Questions

Hi, I need some guidance. I am using Duik angela to rig a head for  head turning. But the motion is so abrupt. Any tricks from the seniors here to make the motion smooth? how can I make the hold keyframes smooth? please. 😥   

Hi,I am currently working on a time sensitive project that was built in AE25 but I'm currently experiencing repeated stability issues. I just want to get through this project without the added crash stress, so I'm looking to backsave my file to AE24 but I'm not seeing the option? I've looked into the whole "Save as a copy" but there's no backsave file option in the dropdown. It's only showing save as an AE template and that obviously doesn't work.  Any help?

This comes up every time I open AE2025 (25.5.0) (MacOS 15.6.1 Apple Silicon M4). Everything works after I close it but still it's a sign of something... AE2024 doesn't show it. Is it because of some plug-in, extension etc?

While exporting to 818 x 460 px ProRes 4444 I noticed that exported mov had slightly different colors than the same composition which was exported to 1920x1080 px. I prepared a simple AE scene which generates the same issue. Here is a simple test showing the issue. Top part is 1920px, bottom is 818px (scaled to fit).  When I exported the file first to 1920px and then scaled it to 818px using Handbrake there was no differences in the color. Is this an issue with AE or some weird limitation of ProRes?  

if theres no motionblur for 3d objects then whats the point?

When paused and not playing back, the entire preview window goes black. I can see my composition play back normally when playing, but it goes black when I pause. This issue happens with every project I make. I've tried:-Driver updates and everything GPU related-Making sure fast previews and wireframe are off-Starting in safe mode with 3rd party plugins disabled-Reinstalling After Effects and resetting preferences-Checking preview settings and making sure everything is visible  Details:After Effects 25.1Windows 11 Pro 24H2AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 & RTX 4060 (Laptop) w/ 32GB RAM Thanks to anybody who can help!  

I tried uploading footage into After Effects and Premiere Pro, but the videos came out way too bright because of HDR. I looked up how to change the color settings, but even after trying those, the footage still doesn’t look close to the original. I need your help finding the right settings so it looks correct. The After Effects version looks the worst. I’m attaching a picture to help you understand.

Imported layers from illustrator have broken edges. I have outlined texts and I have the continuosly rasterize option activated, and nothing seems to help.What can be causing this issue? The rest of the imported ai files work fine, it's only this ai document. 

Hey guys,as you can see in the screenshot below, I imported some psd.files, but the problem is that the layers are not being regarded as Photoshop Layers by After Effects, as you can see in the timeline because there are no "Ps" symbols next to the layers, despite me, when I imported the file, choosing "Import as: Composition - Retain Layer Sizes".Therefore, the text layer "So, you want to create" is not even regarded as a text layer for example..I tried solving this problem for hours, but have not been able to fix it yet... 

Hi everyone,I’m stuck on a problem in After Effects.I’m following this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB7tLjqsKMY , and everything works fine,  until I try to make my molecule higher quality.If I scale up the layer inside the new composition, it becomes too pixelated.But if I increase the size directly in the base composition (where the solids are), I go from having about 3 atoms to around 10, and the whole effect looks completely different.I’d like my molecule to be at least 1000 px wide for my animation.However, it seems that it’s not possible to go beyond 50 in the “Space Grid” setting of CC Ball Action.Does anyone know how to get a higher-quality version of this effect or how to recreate the same look as in the tutorial without using a 3D program (ideally staying within After Effects)?Thanks a lot for your help! 

So im trying to do Content-Aware Fill on my rotoscoped subject in the black, but I keep getting either this error code or 'Rotobrush buffer size mismatch'. If someone could diagnose my problem that would be greatly appreciated. 

I use to edit A LOT on Element 3D, I used to pirate all of it becaise I couldn't afford it, one day Element crashed my After Effects and it never stopped until this day, I BOUGHT After Effects and Element 3D from Video Copilot, HOPING it would work. I can apply element to a layer with no problem, and open the interface without nothing happening, but when I import 3D models EVEN the ones that come with Element, my After FX crashes. I tried unistalling everything, and just nothing works! I got clients waiting on me AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. help plz

I’m trying to use two variable fonts: SCALE and SZTOS SCALE works great in illustrator but when I try to use it in AE I only have italic options. SZTOS would be my preferred choice but that only gives my access to the italic versions in both Illustrator and AE. I’ve installed/removed etc but can’t get them to work. I did also test OBVIOUSLY font which works great. I have emailed about SZTOS as it is a known issue of the font itself. I should have reguular and italic. Seems to be a font issue maybe but strange how I have limited options in AE – ie, limited to Italic only. Any ideas?  

