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My question is: How can I align a filmstrip composition to a predefined path?I have a composition which consists of two movie reels turning, and another one of a filmstrip moving down vertically. My intention is now to align the filmstrip along a predefined path between the two reels, to make it look as if it comes out of one reel and loops into the second reel. The common practice to copy the mask path and paste it into the position properties of the filmstrip composition would not align it along the path, it rather keeps the whole composition steady and moves it from one vertex point to the next.Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Hi everyone,I’m currently working on an Ionic app where users can watch YouTube videos inside the app, and I’m trying to figure out the best overall approach.There seem to be multiple options—using an embedded iframe, opening videos in the native YouTube app or browser, or relying on plugins like Capacitor/Cordova YouTube players. Each approach looks fine on paper, but I’m curious about real-world experience.For those who’ve already done this:What method worked best for you in terms of performance and user experience?Any issues with autoplay, fullscreen behavior, or background playback?Are there platform-specific gotchas on Android vs iOS that I should be aware of?

Here's the problem: I have a few hundred shape layers in my comp, animated and ready to go BUT... Now I need to replace all of them with a precomp. I can't just [option]+drag (on Mac) the precomp on them because AE nags something about the layer not having a source (being a shape layer). Actually this is weird because even shape layers have the basic transforms and shouldn't that be enough for replacement? So anyway, is there any way I can drag+drop replace these shape layers?? Or a plugin, script, anything? If not, seems like this is a missing feature.

Hi! I have a scene where I did a camera track on some footage. Then I added a 3D object, a shadow catcher plane, and an environment light. Everything works fine as long as the footage layer stays visible. But when I turn off the visibility of the footage (I need the video to be transparent for another comp), the shadow starts randomly disappearing on different frames.I’m using Advanced 3D. This also happens in other comps with other objects, sometimes instead of disappearing, the shadows get distorted or flip orientation. I don’t have any keyframes on the light or anything like that.Any tips or workarounds would be super appreciated. Thanks! 

 So, I was trying to add the materials from a 3D model I found. How do I add these matereals to after effects, so it can process that it is a material mesh? I already attempted to add the textures to the timeline, but to no avail. I've looked everywhere, but since it's still so new there aren't any tutorials on it yet. The file that I'm using is a .FBX file.

Hello dear AE users,I am creating a fake developer's typing. My text comes from Dreamweaver and it has the correct fill colors (some words are gray, other orange etc. like in the image)I copy it from DW and paste it in AE and colors are still correct.I apply Typewriter Console to simulate the writing, and text fill colors change in white.I've noticed that if I get rid of the expression in Text>Source text, the original fill colors come back.What should I do? is there a line I can add to the expression to mantain the colors?thanks a lotLorenzo 

Hello, I am building plugins that use gpu. Side note, on windows i am using dx12 (via cuda/CL for textures transfer). Can you carify/confirm my understanding please:1/ Does AE sdk support dx12 ? (for now i am handling the dx resources).2/ Is the PF_Cmd_GPU_DEVICE_SETUP call done when the plugin is first applied or is it called per plugin instance ?3/ Probably related to the previous question: the gpu_data that is retrieved from PF_SmartRenderExtra is per instance or global to the plugin ?4/ In case the previous answer were "global to the plugin", where is the best place to strore gpu resources per instance ? I can think of sequence data but, because the later might be created more than once per plugin instance, it is not practical.5/ Finally, if i want to use gpu in the ui thread (processing arb, for example), how can i make sure that gpu has been setup (we dont get the gpu setup call during ui thread) and where to store the gpu resources to make them accessible during ui thr

Dear experts, please help me...I’m working on a 25fps project. There’s a main comp (~1 min) and a shorter comp (10 frames). The shorter comp is exactly 10 frames long. Each frame shows a different vector graphic number: frame 0 → number 0 … frame 9 → number 9.This comp with the numbers is duplicated 3 times in the main comp: num_01, num_02, and num_03. I would like to control the numbers inside these comps using 3 sliders on the control_01 layer: sl_01, sl_02, and sl_03. For this, I enabled time remapping on the num comps.I’m not an expert in scripting, but this is the simplest expression I found:f = thisComp.layer("control_01").effect("sl_01")("Slider") t = f * thisComp.frameDuration; valueAtTime(t);It works…until I try to set the slider to 6 or above. From 0–5 it shows the correct number, but 6 shows 5, 7 → 6, 8 → 7, 9 → 8, 10 → 9.after 25 seconds, num_01 and num_02 change 1 frame earlier than the slider’s keyframes (while num_03 changes at the correct time).I’m really trying to unde

I'm extremely new to Aftereffects and I have Toggle Mask and Shape Path Visibity toggled but It still doesn't show the Circle icon when my mouse is on the comp. I'm on Mac btw.

