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I have written a script that adds an effect to the currently selected layer and then automatically opens the Effect Controls panel.Because app.findMenuCommandId("Effect Controls") toggles the panel (opens or closes it),it does not meet my needs.Therefore I used the menu command "3734": "OpenEffectControls" instead,as shown in the code below: var cmdId = app.findMenuCommandId("Open Effect Controls");app.executeCommand(cmdId); However, the panel does not open when no layer is selected, and it also fails to open when the selected layer is a shape layer.The panel opens correctly only when the selected layer is an AV (footage) layer.Is this a limitation of After Effects itself?What approach can guarantee that the Effect Controls panel opens automatically regardless of which type of layer is selected?

I've moved and rotated several layers after pre-compositing A. Now I want to set a null at the position of an element in composite A, and then connect pre-composite A to the rest of the nulls in composite B. I can't figure out how to extract the null of an element in pre-composite A from the null in composite B. But I don't know how to extract the relative position of an element in this pre-composite A inside composite B.Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

​I am an After Effects user currently developing a streamlined workflow for my projects. I am writing to inquire about the correct usage of arithmetic operators within the Composition Settings (Cmd+K) dialog, as they are not functioning as I expected.​1. Procedure followed:​Open the Composition Settings dialog (Cmd+K) and place the cursor at the end of the current timecode in the Duration field.​To add a specific amount of time to the current value, I enter +3. (to add 3 seconds) or +300 (to add 300 frames) and click OK.​2. Current Issue:​After clicking OK, the value does not update and simply reverts to the original number.​I have attempted this using both keyboard and mouse inputs, but the result remains the same.​3. Specific Questions:​Is the method I am using (+3.) the incorrect way to input these values?​Are there specific Preferences that might disable this feature, or are there different input rules depending on the timecode base or frame rate?​4. Context:I am in the process of

The tools do not work. I tried using them and it only shows:It only shows *** GLOBALS and then it's just empty. Why? It should show something even if my effect does not have statics or globals in it, right? I tried running it for the sample code that has issues as well, but it does not show anything for that either.

Hii am trying to do 3d camera solve. After analizing, even though i select track point on the ground plane, the solids are not orienting as they are in ground plane. Solids are coming only in front view. please see the image i have attached. you can see i have selected the points on the ground but the solid is coming in front view.Please help me. i am stuck. 

is it possible that he doesnt float, instead stays in a fixed postion even if the camera moves, notice how he stays in the frame even though the camera angle changed, this is the thing i waana avoid...

I would like to create an effect that zooms into the logo and follows through the movement, similar to the effect Gretel NYC used for the NYC FC rebranding.So far, I’ve built the Trim Paths animation and established the core movement of the logo elements.What I’m struggling with is creating an effective zoom that works in tandem with the existing motion. The goal is for the zoom to follow the rhythmic flow of the logo, so both the camera movement and the animation feel unified and help convey the brand’s core meaning and energy. I’ve included a video for reference in the text.https://www.instagram.com/p/C_stneeRPkx/

I have tried everything I can think of. I've cleared the cache, closed all other programs, restarted the program AND my computer, and there's nothing in the file that would cause this. My computer is quite beefy and should have the processing power. I'm using version 25.6.0      

I've been editing in After Effects for 3 months, ever since I bought my graphics card (RTX 3050 6GB). I've always preferred the After Effects render queue to Media Encoder, since my PC is a bit slow and I prefer not to waste time exporting directly to h264 mp4. However, yesterday (I had already rendered a video normally), when I needed to correct an error in the editing, I went to export it and it took about 1 hour and 20 minutes to finish. After that time, I discovered that the "hardware encoding" option was disabled. Shortly after these problems, I received a notification about an Nvidia driver update (NVIDIA Studio Driver v.591.44), and I made sure to update, thinking that was the reason for the deactivation. That's why I'm asking here: is this new driver incompatible or something like that? Because I've tried everything and I can't enable hardware encoding, not even Media Encoder had that option available anymore. In short: my hardware encoding was disabled, even though I had alway

Hi! I have an animation where a series of text boxes slide from right to left. I want that, whenever a text box reaches a certain point on the screen (green line), it freezes for some time. As an addition, I would also like for the text to become bold or bigger.Below I attach what I want to achieve. I did it by carefully making a new bold textbox appear when time was right, but I have a lot of texboxes sliding, and I would like to not do this for this one. I never used expressions, but if it was possible to transform (sustain position, enlarge, make it bold) any textbox that reached the green line, it would be great. Thank you  

Recently I've been getting a very frustrating error in AE, anytime I move or resize the Composition window I get the following error "Direct 2D Drawbot Error. HRESULT: -2003238911" This only happens when I resize or move windows affecting the composition window. This happens even when nothing is open in the window, even on a brand new project. I can move other window panels around so long as it doesn't affect the composition window.  I'm using AE 25.6.0 and have tried rolling back through every version of AE 25 and still have the issue.My system specs areWindows 11Intel i9-13900kNvidia Geforce RTX 4070 Super96gb RAMI've attached a screen recording of the issue. Thanks

upgrade to mac Tahoe is it woking?

