the type of Comp that gets the fans spinning like crazy.  ... View more

@Heenaaah    My first Apple Silicon based MacBook Pro was the 16-inch M1 Max 32GB/1TB.  My second?  The 16-inch M4 Max 128GB/4TB.  The first MacBook Pro was to test how well Adobe applications run on Apple Silicon - which, simply, put, is fantastic.  The second MacBook Pro was to switch over to more serious work (my primary workstation is still a desktop).  My prior MacBook Pro was the 2013 15-inch Retinal MacBook Pro 16GB/750GB (close to the max configuration at the time) and I was very much in the habit of starting projects on that MacBook Pro and finishing them on a 2013 Mac Pro.   You might try with something similar to what I did with your first Apple Silicon based MacBook Pro.  Go with 48GB/1TB to see how it works for you while keeping an upgrade in mind.  If you go with the 14-inch model, you should get the same performance that you would get from the 16-inch.   The main reason I went with more RAM the second time around is that professionally I'm used to working with 128GB to 192GB of RAM to have After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro among other apps all open at the same time.  The main reason I went with more storage is that I feel 2TB is really the minimum to have your OS, applications, Photoshop Scratch Disk, After Effects Media Cache and now things like LucidLink pin location all someplace that's very, very, very fast and not having to constantly offload files All that said, I have a 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro 16GB/512GB for email, web-based project management, and Slack.  Every once and a while I open After Effects or Photoshop and they run really well there.  While it wouldn't be my first choice (once you've gotten used to the XDR display of the 16-inch and 14-inch MacBook Pros for optimized HDR work - it's hard to look at anything else), I'm not sure there's a wrong option across the Apple Silicon based Macs. What may also be worth mentionting is that I first purchased the 16-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro (I think it was 24GB/512GB) because that's all Costco had in stock at the time.  A few weeks later, they got the M1 Pro Max instock so I quickly exchanged the Pro.  For the breif time I had the Pro model, the performance was great, but I never go the change to really test it.   - Warren ... View more

@John Ellenberger  Since you've scratched Topaz off the list, check out BorisFX UpRes ML.   It's subscription based, but there's a free trial and there is an option to subscribe for one month at a time - so, in theory, you could pay for it only when needed.  When not subscribed, you don't have to uninstall it so that it's ready the next time you need it.   The BorisFX plug-ins work in both Premiere Pro and After Effects (their website only lists UpRes ML as being for After Effects, but I it shows up in Premiere Pro and can be applied).   ... View more

@Peru Bob  +1 for NeatVideo.  It's saved countless shots for me over the years. ... View more

That's the Windows file type overlay. Do you know someone who does Windows IT support?  From what I understand, it's easier to hide that in Windows Pro than Windows Home, but that it can be done. ... View more

@jamesc15687197  It is important to have low cost options.  Did you see Premiere Pro for iPad and iPhone?  That has a free version and should be available by the end of the month.  Assuming you're working on an iPad or iPhone, you can compare Rush and Pro on the same device. ... View more

@pseldes  You make a good point for desktop users about the cost difference.  The annual Rush plan is $10/month while the annual Premiere Pro plan is $23/month.   For iPad and iPhone users, though, the core editing and exporting features are free.  I haven't used the iPad/iPhone version of Premiere Pro yet (it should be available September 30), but I expect it to be much more feature rich than Premiere Rush in both the free and paid versions. ... View more

