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Damo_S15
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April 30, 2013
Question

Missing 'Animation Presets' in the Dropdown List

  • April 30, 2013
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Hey everyone,

I'm trying to fix this issue that i've been having with After Effects.

After i've made a layer and applied an affect onto it I'd like to use the Animation Presets dropdown list to apply another preset to it - but it's empty.

There are several methods on the net to fix this - none have worked.

http://i.imgur.com/3zCVtCX.png

Any help would be amazing!

Thanks, Damian

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      ronlemen43
      Participant
      May 17, 2018

      has any of this been resolved, I am having the same issue with AE 2018 CC

      shando
      shando
      Participant
      September 9, 2016

      I had this problem as well, using the most recent update to AE CC (2015.3) on Mac. Tried some of the quick fixes such as saving your own preset to populate the list, or refreshing the list in Effects & Presets. That had previously resolved the issue for me but not after the most recent CC update.

      For me the fix was to go into Applications and copy/paste the Particular presets from a previous version of AE. I had a "Adobe After Effects CC2015.3" folder (where the presets were missing) and also one simply labeled "Adobe After Effects CC". I looked in that folder and in the Presets folder there was a folder called "Trapcode Particular ffx". I copied that folder and pasted to the Presets folder from my most recent version (2015.3), and this fixed it for me.

      I realize that some users may not still have their old AE app folders, but thought this might help someone else out there. Good luck. 

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      BingoFriday
      Participating Frequently
      May 27, 2013

      Yes. Me too. It would be nice to have that drop down list in CS6.

      Todd_Kopriva
      Todd_Kopriva
      Inspiring
      April 30, 2013

      What are you expecting to see there?

      Have you saved any animation presets that use this effect? That's what that menu is for.

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      JohnSeptimus
      Participant
      April 30, 2013

      Hi Todd

      We are expecting to see something like this

      http://youtu.be/fTrW3t-SHIY?t=52s

      The entire list of existing presets appear in the dropdown. If we choose "Save Selection as Animation Preset..." and save the file, it then appears in the list, but still no others appear.

      Cheers

      James

      Todd_Kopriva
      Todd_Kopriva
      Inspiring
      April 30, 2013

      In the video that you're pointing to, he's using the Fractal Noise effect, for which there are many animation presets installed. You're showing the Broadcast Colors effect, for which there are no animation presets installed by default. There are no animation presets to show. What you're seeing is normal.

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