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I made some lens flares that were working, the solid layer was set to Alpha. Now the solids don't become transparent when I make a lens flare?Do I need to use something besides Add to make the solid transparent?This is the timeline before the playhead arrives at the solid.And after the playhead arrives at the solid, the black is visible.This was just working a few days ago. Any ideas? Thanks.

Hello.Could you please tell me why a completely empty AE project weighs almost 10mb?I've already broken my head trying to find an explanation.I need it to understand why other projects (I have more than 100 of them) have this extra weight with almost no content.Is it a glitch, or does it depend on the version of AE, I can not understand.I work in CC 2021.I'm attaching the file, I really hope some of you will look at it for yourselves. Thanks.

Hi All, I hope you are all having wonderful Satrudays. I am hoping for some advice/tips/tricks/suggestions... I am trying to make it look like a 3d model tractor is actually moving, and therefore i need to make the wheels look like they are spinning. I am a novice to the world of 3d so please forgive me if i am asking something obvious or stupid! I have downloaded a 3d tractor glb but can not find one with out wheels or with seperate wheels that i can then animate sperately. I have tried laying wheels over the top of the animating them but this looks more then a little hockey. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions, seen any tutorilas (i've googled) or anywhere i can find models with elements as spetate glb files?  Thank you for your help and your time. 

So I am running After Effects CC 15.1.2 on a MacPro 5,1 with 32 GB of RAM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 with 4GB of VRAM on MacOS High Sierra 10.13.4. I have 6GB reserved for other applications, so am running with 26GB of RAM.I am running UHD 29.97 P ProRES HQ footage, and it mostly works fine while I am running, but I do get crashes sometimes, and the problem is either with a crash or with saving and closing and re-opening the project. When I re-open the project I get the error After Effects error: Unable to allocate enough memory to render the current frame.This happens as soon as the project has re-opened, and happens immediately as soon as the project opens, and it happening every time with different projects and different footage (though all UHD 29.97 ProRES HQ.I have found 2 workarounds that let me keep working, but are both a major pain in rear end.The first workaround is If I open a new project and import the old project things work fine until I close AE or it crashes, then the same p

Using: decodeURIComponent(escape(datas[i].display_name)) I have an error and escape() is deprecated, I think the problem is with the Î character \u017DAnd using a decode() function  function decode(s) { for (var a, b, i = -1, l = (s = s.split("")).length, o = String.fromCharCode, c = "charCodeAt"; ++i < l; ((a = s[i][c](0)) & 0x80) && (s[i] = (a & 0xfc) == 0xc0 && ((b = s[i + 1][c](0)) & 0xc0) == 0x80 ? o(((a & 0x03) << 6) + (b & 0x3f)) : o(128), s[++i] = "") ); return s.join(""); } it works better but I still have a problem with some characters   nominatim.jsx (function(thisObj) { function decode(s) { for (var a, b, i = -1, l = (s = s.split("")).length, o = String.fromCharCode, c = "charCodeAt"; ++i < l; ((a = s[i][c](0)) & 0x80) && (s[i] = (a & 0xfc) == 0xc0 && ((b = s

Hello everyone, I'm new to the Adobe suite and seeking guidance on creating a seamless motion looping animation in After Effects for custom shapes I made in Illustrator.I want to animate all vectors in this shape to animate from it's current start position around the shape and back to it's start position as it's end position mantaining the gaps between each shape and bending each around the edges.I've tried using trim paths in After Effects, but found limitations in molding the paths to resemble my vectors. I also attempted plugins like Omnio Snake and Buo, but encountered issues with path animation. After days of attempts and much trial and error later, I am considering straightening all shapes in Illustrator to align on a single line path and then animate in After Effects following this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8biAwem4jeAIn summary, I'm seeking answers to:Is my approach correct?How can I prepare vector shapes in Illustrator to align in a straight line

Hey does anyone know why if I'm making a rectangle then it's color is becoming dark.

I'm having big problems with Rotobrush.- Render output via Media Encoder is broken, nothinng like preview in AE and complety unusable. - After a save and reopen of project it's complety broken, none of my hours of rotobrush work are as I left it, it's a complete mess, unusable. - Opening a video clip from my comp to make adjustments to my rotobrush solution does not reveal any of the previous work, (but its still masked in my comp) I'm not sure if I have to start from scratch or not... usually opening the clip and seleting rotobrush reveal all the previous work... what am I missing  here?- Next I'll try and render straigh from AE... but I still need to get in there and make adjustments to the work I've done... but I cant see any of it. 

Hello friends, After Effects 3D applications do not show on the screen. I have tried many ways to do this, but it does not work. Is there anyone who has a problem?

I have been working in ACES in AE for 5 years now.The workflow now is pretty easy so congratulations to the team.One thing that bothers me.I have a 7950X 128GB RAM RTX4090.I can play 4k, 6k, 8k comps in realtime when in 8 and 16 bit mode, but when I switch to 32bit mode, most of the time the playback can't reach 25fps when in 4k comp, have to drop to half resolution, sometimes lower.Is there any reason for this?I mean the project is calculated in 32bit so it takes more processing - but once it's calculated what's stopping it from playing realtime?32bit takes more RAM, but once it's cached and entirely in RAM it shouldn't interfere with realtime playback.It's not like the image is being sent to the monitor in 32bits as there is no standard like that - the rendered frames are still sent in 10bit no matter if the project is calculating in 16bit or 32bit - so why the drop in performance? Also it seems the performance is slower the bigger the preview is:- playing at 50% comp viewer zoo

So the title says it all. I have a project with plugins that use several layers with SCREEN MODE to get the desired effects. Everthing is perfect, renders perfect, video is perfect.... except now a short PNG sequence has been requested to use elsewhere and of course the screen mode layers won't properly render without the backgrounds. Is there a work around or solution i am oblivious to?Thanks so much in advance for any guidence, even with most likely answer i think is coming 🙂

hi guys, can I access "render time" per layer via scripting?You know, that little snail information.thanks

If I have a layer with 'Continually Rasterize' enabled then it seems to prevent Wiggle Rotation from working properly... it rotates as though the anchor point is miles off... instead of rotating from the centre. I am trying to add WR to a text layer, but cannot turn off CR as it is greyed out. Is there a way around this?

