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Hey All! I'm trying to create an expression that will randomly move a square one of four ways, and only do so occasionally.  I've got it close, and I think it's working except for - the square returns to its home anchor point every time. The idea is that it would move North, East, South, or West about 30% of the time, and the rest of the time it would just stay in its last position. I am sooooo close with this script:segDur = .5;// duration of each "segment" of random motion seed = Math.floor(time/segDur); segStart = seed*segDur; amt=800; south=[0,-1*amt]; north=[0,amt]; east=[amt,0]; west=[-amt,0]; seedRandom(seed,true); m=Math.round(random(1,15)); if (m==1){startVal=north} else if (m==2){startVal=south} else if (m==3){startVal=east} else if (m==4){startVal=west} else startVal=[0,0]; seedRandom(seed+1,true); m=Math.round(random(1,15)); if (m==1){endVal=startVal+north} else if (m==2){endVal=startVal+south} else if (m==3){endVal=startVal+east} else if (m==4){endVal=startVal

I've been facing this issue while exporting my files either through Premiere Pro or After Effects, Whenever I export the file with H.264 Codec the exported file Comes out to be damaged with other codecs like Quicktime i don't face this issue, but I mostly use H.264 Only, I have attached a video of the damaged file.PLEASE HELPPPP!!!!!!!!

I'm trying to use the Track Camera motion tracker but every time I delete some tracking points from a foreground object NEW tracking points get added to the foreground object earlier in the timeline requiring me to go back and delete those. This happens again, and again. How do I stop AE from adding new tracking points every time I delete some?

I'm trying to use the 3D camera tracker, but it gives the same points no matter what the footage is.I've two computers each are the same, mac studio M1 Max chip, they are connected to the same cloud account and have the same version of After Effects installed on both of them (After Effects 24.2.1). On one computer the tracker works just perfectly and it gives correct points for the footage. When I use the effect on the same footage on the other computer it just keeps repeating the same - unrelated -  points over and over.Do you know how can this be fixed?I am attaching screenshots from the two different version.Thank you!

My ae keep crashing while I work.I got this error: Access violation - code c0000005 KEY_VALUES_STRING: 1 Key : AV.Fault Value: Read Key : Analysis.CPU.mSec Value: 562 Key : Analysis.Elapsed.mSec Value: 4679 Key : Analysis.IO.Other.Mb Value: 0 Key : Analysis.IO.Read.Mb Value: 0 Key : Analysis.IO.Write.Mb Value: 0 Key : Analysis.Init.CPU.mSec Value: 93 Key : Analysis.Init.Elapsed.mSec Value: 11824 Key : Analysis.Memory.CommitPeak.Mb Value: 444 Key : Failure.Bucket Value: INVALID_POINTER_READ_c0000005_U.dll!Unknown Key : Failure.Hash Value: {f4ed6b6f-3c77-95aa-7181-8755faf304bf} Key : Timeline.Process.Start.DeltaSec Value: 42 Key : WER.Process.Version Value: 24.1.0.78 FILE_IN_CAB: 2b7deeb8-2dce-46aa-b35d-b1c30189f932.dmp NTGLOBALFLAG: 0 CONTEXT: (.ecxr)rax=0000020ca8bdbc20 rbx=0000020ca8bf7381 rcx=80005d0bb3b18001 rdx=0000000000000000 rsi=00000

Hello Everyone, I have a very irritating problem with After Effects and Premiere Pro during my work, when I need to preview anything on my timeline, in both software. My project is simple 2d animation, based on Illustrator vectors which I import from libraries into After Effects to animate. The whole project is based on 12 After Effects pre-comps, which I drag into Premiere Pro to edit audio and video transitions between them. The pre-comps aren’t complex (maximum 10-15 shape layers with basic movement/transparency/rotation keyframes). Audio is also in ae precomps (mp3) and they are no longer than 22 sec. The problem starts when I need to preview anything in Premiere Pro or After Effects. When I click the spacebar to preview, my time indicator does not move, the preview is not working at all or I can hear the audio only (sometimes thorned). No matter if I select the work area to preview, skip frames, or change the resolution to 1/4. It just does not work. And yes, I was

