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Is there a way that I can convert my 4K 1:1 video so that it can be shown in a full dome?Thanks in advance.

Hi, I’m developing a plugin for After Effects and I’d like to use a custom user interface instead of Adobe’s default one.How can I integrate a custom UI into my plugin?

Hi Community,Is it possible to isolate a person rapping on stage? The reason for this task because the footage wasnt shot well and needing to isolate the person to keep her on a transparent background with her rapping audio. Any good turtorials I can follow? The edit is on Premiere although I figured for the task is best done on after effects. Many Thanks

I found a bug in my plugin that was clamping the results when I was using a mask. I've seen a bunch of forum posts about this. Here's a good guide on how to solve it. # Buffer Expansion in After Effects SmartFX Plugins ## Table of Contents 1. [Overview](#overview) 2. [The Problem](#the-problem) 3. [How Buffer Expansion Works](#how-buffer-expansion-works) 4. [Critical Concepts](#critical-concepts) 5. [Implementation Guide](#implementation-guide) 6. [Common Pitfalls](#common-pitfalls) 7. [Real-World Example](#real-world-example) 8. [Debugging Tips](#debugging-tips) --- ## Overview Buffer expansion allows After Effects plugins to return pixels beyond the original layer boundaries. This is essential for effects like: - **Edge extension** - Extending colors beyond alpha boundaries - **Blurs** - Gaussian/box blurs that extend beyond input - **Glows** - Light effects that extend outward - **Shadows** - Drop shadows extending beyond layer - **Morphological operations** - Dilate/erode

ive been given a brief recently which has given me quite a bit of grief in the past. it seems easy on the surface, but have always found it very time consuming, I think I’ve been going about it in the wrong way all along. So one of my clients is a race car brand, and they often give me long shots where the cam is following a car, and I need to put trails behind it, which are left on the ground behind it and stay there afterwards for the duration of the shot.So I’ve been doing it with paths, going towards the end of the clip, and seeing where the dirt trails are that the car has left, putting the paths with the pen tool, then manually keyframing those points every 10 frames to make sure things stay stuck to the ground ( I do this by looking at identifiable pieces of the ground and making sure points are close to them at all times).I know this sounds insane, and it kinda is, but I had to resort to doing this because 3D camera tracking these shots just isn’t working for me. The path

ROTO BRUSH IS NOT WORKING   , ITS UNABLE TO SELECT SUBJECT  

Recently with the AI masking bug needing all premeire pro files to be downgraded I've come to a big error.So I can't open my origional premeire pro file, I look up the issue, find the downgrading software and downgrade the PP file, boom, the PP file now works good and well.The problem now is when I open up the After effects file that had dynamic links connected to that inital premiere pro file. Since AE is trying to link the dynamic links in the bugged version of PP and is finding that the file can't be opened, it ends up either crashing or stuck on 100% of opening project.This is a big problem for me as it'll mean that all my work in After effects will have to be done again and since I'm using it for work, it'll set me back massively.Hopefully there's a solution.

I'm new to After Effects and I'm wondering how to create the text effects in the main menu of the Hotline Miami 2 game. I tried using effects like Echo and Glow, and I tried using 3D features, but I couldn't get the result I wanted. Could you please help me?

"After Effects warning: All target frames are blank. The Content-Aware Fill layer generation for Comp (...) has been aborted."This error do I get when trying to Generate Fill Layer.My Comp has a hole to fill, so that is not the problem.I trashed Preferences as suggested in another thread.Any suggestions? Meanwhile, what does this even mean: "All target frames are blank."?

how i can fix this

After Effects seems to have issues playing back audio anytime my PC sleeps, lock screen or I minimise the app for a second. I have to go into settings and manually toggle the Audio Hardware on and off to get it back. I've tried everything in Windows settings. This seems like a bug in AE.

I have tried importing this psd in as many different ways as possible because I know some times there are bugs but no matter what I do I can't get the handles to appear for any of the tools. I have created new after effects files, renamed the psd, tried going back and forth between different import settings to try and trick it back but it isn't working. Only the small gray bounding boxes appear - no ability to move or rotate or change the anchor. Other files work fine. I have removed all layer styles and opacity from the psd file which shouldn't matter but that didn't help either. 

I have a CEP extension panel where Alt+Click and Shift+Alt+Click detect correctly in AE 2023,2024 but not in AE2025.```javascript// Global key trackingvar isAltPressed = false;document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {  if (e.key === 'Alt' || e.keyCode === 18) {    isAltPressed = true;  }});// Button eventdocument.getElementById('applyBtn').addEventListener('click', function(e) {  const useCustomValues = isAltPressed; // Always false in AE 2025  // ... rest of code});```I've Tried:✅ Tracking Alt key state globally with keydown/keyup  ✅ Using `e.altKey`, `e.shiftKey` in click events  ✅ Tried Shift+Alt combination instead of just Alt  ✅ Updated manifest.xml CEP version from 10.0 to 11.0  ✅ Added visual debug indicator (doesn't show in AE 2025)  Result:AE 2023: Works perfectly ✅AE 2025: Keys never detected ❌manifest.xml```xml<RequiredRuntime Name="CSXS" Version="11.0"/>```Is the

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5E3E5PNyfr/?igsh=bGQwcGR0ajh5bmFn How can I do a Kinetic TXT Animation like this Instagram video by Mat Voyce, where it says “THUD” at the bottom of the video which I have done screenshots of and circled in red. I’ve looked on YouTube and can’t find any tutorials on this specific txt animation technique.  

