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Can't See Motion Paths??

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May 21, 2011 May 21, 2011

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Motion Paths won't display. I'm using the latest updates for AE CS5 and nVidia. Motion Paths have never been visible in AE CS5 all the way back to nVidia driver version 178.x, in fact. What to do?

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Contributor , May 23, 2011 May 23, 2011

For seeing a motion path of a point effect, double clic on the layer to open the layer window. This kind of  motion path does not appear in the composition window.

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May 21, 2011 May 21, 2011

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Beware, If a layer have a negative Stretch, the motion path is not display.

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May 21, 2011 May 21, 2011

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Are you sure that you're enabling the display of motion paths in the preferences?

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May 21, 2011 May 21, 2011

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Thanks. Yes Motion Paths is enabled, although the default seems to be the "No More Than [____]" option. As well, it's enabled under View->View options... (accessible while comp window is active).

The default upon a new installation of AE is that Motion Paths are visible, I thought. But I've never turned them off, yet I've never been able to see them no matter what. I'm only posting now because I've realized I need them and it appears it's not just that they were turned off.

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Have you checked to make sure that you have Show Layer Controls turned on?

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May 21, 2011 May 21, 2011

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Thanks, yes Show Layer Controls has a checkmark next to it on the View menu. (Turning it off while the animated property is selected (PositionXY) turns the layer's handles and the position marker (an X in a circle) off.)

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May 23, 2011 May 23, 2011

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I tested again and the Motion Path is visible on an animated object, such as a solid.

Still NOT visible on the Position XY property of the effect I am using (Optical Flares).

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For seeing a motion path of a point effect, double clic on the layer to open the layer window. This kind of  motion path does not appear in the composition window.

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May 23, 2011 May 23, 2011

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Thanks, that resolves this riddle!

So now I'm curious what is the reason it is not visible in the Comp window?

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May 23, 2011 May 23, 2011

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The first thing I would do is click the icon in the upper right hand corner of the composition window and select view options. You should find the check box for motion paths. If doesn't fix it, try deleting your preferences file. You may have also hit the shortcut key by accident to hide all of these little helpful options.

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Feb 10, 2021 Feb 10, 2021

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Hi,

I'm having the same issue. I could see them a few minutes ago, now I cannot. I have the box checked for view motion path. What is the shortcut key you mentioned? Maybe I hit it by accident. I'd like to try that before I delet the preference file.

Thank You. 

Oh, and I'm currently using AE 2020. I know this is an old post, but it popped up while I was searching this issue.

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May 24, 2011 May 24, 2011

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Point effect is relative to the layer.

x and y is about the upper left corner of the layer not of the composition.

The puppet tool is the only effect who display the motion path in the composition window.

And unfortunately the motion path inner text layer, shape layer or brush tool is never diplay.

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 14, 2014 Jan 14, 2014

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As for me, I was not seeing my motion path when using "Shapes".

If the Position property is changed under the main "Transform" arrow, then the motion path will show. On the other hand if the Position property is changed under the "Contents" arrrow, the motion path will NOT show.

I hope this helps someone.


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Dec 05, 2019 Dec 05, 2019

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Yes, it helped! 

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Jul 20, 2020 Jul 20, 2020

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Cara, vc me salvou de duas horas de problema. Muito obrigado!!

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Jan 26, 2017 Jan 26, 2017

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You must click on an icon that looks like a chopped, dotted rectangle underneath the composition screen. Hovering the cursor over it will read  "Toggle Mask and Shape Path Visibility"

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Dec 23, 2017 Dec 23, 2017

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Holy cow... this... this is it! This solved HOURS of troubleshooting. You are a genius! You win one pat on the back... but you'll have to administer that to yourself... obviously.

THANK YOU!

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Jul 15, 2021 Jul 15, 2021

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Thanks a lot! A most useful answer!

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Sep 18, 2022 Sep 18, 2022

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THANK YOU!

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Dec 18, 2023 Dec 18, 2023

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thank you so much it worked 

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Dec 18, 2023 Dec 18, 2023

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you have to also go in preferences and on the display option for motion path . Along with it you must click on an icon that looks like a chopped, dotted rectangle underneath the composition screen.

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Mar 15, 2024 Mar 15, 2024

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Don't look any further this is the answer here.

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Dec 14, 2018 Dec 14, 2018

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I am not able to view my motion path in AE CC 2018.  I am trying to add a motion path to a picture and have went through ALL of the options listed in the thread above.  Please help!

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Community Beginner ,
May 23, 2019 May 23, 2019

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Same here!

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Community Beginner ,
May 23, 2019 May 23, 2019

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Can't get what happen. Last week I was animating with the motion path. Now it's not there at all after tried all the options you said.

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