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Can't select straight shape layer lines in viewer/composition window

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September 28, 2022
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In the viewer window in after effects: I can't select shape layers that are straight lines. They can be diagonal, they can be square, but I cant select them in the viewer window if they are are a straight line. I've tried it on two other computers, and it's the same result. I've tried centering the anchor point. This makes it time consuming and difficult to animate certain scenes from illustrator.

Example: http://i.imgur.com/wjE7ePm.gif

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LasseLeonAuthor

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Works perfectly here! Thank you!

Roei Tzoref

Legend

Hi John, seems to work fine now. thanks

JohnColombo17100380

Community Manager

Hi all,

In looking through our bug backlog, this issue has been listed as Fixed in 17.0. Can any of you confirm if you are still seeing this issue in the latest version of After Effects 2023? It appears to be working with some light testing on our end, but please let us know if your experience is different.

Thanks for any information you can offer,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team

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mutasadiq0D4D

Participant

You have to only select the toggle mask and path visibility option below the composition.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

Just wanted to chime in that I've been having this problem too for about a year, its been more of a problem of late with having to animate more straight 2 point lines.

When dealing with more complex scenes from designers with these elements it's a big hurdle to deal with, often having to forgo any selections in the preview panel and having to handle all layer selections in the layer panel.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

This bug has been in After Effects since CC 2016.

It is extreme frustrating that this issue still has not be resolved, nor has an Adode developer or support commented on this issue.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

AE CC 2019 have serious bug with selection tool.
When shape layer with straight line (horizontal o vertical) is added it can not be selected or moved with selection tool once deselected after first creation.
Straight lines are looks broken in other cases too. Take a look at the video - there are some strange do attached to the shape layer with line (layer 2 on screencast). You can not select layer by clicking on the line, but you can if point is selected. You can drag this point, but line will disappeared.

This does not happens for other shapes.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

it makes me growled

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eikonoklastes

Legend

I just ran into this issue myself today. Pretty annoying bug.

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fridas90601866

Participant

Pleas fix this as soon as you can. I have this problem also!