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I'm running Windows 11 Pro, Intel i9-14900K, 96 GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 4080 Super GPU.  AE was working as it should this morning, but now I'm getting the following errors messages when I try to launch it.  I already tried uninstalling AE, then cleaned the registry, rebooted and then reinstalled AE, but still the same.  Just before this problem started, I tried to install the VanceAI Desktop App and had installation problem with it.  Does anyone know what the CEP suite is or how I can fix this?  Thank you!

tengo este problema en after effects a la hora de querer guardar archivos, alguien sabe por qué es y como solucionarlo?  

Dear After Community! I'm new with After effect and I have a question 🙂 I spent hours trying to find out how to do a straight line in after effect. I'm trying to reproduce the effect of this video of the fruits/vegetables coming fast and then moving very slow motion.  I'm able to create a fast arriving effect very easily but then I struggle to make the end of the speed graph as a straight (linear) line, so the vegetable/fruit can go slow until the end, at a constant speed.  You can find attached what I'm referring to (my fast arrival would be between 0 to 5 sec and then I try to create a straight line afterward). If you have any ideas thank you!

Hi everyone, I'm running into an issue with Essential Graphics, MOGRTs are not saving. No error message, not really sure what to try, I've attached a screen recording.AE 24.2.1 (Build 2)MacOS Sonoma 14.3.1 on MBP M3 Maxif anyone has any ideas it would be a huge help

 Hi guys I wanted to ask what version of After Effects would be smooth for my MacBook to handle and run smoothly without any issues, I got this bad boy in Japan for an extremely good price from a well known Apple reseller in Tokyo. I'm new to editing so I don't know much 

So... is there a way to copy attributes as described. When I tried to select all shape layers and paste the copied keyframes it duplicated the layers instead of pasting the keyframes into shape/content/group of each layer. So I have to copy keyframes and each layer separately to avoid it.   

I'm having an issue with an old project I recently re-opened. I scaled the comp from 405 to 1080. Everything was vector so it scaled beautifully, BUT when I go to render, the motion blur is "sticking" on some words. In the screenshot above, see the "but did" before "he go"? The words flew on from off the screen and have stopped. They should no longer have any motion blur, but it's stuck there. When I purge the memory and cache, it updates and disappears, but as soon as I try to render again, it sticks again.Any suggestions to force the motion blur to disappear as normal when the word stops moving? The rest of the words (in this sentence) are fine. This happens multiple times throughout the composition, so it's not just this one layer.

i ve been trying to use this plugin but it gives me this error this project contains an expression error. everytime i use this plug in can somebody help me ?     Title edited by Mod.

Hello, is there any way to make a selection to obtain an area specific mesh warp that doesn't effect the whole picture? I'm asking this because from time to time by using mesh warp (since it applies to the whole image, as seen in the above picture) I end up having to work with either a misaligned or a generally too wide grid and it's really not ideal (the above picture already has the maximum selectable amount of rows and cols).Thanks in advance to everyone! 

Hi there,Is there an "Action/Event" log where I can view all the activity that has occurred within the project? In audio digital audio workstations (DAWs) like FL Studio, there's typically a feature similar to a notepad document where all your actions, such as applying effects or adjusting volume, are recorded. This log allows you to clearly track what changes have been made to specific samples, VSTs, and more.If you're familiar with how to access this feature or know how to enable it, please do let me know.Thank you!

I am unable to type an accent over an "o" in AE... The character Ø displays. Or I can get an accent after the letter O ´. I even tried copying and pasting the accented letter from another source, but it just shows as an "o" without the accent. I need to type the name "Rendón" AE just wont let me do it. 

HelloI've been trying to achieve a loop effect for a 4-second clip to around 20 seconds. I have used the loopOut expressions and time remapping but they don't work. Do I have to copy and paste it till I reach the 20-second mark?Please helpThanks 

Please could someone tell me if it's possible to change the 3D camera tracker's ground plane and origin for objects that I have already created with the 3D camera tracker? For example, I have created some text with the 3D camera tracker, but now want it to track to a different area of the frame? Is it possible to do this without re-creating the text?

Hi! My 2D layers are appearing in the viewport fine, but when it comes time to preview a 3D camera move interacting with 3D layers, the camera doesn't move (in the viewport.) The coordinates move (I can see the numbers move), and the 3D layers appear on-screen, but the camera doesn't seem to be rendering. It was working not too long ago and none of my settings have changed, so I'm not sure what's wrong with my After Effects. Please help if you can!