Hello!I am an After Effects newbie and I have the following issue: I am editing a big project in premiere pro and I want to apply some speed ramps to a couple of the clips. Therefore I checked a tutorial and followed all the steps: I imported the clips into AE and created a composition with time remapping to do the speed ramp. It all works out really well, the slo-mo looks nice, the sound is great. But when I export the clips and re-import them into Premiere, the footage looks notably different, somehow it plays back differently, like the frame rate or the frame processing is now different I have tried a few things:- I changed the color engine to REC- turned off motion blur and frame interpolation- double checked the framerate  The footage is: 15.3 Mb/s 1920*1080 at 25 fps, AVCExport is set for: H264, best quality 1920*1080 at 25fps, frame interpolation off, half-frame rendering off, motion-blur off. I have spent a couple of hours trying to find a sol

hi guys,I have a problem from mocha.I am drawing a plot with the tool in the video and doing tracking at the end, but after 10 seconds it stops and the remaining timeline turns red and I cannot continue it in any way. The track remains red. How can I solve this?

Hi, I have a project in AE that crashes with the message: "After Effects can't continue: damaged item 26:16,"  and I have to stop the AE process in Task Manager.  However if I just save the project and Exit AE, it does not crash and I can open the project again.  I have tried starting in Safe Mode, purging the cache, disabling plugins etc, but nothing seems to work.  I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling AE.  Any advice will be greatly apreciated.Zaffer

Just someday ago i cannot even use the dynamic link feature, now it keeps crashing when opening my files.  

Can anyone help me find a specific effect I'm looking for? I was trying new stuff from the effects panel on a shot for an animated music video, and found this really nice effect (see picture below, first with and second without effect - it's applied to the orange solid colors of the animals). When I clicked away I couldn't find it anymore and the name is not in effect controls as it's composed of three effects, so it doesn't use its own name there. Does anyone recognise the effect? I would be soo grateful to know which one it is!! The effect is composed of "animated shape control", "(radial blur)" and "(calculations)" (as seen in picture).  

hi ı making land videos from after effect. when ı start ae ı add mocha and ı am drawing with tool after ı make track but  after ı have a problem. Mytimeline red and stopped track. what ı will do ?

I want to extend this layer in the timeline. But it does not move after certain point. How to fix it? Video also uploaded.  

Hi,I am facing this problem where AE doesnt start due to CEP error. I've given Read & Write access to all users in Adobe folders in preferences and documents but still no luck. Even tried reinstalling multiple times and also different versions but getting same error. Please help as I feel I have tried everything that i found on internet and its impacting my work. Thanks

Bom dia!Preciso das versõesanteriosres do s aplocativos. As que funcionem no Ventura 13.7.8 (22H730)

Hi everyone,I’m getting bright speckled dots around the edges of a masked phone screen, but only after exporting. Inside After Effects it looks clean, but when I render it out, random white/green dots appear around the edges.This happens even without using Mocha.. just a basic mask or tracked insert.Has anyone seen this before or knows what causes it?

In a linked in learning course, there was this example expression...  It wasn't really explained well... the syntax for the b variable of the array index ([1]) on the wiggle function perhaps just shows my lack of javascript (?) familiarity.. but can someone explain how this index on the scale property is being 'used' by the wiggle function?  Perhaps asking a slightly different way... why does removing the array index ([1]) from the wiggle function cause an error on the FIRST line of code? while omitting that b= assignment statement altogether resolves the error?  It seems counter intuitive for modification in the second line like above to cause an error to the first line, and I'd like to understand what is going on so if/when I encounter other errors, I have a better understanding of how the system as a whole is functioning. 

I imported my illustrator file like always, composition-retain layer size and all that jazz, but for some reason my illustrator layers have this weird space around them and are behaving like images. I can change things in the illustrator file and it will update in after effects. I can't convert the logo into a shape. I don't know how to fix it. Both apps are up to date and I've tried restarting them both.  

I'm getting this error in After Effects and I have no idea what else to try. I've already tried recovering it in every possible way and nothing worked. My PC froze and I had to restart it, but the project was still open, and when I booted back up this error popped up. I can’t afford to lose this project — I’ve put five days of work into it.

IOS 15.5 (24F74), After Effects 25.6.0Instead of Roto-brushing I am just drawing a box without selcting anything. I did everything ChatGPT asked me to do - delete cache, reset the settings and it is still the same... please help!!

Hi, I’m on a Mac and After Effects keeps showing a playback error and then crashes whenever I switch to another application and return to AE. It happens consistently during previews.Why is this happening and how can I fix it?

Can my gtx1060 3gb support advanced 3d? 😞