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Hello all,Istalled Production Crate LaForge Suite of plugins a few weeks ago. Great stuff. Was all working fine until it didn't. Now I get the following error: After Effects error: This effect cannot be applied because it cannot be initialized. Try reinstalling or contacting the plug-in developer. (25 :: 3) Specs:2019 Mac Pro – Mac OS sequoia, 15.4.1 (24E263)Ae24 Version 24.6.6 (Build 1) - tried Ae25, same result.Tried completely uninstalling all Production Crate plug-ins using Production Crate app. Then checked all After Effects and media core folders to make sure there was not anything left over. Did a fresh restart, used Disk Utility is to repair permissions did reinstall of Production Crate LaForge Suite version 1.3.8. Nothing working. Any help would be greatly appreciated!Thank you. 

Hi!This might be a stupid question, but every time I sort through my clips to select scenes it seems to mess up or just completely shut off my preview screen. Does anyone know why this happens and how I can fix/prevent it? I've put some pictures below of what I mean 🙂I started using the app yesterday so any advice will be super appreciated 😄Thanks!! 

Hello, I was working on a project, then last time I tried to open it I had this message that Classic 3d plug-in was generarting an unexpected excetpion and AE won't open the file anymoreI emptied the cache, unistalled and reinstalled AE resetting preferences and have loads of space on my mac but nothing seems to sort this out.I also tried to drag the project into a new sequence but that doesn't really sort the issue out.Can anyone please help, I was almost at the end of a massive project and really don't want to redo it from scratch.massive thanks

Hola, estoy teniendo un problema on after effects. Tengo una ilustracion (illustrator) que importe como precomposicion. Anime la escala y posicion de la imagen entera en el panel de composicion donde esta la timeline completa de todo el video. Ahora quiero utilizar el espacio 3d, pero para modificar las capas de la imagen, tengo que hacerlo desde la precomposicion que aparece separada de la timeline del video entero(la que contiene las capas de ai.), y en ese panel no aparece la imagen tal y como la tengo escalada, puedo modificar cosas y aparecen modificadas, creo que funciona como los objetos inteligentes de ps(?) pero ahi no aparece ninguna de las animaciones que he aplicado a la imagen entera, no se como manejarlo, ayuda. (contexto en las fotos, que quiza me he explicado fatal). Despues quiero crear una camara que se acerque a la parte de "bosque" y vaya como dejando atras los arboles y todo por planos 3d, m ayudaria info sobre como hacer eso tambien.

Hi there, I cannot use any of the CycoreFXHD Plugins anymore. When I try to use them I get an error message in both AE versions 23.1 and 22.6, saying "Couldn't find main entry point for xxx.aex ( 48 § 72 )"In addition, instantly when starting version 23.1 (not 22.6!) I get a very long error message, saying that the following Plugins have failed to load and that I should reinstall them. Followed by a long list of every single CycoreFXHD Plugin.Windows 10 Pro, 22H2, 19045.2486AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, latest chipset driver 4.11.15.342Nvidia RTX3060 12 GB, latest Studio driver 528.02The last system changes I made between working without the issue and the emergence of the issue was updating my Focusrite Control software and the Windows Update KB5022282.But I have no idea if these are related in any way. After deinstalling both the AE bug is still there.I tried:- using the older AE version 22.6- reinstalling After Effects (didn't work)- installing all VC redistributables (becau

I'm editing a 25 second video and no matter what I do I'm unable to render my project. Everything seems fine and working in the preview. but when I try to render it in the render queue it only renders the first second and it's stuck there forever, so I stop it and the warning pops up.I removed any broken expressions, cleared cache hundreds of times, restarted my pc, I'm not sure what else I can do... this has never happened to me before. It says that the file might be damaged or corrupted but the project opens and plays just fine, and I don't think I have any corrupted or damaged files in my project.This has been stressing me out all day, any help is appreciated! 😞 

Hello,I have a project made in After 24.1.0 that I would like to be able to open on the latest version of After (2025) but I get a message telling me that projects using the Cineware effect are not compatible with other versions. My question is, is there a way to easily identify compositions in this project that use this effect so that I can delete them and then be able to open this project in After Effects 2025?Thank you in advance if you can help me!

Hi All, I am trying to open Cinema 4d project in After Effects 25.2.2. In my creative cloud is says the add-on Cinema 4D by Maxon is added, I have also created an account through Maxon's official website, but when I try to create a new Maxon Cinema 4D file from After Effects it says the following error message:After Effects error: Code (A_Err_GENERIC): Cinema 4D 2025 must be installed in order to use "Cineware by Maxon". To install from the Creative Cloud app go to After effects, choose the "..." button next to "Open" and select 'Add-ons'. (0::1) Any idea what I am doing wrong? Thanks in advance

Hey guys, can somebody help me, with my situation?When i add some mp4 or just audio file and open audio waveform , after effects starts lagging when i scrolling between layers, feels like ae workin in 5 fps, and later i tried to open ae in small window, around  10% of my monitor and there was less lags.win11, 64ram, ae on ssd   Title edited by Mod.

The short answer is YOU CAN'T...with the Render Button...The actual answer is you must use Queue In ADOBE MEDIA ENCODER to export HDR content.I am so frustrated i have been testing and racking my brain trying to adjust colorspace and settings in AFX and no matter what i do all files i export have rec 709 colorspace.If you google "after effects export hdr" the results are a bunch of old posts of people trying to figure out how to get hdr from afx.In your after effects online help guide in the color section it talks all about color spaces and never mentions you need to use AME to export.In your help guide render and export settings section there is no mention at all of HDR or needing to use AME to export HDR.I just happened to stumble across some 5 minute video on youtube and caught the 5 second section where he says "you must use AME to export HDR in after effects"Thankfully i found that or i would still be going crazy trying to figure it out.Why don't you communicate this to the user?I

I was using AE when it suddenly stopped responding. I tried uninstalling reinstalling, updating my drivers, and I can access other creative cloud apps. I have the most recent version of the app and everything. Pls help.

