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I wonder if anyone might be able to give me some guidance, please. I have a video that was originally shot at 30fps but at some point was converted to 25fps, and so every 6th frame is missing, causing a jittery viewing experience. I've installed the Frame Restorer script but am having serious difficulty in understanding how to insert new frames at these regular intervals. I believe one should add repeat markers - but should each marker be placed on the frame which is AFTER or BEFORE the missing frame? I've tried both, then tried INSERT skipped frames, but the resulting rendered file is till jumpy. Any help would be greatly appreciated! NOTE: the missing frames do not appear to be automatically detected, hence I am needing to manually mark these out and insert a new frame after every fifth frame.

Hi,While using the text tool at After Effects (Version 23.6.5, Win10) I tried to change the tracking (Character spacing) skips the first letter:It happened only while typing at Hebrew, no matter which font, and also on a new project.Thank you.

The attached error appears if I try to checkout the output layer before calling checkout_layer_pixels on an input layer. This is consistent with the documentation (https://ae-plugins.docsforadobe.dev/smartfx/smartfx.html?highlight=checkout_output#pf-smartrenderextra). However there are cases where I don't want to check out any inputs and write to the output world immediately (cached render results for example). Why is the checkout needed?  Additionally, the wording is misleading. Not a layer checkout (checkout_layer) is needed, but a checkout of the layer pixels (checkout_layer_pixels). 

Hi,I am having trouble when trying to import audio files from Adobe Creative Cloud libraries to After Effects.I am able to drag image/video files to editing panels with no problem, but not audio files. I have both WAV and MP3 files in my Adobe Creative Cloud libraries and neither works. Error message states file type not supported. Tried exporting files from Adobe Creative Cloud to local folders, then import the exact same files by dragging to editing panels and it works. Reuploading the files to Cloud libraries and it is not working again. Is there something I can change or setup to be able to import audio files directly from Adobe Creative Cloud libraries to After Effects? *After Effects v 23.6.5

I'm sorry if the title doesn't make much sense. I don't really know how to describe this problem, also why i couldn't find any answers by myself.I just switched from AE20 to 24. Something i do a lot is use blur effects to duplicate layes and simulate a shadow under images and objects. I tried doing this, but it turns out the shape of images is limited to a square the size of the image/shape.  Here is what i mean, I used to just blur objects and get a shadow matching the Image's shape. Very useful with png images. But now i get this. The image is locked in this square, and i don't know how to unlock it.I assume it must be something in the settings of each shape, because both pictures are of different layers in the same timeline, and both layers are using the same source image.

im watching youtube tutorial and he has all the options and stuff what am I doing wrong 

Hi all,Does anybody know how to fix this issue? 

Hello all, I am new user to After Effects for Mac. None of the After Effect plugins I've downloaded are working. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling After Effects several times.  And I also uninstalled and reinstalled the plugins multiple times but none of them ever shows up in the Windows > Extension except for Adobe Colors   At first I thought it was only the Bodymovin but after installing 2 other plugins (Motion array &LottieFiles for After Effects) I realize that none of them are showing up in the Windows section. I also tried installing it using Anastasiy’s Extension Manager but keep getting a 602 error.    Please help :(, I keep looking up solutions in forums but can't find an answer.   

ich habe mir am 30.04 after effects geholt will es aber nicht mehr weil es mir zu teuer ist und ich es selten nutze und kann bis heute den 5.05 mein probe abo nicht abbrechen weil da Die Verwaltung dieses Abos wird in Kürze möglich sein steht seit 5 tagen

Hi I'm very new to After Effects and am trying to make a scoreboard that runs off a .csv file. I want to move a cursor from an inital start position to the current score position and then, when the scores are updated, have it more to the new cursor position. I've attached an animation of the basic concept of what I've trying to do. Apologies for the ugly cloud overlay, they have been removed already. The problem i'm having is constructing the if statements to direct the positon transform to the 3 locations. If I write a statement like so: if(time > 5){[currentCoordinates,708.5]} It will be nullified by adding the following: if(time > 8){[newCoordinates,708.5]} The result is the cursor only moves on the last if statement in the sequence. Maybe i'm approaching this all wrong but any help would be greatly appreciated.  Many thanks ATB Concept video: 

Hello,so I have these elements in 3D space (layers). And I want to connect them with a line. My approach was this:1. Draw a line path (shape layer)2. Make it 3D3. Use the "Create Nulls from Paths" script and create Nulls for the individual points of the path4. Make the Nulls 3D5. Link the Nulls' position to the position of the elements I have in 3D space This seems to work until I enable DOF on my camera. Then all the elements get blurred but not the path strokes.I had a look from the top and I saw the layer with the paths was plane and had no depth. It is some kind of a fake 3D effect with them. That is why there is no DOF. I guess that is the reason for Trapcode 3D Stroke to exist. I attached an example of what I want to create here. I assume that the brain was done using Trapcode Form. But I have no idea how to add the lines that connect the elements (in this case with the brain) in a real 3D space. Another thing that just came to my mind was that it might have b

I have a project with compositions within compositions.For example: Final composition < Pre-comp < Character composition I've added sound to the "Character composition", just like I've done a million of times before, on other projects. Now, if I go to any composition that is before that (either "Pre-comp" or "Final composition"), the sound won't play at all. There is no wave form at all, the audio levels are normal and I am sure it's not muted on the timeline.What's weird about it is that it plays normally on it's own composition. The sound won't render either if I render any of those other pre-compositions.

My project is very simple: several layers of photoshop and one two-minute video in mp4 format. I'm using the wiggle expression on four layers and using the blend mode (screen) on the video. When I'm trying to render a 2 minute video in mp4 format. I'm getting a stupid error. AE uses all my RAM and stops rendering... How do I fix this?My specs:Premiere Pro v24.0.0 (Build 58).OS: Windows.CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X.GPU: RTX 2080s.RAM: 64. 