Hi, on version 15.1.1 the UI panel does not scroll down to show all edits. I read it is a bug that will be fixed.In the meantime, HOW CAN I ACCESS TO "properties" of the linked VRcomps to stabilize/track and above all REFRESH the "Output/render"??Appreciate any help!

 Hey everyone,I’m using the following After Effects expression: var rect = thisLayer.sourceRectAtTime(time, false); var pos = transform.position; var offset = 20; pos - [0, rect.height - offset]; It works, but I’d like the text to stay fixed at the bottom no matter what characters are used — uppercase, lowercase, umlauts, or special symbols — and I’d like the offset to adjust automatically (so I don’t have to set it manually).Right now, the position still changes slightly depending on the text content.Does anyone know how to modify the expression so the text baseline always stays perfectly fixed at the bottom with an automatic offset?Thanks in advance!

I tried to make a seamless loop using Turbulent Displace. I added the following expression to the Evolution property:  time * 36  or time * (360/10) The Evolution does make a full circle from 0 to 360 degrees, but the animation is far  from seamless. Basically it starting from 0*+00°  and finishes 1*+00° Could somebody help me to create a real seamless loop from Turbulent Displace for 10s     

When I import Ai layer with text that is not outlined, this error appears; but this never happened before until yesterdayHopefully someone can help me with this.Thanks a lot!

Hi. When I click "alt" + scroll, it doesn't move me to the place where my mouse cursor is (in After Effects). It must be a problem with the program because everything works fine in Illustrator. I uninstalled and reinstalled it. I also changed the settings, but it still doesn't work.

So does anyone know if you can get element 3d for free somehow with macos catalina? I've searcehd far and wide but haven't found a solution to paying $200 for the plugin. I know it's worth it, but still... 

Hello! I’m having an issue with an expression. I wanted to create a series of patterns and I thought that I could do this by triggering a pre-comp’s animation with it’s distance from an object. When objA passes over, pre-comp will play 2s - 4s. When objB passes over, play 6s - 8s.I’ve gotten to a point where the objects interact with the pre-comp’s time, but the output time’s are always off. Instead of 2s - 4s, it will output 2:12 - 4, 6s - 8s will be 6:04 to 8. I assume I’m not understanding linear() or time correctly. Any help would be appreciated!// Set Pre-comp time t = thisLayer.time-inPoint; // Define each object to detect objB = thisComp.layer("Object B - IN"); objC = thisComp.layer("Object C - OUT"); // Define layer positions p = thisLayer.position; xP = transform.position[0]; yP = transform.position[1]; xA = thisComp.layer("Object A - STATIC").transform.position[0]; yA = thisComp.layer("Object A - STATIC").transform.position[1]; xB = thisCom

Everytime I open any version of after effects it says crash repair options and then the spinny wheel on the mac shows up and it stays like that forever not letting me use any version of after effects. I've tried deleting and reinstalling and it doesn't work. What should I do

So - I'm new to the roto brush and am having an issue.  As my 20 second clup renders, the render behind the playhead gets lost - meaning at say the 10 second mark, everything the green line behind will disappear.  This continues to happen as the playhead moves on. Any sugestions as to what could be casuing this?

Hello all! I've been using the text animation present for Counter Countdown Monospaced the last week or so without any issues to make little rolling number animations for a corporate job I'm working on. Yesterday I was experiencing some crashes and performance issues with a different project I had running alongside this one, so I updated After Effects to 25.5.0, and updated the Maxon plugins I was using and that seemed to resolve that issue, but when I reloaded the first project to create more counter animations the preset no longer appears to be working.   I tried saving a version of the project as AE 24 but the same problem is showing up in there. It's showing up errors in a few lines of the expression, are there any expression supremos that can help me resolve the issue? I've pasted the screenshots below. Thanks in advance! 

AE 2025.2 and earlier launches fine, but any of the 2025.3 updates don't launch--I get a "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142)" error. Googling has shown this error crops up from time to time across lots of programs, but the problem seems to be something out of date. I'm on Windows 10, completely updated, and my RTX GeForce 2070 Super drivers are also completely updated. My system is way beyond the system requirements minimum. I haven't run into this with recent updates on the other CC programs (but I haven't tried them all). Since this error is happening with LITERALLY only this program, and only the recent updates of this program, I assume this is an Adobe ask.

I've only used After Effects 2024 until recently, when I downloaded AE 25, the video preview won't load, and it seems to lag. I've never had problems with AE 24 but AE 25 is lagging and doesn't seem to work. At first the video preview had worked but now it won't seem to load and I've already checked my cache and RAM, neither seem to be the problem.