AFTER EFFECTS WISH LIST (Prior to Sept 09)

i shortcut to activate/deactivate multithreading

Check out the Throttle-n-Purge script at aescripts.com. It give you a control panel in the AE interface that lets you switch multiprocessing on and off, as well as change the project bit depth and purge image caches with the click of a button.

http://aescripts.com/2007/11/07/throttle-n-purge/

i'm totally agreed with andy clark...

- much more intuitive control of the curves as in maya/max.
- individual mask point keyframes and individual blur per point in masks also.
- would love colour finesse to be more integrated into AE's interface.
- drop down option for precomps to see the layers inside, maybe indented or highlighted .. whatever
- ability to clone/paint in the comp window

And i add

- Why the heigh of the layer is bigger than the heigh of the layer of the 6.5 version ?? (just one or two pixels higher but it's very annoying ! )
- sometimes, the mouse weel done'nt work the first time (!)
- that would be great to have an option to activate multithreading only on compilation of the movie. and shortcut to activate/deactivate multithreading
- with CS3 version when i have "capslock button" activate, it's slower than the 6.5 version. ( it try to refresh something... what ? i don't know...)
- it was possible in the 6.5 version to see preview in full screen and BLACK BACKSIDE screen... it's impossible in the CS3... :'(
- shortcuts for "level" effect,"Curve" effet and "hue saturation" effect
- bigger graphic for curve effect
- it's possible in photoshop to pick color in "hue saturation effect", it is not possible in after effect.
- when i have an effect that request another layer, it does'nt take into consideration the effects and translation of this layer ( i have to precompose again and again... ( very annoying :'( ) why not a little box next to motion blur, frame blending to activate that ?

Thanks for all !
Maxime.

- Text Anti-aliasing control... including the ability to turn it off. This would be very helpful for small pixel/flash fonts.

- Needs a feature to add time to a beginning of a comp. Adding time now requires me to move all my keyframes, in points, etc.

Following up my previous request, I wish that when you Auto Trace, it creates the new layer directly above the layer you traced.... Maybe a preference option for creating new layers...

I'd like to see the functionality of the Effect Controls panel expanded to provide access to all layer properties. Shape layers, for example, can get really elaborate really quickly, and the amount of twirling and untwirling involved to adjust that one property is a pretty big hassle, but leaving these properties displayed all the time in the timeline isn't really an option. To reduce clutter in the panel, perhaps a filter to set which types of properties get displayed would be in order.

Creating new layers, shapes, etc...

I wish that if you had nothing selected in the timeline, it would create the solid, etc as 1st layer, up top. If you have a layer selected in the timeline, it will create the new solid,etc directly above it, rather than 1st layer.

It's a pain to always have to scroll to top, and drag it down where I wanted it (above my selected layer).

Please add support for Vista's much nicer file browser.

-Behaving better under MacOS X 10.5 Spaces.

I would Like to have onion skin option so that I can able to edit any problem by seeing the previous or next frame or a bunch of frame.