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Andrew Yoole
Andrew Yoole
Inspiring
August 31, 2009
Question

AFTER EFFECTS WISHLIST

  • August 31, 2009
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What features would you like to see implemented in After Effects? New ideas for plugins? Interface changes? Post 'em here!

Let's keep bug identification to individual posts, as these will probably be addressed more readily. Let's use this thread for specific ideas about ways that AE can be improved and expanded.

These Forums are for users, not Adobe employees, so don't forget to also fill in an Adobe feature request form.

To view the Wish List posts prior to September 2009, look here.

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      Navarro Parker
      Inspiring
      April 27, 2010

      How about adding support for Photoshop .ABR brushes for Vector Paint, the Paint layer, and Write-On!

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      Arivl
      Known Participant
      April 22, 2010

      Just a quick note about the parent list:

      When you drop down the menu to select a layer to parent, the current behavior is for the list to default "none".  This is great if the layer already has a parent, but if it doesn't I would much prefer that the list center itself on the current layer.  This could be very helpful in comps with a large number of layers.

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      Nojahele
      Participant
      April 19, 2010

      I would like to see the new content aware that will be in Photoshop CS

      5 incorporated into AE.  Ideally you could create a selection around items in your video footage that you don't want and AE could extrapolate this data for each frame in the video clip.  If the object moves use a combination of motion tracking to track the objects movement and once the selection and movement data has been collected then use content aware to remove the object and fill in the hole for each frame.  I think this would be alot faster than using mask and duplicated footage at different positions on the time line.

      You might also include options for the replaced object background and rest of the background, like blurs, feathering and texturing depending on how well the content aware worked.

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      DC_B__09
      Known Participant
      April 20, 2010

      Yeah, I brought this up in a separate thread already but evidently it's not yet possible to implement this technology for the video. But it would be nice to have it in the next versions of AE.

      On the side note, what about an "eye" option for layer masks?

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      Jeff S GP2
      Known Participant
      March 30, 2010

      -Rename multiple comps.

      -Replace PSD layered files (can’t believe this isn’t integrated).

      -Ability to select multiple comp Markers.

      -An Expression spreadsheet (list of  expressions and their corresponding layers/comps properties).

      -Composition/ layer spreadsheet:   Considering how complicated projects can get, It would make sense to have a spreadsheet whereby functions can be preformed across multiple comps/layers.

      -Flowchart that shows the entire chain of selected comp/nested comps, images, layers, FX,  etc.

      -Expression Reset functionality.

      -Lights to effect 3D objects.

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      Navarro Parker
      Inspiring
      March 17, 2010

      Need Scripts Palette.

      I think this was mentioned earlier, but something needs to be done with the Script menu UI. It's pretty unmanageable when you have a lot of scripts.

      Just like the Effects Palette, a Scripts Palette would allow groups, folders, organization, and Quickfind search boxes. Here's the menu mess I have to deal with now...

      John Stanowski
      John Stanowski
      Inspiring
      March 17, 2010

      Same for the Window Menu. With Test Gear and Red Giant PlaneSpace installed my Windows Menu is about to roll off the bottom of the screen.

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      Maxluere
      Participant
      March 16, 2010

      Hello

      I saw on this page that you recommad " A 64-bit edition of Microsoft® Windows Vista® or Windows® 7". What about XP pro 64 ? should i install windows 7 64 for best performance ?

      Thanks.

      Todd_Kopriva
      Todd_Kopriva
      Inspiring
      March 16, 2010

      > What about XP pro 64 ?

      No.

      should i install windows 7 64 for best performance ?

      I'm happy with Windows 7 on one of my computers running both the current version of After Effects and the development builds of the next version.

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      noel_d3
      Participating Frequently
      March 10, 2010

      Compatibility of all 32-Bit plugins with 64-Bit future versions of After-Effects

      It's the role of Adobe to make this compatibility possible, otherwise it would remove many functions in this software.

      TimeRemapper
      TimeRemapper
      Inspiring
      March 11, 2010

      The ability to add folders to the render queue to help organize it would be great.

      Also, having an enable/disable checkbox or toggle next to the folder when collapsed would help the user re-render all contents of that folder in one foul swoop!

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      Anonymous
      March 10, 2010

      Make looping video or a portion of a video easier. This is simple in Flash and AE could similar techniques.

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      Anonymous
      March 10, 2010
      Make looping video or a portion of a video easier. This is simple in Flash and AE could similar techniques.

      You can loop a source footage item as many times as you want in the Interpret Footage dialog. Just enter the number of repetitions in the Loop field.

      Also, you can loop a section of a layer in the timeline with Time Remapping.

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      Anonymous
      March 10, 2010

      Ok, here is my question:

      I want to continuously loop the last 3 seconds or so of the main video. I also want the revolving photos pre-comp at the end to loop inside of the 3 second loop.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijEfMHp4yBE

      Any help is appreciated!

      Adam Sabourin

      John Stanowski
      John Stanowski
      Inspiring
      March 6, 2010

      I'd like to be able to affect comp settings (dimensions-wise anyway) by using a Comp Crop Tool.

      It often happens I'd like to downsize a comp based on something that's already placed within a comp.

      Currently I need pull up the Comp Settings to do this.

      If I have an element/elements not exactly in the center, then they need to be moved as I tweak the comp size down.

      A Comp Crop Tool would be really, really handy.

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      DC_B__09
      Known Participant
      March 6, 2010

      John Stanowski wrote:

      I'd like to be able to affect comp settings (dimensions-wise anyway) by using a Comp Crop Tool.

      It often happens I'd like to downsize a comp based on something that's already placed within a comp.

      Currently I need pull up the Comp Settings to do this.

      If I have an element/elements not exactly in the center, then they need to be moved as I tweak the comp size down.

      A Comp Crop Tool would be really, really handy.

      Yes, I agree, it would be nice to visually resize the comp instead of messing with numbers. Sometimes it might be handy.

      As for your resizing dilemma, John, you can use Anchor buttons in the Composition -> Composition Settings -> Advanced tab, which by the way, definitely have to be moved to the Basic tab of the Comp Settings window.

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      Andy Bay
      Known Participant
      March 6, 2010

      If I remember correctly you can crop the comp dimensions to the region of interest, which kind of is a visual way to do the cropping.

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      Navarro Parker
      Inspiring
      March 4, 2010

      I suppose this has been mentioned before:

      Have AE treat image sequences like single files in the file dialog box. (Much like how Lloyd Alverez' "Immigration" script works) A real time saver when dealing with multi-pass 3D renders.

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