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While working with expressions a noticed something strange going on with my box sizes when a text used faux bold & sourceRectAtTime().After investigating I discovered that at 100pt, faux bold always ads 10.8 ... px to the initial bounding box.The measured actual difference was 4px in the case of Time New Roman. I can reproduce this behavior in both the latest AE 23.3 version and the AE Beta 24.2.0. I added a sample AE files that describes this issue.Why is this an issue? I wanted to create a rectangle around text with faux bold that reacts to / sclaes with the fonts used in the text. Is this intended behavior or an actual bug?

So after all of the hype about these machines and the incredible amount of RAM than no one could possible need or use. I am constantly running into low memory, run out of memory warming banner. AE will not allow me to allocate any less than 24gb for the system and it's becoming infutiating.   I've moved form a mac pro with 256gb RAM so this after all of the "apple marketing" turns out this sytems is yet to be a mac pro killer.  Any advice - or is this also a bit of an adobe bottleneck? I've also spoken to Apple who of course blame it all on adobe. But the fact i cannot upgrade the RAM anymore - seems RIDICULOUS.  

I've been experimenting with AEGP_RenderAndCheckoutLayerFrame_Async lately, and came across some interesting behavior. I believe further experimentation could result in some pretty interesting usage from within AEGPs.Starting with my version of the `Grabba` sample project, I created an AsyncManager class to handle calling AEGP_RenderAndCheckoutLayerFrame_Async.Couple of interesting tidbits I've noticed:- This call IS safe to use on other threads, as long as only one thread is calling it at a time.- The Callback Function comes from `BEE.dll`, and works with (I haven't tried all, but I'd assume) all standard AEGP calls. Main pain points/questions-I'm looking for recommendations on capturing and safely returning the AEGP_WorldH (referred to as WorldPtr in my library) back to the main thread from the callback function. Currently, I've tried captureing by reference in the lambda and directly returning as a future, but I'm seeing some memory issues in doing so ( I believe corruption related)

Hello! I recently lost an AE file I used to create several MOGRTs. I never exported said MOGRTs as such files, simply exported them into the creative cloud library. I now need to make some changes to said MOGRTS, but I can't find a way to download them from the creative cloud and open them back up in After Effects. I tried going through Premiere, revealing the comp in finder and opening the AE file it provides, but After Effects can't read that file ("bad format or not readable"). Any help at all would be very appreciated.Thanks!

Hi,I'm new to AE and am trying to install the Duik plugin.I've downloaded the installer for Mac, but when I run it, it says it can't find a valid version of AE.I click on the '...' button and navigate to the App folderAnd then get the following messageAs you can see from the screenshot, I clearly have AE installed.I am running OSX El Capitan with AE CC 2015.3 and trying to install Duik 15.08.Can anyone help please?Thanks in advance!Oli

I'm running into an issue with Duik Bassel 2. I added puppet tool pins onto my .ai layer artwork, changed engine to legacy, and when I click "add bones" After Effects freezes on the Magic Is Happening screen. I'm only trying to add bones to the 3 pins on one layer. This worked several weeks ago before AE and Duik were updated. I have already tried Duik'sfix & uninstall procedure with no luck. Thanks.Running on:After Effects 2021 18.1.0Duik 16.2.28

I am needing to extract SVG coordinates for a script that I am running in After Effects. I have created an icon in illustrator, saved it as an SVG and pulled this string from it:["M0,64.31V30.34L32.36,0l32.37,30.37v33.95H0Z"]The script I am using is requires that the SVG coordinates be in this format:["21.32 9.44 26.33 8.84 22.26 11.25 24.93 16.40 33.72 16.40 38.68 11.99 34 10.06 33.59 12.99 30 11.25 32.02 8.82 36.36 8.84 47 13 36 21 21 21 13 13 20 4 38 2 47 13 44.10 12.62 37.13 4.10 21.04 5.92 16.91 11.32"]Is there anyway to get a string of coordinates from an SVG that will follow the format above?Here is a link to the script: https://github.com/adamplouff/scriptui-battlestyle/tree/master

This is after effect beta and I can't see mercury 3d like everyone else.

Not sure if anyone else is experiencing the issue below. I'm trying to move the feature center of the corner pin Track Point 4 and when I click and drag the box for Track Point 2, it shows up in the same spot and won't let me move it. I can move it via the sliders but I'd rather not do that for every single frame. 

Здравствуйте!Не загружается After Effects 2023 23.6x62 выскакивает ошибка: "Exception Processing Message 0xc0000005 - Unexpected parameters" помогите решить проблему!!!Мой компьютер: Intel Core i9 10900K @ 3.70GHz, RAM 64.0 Gb, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (NVIDIA),Windows 11 Pro 64-bitлог ошибки (After Effects Log.txt)Log file created: 11/25/23 01:15:06-------------------------------------Ticks = 0 <6288> <AppVers> <5> App Version = 23.6x62 releaseTicks = 0 <6288> <AppDirs> <5> App Dir = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2023\Support FilesTicks = 0 <6288> <AppDirs> <5> Executable Dir = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2023\Support FilesTicks = 0 <6288> <AppDirs> <5> Resources Dir = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2023\Support FilesTicks = 0 <6288> <AppDirs> <5> Package Dir = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2023\Support FilesTicks = 0 <6288> <AppDi

No rendering via AE or ME 2024. In ME it freezes and stops at the same time everytime. AE even doesn't start rendering. Lol. What a software.  All of themSo your only solution for freezed ME exports is doing it via AE -> MOV -> ME -> MP4. Since two years this is your solution. What a joke.So please explain to me now how to export videos for my client who is paying me a bunch of money and then explain WHY I SHOULD BUY YOUR CRAP SOFTWARE.   [Abuse removed by moderator]

I described the bug in this short screenrecording here. It's weird how this bug is very specific to the preferences panel.I tried to reproduce the bug with some other panels but I couldn't.

