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Anyone able to help on this, myself and some colleagues are getting crash reports with different error messages; Last log message was: 662308 RenderThreadExecutor This was on mine today, got about 2 minutes into opening AE and scrubbing the timeline and it crashed. One problem I thought it might be was working offline from the Google Drive which is my teams set up. Sometimes happens when saving which is why I thought G Drive. We're working on Macs - my Mac 2021 M1 Running 15.3.1 (24D70). I've turned off multi-frame rendering today and it seems to working alright.. but slowing down the work obviously too. More info upon request! Just wondering if anyone was getting these random crashes. 

The trapcode plugin in After Effects seems to be affecting my ability to import 3D objects directly into After Effects (Not Cinema4D), obj, gltf files etc.I'm trying to import a 3D object into After Effects, but all I see when I import the .obj file, is a message saying '3D Model for use with Trapcode'. Is this a bug, or am I doing something daft?Can anyone please advise on how to fix this which doesn't require uninstalling Trapcode?I'm using After Effects 23.6 and I have the latest version of Red Giant installed.Thanks

Hi everyone,I'm trying to create a text box with two lines of text (headline and subline). The box should grow with the text, wichever of the two lines of text is longer. I've gotten this far but now I'm stuck.The box must only expand to the left, keeping it anchored to a fixed place on the right side. Also, the two lines of text must remain centered within the box. I can't really wrap my head around how this could be done. Any help is highly appreciated. Tanks a lot.

I want to change the color of my play head etc. It's POINTLESS to remove it and yet it is removed. Any idea if there's an alternative? If not, don't reply please. Only reply if there is a way to do this.

Hi guys. I'm building a script that needs to store a file settings in the user machine. I'm using "json2" library in order to use objects and save settings as json format. The idea is that if the script runs the first time, it creates the settings file, but if the file already exists, just load its info. My script is made from an UI panel with a "settings" button that launches another panel that feeds from the settings file and has a button to save the changes made in that window (checkboxes, dds, etc). Right now, it creates the settings file for the first time pretty well, but when I try to save new settings in the file, this gets broken and erase everything inside. Here is the current code. Any help will be pretty much appreciated//@include "json2.jsx"; (function myFunction(thisObj) { var settingsProps = { imageSeq : true, renderPreset : "PNG Delivery", allowSkipFiles : true, imageSeqVersions : false, lastRenderPath : [""], lastFFmpeg

I recently subscribed to after effects and when I opened it, it said some plugins were not compatible with my version of after effects (2024). However I cannot find after effects 2023 anywhere, even when I navigate to previous versions, the oldest version they give me is the first 2024 ae version. Does anyone know how I can download after effects 2023? Would be greatly appreciated.

How do u go from the first one to the second one. the artist said he uses ae, I can get a similar effect for the lineart with roughen edges but for the blur and the low quality feel I dont know how he does it I need help 

Hello there good people!Can anyone tell me why Mocha Pro can't track this footage? It seems to me it should be a simple task as the green screen has a very clear edge to track. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?https://www.dropbox.com/s/yg4ww7jy4uwjktq/mocha%20bad%20tracks%20v1.mp4?dl=0Cheers!

Hi!I can't figure out why when using SmartRender() my render doesn't update when I adjust the slider on the timeline. The value in this lineA_long shift = in_data->current_time / in_data->time_step;does change but the render itself doesn't update. When I use the deprecated Render() everything works fine. How can I ensure that the render is updated when the timeline time changes?This code is supposed to shift the image to the right as the timeline time changes. It works with video, but not with images. Perhaps I need to set the correct flag? out_data->out_flags = PF_OutFlag_DEEP_COLOR_AWARE | PF_OutFlag_SEND_UPDATE_PARAMS_UI | PF_OutFlag_WIDE_TIME_INPUT; out_data->out_flags2 = PF_OutFlag2_FLOAT_COLOR_AWARE | PF_OutFlag2_SUPPORTS_SMART_RENDER | PF_OutFlag2_DOESNT_NEED_EMPTY_PIXELS | PF_OutFlag2_AUTOMATIC_WIDE_TIME_INPUT | PF_OutFlag2_SU

 Good morning, afternoon, evening. I have a question in regards to Dynamic Link. I'm a small YouTuber focusing primarily on gaming. When recording my videos, I record in 3840x1080, so that when editing, I can make my template 1920x1080 and duplicate the file and use one for my face cam and the other as my screen recording via cropping. This works well, until it's time to add effects in After Effects via Dynamic Link. When After Effects imports my video, the part that I cropped out reappears. Could anyone give me any insight as to why this is happening. Thank you in advance!  

