Grow Bounds Not Working

[david3189609363u3]

I can't seem to get grow bounds to work these days. I might have done something? or is anyone else having this bug?

using 24.1.0
Windows

[Ishan Y]

Hey David,

I'm moving this thread to the Discussions section to collect more information. Please let us know if you're using a rasterized or vector layer. If it's a vector layer, have you enabled the continuously rasterize option? What happens if you pre-compose the layer and add the effect on the composition? Does that work for you?

Thanks,

Ishan

[david3189609363u3]

It's a png file. It does work if I precomp it but this method(grow bounds + deep glow) used to work before. There are times when I don't want to precomp a certain layer.

[Ishan Y]

Could you share the PNG file here or through a private message so I can test it? Do you also see this with vector layers?

[david3189609363u3]

Here's the file I was working on. I haven't checked with vector layers.

[Ishan Y]

Thanks for sharing the file. Could you check if your Quality and Sampling is set to Bilinear (https://creativecloud.adobe.com/cc/learn/after-effects/web/set-scaling-bicubic-sampling-aftereffects...)? Please also ensure that you're previewing in the Composition panel. I used the the Glow effect (I do not have access to Deep Glow, unfortunately), which spills out of the bounding box by default on my end. I didn't have to use the Grow Bounds effect. If you want to intensify the effect, you can duplicate it in the Effect Controls panel. 

[david3189609363u3]

I think my grow bounds effect is missing. I opened older projects and it's showing this.

I'm currently replacing the effect with CC repetile, which currently is working for me.

[Rick Gerard]

I do not see any problems with the Grow Bounds/Deep Glow combination. Try adding a mask to the layer. Is the footage layer a nested comp? Without seeing the timeline with all modified properties showing I can't be of much help.

[Rick Gerard]

I don't own Deep Glow because I have other 3rd party glow effects that I like better, but here it is with a PNG file. Works just fine. The X comes from the unlicensed plugin.

Check the GPU settings in Project Settings. Shift + Alt/Option + Ctrl/Cmnd + K will get you there instantly.

[david3189609363u3]

This usually how I do it, but like I said for some reason it just doesn't work like it used to. There could be settings I changed? I'm still trying to make it work.

[vobrazovka]

Grow bounds just stopped working.. AE 24 shows me that effects is missing. And there is also strange, that the missing one is 8bpc and if I try to add effect it is 16/32bpc. But replacing missing effect does nothing..