HiI'm making a ScriptUI panel. I have a icon button which is based on an png image I load:var button = container.add("iconbutton",undefined, imagePath, {"style":"toolbutton"});The image isn't a perfect square, so it contains transparent pixels. Problem is, when I click the button it gets the focus, and all that is transparent will be AE-blue until it looses focus again.Is there a way to avoid this? I tried using the "active" property, but that didn't seem to do much.If I just could control the focus on the button...Any help is greatly appreciated,Jakob

Hi there Adobe & Communit, i will try to remain calm.WHEN WILL NOISE WORK WITH 32BIT?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!What's even the point of offering 32bit Aces workflow when BASIC BASIC BASIC Effects that 95% of People who use this workflow will need, DONT WORK???????YEARS afer YEARS after YEARS of complaining within the community- nothing happens.How much do i have to pay you????Thanks.

Every time I try to import an Illustrator file as a composition, I get this: after effects error: could not convert unicode characters (23::46) This also happens sometimes when I import an Illustrator file as footage.

I continue having problems with Adobe After Effects version 24 not opening in Windows 11 Pro. I had this problem with every single version of Adobe After Effects. The Splash screen hangs on the Media Core step, and the application never opens. I've installed and removed all plug-ins via the folder and yet nothing seems to work. Is the best alternative to quit the Adobe subscription?

Hi, I want to save a string value in each effect, and this param will keep its old value when AE restart.I have tried PF_SliderDef "value_str" property, it lost old value in next app launch.It is there any way to do it? If i can save a custom model in project file will be great!Thanks for your help.

This is the first time since 2006 that I have elected to use AE, which is version 24.3. My comp has 55 layers, one being a 17 minute MP4. The rest are either shape layers or PNG layers. Issue - Yesterday, I rendered the comp with no issues. This morning I took a look at the finished MP4 again and decided to fine tune some of the rectangles I used to bring attention to what the narrator is talking about. When I opened the project and started scrubbing through the timeline, I noticed something wrong with the first instance of rectangles: they were duplicated, but shifted a few pixels to the right. Every one of the layers were duplicated on the monitor, but not in the timeline.  I did the following, which yielded no remedy: purged the cache; restarted app; restarted my laptop; opened the project on different laptop. I closed the layer eye on one layer and noticed that one shape would disappear, but the other is left there, yet there isn't a layer representing it.

Hi, do you have any idea how to achieve such an animated 3D fluid?https://ibb.co/0Mp6WSC Is it possible to achieve this effect in After Effects? (maybe some plugin)

Hi I have an ussue in after effects - all imported video footage is green, I found here some offered solutions but nothing worked, in additionit is not rendering properly (renders black, even if it is no video in the project at all)Im on MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)Big Sur 11.7.2 (20G1020)2.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i716 GB 1600 MHz DDR3NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2 GBthanks a lot

Hola, desde hace unos dias voy presentando el mismo error, after ffects no abre, cuando está en la pantalla de carga se queda pausada en: Limpiando interpolación másc. inteligente. De ahí no pasa aunque deje cargando durante horas, porfavor me pueden ayudar gracias.PD: Antes me venia funcionando con total normalidad

Hello, I have come across something that I either cannot generate the correct answer I'm looking for, or it doesn't exist. I am looking to simply take a sentence that starts on a few lines (two or three lines) at a certain font size, and then animate the text so it shrinks to fit on one line. My best visual example is this: (Start of animation: in larger font and dead center to attract attention)Here is the sentence that bleeds into more than one line. (End of animation: in smaller font at the top left of the screen to remind viewers of inital statement.)Here is the sentence that bleeds into more than one line. I have tried searching online but I can't find it, and I don't have the a ton of experience with after effects. So I hope that makes sense. Thanks! 

 Every time I launched AE, this alert popped up. I'm experiencing crashes a lot more than before, too.  

Hi. I want to move the puppet pin tools in the timeline, so that my animation is faster in that scene. I've tried to move them with the select tool, but it couldn't grab them. So how do I move them? 

After Effects 2024 crashes on launch. I've tried updating After Effects, running safe mode, fixing the permissions, and resetting preferences but none of the remedies work. AE 2024 crashes on my Mac Studio running the latest Sonoma (14.4.1)  Plenty of RAM (128 GB) and Video memory. I can get After Effects 2024 to launch on a different User Account on the same Mac (usually,) but I can't get to the bottom of my primary account's inability to launch this App. I've sent many, many of those crash reports to Adobe, but they go unanswered.  I had one response from here, but he appears to have given up since then.  I do have some issues even in the new account. I've attached a screen grab of an error I get.