Happy holidays', everybody! I am faced with a small conflict. I have the extension Bodymovin installed via Creative Cloud Desktop. With the new update 17.5.1 the extension has been made labelled incompatible with this newest version of After Effects and has regrettably been removed from the Extensions tab and can not be enabled. So, I thought that I would just install an older version of AE and run that concurrently with the most recent AE to export my animations. But choosing this will make the newest AE version uninstall, thus making my newest projects unable to open in the old AE. Therefore, I checked for Bodymovin under aescripts.com to install it the old-fashioned way and saw that it was priced at 20 USD, which is not a whole lot, but since it is free on CC, I wanted to make sure that there wasn't a way to install from CC desktop. Finally, my questions are:1) Is there a safe way to bypass this compatibility issue by 'cheat'-installing Bodymovin via Creativ

Is there a way to use a color picker?I tried to use EveDropper API but it didn't work.I am developing a CEP for AfterEffects, so it would be better if I could open the AfterEffects color picker.I am looking for a function to get the color of the clicked pixel like this one.I am not an English speaker, so I don't know the name and am having trouble finding it.https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EyeDropper

Hello there! I'm working in a script that changes a few text layers, and I want to give the user the possibility to check each text that was changed before the script end running. I tried to move the CTI (current time indicator) to positions where the changes were made, then adding an alert, to pause script (and the user check the text changes), but even with the new position of the CTI in the timeline, the new frame will not be rendered/previewed... Is it possible to render/preview frames while a script is running? Or maybe stop/end the script, and then call it again automatically? Bests!

Can I run a script when I open a AE project?I created some scripts to automate diferent projects, and was wondering if I can run specific script for each project. Maybe some call with extended script/expression?I can't use the "startup script" because needs administrator's autorization.Thank you!

does anyone know Why the after effects home page is not loading?24.2 VersionGPU- GTX 1650CPU- Ryzen 5 5600hRam- 16gb

HiThis might be more a javascript syntax question, but here goes:I create a object def like this:function MyObjectDef(){    this.initialize();};MyObjectDef.prototype.initialize = function(){    this.a = 10;}var mo = new MyObjectDef();alert(mo.a);Question is, how do I create an implicit setter for that object? I know I could do this:MyObjectDef.prototype.setA = function(v){    this.a = v*2;}mo.setA(10);alert(mo.a); // would return 20But I would much prefer something like this (which obviously doesn't work):MyObjectDef.prototype.set a = function(v){    this.a = v*2;}mo.a = 10;alert(mo.a); // would return 20Any help?Thanks,Jakob

Everytime I using collect files ae build-in fuction, it made a new folder, I wonder if I can only collect file in assets folder inside of project path,  instead of creating a new project folder.

Heres the crash log: [2024-03-14_02-54-50][20312][Warn] [general] We are going to deprecate hostInfo access soon. Please use HostInfoController instead.[2024-03-14_02-54-50][20312][Warn] [general] We are going to deprecate hostInfo access soon. Please use HostInfoController instead.[2024-03-14_02-54-50][20312][Warn] [general] We are going to deprecate hostInfo access soon. Please use HostInfoController instead.[2024-03-14_02-54-50][20312][Info] [general] UXP will use the WebView2 runtime in the system as no WebView2 runtime path is provided by the host.[2024-03-14_02-54-50][20312][Error] [general] Plugin com.adobe.ccx.start : Expected 'host.app' to be aftereffects[2024-03-14_02-54-50][20312][Error] [general] Plugin com.adobe.ccx.start : Expected 'host.app' to be aftereffects[2024-03-14_02-54-50][20312][Error] [general] Plugin com.adobe.ccx.start : Expected 'host.app' to be aftereffects[2024-03-14_02-54-50][20312][Error] [general] Plugin com.adobe.ccx.start : Expected 'host.app' to

Today I opened after effects after week I created a composition and imported a music when I double clicked L to see wave its not showing is there any way to solve this prob 

I can't use an effect called S_blurmocurves because it is only showing me load preset, save preset and help in the effect controls panel. When I tried to play the clip with the effect it shows me a strange red screen. I am new to after effects I need solutions please help.