Hello, I recently upgraded After Effects to version 17.0.2 and noticed afterwards that clips in my compositions suddenly appear much darker. The composition is in Rec709 with 32 Bit color space, I didn't change sth there. In the project, that I set up some time ago, I rendered parts of the composition out as Quicktime ProRes422 and re-imported them for performance reasons. There is white text in this composition, and it also appeared white in the rendered and re-imported clip. Now, the same clip is light grey at the same spot, and when I turn on the original text-layer, the difference is striking. I first noticed the diffenence, when I looked at renderings today and found, they were much too dark. These were exported as Quicktime ProRes from after effects and in a next step encoded as mp4 via media encoder (also newest version). I noticed, that the rendering from after effects was already turning everything darker, but the encoding via media encoder darkened the clip additionally. I re

hello.well my problem is- when i apply one effect, it takes couple seconds (10-20) to show the result of that effect applied on that png picture or etc.i want to show me fast so i can edit faster and not wait every time i change setting of that effect.or- when i replay timeline, it take a littel forward then it start from begin and i have to wait many times so that line become green..now my question is what component exactly should i upgrade for that? can upgrading ram to 32gb solve this problem..i know i should set resolution on 1/8, i know i should clean my cache, i know i should put all of my files on ssd. i know them all. i just ask about the upgrade of my pc component..pc config:CPU: i5 13600kGPU: gt 1030 2gbRAM: 16GB DDR5 4533MhzSTORAGE: ssd nvme m.2 512GBSTORAGE2: hdd 2TB.POWER: asus rog strix 750w

I have the audio icons checked in timeline and in preview (obviously), I have un-checked in preferences to mute the audio if playback is not real time, I have cache before playback, I meddled with audio hardware and all seems to be set to correct output. Everything works fine on another computer, but one I work on now, plays sound in any other app, including Premiere Pro. I have no clue what to do really. I re-installed AE, turned computer off and on, nothing works. Sound gets rendered, so program has to see it, but I obviously can't work without hearing it in the project. I tried importing many different files to new projects, problem persists. 

I can't seem to find any Youtube tutorials for it and I'm stuck 😕😕

Hi, I have an oval ball that I have animated to move from point A to point B along a curvilinear path. The anchor point is at the bottom of the oval.This ball has a string attached to the top. As the ball moves, I would like the string to move along (touching the top) with the ball, and the extended string should take on the shape of the path along which it is being pulled by the ball while remaining stationary at the top.Is this possible? a full solution with an explanation would be most helpful. Still, I understand if people have time constraints, in which case, pointers to the technique, any tutorials would be most appreciated.Many thanks for considering my request.I am using the latest after effects version 24.2.1

hi there! i'd like to ask if anybody has a script/expression I can use to make keyframes adjust depending on the timeline-length of a layer? meaning if I increase the out-point of a layer by two seconds, the values of "key(numKeys)" and "key(numKeys - 1) "will also only be applied to the property two seconds later? this would tie to the question if its possible to have a layer adjust its length based on the precomposition - meaning if a layer is within a precomposition and i adjust the duration of the precomposition, the layer would also adjust its length and due to a new out-point being available, the "transmission" of values from the keyframes to the property would also proportionally happen earlier or later appreciate any help:)This one is one i've found in another forum post, but it doesnt seem to work for me - i'd apply the script to a layer within a precomposition to the "scale" property, having two keyframes, one at exactly the outpoint, and one one second before the outpoint. t

Bonjour ! Depuis une mise à jour effectuée aujourd'hui sur AE (pour la v 24.2.1) le dossier "en_US" a disparu du dossier "Dictionaries" et mon appli ne s'ouvre donc plus en anglais mais qu'en français (certaines expressions ne marchent donc plus)... Quelqu'un aurait-il une solution pour récupérer ce dossier ? Merci !

I have a project with a large number of nearly identical comps. Each comp has 90+ layers of the same video time-remapped to different frames. When I render the comps everything is pretty manageable to start with, the first couple in the queue will take about 2 mins to render but as the renders progress they get slower and slower until what should be 2 min is taking over an hour!  The machine has 64GB of RAM which Ae steadily fills up but then can't seem to manage properly once full. The only way to flush the memory is by quiting and restarting Ae. This is a total pain as it means babysitting the renders and having to restart Ae after every 5 or so renders in the queue. So much for the overnight renders... I tried writing a simple script that would purge all memory between renders but this doesn't help at all, watching the memory consumption in the task manager shows only the most minor drop in memory being used by Ae.  The only way to properly clear out the RAM use is to

I've got a client that has many requested changes from time to time. They have a schematic that plays out; filling up lines with color, valves opening, etc. During the animation he wants to highlight parts to talk about to students. The problem is if he comes back at a future time and wants to add some new information or parts, I have to move all the key frames and adjust any other parts that come later. Besides rendering it out once and using Freeze Frames to stop and restart the animation, creating stacks of layers OR using Toggle Hold Keyframe on whichever property is currently moving. Is there anyway to Pause and Resume a composition in After Effects? I've tried Time Remapping but the overall composition just speeds up and we need it to remain at a consistant speed. Like and expression that holds a composition still and resumes it when we change the value? Or automatically extends the composition's duration by the amount we paused for?

I have a working loopOut and i'm trying to stop it at a certain time.i tried:timeToStop = 10; if (time > timeToStop) { value; } else { loopOut(); } and also if(time < 10){ loopOut() } else { value } but both doesnt do the stopping trick, wel it stops right after one sequence...What do I need to do to make this work? thanks!!

How do I keyframe the turn of a 3D object?The 3D box on the layer is ticked and the object has been created in Element 3D. Whenever I try to turn the layer it appears flat and isn't 3D.How do I change this and start the object at one point (keyframe) and then turn it around to another side (keyframe) with it staying 3D?Thanks!