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The problem: when I hold shift so that I can move a text from left to right (not up and down) After Effects lags extremely. But when I don't press shift, the text moves smoothly and without lag. I've attached a video. Windows 11After Effects 25.1Nvidia Studio Driver 572.16RTX 4080 Super, i9 14900k, 128gb Ram Let me know if I need to provide more information.

Hello everyone, this is my first post here, this community it's amazing!I'm trying to make a mogrt with 9 text boxes that changes from export to export.The text must be justifyed to the right and follow the path of the shape of the circle.The text comes one by one from the bottom, and slowly with a pauze of 5 secound, goes up.The problem is that when i try to use text path to shape, and change the text it's going all over the place.... it's not statying in the text box. Thank you in advanced and hoped that you understand what i need.I've attached a picture with the layout

I've drawn a white square with no background so I have not imported any foortage. When I export the file I keep getting a black line around my transparent video from after effects. I'm exporting it as a quicktime, Apple ProRes 4444, Straight (unmatted), RGB+Alpha. I can not find any information online that suggest to do anything different from what I'm trying already. I've exported from render que and media encoder and get the same result. What am I missing?

Does anyone know how to fix this error? I have tried all the basic fixes such as restarting AE, my computer, resetting settings, turning off my plugins and the effects mentioned in the error screens, and importing the comp into a new project. I am now updating my Mac. I am running the After Effects 25.1. The error appeared out of nowhere. I can still open AE but I get that error when I open the comp. It is a big comp with some 3D (Classic 3D Renderer).My specs are:2022 M2 Macbook Air 13.6-inch16 GB of RAMMacOS Ventura  

So I have a new PC withIntel® Core™ i9-14900K processorNVIDIA® GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super - 16 GBAfter Effects 25.1.0 (build 68) When I start After Effects with a new project and I create a new composition with a white background:I get the following result:Even with a white solid layer:It looks to me that I encounter this known issue: Known issues in After EffectsThe resolution do works for me but it feels like I'm not using the full potentiol of my system then. Is there any update about this known issue? I see the last update time of the page is 14 nov. 2024.

Hello,Sometimes I incur in an issue. It has now reached a point that it bothers me too much. So I ask to please help me understand:Only sometimes (very sparingly) if, in between 2 keyframes, I alter the keyed position of the layer, this results not in a new keyframe at the playhead position, but rather it modifies the PREVIOUS keyframe in the time line. The auto keyframe feature does not influence the above behavior.Any idea?It looks like a stupid question, but it makes me waste a lot of time.Thanks 

So, I was having some, what seemed to me caching issues when preview-ing in AE when rendering with transform_world, and couldn't find a way to fix it, until I accidentally stumbled upon following thread: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/writing-a-plugin-that-scales-the-layer-applied-to/td-p/14446281 Where @shachar carmi says following: "first off, the docs are wrong about putting in_data on the first arg." and continues down "so now we can see the first arg is actually the effect_ref (in_data->effect_ref) that should go there, but i put a NULL instead. (otherwise it checks for interrupts)" So I just trying putting NULL instead and that fixed my issue I had! So:1) What is this argument about and what is the difference between in_data->effect_ref and NULL2) Why is adobe keeping this in documentation if it's wrong

Adobe After Effects is still the go-to tool for motion graphics and video compositing, and the 2025 updates have introduced exciting new features. What new tools or techniques have you found most useful for motion design and animation? Let’s talk about how After Effects is evolving and how we can use it to create stunning visuals.

Hi!I'm not sure if this is a bug or if it's just how AE works, but I have 2 keyframes. The first has no ease, the second one has a 100% ease in.Does anyone know why there appears to be a slight curve on the first keyframe (see image)? I would expect there to be no curve there as I have not added any easing to that keyframe.And then when I click keyframe velocity > change nothing > click OK, it changes the curve (see video)? After Effects 25.1.0 (build 68)Macbook Pro 16" 2021, M1 Pro, running Sequoia 15.3.1

Hello,I want to draw 2 circles in the UI, and the following code used to work fine in the past (older AE version) but not anymore: DRAWBOT_PointF32 center1 = { drawRectF.left + point.x , drawRectF.top + drawRectF.height - point.y }; suites.PathSuiteCurrent()->AddArc(plotPath, &center1, 4.0f, 0.0f, 360.0f); DRAWBOT_PointF32 center2 = { drawRectF.left + point.x + 100 , drawRectF.top + drawRectF.height - point.y }; suites.PathSuiteCurrent()->AddArc(plotPath, &center2, 4.0f, 0.0f, 360.0f); center1 and center2 basically have a difference of 100px in X and that's it. With this code I was able to draw 2 circles 100px appart from each other. Now with the latest AE version (don't know in which version this changed), the result it kind of unexpectedI tried to use the MoveTo call between circles to prevent that middle arc, and it kind of worked but I only get half a circle for the second one, even though I specified the angles correctly. One other odd th

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Hi all,I'm scaling some text from very large (2000%) down to 100%. Trouble is that the easing doesn't work when I do it. I have tried precomping the text, attaching it to a null and playing with the point size, but nothing has helped. I tried doing a smaller scale and it works just fine, so it appears to be something related to the size. Any thoughts?

