Im brand new to after effects, and I'm confused. I made a video a couple weeks back and opened it today only to see that I cant view my work at all. The preview doesn't showing except when I drag the time indicator to a new spot, and even then the preview only shows up black. Any help is appreciated!
You will need to take and upload a full resolution screen shot (full size - do not scale it down) showing all of your composition window and timeline for us to help you.
Well, the first thing to note is that your playhead in that screenshot is at a time (23 sec.) that doesn't have any layer content - unless you have layers further down the timeline. If you move the playhead to 12 sec - do you see anything?
I also notice you have a 1080 x 1080 comp - but you're only seeing roughly the top half of it. Set the magnification menu in the lower left corner of the composition window to: "Fit up to 100%". Does that help?
totally depends on how much cache you're holding, system specs etc - but just a couple of minutes? You should et a dialouge box / progress bar - so it sounds like a crash.
What are your system specifications? Amount of RAM?
Earlier, when I would open a new file, the new project wouldn't work. So now, it seems to be working with a new file. The project I created a couple of weeks ago had 40 layers, and 3 or 4 video clips in it. That file still won't load, but it could be because the file is large (larger than a new file- of course).... RAM reserved for other applications is 2. I don't have other applications open.
If you are new to AE it is very important that you spend several hours with the basics. The User Guide is a great place to start. Here's a link to the User Guide tutorials. User Guide
Run through at least all of the first 10 Getting Started tutorials at the top, then return to your project and you'll be able to see what you are doing wrong very quickly.
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