Though I’m self-taught and admittedly not entirely familiar with how it all works, I’ve used After Effects for a while now, and I’ve been able to navigate without issue until now. I’ve done enough to know that what I’m attempting should be simple.
All I’m trying to do is apply a simple text animation preset. I’ve tried selecting the layer, browsing presets in bridge and double clicking – history shows a preset was applied, yet nothing happens…it doesn’t show up in the layer dropdown. I’ve also tried dragging directly from the presets panel (top right in AE)…same issue; absolutelynothing happens. I try double-clicking the preset within that panel and it creates an emtpy layer above the one I’m trying to apply the preset to.
I have no idea why it’s not working as it always has in the past – have tried to determine if I somehow ‘disabled’ layer effects – have searched for instructions as to how I might ‘enable’ them (to no avail) – it’s now been hours (days) of zero progress when this should’ve taken me maybe 5 minutes (tops!)
I do notice that there is no selectable ‘box’ beneath the ‘fx’ option on the layers themselves, and clicking that does nothing, which leads to me to believe it has something to do with composition settings. If that’s the case, I can’t figure out where to find that option and change it.
Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong/what I’m missing? This is the last step in a project that’s taken months. To be stuck on this snag, unable to complete this video-edit is absurd! Feels like I'm frozen, two inches from the finish line.
Please help!
Thank you, in advance…
Zippy
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