 Please tell me how to fix this errorI get this error when saving 

Hello everyone,I have a question about animating confetti in After Effects. I want to animate confetti that appears and moves through the frame along a path. The confetti should keep moving slightly. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find a tutorial on how to do this. Is there anyone who can give me advice on the best way to approach this?

Hi,I want this random expression to slow so that I can see the color change, I mean 1st color will stay for few seconds (Maybe 2/3 seconds), then the next color will also pause for some time, and then third color same...I want them to stay for few seconds before shifting to the next color. How can I slow it? what  should I write in the expression so that AE can make the color to stay for few seconds. Thank you   

I haven't used this in a while, I'm now reinstalling stuff over and over. I have this demo project I need to work on today to get this job and now I'm dealing with Maxon snags.  Can't I just run Cineware 2025? I have it installed, why is this error coming up? Do I need to back install? Please advise, thanks. 

Hello everyone,I recently stumbled upon this post that was made in 2013: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/bezier-curve-conversion-between-value-graph-and-speed-graph/m-p/5741221#M141939 talking about the mathematics for converting speed graphs to value graphs. I found the math to be fairly simple for one dimension, but with multi-dimension calculations, specifically in python, my curve values don't seem correct. The author hagmas provided a solution in which I tried to implement, but it seems incorrect when I run my own numbers. Python: import math x_first, x_last = 0, 100 y_first, y_last = 0, 200 z_first, z_last = 0, 0 duration = 30 x_diff = abs(x_first - x_last) y_diff = abs(y_first - y_last) z_diff = abs(z_first - z_last) x_avg, y_avg, z_avg = x_diff / duration, y_diff / duration, z_diff / duration avg_speed = math.sqrt(x_avg * x_avg + y_avg * y_avg + z_avg * z_avg) in_influence, out_influence = 0.50, 0.50 in_speed, out_speed = 200, 0 bezier_i

(The problem video below) This issue started today, and I have no idea why. My only thought could be that it is my most recent Mac update, but I am not sure.I've tried using "Purge", "preferences", "clearing caches" and everything but most of the time, they do not appear in preview, but when rendering and when the video finished rendering, those glitches would appear as well in the final video. 

I have a valid yearly subscription with Adobe creative cloud.I frequently use Photoshop, illustrator and inDesign and all of them are working fine.I start talking some After effect classes. After a few days of using After effect I start getting this error message. I update the drive of the Nivide chipset on my laptop but it is not loading.  I can use it on safe mode but i prefer to use it on normal mode. 

Hello, I was using AE earlier today and then all of a sudden my keyframes stopped moving. My layers were not locked, and the only way I could fix it is by deleting a keyframe and then redoing it. The only way I could select a keyframe was by dragging not clicking. But the keyframes are just stuck they won't move. I would select a keyframe, and it won't move. I use AE 2022.

I'm looking to create a faux 3D extruding animation by connecting two copies in different sizes of the same shape. Ideally, it would be even better to make it in a 3D environment, but a 2D could do the job. I have found several ways to connect individual vertices with lines—but ONLY lines, not all vertices of a shape.I made a mockup using the Blend tool in Adobe Illustrator (See the GIF images below).

Hello. I am wanting to apply nulls to points in a shape in a 3D space. From script "Create Nulls From Paths" I select my path from a 3D shape layer and click "Nulls Follow Points" and it does create the nulls, but only in a projected view as 2D, ignoring any Z positioning. I have tried separating the postions and seeing if I can force the Z positioning out in the expression with no luck.  My goal is to use the shape to control the null positions which I can attach images/comps to. 

I have two text layers, (Text 1 and Text 2) each is controlled by Slider to change the text, now the script work as it swap their position the higher number always remain at top, but if someone can help the position swap too quick, how can i easy ease them, like it change in 5 frames script :slider1 = thisComp.layer("Text 1").effect("Slider 1")("Slider")slider2 = thisComp.layer("Text 2").effect("Slider 2")("Slider")originalPos1 = [value[0], 1002.753];originalPos2 = [value[0], 1349.9595];// Determine target position based on slider valuestargetPos = (slider2 > slider1) ? originalPos1 : (slider2 < slider1 ? originalPos2 : value);// Smooth transitionsmoothTime = 2; // Adjust for slower or faster transitioncurrentTime = time;previousPos = valueAtTime(currentTime - smoothTime);linear(currentTime, currentTime - smoothTime, currentTime, previousPos, targetPos);

Hello, the newest media encoder version in macOS(Sequoia 15.0) has a problem rendering the AfterEffects composition, which contains expressions referring to other compositions. This problem occurs ONLY in MacOS.  (Windows works well) It works fine in the After Effects preview and the After Effects renderer (lossless). However, as soon as I start rendering with Media Encoder, the plain video(H.264), which isn't applied the expression comes out. How to reproduce the errorThe problematic expression is simple:Please test using the expression below. 1. referring to other compositions in the object expressioncomp("otherCompName").layer("something").position[0] 2. render the composition, which contains the expression above, using a media encoder (So that you know, I used many expressions in my project under the problematic  situation.)