problems with the trim path tool

[ArnauRodriguezGallofre]

Hello everyone, I'm having problems trying to trim an elliptic path. When I set the path creation from 0 to 25%, itcreates a blinking line between the edges. Same occurs when I set the 50 and the 75%, always at the quarters as the image attached.

Any solution? It's a bug or I'm doing something weird? I'm running the 2017 AE version, and I used this tool thousand times before without any problems...

Thanks!

[Roei Tzoref]

make sure your fill is off. if that doesn't work, show us a screenshots and hit UU so we can see all the modified properties for the shape layer

[ArnauRodriguezGallofre]

Hello Roei,

the shape doesn't have any fill, I upload the screenshot. Even if my UI is in spanish, you can see that the only thing I've it's a couple of keyframes at the trim path tool... It's kind of weird, it has happened a several times at two different projects today.

Thanks!

[P.M.B]

Try clearing all your caches too.  Sometime AE starts having weird random graphical glitches when the cache is filled up.

[ArnauRodriguezGallofre]

Thanks Gutter-Fish,

unfortunately I just tried this and cleaning the cache it's not working...

[Jose Panadero]

Try to do a couple of things:

1.- Go to File > Project settings. In the first Tab (Video Rendering and Effects) try to change to another option

2.- If you have an elliptical path, try to create a bezier path or if you have a bezier path try to create an elliptical path. The add the Trim Paths modifier and tell us if this works.

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi LauraH,

Did you complete this task yet? How did you do it? Did our experts assist you?

Thanks,
Kevin

[rbybee]

I just found a workaround.  Since it only occurs at specific trim amounts (25% and 75% for me), spread your trim path keyframes a little farther apart so that at no frame does the trim amount hit those exact values.  This may be why I never encountered it before today... my keyframes just happened to be lucky.

Bob Bybee

[Roei Tzoref · Accepted solution]

I think I know why this happens. try this:

1. highlight the path property, you are going to see all your vertices this way

2. right click on the square vertex->mask and shape path->set first vertex

now try again and see if that glitch occures

[philippep42666486]

Thanks Roei Tzoref,​that solved the problem for me.

For the record, I had the same problem but the ellipse would close at 50%.