Is it possible to use color correction to turn the first image into the second one? If possible, how do I do it?  

My After Effects program is up to date, but I can't open it because I get error 126. The Adobe website suggests uninstalling and reinstalling the program, but that didn't work for me. Does anyone know how to fix this? The message "LoadLibrary failed with error 126"

Hey all,I'm experiancing a weird error when trying to install the Red Giant plugin. When trying to install from a freshly installed Maxon app is says there was an error and the states that I need MacOs 11.7.10 or newer. I'm confused because this is a Mac Studio with MacOs Ventura 13.0I've already tried a simple restart and no luck. I appreciate any guidance or suggestions, thanks! 

When rendering MP4 videos with version 25.2, black edges may appear at the edges. MOV and AVI are normal, and when using the third-party plugin Voukoder for rendering, it is also normal 

I'm trying to use the Video Copilot: Saber effect on this shape, but I'm under the impression it first must be turned into a mask.  One guide I followed had me use the auto-trace but that created like 30 keyframes that wound back and forth. Is there a simpler way to make this exact shape? It seems so simple, and because I don't truly understand masks, I don't understand why I can't just copy/paste this somewhere, haha. Thank you! 

If you are a 3D artist doing compositing of your frame sequences in AE, you know the pain of arduous importing dozens of sequences with all the render passess. I've been searching for a tool that will do that for me, but none worked correctly with my workflow. So I decided to make my own script that will do just that: automatically import VRay image sequences with render passes into After Effects and generate a clean folder hierarchy.If it helps me, perhaps it can help someone else too. Would any of you be interested if I share the script?

En el programa after effecs no pega los textos copiados de illustrator, queda una capa vacia de texto, como puedo corregir este error.Muchas gracias

hello adobe communitymy after efect is not working nor opening , it stucks in the initial splash screenand then stops and freezes when loading the window  white - black screen i tried to uninstall it - update it - intall it again it doesnt seem to work out i tried many things but it doesnt seem to workplease help me out Hp pavilion laptop 14-dv0xxx11th gen intel(R) core (TM) i7-1165G7 2.80GHz16 GB (15.8 GB useable ) RAM64-bit  

I want a line to follow this motion path. On the picture where the keyframes are little dots, it works how I want. On the picture where the keyframes are squares, it doesn't do anything at all. My process was as follows: Motion track a videoCopy that motion onto a null objectCreate a shape layerUse the pen tool to make a single dotAdd a pathApply the position data from the null object to the path--At this point on the first try, it made a shape exactly in the shape of the path (what I wanted)--Apply "Trim Paths" and then add the appropriate keystrokes so the path is drawn over time Because I didn't like the smoothness of the initial motion tracking, I went and adjusted a keyframe to make it smoother, and then ran through the steps again. Except this time it didn't work, as shown in the photos. Can anyone help me figure out this minor problem that causes the whole thing to not work? Thank you. Works how I want, but the motion path is not preferredMotion path is smoot

 Tengo este problema con After, desde hace mucho tiempo, a veces se quita, a veces no, ¿alguien sabe como quitarlo de forma definitiva?No creo que sea la RAM, tengo 96gb, tengo una RTX 5080, y un Ryzen 9

Hello, After opening the video template from Envato white screen is the main window. How to fix this? Thank you. 

when I go to AE there is no Advanced 3D and Draft 3D does not work. I have reviewed everything, no one has such an error, only I have it, and in the AE settings there are no most of the functions    

 I have Move time to preview time checked, and it works great but suddenly decides to stop working. Playing video works, but stopping stops at the start point, not end point, only randomly after working for awhile. The fix is to restart AE, but eventually it happens repeatedly after use. Intel Core i9-14900HXNVIDIA GeForce RTX 406064GB DDR5 RAM1TB m.2 SSD [OS/Adobe/Working Files]2TB m.2 SSD [250GB allocated for AE Scratch disk]All latest Adobe/Win11Pro/and video driversDELL SE2419HR 24"