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Is there anyone out there in the community that might be able to help me solve a problem I have created but can't seem to figure out what I've done.I'm working on the composition titled 'Lockup' in the attached file 'Insights Live Virtual Lockup Animated_Strong Glow_BIGGER GLOW'. I've created a neon glow using mask layers (several layers with differening brush sizes, opacities and gausian blurs) and layers with a gradient background that use the mask layers in Track Matte. I'm getting a flicker at the end of the letters (most visible on the lime green because of the contrast with the background). I can't figure out why the glow is flickering. The changes in brush size and gausian blur on the mask layers last for longer strecthes of time, they're not jumpy, sharp movements like the flickering. The width of the gradient glow is created by the fluctuating size of the stroke in the mask layer, but as far as I can remember and as far as I can tell there's nothing on those mask lay

Hi, I have a technical question that could somewhat be solved with "Wiggle Paths" but it doesn't work quite the same way. I'd like to know if there's a simple way to apply Wiggle only to the points of a vector shape in After Effects, just like this plugin does with mask points. I tried applying it to a vector shape, but it doesn't recognize it; it only works if it detects the element as a mask. Thank you in advance for your help,

Hi there.I have this script saved as an animation preset. This one works perfectly on certain compositions, but not all.What I did was selected the time remap add a keyframe, paste the script. Save the preset.As mentioned on most compositions it works, on others it doesnt.When it doesn't i have to manually enable time remap and paste the exact same script. Then it works.Feels odd, and I do not know what I am doing wrong here.var numMarkers = thisComp.marker.numKeys; var finalValue = value; // Default value if no markers are found if (numMarkers >= 2) { var markerInTime = null; var markerOutTime = null; // Find the first "IN" and "OUT" markers for (var i = 1; i <= numMarkers; i++) { var markerComment = thisComp.marker.key(i).comment; var markerTime = thisComp.marker.key(i).time; if (markerComment == "IN" && markerInTime == null) { markerInTime = markerTime; } else if (markerComment == "OUT" && markerOut

Hi,I want a specific location icon to start its y axis  animation (math sin) after a certain time period when the first animation ends. So, my first trim path animation ends at 185 frame. (6 sec 5 frame) , I dnt know how can I write the expression to tell the green location icon 'hey green location icon now you start your animation''. please help me. 😥I can sense that I have to use value at time expression. but what should I write?😥   

Hey Y'all,     I have imported multiple PSD files with many comps/layers.  I need them all to be 3D layers, but I don't want to manually go into 30 comps and change the layers to 3D by hand.  Is there a script or some quick way to do this?  Thanks!

Anyone Help Me Out from this Trying to edit template in after effect but showing this everytime   

Hi,I'm trying to import a VR video from C4D and I'm following a tutorial in which the person checks "Allow scripts to write file and access network" in AE under general.When I go to mine, I can't see that line, I see others like "show tool tips", etc.I already uninstalled and installed after effects and it's still not working so I haven't been able to import the  AEC file.Please help!Thanks.

Hi! I have a problem with rendering this Element 3d object I made in blender. The shadows flicker and even changing the renders settings (very high sampling etc) the problem happens. You can see it in the clip below. Also with no particular lights the edges flickered. AO is switched on. Do you know how to solve this please??

I have tried to render this project more than 4 times now, and each time the same issue happens and it comes out super glitchy and blurry. Everything looks fine when I play it back before rendering, and I checked my settings and they seem to be good (or just what i've always used which has been working for me). I tried changing a couple things each render, like using less layers and less effects but it still comes out the same so I'm just wondering what the issue could be. After this I rendered out another project that didn't have any text in it and that one turned out fine, so I thought the issue could be with the text or the font but even when I tried to render an image of the text that I screenshotted it turned out the same. I've attached what it looks like after rendering, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone!Recently I encountered the color matching problem on After Effects and Premiere Pro and need your help.I created an animation title for the music video on After Effects (the pink color code is #F9B7A7) and after I import the AE file to Premier Pro, the color becomes lighter and desaturated. I tried other colors (yellow, blue, red) but it doesn't match no matter what.How can I solve this problem? I attached the screenshot from both AE and Premiere Pro below. AE version is AE 18.2.1 and Premiere Pro's version is V15.0.

Hello Community!I have been editing this video. I have a lot of shots, I use graphics and additional videos and I get that ad. I already set up the preferences and expanded the RAM. What other things do you recommend I can do and how can I export in good quality and low weight?.Thanks for your help! I appreciate it.

Hello,I have an affect effects file, on this file I have a text box with a name.I want to change the name to "Stephen", then add it to the render queue, and then change the name to "Jamie", then add that to the render queue and so on until I have 50 different names in the render queue. And then click "render" so I can leave my PC running and it renders all 50. How do I do this? (When I add each one to the render queue and start the render, it only creates files for the last name I entered and not each name. I.e. it creates 50 files but all with the same name, enough I changed the name on each before adding each to the render queue). TIA

I know this is an old topic, but I can't find anybody talking about this specific one: CONTEXT AND MY ALL LIFE WORKFLOWLet's imagine I need to export my video in H.264 mp4 because I need them to be a small file. In order to do this, my workflow that I've been using without a problem was: Pre-render in After Effects, changing the video output module to Apple ProRes 422 HQ, Clicking the "Queue in AME" button, then once it's added on the Media Encoder Queue, I check if the format is H.264, and that the setting is "Match source High Bitrate". Then I click the play button. I've been doing this the exact same way for almost all of my projects. Obviously by doing an mp4 colors tend to change a bit, but they never was too serious.THE PROBLEMSo everything was fine until today. I exported my mp4 file as I used to and was ready to send the material when I noticed the huge change in my colors. I had my After effects project opened, so I placed my Quicktime Player window next to the After Effe

