Questions

Hello ! I recently made a 3D Object that i wanted to import in AE (beta 24.0, that supports obj and glb files). I imported a glb and an obj file to test which one works, and when i import the 3D object into the scene, i can't see the object, it's selected, but invisible. I imported an image as a background, to see if it was because my object is glass and it needs a light/background to reflect to, but it didn't work I think it's because the 3D object doesn't use the background to reflect, but how can i fix that ? 

Hi!  I'm wondering if After Effects can read and export different types of 3D-textures on a GLTF-model for example? From what I hear some things like procedural textures need to be baked, and vertex colors might work, and triplanar mapping won't work at all? Just wondering if someone has more knowledge than me with this and knows more for certain what type of textures work vs won't work?  Thank you in advance. 

Hi. Fairly new to After effects, but I can't seem to change the color of a stroke. I've created a fairly simple handwriting effect which reveals the text, but it appears to be stuck on white. When I change the color of the stoke in effects to blue, nothing changes. I've tried applying key frames to change the color but that doesn't work either.  I assume some other setting is conflicting this with but as I'm fairly new I'm unsure what this is. Thanks

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I'm working on a couple of new scripts. I tried installing the script using the File/Scripts/Install Script File menu. I meant to use File/Scripts/Install Script UI panel. After running the install I got a nice message that my Preferences were updated and the new script now shows up in the File/Scripts menu, but I didn't want it there so I went to the application folder After Effects 2020/Scripts folder, it isn't there. I tried a search and found my original file, moved it, then deleted it completely and it still shows up in the File/Scripts menu. I searched the Library, reset my preferences, searched the entire hard drive, and I can't find the JSX file anywhere.    Who knows where this file was installed? I can't find anything in the documentation and there is no option to uninstall script files.    My little experiment failed and now I have a useless script in the menu that is not supposed to be anywhere on the system.    If anyone has any ideas please l

Hi All,I've been getting this error pictured below for some of the comps in my After Effects projects when I export to ME.  There's no clear logic other than some comps export to ME no problem while others pop these 2 error messages up.  Thanks for your insights Details:Running latest version of AE 18.4.1 and ME 15.4.1Files locally stored with no missing asstesUsing Dropbox localAutosave set to "next to project" save every 18 minutes (have tried running project off desktop and leaving asstes on D:drive)Sometimes multiple attempts allows export to MEDeleted all temp AEP files in Autosave 

Hi Community. I have imported a PNG sequence of a logo spinning around 360, currnetly its just orbiting on its axis, and  I want to add some interest to it. I'd like for the object to start of slow, and gradually build up speed, going faster and faster. Can somoene please let me know a simple approach? Thank you.

I hope someone may provide a solution.When using the E3D plugin my model textures visually appear correct and with correct difuse colour.But when I press the OK button and it drops into AE the difuse texture is washed out & to light.This occuring on both plain elements with for expmple a brick / wood floor texture applied and with standard E3D standard model pack.It maybe a setting I missing?Any assistance would be most appreciated.

In this composition there are 12 rings one over other with a rotation of 30 degrees. With the positional change only it create a visible rotation. How can it be explained? Video and file also uploaded.https://easyupload.io/e3rdwg  

Hello,I have tried everything to get rid of the Error code: cached preview needs 2 or more frames to play back and nothing works. I have cleared out all of the cache on my mac, uninstalled and reinstalled After Effects and the Creative Cloud twice, and watched every youtube video on it. Holding down Command+Option+Shift while its starting up doesn't show me anything about it reseting my preferences. I have the 2020 version of After Effects and am working on macOS 10.15.7 with 8GB and plenty of storage. Does anyone have any ideas of how to help me?Thanks

I was trying to edit my video on After Effects but my video won't show up in the space where I should be able to see the video's visuals. I circled the area in red in the picture below. I can hear the voices and the music fine, but I just can't see the video. Does anyone know how to fix this?   Title edited by Mod.

Ive come across this problem where everytime I open the audio waveform for a layer it will cause my entire composition to become slow and choppy no matter what im trying to do (opening more will cause the problem to increase). No matter how much or little is in my composition it'll cause my movements to be slow and choppy. Ive tried using different audios and compositions but the same thing happens. would appreciate any help! Thanks.   CPU    AMD Ryzen 9 5950x 16-core processorRAM  Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GBGPU   Nvidia GeForce Rtx 2070 SuperWindows 10  

I have tracked my footage and placed my 3d model on the track solid, added an environment light with an HDRI because EXR file is not working, when i click at track solid's "on" at accept shadows i get the shadow of the object but when i hide the track solid, the track solid goes invisible along woth the shadow so i am unable to get the shadow only while hiding th track solid, i am using 2025 version of after effects and 3d advanced renderer, the accpet lights option is missing here for me. please help

Hello,I'm looking for a plugin that will turn a photo into something like a pencil drawing (realistic sketch). Is there such a thing?Thank you.

