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Motion sketch doesn't seem to work under AE CS6 v 11.0.3.6 & MacOs 10.9 (Maverick)

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October 27, 2013
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Hi

After the Mavericks Update for CS6 (AE 11.0.3.6) on MacOs, i have trouble using the motion sketch tool. After clicking "start record", the mouse cursor is supposed to turn into a crosshair allowing you to record motion for a selected object on the canvas. Instead, after the update, the crosshair cursor dissapears on leaving the button. Info window still tells you to click in order to start recording, but clicking and dragging on the canvas results in the regular behaviour i.e. moving an already selected object (or drawing a selection frame if no objected is selected)…

Has anybody else fencountered the same problem yet and found a workaround? Is it a bug? Will Adobe fix it?

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Correct answer Todd_Kopriva

Having the same problem. Filed a report

We've verified that the Mac OS X v10.9 operating system broke Motion Sketch for After Effects CS6.

It's working fine in After Effects CC (12.1).

If you need to use this feature with After Effects CS6, for now don't upgrade to Mac OS X v10.9.

We're looking into the possibility of including a fix for this in an After Effects CS6 update, but no promises there. The best way to influence that decision is to submit a bug report:

http://adobe.ly/ReportBug

... since this helps us to know how many people are affected.

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celticallure

Participant

I'm not sure if Todd_Kopriva still works for Adobe but if he does you would think he would post a status update on a fix that is 3 years in the making.

Todd_Kopriva

Inspiring

Yes, I'm still here.

We had thought that we would be doing another update for After Effects CS6 to address this issue, but that is no longer being planned. We are focusing our efforts on improving the current and future versions.

OFFICER#88

Inspiring

It is really sad, that you do not carre about customers, because this bug of the sketch motion function in After Effects exists longer than the CC version exists... Or am i wrong? i spent a lot of money for Adobe software... But it looks that the Adobe customers care is the some across all aplications, for example i noticed and reported some UI bug in Adobe Illustrator and since now it hasn't been fixed... Sadly true...

Ofcourse88

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GuyLindsey

Participant

2015... is this problem still being pushed to the back burner? It was so exciting to read this post from the beginning thinking there would eventually be an answer.

Todd_Kopriva

Inspiring

We do still intend to fix this in an update for After Effects CS6, but we have needed to focus our limited resources on the current version for now. We'll post on this thread when we have a better idea of when an update is forthcoming.

tanzblume

Known Participant

Dear Todd,

i think my priority to buy Adobe CC products is pushed to second or third level.

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naffee

Participant

I'm just verifying to say that, YES...it is November 17, 2014 and there is STILL no fix for this problem. Working on After Effects CS6 today and Motion Sketch does not work on OSX 10.9.4.

Hooray for customer service. Can you imagine any other industry leader waiting over a YEAR for an update?

Adobe...what's going on?

Szalam

Community Expert

naffee wrote:

Can you imagine any other industry leader waiting over a YEAR for an update?

Yes. Apple for numerous things.

However, I do agree with you that it is taking a really long time considering what we are used to from Adobe.

That being said, I'm impressed that Adobe has committed to even do an update at all considering that CS6 is two full versions behind.

Todd_Kopriva

Inspiring

We do still intend to release another After Effects CS6 update to fix this and other issues, but this item has been pushed to second (or third) on our priority list over the recent months by more urgent matters related to the current versions of the software.

OFFICER#88

Inspiring

Hello everyone who have the same issue which i have right now, yes i have broken motion sketch too... I have Mac osx 10.9 yes!

Please tell me why Adobe do not care about customers which has cs6???

Fix isn't the migration to CC... you know...

Ofcourse88

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Frank Boxman

Participating Frequently

This probably has it's limitations but I decided to put a tutorial online with a posssible alternative:

My workaround was to use the Puppet Pin. You can animate a puppet pin in real time by dragging it while holding Command. This is called the Puppet Sketch tool.

You can also use Windows - Smoother if you want to smooth the resulting keyframes out. This replaces the smoother setting in Motion Sketch.

Here's the tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laRWtLmoKV4

Sorry for the freaky audio, it was either that or my buzzing MacBook.

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Sozz7

Participant

Yeah this works pretty well, thanks for posting Mutant

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thralthamidor

Known Participant

Has anyone found a workaround for this? There are specific things that Motion Sketch is necessary for, so this is very frustrating. I, like many others have submitted a bug report but there is no guarantee that anything will happen especially with the big push to subscription.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

Todd_Kopriva

Inspiring

> Has anyone found a workaround for this?

- Use an earlier version of Mac OS or use Windows.

- Use After Effects CC (12). If you aren't ready to subscribe, you can still use the trial version free for 30 days.

> I, like many others have submitted a bug report but there is no guarantee that anything will happen especially with the big push to subscription.

This has nothing to do with a "big push to subscription". We have already issued multiple CS6 updates since we started the CC subscription. We just need to balance work on this bug fix with other work. Bug reports help us to determine how many people are affected by an issue and can help us to set priorities.

My best guess is that we'll have a CS6 bug-fix update with this fix available (plus others) in the early spring. Until then, you have several options for workarounds.

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thechosen82

Participant

When is this going to be solve? I use AE for work and I can't jump from the CS6 to the CC. I bought a license for the CS6 and I'm not going to spend more money just because what I need doesn't work. A lot of people spend money on this, including me, and it's not fair that the best solution you guys can give is migrate to AE CC. Can you please specify when is this bug going to be fix????

Szalam

Community Expert

In order for this to get fixed, all of you need to file bug reports so that Adobe can figure out the problem and fix it. Please go here and file a report, giving as much information as you can.

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AndTheBeat

Participant

Thanks Szalam,

I've followed the link and made a formal bug report.

OFFICER#88

Inspiring

I have a solution to circumvent this problem: Crating the PATH in Illustrator, Copy and past it in AE. This maybe helpful, to go around this mishap. I had a conversation with a friend who was working as senior software developer at “Quark Express”. He is convinced that the solution of this problem needs very little time for Adobe, provided Adobe is seriously willing to do so!

adobe seriously do not plan to fix any bugs on CS6 anymore... only CAMERA RAW support!