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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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      prowl
      prowl
      Known Participant
      January 21, 2016

      Dynamic referenced After effects files

           Example...

                Import Translations.aep into master.aep with lots of comps in the translations...

                Go back and change Translations and the Master is automatically updated.

              

      Also multiple projects opened at once!

      P.M.B
      P.M.B
      Legend
      December 28, 2015

      A shortcut for creating shape layers.

      ~Gutterfish
        Leonardo Sulzbach
        Leonardo Sulzbach
        Participant
        December 28, 2015

        I wish realtime preview in AE CC 2015

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          mariascopic
          Participant
          July 30, 2015

          Layer Styles keyboard shortcut! Or even better, have them magically transfer in as Effects so we can get rid of this altogether

            detailed_Cascade16B8
            detailed_Cascade16B8
            Known Participant
            August 18, 2015

            I'd like the option to have a transparent 'missing frames' display, rather than the multicoloured thing we have now. It could be a simple cross on the frame, or just the frame number that's missing. Would work like this:

            missing2.jpg

            Reason is I often work to a an animatic/preview, replacing that with footage as it's rendered. Frames coming in from multiple sources aren't sequential, so there's often gaps. It means I'm continually soloing/unsoloing layers just to see the preview under the 'missing frame' screen.

            Thanks! C

              Todd_Kopriva
              Todd_Kopriva
              Inspiring
              August 18, 2015

              I saw that request on your other thread, Chris, and I like it.

              The most effective way to get feature requests to us is here:

              http://adobe.ly/feature_request

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                NoMagnolia
                Inspiring
                May 21, 2015

                1) It would be great to expand Shape Layers with their own set of effects. As well as merge, trim, and the repeater (which is flexible if you're patient, but a bit limited) it would be good to have deformers like Bend, Polar/Cartesian, Displacement Map, etc. Yes, you CAN do these using built-in effects, but if you're trying to do anything complicated it becomes really slow and unwieldy (presumably because it's distorting the layer pixel by pixel, rather than treating it as a couple of vertices), plus you're likely to need multiple layers. For character animation this would be tremendously useful, and it'd be nice to have everything in one place and on one layer.

                2) Further to that... a really flexible shape layer cloner (like C4D's Cloner object) would be brilliant. Clone shapes/shape groups in a line, radially, onto another shape layer, etc.

                SERRANO76
                SERRANO76
                Participant
                April 9, 2015

                Hi! This is my Wish List for After Effects :: 40 Requests

                Yo hago Motion Graphics / 40 After Effects Requests  THANKS in advance to Kevin from Adobe that show me this foruum thread.

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                  Fred_van_Os
                  Participating Frequently
                  April 8, 2015

                  Export to Adobe Edge. An easy way export your time line to use it Edge. Like a PNG sequence with the right code to insert it like a sprite into Edge.

                  mave1969
                  mave1969
                  Known Participant
                  February 26, 2015

                  …or claim that a certain piece of footage can't be opened because it's in an unsupported format. EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN THE PROJECT AND BEING USED WITHOUT A PROBLEM!!! FFS THIS IS CAUSING ME SO MUCH UNNECESSARY GRIEF AND LOST TIME RIGHT NOW.

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                  mgravish
                  Participating Frequently
                  February 26, 2015

                  For what it's worth, I've found that if you DON'T. TOUCH. ANYTHING. after clicking collect files it will work without error. As soon as you move the mouse even a pixel, it'll throw an error. Hope that helps. Terrible bug either way.

                    mave1969
                    mave1969
                    Known Participant
                    February 26, 2015

                    Yes! That's it. I knew I'd heard about something like that when looking up this issue before, but couldn't remember it. Just tested it, and hitting ENTER at the collect dialogue box and then not touching the mouse resulted in a successful collect. Tried it again in the same location while noodling the mouse around, and it failed. Just shockingly sloppy.

                    But, THANKS for the tip, as I finally managed to get a large job over to a client without losing all of my hair!

                    mave1969
                    mave1969
                    Known Participant
                    February 26, 2015

                    Yet another…

                    I'd like After Effects to not randomly completely lose its mind when I run the Collect Files… command and claim that assets which show as available and in use in the project, suddenly and mysteriously can't be found.

                    I'd ticket this as a bug but it's been a problem for so damn long now I have to simply assume that no-one on the AE team knows how to program this functionality properly.

                    bryan.gough
                    bryan.gough
                    Inspiring
                    February 23, 2015

                    In the Project Window it's nice being able to click on an object to rename it.

                    It would be EVEN nicer to extend this to function to include the "Media Duration" column to allow quick adjustments to the duration of comps. Rather than "Right Click > Composition Settings > Duration > Ok"

                    It would also be nice to select a group of comps and set their durations to the same length.

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