I've tried a few things like trim paths but im having trouble recreating this correctly

I restored my pc and suddenly my Motion Array stopped working. I use the free version of it.I reinstaled, repaired, I did everthing I could. I asked my friend to install on his desktop and it worked well with him. I'm getting this error on After Effects: "After Effects warning: The following plugins have failed to load. Please reinstall these plugins:C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\MAPlugins\Distorter\Bulger.prmC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\MAPlugins\Distorter\Rippler.prmC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\MAPlugins\Distorter\Roller.prmC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\MAPlugins\Distorter\Stretcher.prmC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\MAPlugins\Filmroll\BasicRoll.prmC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\MAPlugins\Filmroll\BounceRoll.prmC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\MAPlugins\Filmroll\PushRoll.prmC:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\Med

Hi everyone, I hope you are doing well. I hope someone here will be able to help me. I am experiencing a very annoying problem in AE. When I preview a composition, about 1s into the preview, the audio skips forward slightly. It skips forward a different amount and at a slightly different place every time I preview, sometimes not happening at all. I am using the latest version (18.2.0), but this happened on previous versions. I even tried installing 17.0 to no avail. It happens on every project, no matter the project/composition settings or contents of the composition (even just a single .mp3 or .wav file). It doesn't affect audio-only previews (Numpad .). The info panel indicates that it is playing real time. Things I have tried:Purging all memory and disk cacheDeleting the preferences fileUsing both AE 17.0 and 18.2.0Using a different computer (it happens on my laptop and desktop)Every combination of 41/48/96kHz in Project Settings and Audio Hardware PreferencesBot

I need to track a long and continuous drone shot of a road in After Effects, which means that ever so often the tracked tracking points will eventually leave the screen limits and new will come to be tracked as well. How do I combine it all in ONE SINGLE 3D camera, which I need to export (or crate a script) to export to a 3D softuare (3DS Max in my case). I need to put a new 3D road on top of the existing one, captured by my  10-minute long drone shot.

I was trying to add gradient and its literally blank screen my eye icon is on everything is proper but at the left top you can see the gradient have been added but my compisition panel have been continously blank what should i do to fix this? I even tried adding a photo its still the same blank screen.

Hi, I would like to make IntelliStar v1 emulation. I need to get Interstate fonts for creating text (current conditions, local forecast, etc) and we need to get Allen Jackson narrations. Is there anyway on how to do this?

Hey everyone,I have a script that imports an .aep file into the active composition. The script works, but when I try to undo, After Effects throws this warning: Undo group mismatch, will attempt to fix. It happens whenever I use app.executeCommand or other app. methods inside app.beginUndoGroup and app.endUndoGroup. Code Snippet below;export const ImportPrecomps = (PrecompName: string, Alpha: number, Theme: number) => {try {const comp = getActiveComp();const myBin = getOrCreateBin("TestBin");app.beginUndoGroup("Import Precomps");let precomp = findPrecompInBin(PrecompName, myBin);if (!precomp) {const file = new File("/path/to/my.aep");const importOptions = new ImportOptions(file);app.project.importFile(importOptions);// Find the imported precompprecomp = findPrecompInBin(PrecompName, myBin);if (precomp) precomp.parentFolder = myBin;}if (precomp) {const newLayer = comp.layers.add(precomp);newLayer.property("ADBE Layer Overrides").property(1).setValue(Alpha);newLayer.pro

Is there any way to install the version 2022 vor Mac? i need it 

I have put a precomp inside a precomp inside a precomp. I get bad resolution after export, much worse then when the precomps where not inside each other this way. Is this to be expected? I do this way to get a cleaner workspace.

I'm sure this has been asked before but I search did not find it. I have seperate .obj and .mtl files. How do I import and attach the material?

Hello... how to loop composition with CC Bubbles effect in AE?

Hi guys! sorry about this simple question, i created a retangular shape layer and i need to animate her using trim path, like a loading bar, but when i try to do this, the bar fills sideways, like on this screen shot. I need the bar filled like a loading bar, i know i can use mate to use other shape layer to hide him and animate position to reveal the original shape, but i was wondering how i can do this with trim path! thanks

After effects seems to forget keyboard shortcut (cmd+m). For example I'm animating some graphic elements and everything is working well, but when I try to export the final animation, I'm pressing cmd+m (the shortcut I made, somehow this new after effects doesn't have it by default) it doesn't work, but when I just open the menu for keyboard shortcuts and close it, without changing or adding anything, it works. It's like I have to remind it by just opening the menu...Weird

I noticed someone else had a very similar problem back in February, but had just upgraded to CS3 and opened a 6.5 file. I'm working on a file I just began a couple of days ago in CS3 and have begun having the same problem today. The problem is that at seemingly random times, keyframes that I've been moving back and forth to tweak suddenly cease to be selectable. If I singe-click on them with either mouse button, nothing happens. If I double-click on them with either mouse button, the current setting dialogue box pops up. BUT--if I drag a marquee around one or more of them, they will get selected--I just can't move them. I'll drag a keyframe or keyframes one way, it won't be quite right, so I'll try to drag them back, and suddenly some of them won't go, and when I try to select them singly, they just stay gray. They show up in the graph editor, but I can't move them there either. I have no idea what's going on. Anybody else know what's going on? Thanks, Clint

Nothing is showing up in the composition panel in after effects.  I created a new project and added my text layers in the timeliness but it not show up in the composition window. It will not preview or anything. Zoom is fine and yes thing are actually added to the timeline to view (texts). Is it that the driver is not updated?