Hi Community. When exporting images from AE timeline, I have noticed there's 2 ways to do it. One with clicking on the take a snapshot with the camera Icon, and the other done> composition?Save frame as. Now do the PNG images when exported maintain their quality, or is there image degredation by exporting a still? Thank you.

I tried to open a photoshop file while it was open in after effects and this error pops up. I am unable to do anything in after effects at this point. I tried clicking the okay button, closed down photoshop and tried to close after effects (but i am unable to do anything with after effects). i cant close down the computer without this program shutting down but the error wont go away. Even restarting the computer didnt work.

Any idea how to fix this?  Whenever I try to go into scene setup in VCP, I get this error.  It will still open scene setup, but it slows down my system significantly while trying to load.  Using most recent vrsion of AE.

Hello 🙂Consolidate footage does NOT get rid of similar comps - isnt it supposed to do this?? 🙂Im on AE 2024 latest version. Strong PC.RegardsJonas

Goodmorning guys and to all forum!I would like to ask a question...I would like to build a project which I will change two numbers and all of the following take place automatically! Explain...Part 1:I have to layers, Number 1 and Number 2. Suppose I put to the No1 the value 15 and to the No2 the value 5. Automatically i want to a new layer sum this numbers (20) like the photo.Part 2:Next, I would like to built a chart below take the prices automatically according to the numbers that I gave. Explain...From the above sum, i want the layer with the value 20 understands automatically that is the 100%. So to the chart the shapes changes automatically and understands that for the No1 with the value 15 is the 75% (15*100/20) and for the No2 with the value 5 is the 25% (5*100/20).Probably i need for the value of the mumbers a Solid with Numbers effect and not a text? And if someone knows the expressions...Sorry for my english, is not very wellThank you all - Σας ευχαριστώ όλους (in Greek) frie

I recently purchased Creative Cloud CS6. In previous boxed versions of Creative Suite there was a separate sticker with the Color Finesse serial number. Where do I find it with Creative Cloud CS6? I called Adobe, but the customer service rep couldn't seem to understand what I was asking and insisted that I needed to contact Synthetic Aperture. Any help would be appreciated!

Hello - I am trying to create a preset in After Effects to share with others, but when I create the preset I navigate to the location where it should be saved and nothing is there:Local Drive\Users\firstnamelastname\Documents\Adobe\After Effects 2022\User Presets I see other presets I've created in CC 2019 here:Local Drive\Users\firstnamelastname\Documents\Adobe\After Effects CC 2019\User Presets Did the location change? Or is it not possible to create .aom files anymore?Help! 

Hi, community peeps!   Welcome to the Community Recap for September. Everyone at Adobe is getting ready for MAX, and I hope you are too. During the past few months, some of our Community Experts have created brilliant scripts, templates, and extensions for After Effects. They have been kind enough to offer them to our community here for FREE. September has been no different. Therefore, I'm happy to announce that I've decided to add a new section to our newsletter called "After Effects Community Resources." Community Highlight  MAX 2022:  MAX was hosted online for the past two years. However, this year marks the return of the conference in person. If you can’t join in person, you can still benefit from all the amazing learning and inspiration in sessions, keynotes, and Sneaks.   Have you registered yet? If not, this is your chance to grab the spot. Join the world's most creative community for captivating keynotes and learn new skills with best practices, t

hello, i like a lot this kind of animationHow do you think can be done?what tools, or sw?thanks

So my After Effects has been acting weird lately. This happened today.I'm using a Windows PC with 2 monitors, and my AE opens in the main window by default.When I open up my After Effects, the top part of  the window glitches outI can't click on anything in the top area, including the tool bar and the preview buttons.  The way I'm working around this right now is,I click on the Windows tool bar on the bottom, smaller the window,and drag it to my secondary monitor.  My AE seems to only glitch when it's in full screen windowed mode in my main monitor,but I still want to know if there's any fix to this.I've tried reinstalling and to an earlier version.The glitch happens on versions 24.2.1 and 24.1 Thanks in advance!

 // Get the speed value from the text layer var speed = thisComp.layer("<empty text layer>").text.sourceText; // Get the value from the "Black Solid 2 | Fractal Noise" effect var currentValue = thisComp.layer("C | Connector").effect("Black Solid 2 | Fractal Noise")("Connector").value; // Check if the speed value is negative if (speed < 0) { // If yes, increase the effect value by 25 until it reaches 100 if (currentValue < 100) { currentValue += 25; } } else { // If the speed value is not negative, decrease the effect value by 25 until it reaches 0 if (currentValue > 0) { currentValue -= 25; } } // Return the current value currentValue;  The main idea of the expression is to dynamically adjust the value of an effect based on the value of a text layer. The expression:Gets the speed value from a text layer.Gets the current value of an effect.Increases the effect value if the speed is negative.Decreases the effec

I made a 30 secound video in after effect, and My compostion settings is :Width : 960Height : 2565Pixel Aspect Ratio : Square PixelsFrame Rate : 50and my render setting keeping changed to 960*2564. How could I change to 960*2565 ? Thanks all.