After Effects 2023 - Background Image Effect

Report · Jul 13, 2023

Hello, I am working on a music visualizer template and need help on the background image effect. I am on a PC.

The timeline for this template is 3:18:14 and any mp3 songs I add to this template, the background image effect stops beating to the song. I am trying to locate the area that I can change so the background image of The Witcher will continue to move along with the song that is over 3:18:14.

I was able to change the length of the mp3 song and the white visualizer according to the length of longer mp3 songs. But I can not change the background image of The Witcher to continue the beat of longer songs. I played around with the Visualizer bar below but nothing worked.

Please see the attached files below.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Report · Jul 13, 2023

Also, when I open the template, I see a list of missing items for this template and was wondering where can I find these missing effects for this template. Please see attached picture. Thanks!

Report · Jul 13, 2023

Those are all paid 3rd Party effects, and some are expensive. The person supplying the template should have specified that 3rd party effects would be required. You can either live without those effects or try to reproduce the look with some of the standard effects and scripts that come with After Effects or open your wallet and start buying plug-ins and scripts.

Shine and Sound Keys are part of the Trapcode bundle available from Maxon. Unfortunately, you can no longer license Shine and Sound Keys individually. You'll need the suite.

Twixtor comes from ReVision Effects. Twitch is from Viideo Copilot.

You will have to dig into the nested comps or use the Composition/Flowchart to find where to replace the images and footage you want to use. This may require rebuilding the nestede comps (pre-comps) if they are not long enough.

The template author should have supplied a detailed set in instructions on the use of the template. Some are simple, with only a couple of intelligently named nested comps, some are a mess with no instructions, a bunch of default names, and some very inefficient workflows.

I would start with the people that made the template.