I am using the slider tool to blur a set of numbers up from 0 to 2.9. Initially, I had the issue that the numbers entered had four decimal places  (ex. 2.1253 ) I only needed one decimal place. I found this expression to round up.Math.round(effect("Slider Control")("Slider"))Unfortunatey, this shows no decimal places and I need to just show one decimal place but cannot find an expression online that is word for word the expression I need.Basically I need to go to the tenth decimal place. so from 0 to 2.9, does anyone know the exact expression for this?

I have a 3D scan (human figure) OBJ file, and I have uploaded to AE/4D cinema to edit out backgrounds bits.  I want to save as an OBJ so I can upload to Mixamo. I cannot see how to do this. 

Hello.I have a short film teaser I want to film, and in one of the scenes, a girl speaks directly to the camera while images appear on wall right beside her, as if coming from a movie projector.What techniques do I use to achieve this effect, being sort of a beginner in After Effects (who is willing to learn much more)?I've tried looking for an answer for my specific question and I couldn't find it. Thanks in advance,J. Felipe.

I'm getting a warning when launching AE regarding MediaCore.  It's asking me to reinstall the following two plugins... NotchLCPremierePlugin.bundleNotchLCAfterEffectsPlugin.bundle After closing that window, another error message appears stating "Couldn't find main entry point for NotchLCAfterEffectsPlugin.bundle ( 48 :: 72 )".  I uninstalled/reinstalled AE, but this didn't fix the issue.  A month ago I tried to install an old copy of Film Impact plugins for PPro, but my old copy no longer works so I had to remove that.  I feel that might have caused this issue.  I'm not sure how to go about reinstalling these MediaCore plugins.  If anyone has any ideas I would really apreciate it.  Thank you!  Pics attached for reference. 

ok i am so fascinated by godzilla movies. I know i require after effects for this but do i require any other adobe software for this to create  my own unique character and animate it and what about their voices?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2pYosKhK6M 

Is there any freaking way in AE to bring in footage (multichannel EXRs) with alpha, then IGNORE the alpha for compositing purposes? I've been looking for this solution for years. I want to be able to bring in my footage ONCE, then composite WITHOUT ALPHA, but still have the alpha available for final stenciling. This just does not seem possible in AE. When extracting channels from the EXRs with the Extractor effect there is an "unmult" checkbox, but it does not remove the alpha. Presumably it unmults the edge pixels with the import color that's set in the interpret footage menu. But, even with this unchecked, comps STILL result in unwanted alpha stacking on edge pixels. So, the ONLY solution I've come up with is to import all my sequences twice, once with alpha ignored (for comping) and once with it premultiplied. The second one is only used as an alpha stencil where appropriate in my comp flow. This is incredibly hacky and inconvenient, especially when dealing with

Hi there! To make it short, the Adobe contact center has remoted my machine for 2 days and has applied all possible solutions and workaround to resolve the said issue but no luck! and after a couple of trials, they asked me to create a new local account on my windows 11 OS .. and the issue was resolved with that new account! the question is how to fix the problem on my account without creating new windows local account? NOTE: I am sure the problem is from my windows profile but not sure where!  My PC information:GPU: NVIDIA Quadro M5000 |  Driver Version 31.0.15.3141 | Driver date: 3/16/2023RAM: 128 GBAfter Effect Version: 23.3.0 ( Build 53 )  Thank you 

Problem: I attempted to open an older project, using Element 3d, in AE 2025 and got an error message that the plugin was "Missing".  Solution: First make sure you have the plugin installed. Do a reinstall with latest version if necessary.Then create a new project and IMPORT the older project. That's it. Worked for me.  Hope this helps someone out there.

When I press play in my timeline, it plays only the rendered part and starts looping it. This has never happened before so I have no idea why is this happening.Also, when I leave the playhead and don't play the video at all, it doesn't render... Normally it would render when inactive...Can anyone help me?

After Effects versão 24? meu pc não suporta o 25.

Hey! I was working on a project and used two shape layers with gaussian blur to serve as lights on my composition. When they're 2D, it works normally, but once I enable 3D mode they turn really Dark. I'm using Classic 3D renderer and none of the layers have any blending mode enabled. I also tried to deactivate the "Accept Lights/Accept Shadows" option, but it didn't work either.Can you help me? I'm attaching pictures of how the layers look like before enabling the 3D mode and after. 

I was trying to animate a Google earth studio map with city names with shadows on it. Thus I discovered that After Effects 24.6.1 doesn't have cast shadows if the renderer is Advanced 3D. Am I wrong with the settings somewhere or in the Advanced 3D shadows are not cast at all?See an example in the video. Only the classic 3D works. And the Classic 3D would have been fine but for it missing extrusions for layers, which I need and only the Advanced 3D does them

Hi, I am currently trying to work on a project within After Effects. We are required to add transitions, and I am new to doing so on this program. I am trying to transition from clip to clip, but seem to be unable to do so as my "clip" consists of multiple layers. I have attached a photo below. What should I do to go about this? Any suggestions? Thanks! Anything will help.

Hi community. When I make a line using the pen too, on both edges there's semi transparent pixel. how can I make the edges to be sharp when ever I make a line, if its possible to not have an half pixels projecting from the main shape? I'm always moving the shapes up down, left and right to try get it pixel perfect.Thank you.