Questions

Hi. I'm having problem with drop shadow effect. In pre-production looks ok, after putting it thru Media Encoder, it's glitching. It can be seen in 2nd second of file I've attached. But it's random, if I put it to Media Encoder again, glitch may be in diffrent spot, but it's always from drop shadow.

Bonjour! J'aimerais changer la langue de mon logiciel After Effects pour le passer de français à anglais, afin de pouvoir suivre des tutos (youtube, tiktok) sans problème de traduction. Comment est-ce possible ? J'ai beau avoir changé la langue dans mes préférences, rien ne change. Merci d'avance!

hi all, i have a layer added the "wave warp" effect, and i want it not just keep waving, i hope it can gradually start/stop waving , but on that "wave warp" panel i don't see the stopwatch that i can set the keyframe. do you know how i can do it?thank you in advance.

Hallo, ich habe mir ein neues Surface gekauft. Allerdings kann ich After Effects jetzt nichtmehr finden. Es liegt wahrscheinlich an dem Modell? Kann ich das umgehen?

I'm running Cinema 4D R25 Studio on my machine. So, I uninstalled Cinema 4D Lite after installing Adobe Creative Cloud and installed Cinema 4D Studio afterwards. Now, when I try to change a composition's 3D renderer to "Cinema 4D", an error message is popping up, telling me that Cinema 4D must be installed for using the Cinema 4D renderer. How can I tell After Effects that Cinema 4D Studio actualyl is installed, up and running on my machine and ready to be used by After Effects?

In the latest update of After Effects, Element 3D with AO enabled in RayTrace becomes completely black. Who can help me?

Does anyone know the problem here? The preview screen isn't black, it's just gone. This happened after I updated my computer and when I opened After Effects, "it was initializing GPU," but then when it was finished the preview screen was just gone. It also doesn't interfere with rendering at all, and projects still render normally with the full video. 

I am rotobrushing a video. To optimize performance, I've split my video into different sections, applying Rotobrush to each segment individually. However, I’m running into an issue where I can't adjust the starting frame of the propagation time span. Is there a way to change the beginning frame for propagation within these split sections? Any help would be appreciated! 

hi. im using a Victus by HP Gaming Laptop . Normally, i was using AE just fine. after a month of break, i open it and i can hear the voice but preview panel is completely blank, no matter what i do.I tried many ways i saw onlibe, restarted it, cleaned the cache, enabled mercury, updated my drivers and graphics card, etc. The problem is still there. I need to use the app urgently. I Will put my laptop specs and the ae screen. 

So since Premire pro removed Venetian Blinds, I need that effect to add to my time line.So I'm trying to make it in after effects, I make the blinds as I want to, but they only last a fraction of a second and then it just goes white.  I've never used after affects before, But I just want the effect to stay put for 30 seconds to I can add it as a layer on my premire pro proejct

Hi everybody, I am making short videos for a mobile application project. Initially, the videos were going to be used within a different platform but now they want to use these videos inside the mobile app. Videos are usually 10 seconds long and 750x1624 px. It contains mov, psd, and png format elements. I also used 3D camera movements. I'm trying to convert videos to JSON files via LottieFiles and Bodymovin but the translation fails because it doesn't support these files. How can I find a solution for this? AE v22.4.0 - Bodymovin 5.8.1 - LottieFiles v1.0

I’m facing an issue with the quality of my vector file in Adobe After Effects. After downloading my .ai file from Adobe Illustrator and pasting it into After Effects as composition layers, the file loses quality when zooming in, and the logo doesn't display correctly. Is there an internal setting I need to adjust when uploading vector files to ensure they maintain their vector quality? I have uploaded a vector, but it doesn’t seem to scale properly. Any advice on fixing this issue would be appreciated!

Hi community. Im using particular fluid physics simulation. Im trying to figure out where in the settings to make the fluid drip from the beginning of my timeline but cannot locate where in the settings to do it., but the fluid starts dripping after 5 seconds, and I need the fluid to start dripping from from timeframe 0.example: When a lid of honey comes off, the honey although more solid in liquid form, it starts immediantly to drip. Thank you.  

I updated After Effects to the new 24.5 and it just crashes upon the loading screen and supplies the error crash message - Last log message was: <194416> <MEE_Plugins> <5> /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/7.0/MediaCore My setupiMac M1Mac Os 14.6 SonomaI have tried re-installing as well as installing AE Beta and older version of AE to see and I get the same error message, I basically can't open or run AE at all... I cannot do my day job now and am in trouble.

Hey there!I have recently begun programming for after effects (I have a basic knowledge of programming principles)I started using the Skeleton from the examples, tested out stuff and even changed it to make a fill effect.Now when I try to upload the Mangler project, Visual Studio opens After effects with no problem but I can't find the Mangler Effect.Couldn't find any errors related to the plugin in AE's log and when I try to launch it again with my Skeleton's version (Changed the name to Basics) it still works.Also checked and the Mangler.aex file is created.Any idea what is wrong here? I haven't changed a bit of the code 😞

Hello, I've been working with After Effects for some time and I've done keying, but I have a project where I'd like to use this footage. I've been trying for almost 2 days with a bit different approaches, but nothing works quite as it should, you can see that the spacer suit just has too much spill and is very shiny, plus the green screen room has different nuances of the green some pleats. I tried to enhance the color with Lumetri, but I guess it doesn't help much. What I currently have tried is doing multiple masks on the original layer and assigning multiple keylight effects for each of them. I have another comp for preserving the shadow. I also tried using Ae Scripts Composite Brush, but it just adds a little to the whole key, I guess it's not suitable for keying a subject that contains the exact same color as the background. I can still do a little work with keyframing the masks, but overall it won't change the result - you can see some chatter, flicker, contours, u

Hi all, what is the best way to implement icons ( for clickable buttons ) in my after effects script UI? Without having to reference a .png path? So the .jsx file is selfcontained.

I’ve been working on creating animations using After Effects and want to embed them into a website for smooth performance across different devices. What are some recommended practices or export settings for optimizing After Effects animations for the web? Are there any specific formats or plugins that work best to ensure fast loading times and compatibility with website platforms?Thanks in advance,

Hola Cómo lograríais este efecto en AE? / Hi how would you achieve this effect in AE?

Bonjour,J'ai un très grand nombre phrases (plus d'une centaine) qui s'enchainent à intervales régulières dans une compo. Les phrase n'étant pas toutes de la même longueur, la largeur de la compo est réglée sur la plus longue d'entre elles. Mais je souhaiterais que toutes les phrases, en jouant sur l'espacement entre les lettres, aient la même longueur : celle de la composition.Connaissez-vous un script ou une expression qui permettrait de faire cela, svp ?

The sound slows down in After Effects. There were no problems before, but suddenly the sound slowed down, when I set the same FPS the sound is slow, when I set 30 fps and in preview 60, the sound becomes normal, but the video is accelerated and it is not convenient to work like that, I also tried the convert method, it helps, but it takes time, help, who encountered this problem and how did you solve it🙏I've uploaded an additional video so you can understand how the sound slows down.

Where is it gone please?😓🤔 🤔

hi everyone!i regularly make precisely animated lyrics videos and use a lot of time creating a keyframe for every word by hand. is there a way to automate this? maybe a script?here is an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqa_qTnyaL0Thanx!

I just got this screenshot from my colleague who uses After Effects in his work. Seems like After effects is trying to collect some location data but it can't since the corresponding Windows service is off. So why does AE want to know where my friend is? 

Whenever I select rotobrush, it's just not working, behaving like the same selection tool. Please anyone help me!