Hi I was wondering if anyone knew any tools that would do lip sync in a particular way for me. I want a puppet effect so the mouth just opens and shuts like an old wooden puppet, roughly in time with the speech.I've tried a few AI tools but they try to be too realistic and the video needs to be longer than they can do. The image attached gives an idea of how I want the mouth cut out and moving up and down in one chunk. Here is a youtube short of the sort of thing I'm talking about but I'm going for a less freaky vibe. https://youtube.com/shorts/YThggcgu7FE?si=AREozQFBGo_qcqAp Experience level with After effects is basic so any youtube video turorial suggestion would be welcome. Many thanks

I've been using AE for over a decade now and can't remember ever having this issue. After finishing a project, I will reduce, consolidate, collect, etc. in order to archive the project for storage. Currently, the latest version of AE 18.4.0 Build 41 running on MacOSX 10.15.7. I have noticed when relinking footage placed in a new folder, all footage types will be located automatically once the first project file has been located... except for MP4s. Excuse me, but what? I can't be the only one that has decided to rename a footage folder before, used "replace footage" on a single PNG for example, and seen all other footage be found and updated to the newly renamed folder. Well, normally this would grab all footage files, including MP4s. Now, let's say I change the MP4 location back to the original recorded in the file, and I click "Reload Footage"... well, that too will fail. A dialog box says the footage is not at the very location that it is at. The only way to restore the footage is to

When clicking the "Generate Fill Layer" button, the following error occurs.Similarly, it now appears when importing PNG sequences. Previously, there were no errors.Win 11, AE 25.1   

Hey recently i see a tutorial video which is about digital pixelated logo reveal but i have a doubt i use a square to reveal the logo by using alpha mat and the add turbulant displace and mosiac effect , then pre compose that layer and when i use a duplicate of that layer as alpha invert map the whole logo should be hide but the pixelated box are visiable why?

I would like to animate an object in varying, smooth orientations to give the illusion of going forward along a path, reversing along a path without turning around, and going forward once again.Here is an image to better illustrate things.I know how to do step 1. Simply animate along a path with orientation along the path. The tricky part for me is step 2. I would like the object to go in reverse without turning around for a while, then going forward again at some point (step 3) just like before.Any suggestions?

After effects program fades the colors of the last two videos. What is the reason? How can I fix it? Both versions of the videos are raw. One is opened in the program and the other in the mp4 application.

HiI'm trying to create a file that pulls groups of names from an Excel file (which I converted to JSON) and randomly scatters the group of names across the screen and every 5 seconds swaps and scatters the names of the next group of names.My problem right now is that I don't understand how to do different animations for different words within a single text layer.One solution I found is to make each word be on a separate layer using a script. The problem with this is that I have a file with 1325 names and I assume 1325 layers will crash my software. If anyone knows how to do this correctly, I would be very grateful! 🙏 (The number of names in each round varies from 1 to 79)

I just launched After Effects again for the first time in a couple months just to make a very quick and basic edit. Unfortunately whenever I create a composition the window just won't update and when I resize it just goes haywire. Moving the window around to different parts of AE doesn't fix the problem, neither does restarting the program or my computer. Reinstalling to a different drive didn't change anything. What's in the composition doesn't seem to matter, I've tried it at full res, low res, even with an empty comp and the problem is exactly the same. I checked my hardware and everything is fine, nothing is being throttle, overheated, etc.

Hi! Does anyone know how to create a dropdown with an icon in ExtendScript?I saw this in a regular script (not an extension) and I really want to know how!Here is the example of what i saw, as you can see, there is an blue image icon in the list itself

Hi, I need some help here. I'm not so sure what I'm doing wrong.Here are my steps:1) Click on Camera tracker, waited for the footage to be tracked.2) Selected 3 points on a surface, created a null and camera.3) Placed a Polaroid picture in timeline as another layer, made it 3DHowever, the Polaroid does not track.4) Removed Polaroid picture from timeline.5) Clicked on Null layer in the timeline and realised that the null was not tracking but stationary throughout the clip.I've tried pre-composing the footage and it still does not work. Most of the tracking points looks good and fixed on my footage.My footage is the opening of a door revealing a baby crib and a bunch of stuffed toys in the room. There are no tracking points on the door. Please advise!

I'm using AE20019 on an iMac Pro suddenly all my text look jagged. What can be causing this.Thanks.

Bonjour,je rencontre un problème sous Adobe After effect. Quand je crée une composition avec un fond (rose par exemple), dans la prévisualisation il y a juste un fond noir qui prend l'enssemble de la taille de cette fenêtre. Je ne comprend pas, je n'ai rien fait et meme en installant et réinstallant rien ne change. Je n'ai pas la touche Majuscule enfoncé etc. Je suis sous Windows 10 - Adobe After Effect CC 2020 1.7.1.1 (buil 34). Je vous remercie d'avance pour votre aide ...------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello,I'm having a problem with Adobe After effect. When I create a composition with a background (pink for example), in the preview there is just a black background that takes the whole size of this window. I don't understand, I didn't do anything and even installing and reinstalling nothing changes. I don't have the Shift key pressed etc.I am under Windows 10 - Adobe After Effect CC 20