Here's a screenshot of an AE sequence with only 2 shape layers and one solid with a mask. Note the amount of RAM it took. 56 GBs for three basic layers?! In a FHD project?!!! What is going on?  I made a 5 minutes motion graphics project in the previous but one version and it only took 45 GBs.

Does anyone know how the effect of adding animated lines around an object was achieved

How to do this eye glow effect in after effects please help  

 I'm trying to set multiple linear() ramps (in this case to set opacity) at various points in a song..my expressions seem to be creating the arrays as expected... but I am not getting the expected results for the resulting post-expression graph... (see ALL CAPS section below)... it seems my if/elseif are just falling through to the else.. thus, setting the opacity to a constant value.  beats_per_min = 104 sec_per_min = 60 beats_per_bar = 4 seconds_per_beat = sec_per_min / beats_per_min section_bars = [0,2,8,8,4,8,2,8,4,8,2,8,8,9,8]; // set the bar number at the end of each section section_bars_cum = new Array(section_bars.length) section_bars_cum[0]=0 for(arrIndex = 0 ; arrIndex< section_bars.length-1; arrIndex++) { section_bars_cum[arrIndex+1]= section_bars_cum[arrIndex]+section_bars[arrIndex+1] } // set the time(in sec) at the end of each section section_time_cumulative = new Array(section_bars.length) for(arrIndex = 0 ; arrIndex< section_time_cumulative

Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War had one of the slickest title sequences ever, created by the brilliant folks at Sarofsky. In this video, I rebuild that look entirely inside After Effects, using both the new Advanced 3D renderer and the Classic 3D trick for older versions.   https://youtu.be/VItvU_eznN8

Pretty simple problem here, but maybe without a simple solution. I have a large collection of short (~5 seconds or less) clips (~300 in total), and need to apply pixel motion blur to all of them.The problem is that pixel motion blur creates a massive volume of cached data (several GB for a 5s clip). So I need an automated solution to: loop through each clipapply pixel motion blurrender the clip outclear the cachemove on to the next clipI could do this manually, but it would take absolutely forever.I tried to automate the process with AE scripting in JavaScript, but it seems that pixel motion blur in particular cannot be applied in a scripting environment (?)Any suggestions?

When I copy Position keyframes from one layer to another in After Effects, the anchor point on the target layer also changes to match the anchor point of the original layer. I only want to transfer the motion, not the anchor point settings.I’ve seen the same issue mentioned in a YouTube video, but no solution was provided.Can someone explain why this happens or how to copy motion without affecting the anchor point? I’m new to After Effects and stuck on this problem.https://youtu.be/cU_1LShq7b0?si=d4T6TNBDqbuw4L4_

Hey everyone,I’m running into a pretty time consuming rendering issue and wanted to ask if anyone has dealt with something similar before. I have an particle effect that uses Trapcode Particular combined with Echo to create particle trails. The look is perfect, but the render times are absolutely insane. For example 2 minute 16 seconds of a footage takes about whooping 3 hours to render sometimes even longer. Here it is basically how it looks like:  Particle trails created by increasing Wind in Particular, and Echo is what makes them dotted like this. I tried pre-rendering the particles first and then applying Echo, but it doesn’t produce the same result. I also tested alternatives like CC Time Blend etc. but none of them matched Echo’s look either. Are there any tricks to make Echo faster with particle systems? or is there any plugin that behaves like Echo but renders faster? For the record I’ve also tested the same project on friends systems (i have GTX 1650 Ti, they have RTX 3060 Ti

When linking layers to a null controller via the Parent pickwhip, the layers disappear. I'm using AE 25.6. This has never occurred in previous versions for me. I noticed similar earlier posts about this glitch and the issue was that the user was connecting to the null via the Track Matte pickwhip. I am using the Parent pickwhip. Can someone suggest why this is happening? Thanks!!

Hi!I'm trying to make a line that is marching ants from point a to point b but no matter what I do to the offset it looks as though the dotted line grows from each individual dot. See video below and notice the first few dots as it moves. I really want just a smooth constant and consistant movement. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hello, this is my first time writing a message like this, but it's also the first time I've been unable to solve this problem. I will briefly describe my task so that you are aware of the situation. My client wants us to use 3D on a phone to present the features of their application. I am purchasing the 3D from Envato. Everything is fine, but I want to put some brand elements under the phones themselves and I can't because each 3D model has a background that I can only change, but I can't remove. I am attaching screenshots, and I can upload more, but I would be grateful if anyone has done something similar and managed to solve this issue. Thank you in advance.