You need something to catch/receive the shadow. Try creating a "floor" layer, rotated 90º at the bottom of the logo, with "Accept Shadows" set to on. Now you get to fiddle with 20 other settings until it looks right.  ... View more

I can see from your screenshots that the shapes are all being converted, but you're running into issues with how they're grouped. As mentioned above, the issue is the way they're built in Ai, which is giving you unpredictable results when converting to shape layers (which I'm not entirely convinced you need to do.) Confirm if you do indeed need the letters to be separate pieces. Confirm if you do indeed need those pieces to have full editability in Ae (i.e. whether they need to be shape layers). If not, just import them as separate layers from the Ai file. There are a lot of tutorials about the Ai to Ae workflow - I'd check some of those out, which will help you with the particulars, but also help you determine how far down this path you actually need to go. This might be a good one to start with. ... View more

It's been there for the last couple years now, since they first started the overhaul of the preview infrastructure. ... View more

If you're wanting to move all the layers beneath your adjustment layer, you'd need to make that change within the Transform effect, notr to the layer itself. That said, it's difficult to diagnose your problem without seeing what you're actually trying to accomplish exactly.  Posting your project file could probably help us help you, but it does sound like you might be misunderstanding the way to approach your problem. If you're just wanting a few layers to move off simultaneously, something like parenting your layers together, or to a null, might be a much better way to approach this. ... View more

It's a bit tough to figure out exactly what you're doing from your description, but an adjustment layer will indeed affect whatever is beneath it. There are several factors that could be contributing to your problem. - Is your adjustment layer the size of your comp? - You said you're adjusting position - within the Transform effect, or on the layer itself? It also sounds like you might benefit from learning some of the basics - a lot of great info can be found right here on this site. There's also some info & links about adjustment layers specifically. ... View more

Sometimes software crashes. AE was nice enough to save your project first. Is the crash continuing to happen? If it was just the once, just move on and remember to save! If you're getting a consistent crash, carefully note what you're doing to cause it, and either report back here and/or file a bug report at this link. ... View more

Since we don't know your capabilities/knowledge level, I'll start off with a basic question: Do you know how to properly set the work area? If your work area is set to 7 seconds, that's what it'll render, regardless of comp length. ... View more

100% in agreement with Gutter-Fish. We're happy to help you try to solve your issue, but we can only work with the information you provide us. Please go back and work through some of the questions I gave in my last post - they will help us assess what's happening with your system. ... View more

I'm on Windows, but I can confirm this working (actual) full-screen on both Win7 and 10. ... View more

I will verify that this will indeed give you an actual fullscreen preview, with none of the AE UI. This only works while actually running the preview though, not while working. ... View more

Is this happening with ANY PSD, or just one specific one? ... View more

Hmmm. Couple thoughts off the top of my head. 8GB isn't much in the way of RAM as far as AE is concerned, but it shouldn't be causing an issue like this. So, you're saying you're having the same issue in an older version of AE as well? Is this happening with one specific image, or any image? Are you able to do other tasks in AE, or is doing *anything* locking it up? Have you previously been able to do things in AE, and now you can't? Or this has been your experience from the beginning? Have you checked to see if your video card drivers are up to date? Do you appear to be having any other display or RAM-related issues? In AE, under Preferences > Memory, what are the settings like in there? It looks like you've only got one hard drive - is it super full? Try Edit > Purge > All Memory and Disk Cache. Any improvement after that? ... View more

Can you post your machine specs? ... View more

The Repeater Shape Layer effector is the same place it's always been - in this little flyout menu. ... View more

Here you go; another opinion from another ACP. Take the advice given above. ... View more

One piece of software can't possibly be designed to handle every possible scenario, particularly when an easy solution already exists in a companion program. If it's such a simple feature to implement, as your post implies, feel free to create a 3rd-party script solution that lets users easily import svg graphics. ... View more

Adam Plouff (creator of RubberHose) just released Overlord, and it is everything. ... View more

Had you been using AE successfully before this project? ... View more

When dealing with 3d layers, you have to pay attention to the Z-position of every layer, as well as their rotation, or else things may start intersecting. You can adjust a layer's Z position to see if that helps fix your issue, as DJ suggested. Since you're just dealing with a simple appearance here, you can then adjust scale to compensate. There is also a workaround to force the layers to render as you would expect them to in a 2d comp. If you insert a 2d adjustment layer between the layers that are intersecting, it should break the intersection. (This can introduce other issues, though, if you're trying to really take advantage of the 3d capabilities.) ... View more

No worries. Hope your project turned out ok! It always seems like these things rear their heads when you have the least time to deal with them... ... View more