Working in a project and the select tool (v) is stuck as a rectangle shape tool. No matter which layer I click on, it just starts making a rectangle. CTRL Z doesn't even undo it. It's also doing it in every comp in the project, even one's without any shapes or masks. I can't click anything and am only able to move by using the arrow keys or dragging position. Please help ^->

Details:Whenever I add more effects or sometimes even standard effects in Adobe After Effects, the RAM usage spikes dramatically, often reaching its maximum capacity. This causes After Effects to crash abruptly, and in some instances, it leads to a complete system crash, forcing me to restart my PC.Steps to Reproduce the Issue:Open Adobe After Effects and load a project.Add or modify effects within the project timeline.Monitor the RAM usage while adding effects or previewing the timeline.Observe a sudden spike in RAM usage, leading to the crash.Expected Behavior:The software should efficiently manage RAM usage even when applying multiple effects, allowing the workflow to continue without interruption.Actual Behavior:The RAM usage spikes uncontrollably, After Effects crashes, and occasionally, the entire system becomes unresponsive and crashes as well.Additional Information:This issue occurs more frequently when working with complex compositions or resource-intensive effects, sometimes

It appears that a recent AE update changed requirements for plugins to be run  while this is a marginal win for anti-piracy (it requires pirates to self sign their bundles, or write an installer to do so, but let's face it most pirates are not buying luxury computers), it would mostly seem to break older plugins which for various reasons have decided not to sign. Since most of the effected plugins are free (The best reason not to sign a bundle is because it costs $99 a year) there are probably a few useful and widely used plugins that have been bricked. Is there a place this change could be documented? is there a place the error codes in the plugin loading logs are documented?

After Effects keeps freezing when previewing compositions, especially with heavy effects. Tried clearing cache and adjusting RAM settings, but no luck. Anyone else experiencing this? Any solutions?

Hey guys, Since CC21 I have a bug which drives me a little demented.When I play back something and then  uncheck it in the Timeline,'Toggle Mask and Shape Path visibility' turns itself off, for no reason. Please watch the video attached. Kind Regards

 Hello! I have a problem to open plugin m.b looks. When i wanted to turn on the button "edit", so plugin was crashed like i send a screen error here. I tried different things, example, reinstall this plugin or ae, update a new drivers or change a preference, but it doesn't work. Maybe is problem about pluggin, which looks don't opened for fun. Anyone have a different idea to fix a error in ae? Thanks you!

Hi I was wondering if there is a way to nest a looping pre-comp into a longer timeline and have it loop?

I've just started using AFX 25.1.0 and Media Encoder 25.1 on my MacBook Pro 2020 M1 with 16GB (running Sonoma 14.6.1). Renders are now inexplicably slow. A render that used to take 2mins with the previous version of AFX and ME is now taking 40mins!!! There is nothing complicated in the project. I can see that the render grinds to a halt when proccessing .MP4 video or .png image sequneces. The videos and image sequences are not even big (1920 x 1080). I know my macbook is a little old and 16GB not a massive amount of ram (these days) but... the same machine had no problem with these sequences in previous versions of AFX and ME. It is driving me crazy. Is anyone else having similar issues? Any ideas for a fix? Would be very grateful if anyone can help. kind regards Paul

Hi, I recently downloaded adobe suite and honestly have no idea what I'm doing yet. I installed the geolayers 3 plugin without any issues but when watching tutorials I noticed that they all have their geolayers open in the right side panel. When I launch it from extensions it opens in its own panel and remains that way throughout. It's extremely awkward and makes the entire process very tiresome. Does anyone know how I fix this?

I have a use case of a simple Mask and would like to keyframe the Mask Opacity On and Off (0% - 100%) however, the Mask Opacity is working as if it is the "Transform Opacity". I strongly believe this is a Bug. 

I've 100+ layers. I can easily click it in the visual preview, but it's too tough to find every element in the layers panel by scrolling up & down for every other element. Isn't there a hotkey to do this?(not talking about type & search feature here)