@Cary5CA0  Rush is extremely easy to use and makes assembling video as easy as it gets.   While we have about a year to keep using it, I would try redoing one or two recent projects in Premiere Pro.  The New Project dialog box has been streamlined, it now has a "Starter" workspace (Window > Workspaces > Starter) that should look familiar, and the new Properties panel makes adjusting settings for what you have selected easy without having to dig through other panels to find things. Adobe has also made some really good training available (free) with some great introductory lessons with sample files.  That can be found here:  https://adobevideotraining.com/    One thing that I've always liked about Rush is the easy access to free music to include in our edits.  Some great music is just a few clicks or taps away.  Premiere Pro has this as well.  Switch to the Audio Workspace (Window > Workspaces > Audio) to show the Essential Sound panel at the right.  Click the Browse tab under Adobe Stock enable the "Free" button.  While in this panel, press tilde ("~") key to expand it while searching for music and then tilde ("~") again to collapse it.  Once you get familiar with this, I'm sure that you'll find it to be a much better way to browse for and license free music for your projects.  Switch back to Starter once you've found the music you like to continue editing (Window > Workspaces > Starter). As you get comfortable with Premiere Pro, I'm pretty sure it'll become obvious where Rush got all it's great features from. As questions come up, please post them back here.  If you're wondering about how something works in Premiere Pro instaed of Premiere Rush, there's a good chance someone else is wondering it as well.     - Warren   ... View more

With the addition of Film Impact to Premiere Pro and the soon-to-be-released Premiere Pro for iPhone, Premiere Pro for iPad, and eventually Premiere Pro for Abdroid, I'm thinking that Adobe is taking CapCut seriously.   They've also made changes to make Premiere Pro much easier to use, namely a very simplified New Project dialog box and the first Workspace called "Starter".   Sure, mastering Premiere Pro isn't something to jump into without some formal training or mentoring, but neither is video pre-production or video production.       ... View more

@A3user  Sorry to hear that the keyboard shortcut for Split Layer isn't working as expected. Most likely, an add-on or extension is preventing control shift d from working as expected.   What do you see if you go to the Edit pull down menu while the Layer is selected? Pictured: The Edit pullout menu with Split Layer selected (After Effects version 25.4).   Do you see the keyboard shortcut in the Edit pull down menu and does the action work as expected if you choose it there? Which version of After Effects are you running? While you're troubleshooting this issue, you can try switching to control d (Duplicate Layer), alt right bracket (Trim Layer In to Current Time Indicator), control down arrow (Select Layer Below), control left arrow (Preview Frame), and then alt left bracket (Trim Layer to Out to Current Time Indicator).  And yes, that's too many keys to press when control shift d should just work. - Warren       ... View more

@Stephen Barrante    If the video is p59.94, there should be no duplicate frames.   If the video is i59.94 but originally 23.976 having gone through 3:2 pulldown, then there will be duplicate frames.  If i59.94 is viewed as single field, it may appear progressive when it's actually interlaced.   With digital cameras that record to tape, the 3:2 pulldown can happen in camera (hence the 3:2 pulldown removal option available during captrue from tape).  I don't think there's a tapeless camera that does 3:2 pulldown internally as it's not necessary.   Ideally, a DP shoots at the frame rate needed for the project for anything that's sync sound.  B-roll without sync sound can be shot at twice the frame rate or higher, but should always be a multiple of the sync sound frame rate. ... View more

Hello @burak_1142 : Sorry to hear you're having an issue with your subscription.  For this, you want to reach out to Adobe Support right away and explain the issue. Visit: https://www.adobe.com/about-adobe/contact.html A chat bubble should appear at the lower right.  It's an automated assistant, but enter "agent" and you should be prompted to continue via phone or chat.  If you continue via chat, copy and paste what you wrote above.  You should be able to get this resolved. ... View more

Try switching to the Media Browser panel.  When you navigate to the SD card data that you copied to your hard drive, you should be able to view the video clips on it and import them to your Premiere Pro project from there.   Learn Premiere Pro > Import a range of media types > Browse, inspect, and import a variety of media types using the Media Browser in Adobe Premiere Pro If that does not work, try switching to QuickTime Player to open and convert the movies.  You can also try Shutter Encoder (donationware).  Also, under macOS, we can right-click the PRIVATE folder and choose "Show package content" to navigate into that data structure.  You should eventually get to a STREAM folder that contains the MTS files.  You can copy the MTS files out of there, but I would not move them. ... View more

Just a quick update for anyone going through this thread:  Edit Original for movies with embedded project links was fixed in After Effects 25.4. ... View more