M1 Mac Studio macOS Monterey 12.6.3 Apple wide keyboard with Touch ID (Model A2520) After Effects 23.1.0   New Apple keyboard with Touch ID is a pain. In After Effects I found the F-keys setting is ignored.   AE preferences - General - Use System Shortcut Keys “On”.   Take Screen Shot with the keyboard shortcut “Shift + F5”. No action or shutter sound. Also Show Snapshot pressing F5, no action.   Viewer menu buttons work. Other system and modified keyboard shortcuts seem to work. ... View more

Yikes!!   AE 23.1.0 M1 Mac Studio   Just returned to a client project from last fall and saw something I don't remember seeing before.    Noticed a severe banding problem in a very dark scene. Compositing Arri Log & Rec.709 sources in 32-bit, ACES color space, export Arri Log.     Looks good on the monitor, but exported Prores file has severe posterization - like the file is an 8-bit. Tried everything I can think of but nothing helps. Exporting as 16-bit Tiff looks fine. It has to be export encoding because Tiff-sequence that looks OK is again posterised when exported as a Prores.                 I fear all my previous deliveries since the last AE update are garbage. Has anyone seen something like this?   Help, Adobe!     ... View more

I do a lot of image restoration with a Clone Stamp tool. Using another file as a source for cloning. A very important feature is the ability to clone from a source using a "zero" offset. I have been searching for this without any luck. Is there a simple solution to reset transform (position, scale) values to "0" in the Clone Stamp tool? (A) You can do it with rotation values. (B)     Currently, to reset transform I activate one of the offset boxes (being careful not to move the cursor over the image), select the 0 value and press enter. Not very handy at all.   If I have missed something, please enlighten me. If reset functionality does not exist, please make a button for it. ... View more

Yikes!   Mac M1 Ultra macOS Monterey 12.6 AE V23.0.0   Color settings: 32-bit  ACES working space   (Title edited by moderator.)   Has anybody noticed a green flickering hue with Prores 4444 material? Preview and rendering have random flickering frames. I noticed this in my latest project. Did not happen before with other Prores material. Tested both with the client's original and re-encoded versions. Colour management or anything does not seem to affect it, but... Turning off the hardware decoding option in Settings seems to help: Settings - Import - Video Footage - deselect hardware accelerated decoding box.   Just lost two days' worth of hours. ... View more

I really wish to have a fast and native light wrap plugin in After Effects. This tool is essential in compositing. ... View more

Hi all.   Never found any advice or ideas on how to correct the following problem: Compositing Arri LogC3 and rec709 sources in 32-bit ACES color space (project color management on). Overbright white gets clipped to negative when added another overlapping bright source. Both in Screen and Add modes. In the example image, a muzzle flash and sparks are composited together in Screen mode over a log background. The bright values in the layer above turn negative. Hate this.   Am I the only one? Please don't suggest OCIO workflows - too complex and slow.   ... View more

Hi all I have been asking for better graph modification for years. In case you don't know this: I accidentally found out you can tilt the keyframe selection in AE V18.1.0. It's well-hidden positioning the cursor just right and don't know how long it has been there.   Show transform box in the timeline graph editor. Select some keyframes. Position your cursor right between the right- or left-hand edge and corner mark - the cursor shows a small cross icon. You can freely move the selection box edges. Repositioning the centre mark allows precise handling.   Thank you, Adobe. ... View more

Hello   I have not yet found a clear answer to this technical question. Any wizards here to share their knowledge? After suffering an SSD failure on my Mac, I started to wonder how safe it really is to constantly write and re-write a large disc cache on SSD - talking about heavy daily use? Any technical knowledge if SSD will suffer from this?   Regards ... View more

Dear Adobe Your subscription renewal system could work far better. I am not too happy about how this works. New annual subscription just started on the 1st of June. I got an email to inform me a new subscription period has started, thank you. Only my language is Finnish, you always mail me these reminders in Swedish. Yes it is Finland's second official language, but I don't speak it fluently nor my account setting says nothing about Swedish anywhere. How to change this? Today I open CC desktop app to launch "Portfolio". Cannot launch anything, and my apps say "install" - only Muse shows it's installed. OK. logged out and back in - no help. I started After Effects and it refused to open, saying I am logged out. OK, logging back in again in CC Desktop app. After Effects still wanted me to log in separately, but I managed to get it working. Next Photoshop. Needs to log in and refuses to accept my new password I changed a while ago. And logging in the CC app again. Now Photoshop lets me log in with a new password. And of course two step verification codes in every step... I should not need to go through the trouble uninstalling and reinstalling anything simply to be able to use my paid apps. That's probably support chat's first suggestion. Not interested to chat with someone in India in Sunday evening. This has to work better! Nothing has changed in my end. Only Adobe renewed my subscription. I continue tomorrow with a critical client project. I cannot wait for what other surprices I may find in the morning. To whom can I bill for the time I spend fixing things, please? Respectfully Mr Jari Hakala ... View more