Whenever I do CTRL + A and paste the same preset I want on all layers, it pastes on the same current time indicator on every layer. But I want it to paste according to the START of each layer, not where the current time indicator is located on the timeline.It's caused me to have to manually adjust my current time indicator to the start of each layer and paste the preset individually and costs me a lot of time.Anyone know how to fix this? because i need to apply text bounce to each individual text on my work but there's over 300 pieces of text!

- Saved and exported video with logo aligned to the centre of the image uploaded (base logo image) and to the animation.- Renewed adobe liscence.- Come back to the file to see logo has shifted to the right of the box containing the uploaded logo image. All effects have also been shifted to the right. In both the rendered video and the original image upladed for the logo the logo was centred in the image/video. 

Hello all,I'm trying to create a simple expression that will clamp an input based on another value. More specifically, I have a slider for a month input and a day input and I'm trying tp set up the "DAY"  slider so that depending on what month is inputted in the MONTH slider, the DAY slider will only allow values that correspond to actual calendar values. E.g. if the MONTH slider is set to "2" (february) then if you put "32" for the DAY it'll just change it to "28". I wrote this expression but I have no idea what is wrong based on the error which is:"Property or method named "A" in class 'global' does not exist or is missing. Any help is greatly appreciated!Here is the code:  value = effect("MONTH")("Slider");if (value == 1 || value == 3 || value == 5 || value == 7 || value == 8 || value == 10 || value == 12) { A = 31;} else if (value == 2) { A = 28;} else if (value == 4 || value == 6 || value == 9 || value == 11) { A = 30;}Math.min(Math.max(effect("DAY")(

I have logged in and out of CC, uninstalled the app using creative cloud cleaner tool and restarted my computer and I still cannot open my AE files. I also cant work out how to contact anybody at adobe directly the website is sending me in circles, nightmare ! For reference I am using the most recent version of AE on windows 10. Pls help I've got a deadline tomorrow. 

When i export my project every time I get the same error massage  and cant export project. please help 12vram 32gb ram 1tb win11 rtx 3060 intel i7   Title edited by Mod.

Hey! So basically I had an After Effects comp linked to my Premiere as you do and half way through working on the comp it somehow decided to create a new comp by it self and added a "2" at the end of the file name. So I thught it was weird, but no problem I just clicked on "Replace with After Effects composition" in Premiere once again and selected the newly created comp 2 because half the progress was made in that new one and I hadn't realised. And when I did that it opened up the comp and everytrhing was completely gone. Just a blank project. Is there any way I can get this back? Literally just lost hours of work. I have auto saves set up, but there's nothing there related to the specific comp. Most likely because of the weird way it was automatically just created in the middle of me working on the original.

Hey folks,I'm currently creating new creatives and ads for social media (SoMe) using After Effects. My primary aspect ratios are 1080x1080 and 1080x1920. However, when I finish designing an ad in a composition with a 1080x1080 aspect ratio, including keyframing positions on layers, I encounter difficulty copying all layers to a second composition with a different aspect ratio (1080x1920).The challenge lies in the discrepancy in layer positions and keyframes when pasting into the new composition. This disrupts workflow, requiring extensive readjustment of layers to maintain the original design.I'm seeking advice on the best practices for efficiently transferring designs between compositions with varying aspect ratios in After Effects. Specifically, is there a method to copy layers while preserving their positions and keyframes, thus streamlining the process and ensuring consistency across compositions?Chat GTP gave me two options:         1) Null Object Method:C

Hi, all,I've recently purchased After Effects CC 2019 for my Mac and I'm completely new to the program, and I'm having a few issues with it. I've been watching some tutorials and I see that everyone's able to drag clips/keyframes easily along the timeline, but whenever I try that on my project, it's like they're frozen. I can move them using brackets—[]—but that's all, and it's getting really annoying to do. Even trying to use the little arrows beside the clips to shrink them/make them longer and all of that doesn't work. I'm not sure what's going on.

Hi, Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would like to Pause video layer with an expression for x seconds. after x seconds it should play as normal. The video could be in a comp if that helps. I would like to trigger it either on the video layer or from elsewhere in the project but it must be done with an AE expression.  Thank you! Nick

Hello all, I saw this clip a while back and really loved this motion-tile type of collage, where the individual frames sort of scale and as one scales, the others interactively scale smaller or larger - it gives it a very organic feel. I have been trying to recreate this in AE, what I thought originally was just super simple but am completely dumbfounded and unable to achieve the same look. I have tried finding tutorials but nothing helpful except for just typical boring motion tile type of tutorials that are quite basic. I have become quite familiar with AE but am not as well-versed yet so I am learning but a pretty quick learner so this may end up being just a super simple thing to do and I am overthinking it completely. I have tried all sorts of stuff already but nothing very effective or efficient. I don't want just basic motion tile, again i really want that interactive-ness that the individual frames have with each other. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated! Than

In short, I'm trying to see if there is a way in expressions to find the next layer up the stack that shares a parent. The caveat is that the only thing I can reliably know is that those layers (and only those layers) will share parent. They might not share any part of their name and they might not be next to each other in the layer stack. I sort of figure it would be something like:"Look one layer up. Does that layer have the same parent? Yes - look at property x. No - go to next layer up. Does that layer have the same parent..." (and so on). I'm not sure how one would code "keep looking till you find something or reach the top" but I think there has to be a way to do this. For context: I'm making a template of sorts for the other motion graphic designers on my team. The template is several boxes that can have their Y-size animated on or off based on two sliders of their parented layer: one for animation percentage and one for time offset. The offset is based on an arti