Hello,I've been encountering a persistent problem with Adobe After Effects on my Mac, and I'm hoping you can assist me in resolving it.I think it is rellyed to my synch. from windows but i dont know how to fix that.(macOS Monterey, screen: 15,4'' 2800x1800, at windowsa I'm working at lower resolution 1980x1080)When I'm opening After Effect on Mac window is super big:So everytime I need to go to After Effects -> Synch Settings -> Menage Synch Settings -> automaticly clear settings(...), close the program, and reopen it.This sequence seems to restore normal functionality temporarily. However, the issue reoccurs after I close the program again. It's important to note that I don't encounter this problem when using After Effects on a Windows system; it appears to be specific to my Mac.I'm reaching out to inquire if I might be overlooking something or if there's a solution to this inconvenience. Any guidance or assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Hey, I'm getting an error in AE Version 24.1 that is insisting I don't have enough RAM and therefore it's rendering like 5 frames of playback and looping it. I have 48gb's of DDR5 Ram.  Computer Specs for reference:Asus Zenbook 14 ProI9 Intel ProcessorGTX 406016GB onboard DDR5 RAM32 GB SODIMM DDR5 RAM Things I've tried: Cleaning + Deleting Media CachePurging Memory (which works momentarily)Toggling off 'Enable Multiframe Rendering' Restarting and then importing my AE project into a new project with updated settings. None of this has worked and AE seems to just eat up my RAM no matter how much is installed. Let me know if anyone has fixed this or dealt with this!! Tysm !! 

Hi all, Simply, I'm trying to get this effect to apply itself to this car I have rotating in a circle. I've turned the photoshop file into a precomp (per instruction last time I asked this) and it's not working again. What am I missing here? As you can see in the photo I've set it to 1 rotation, it's a quarter of the way through the animation and there's no echo.  Help? Thank you!

I am exporting multiple single frames as PNGs and I want the file names to be just the comp name, no more. I set 'Comp Name' which is [compName].[fileExtension] to default and deleted the other presets. However when I add a comp to Render Queue, it defaults back to [compName]_[#####].png and when I Save Frame As > File, it defaults back to [compName] (0-00-00-00).png I would expect it to default to [compName].png Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug? I will be batch-exporting hundreds of PNGs so I'm not looking for manual solutions. After Effects Version 24.2.1 (Build 2) | Windows 11 Pro 10.0.22621 Build 22621 Thanks

HOLA, TENGO UNA MACBOOK PRO I9 CON 16 GB DE RAM Y 4 DE VRAM ATI DEDICADA, SUFICIENTE EN SPECS PARA LO QUE HAGO Y EL PROGRAMA SE CUELGA DE LA NADA SE CONGELA LA MAQUINA Y SE REINICIA DANDO UN ERROR APARENTEMENTE DE RAM, Y YA ES MOLESTOSO TENER UN EQUIPO DECENTE QUE PRESENTE ESTOS FALLOS PENSE QUE ERA ALGO DE COMPENENTES PERO CON PROGRAMAS DE LA COMPETENCIA FUNCIONA BIEN Y DE HECHO CONSUME MENOS RECUROS 

Hi, it seems that the latest version of AE (2024.2.1 Build2) is not allowing for the import of .aec files, even when the Maxon Cinema 4d extension is installed through the Creative Cloud app. My work-around has been to import to 2023, save out, then import the AE file into 2024. It works for now, but I wanted to let the devs. know. Thanks!

When I try to Pre-comp a shape layer, the newly-created Pre-comp jumps to another location within my comp. How do I prevent this from happening?

Hola buenas noches, necesito su ayuda, estaba trabajando en after effects y mi línea de tiempo desaparecio y luego re apareció en una ventana separada. Alguien sabe como volver a colocarla integrada en una sola ventana, edjunto imagen para darme a entender. Feliz día. 

Hi, just a simple question, if anyone is expert enough to know the answer: I have a text that I have to edit but the text is not actually a text, rather a set of paths and a fill. Why is it like that and is it possible to change it instead of creating a new text? Thanks