I'd say you've run out of memory.  It's not 22 frames, but 22 SECONDS and 22 frames.  Face traking takes a lot of resources. ... View more

You might be able to speed it up a LITTLE, but you're making an effect that's one hour and six minutes long!  Most people's AE stuff lasts 30 seconds MAX, and even then it can take many hours!  So yeah, you're going to pay a price in render time.  Sorry. ... View more

Try the project without color management. ... View more

Okay, try this:  Purge the memory & caches.  This could do it. ... View more

I get the feeling your layers aren't in the correct order from top to bottom in your comp.  Make sure "Mouth" is on top, then "Eye", then "Eyebrow, "Helmet Highlight", etc. ... View more

Well, that's because the guy knows how to work in 3D.  You don't. ... View more

The reason I mention Premiere Pro is this:  I suspect you rendered a lossless file, you're looking at the file on a viewer, your computer can't keep with the file's bit rate, and the playback is freezing at about the 10-second mark.  Looking at the file in PP will show you its true length, and it might even play it back in real time.  You can also import the file into AE and scrutinize it. ... View more

FYI, you don't OWN Adobe software.  You rent it.  If you stop paying the monthly rent, the software stops working after 30 days. And unless you're renting only After Effects and nothing else, you can download & install Premiere Pro. ... View more

What happens if you import the file into Premiere Pro and put it in a timeline? ... View more

Thank you!  It's as good as purchased! ... View more

Learning new keyboard shortcuts is necessary, but never fun. ... View more

It's a simple matter of ctl-s (won) or cmd-s (mac).  Don't rely on autosaves.  Save it yourself. The autosave didn't save what you had most recently done.  Sorry. ... View more

Have you confirmed in a different application that you can actually see things in the jpeg in question? You have it highlighted in the project window and there is only black in the thumbnail at the top. ... View more

That comp's at least 2 minutes long!  Yow!  Zoom in on the timeline. ... View more

I'd begin by giving AE the best chance to solve the track.  If I had mp4 video -- often highly compressed, making AE construct frames before it can even begin tracking --  I'd transcode to a good intermediate codec:  Quicktimes in ProRes422, Animation or DNxHR codecs are good for the task. If jumping still happens then, it's a technique problem and we'd have to see a screen shot to see what you're up against. ... View more

Three thoughts: I hope you are not trying to use Open GL -- it does not work well. Try resetting your AE Preferences. GB RAM is not very much memory to run AE effectively,  You really should have more. ... View more

nickr57001257  wrote Is this just something I was the last person to discover? Nope, just one of the many rookies learning the application.  You're in good company. ... View more

You should also know that EVERY media player displays colors differently. You'd drive yourself nuts trying to make a file that looks the same on all of them. ... View more

Ctl-Left & Rt arrow keys work, too. ... View more

Have you tried restarting your machine?  Try it. ... View more

All these problems probably arise from being screen captures of game video. Many screen capture apps record in crummy video codecs, and users set them to outlandish and useless frame rates. Highly-compressed codecs make AE -- Plus PP & Dynamic link -- behave strangely.  60 fps for capture is JUST FINE, you don't get any visibly smoother motion with a higher frame rate.  The only reason to do it is to create slo-mo. If your screen capture app won't let you capture to a good intermediate codec, transcode the clip to one after capture. ... View more

Hit the v key to get the arrow cursor.  Put it where "too long" and "too short" join.  A two-headed arrow appears. Click-hold-dragto the left. ... View more

When you timewarp a clip, it becomes shorter or longer.  It only makes sense that the clip will be off... and you just have move it where you want along the timeline. ... View more

You'd get a lot of people who would argue about that "amazing" stuff.  And it really isn't much of a formula, either.  It's just a way to keep the tops & bottoms of letters from looking like they're frying as they roll up the screen. The key is to move the text vertically in integer pixel increments on each and every frame -- 2 pixels vertically per frame, 4, 10, whatever.  2.85 pixels per frame, for example, is strictly forbidden.  Then AE's subpixel rendering ought to make the the text look consistent.  You won't be able to control the speed of the roll very precisely, you can't do anything much about the duration of the roll, you can't make the roll speed ramp faster or slower,  but at least the text will look nice. That's really all there is to it.  I've had to use this trick about a half-dozen times in the last decade, it works fine, but I always have a lot of arithmetic to do to get the roll to move in integer pixel increments.  It works, but it's a pain. I suppose somebody (not me) could write an expression to move a layer vertically in integer pixel increments fairly easily. ... View more

Sorry, your picture doesn't show up. But to answer your question, a channel refers to a color channel - red, blue, green and ALSO Alpha, which is a transparency channel. ... View more

Yeah, Warren makes an excellent point.  We're not really getting your idea of a "high-class list reveal".  Please describe in detail what you want the viewer to see, and we'll be able to suggest better techniques. ... View more

No.  Sorry. ... View more