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‎Dec 07, 2023
02:07 AM
3 Upvotes
When the matte is frozen, it would still be nice to be able invert it from within the effect settings. Right now, Invert is grayed out when frozen.
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‎Dec 05, 2023
04:19 AM
Hi John, Thanks for your reply. I am rendering to ProRes 4444 / 16 bit including Alpha. My macOS is 12.6.8 (but this behaviour is popping up for years) Rendering to local drive. I think that a good start would be to have Ae to don't panic when a file is not readable temporaibly (for whatever reason), but just let it ignore it / replace it by color bars, or offline status (just like Premiere does). And then, when reloading / replacing let it, not rely on any cached metadata, but refresh it as if it where imported for the first time. (The clips play fine in Quicktime, and in most cases a copied/renamed clip imports fine)
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‎Dec 05, 2023
04:11 AM
3 Upvotes
When copying a set of layers containing a Lens Blur effect that points to a Blur Map layer, this relation breaks when the set is pasted in a new Comp. I would prefer to keep the relation intact.
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‎Dec 05, 2023
02:10 AM
2 Upvotes
Keyboard Shortcuts should not live in the Edit menu, since it does not affect the Comp or Selection. It belongs in Preferences, because Keyboard Shortcuts are settings.
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‎Dec 05, 2023
01:57 AM
1 Upvote
When starting Mocha for Ae when the Comp viewer is not showing Full resolution, Ae comes up with a warning. How convenient would it be when the pop-up contains a button to switch resolution! Please add a third button to the warning: 'Switch to Full resolution'
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‎Nov 16, 2023
12:25 AM
Please standardize the save and open dialogs on MacOS. These are very a-typical, compared to other Adobe apps. When needed in a mixed application project, this is not convenient.
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‎Nov 14, 2023
02:07 AM
When working with imported Cinema4D renders, once in a while, some clips have to be rendered again in Cinema4d. When the 3d render is overwritten while it is imported in Ae (in the currently opened project), Ae panics, and some kind of bans the clip forever. It is logical that while the clip is overwritten, Ae can't work with it, but in stead of switching it to an offline state, Ae comes up with an error (see screenshots), and even when the file is complete again (render in Cinema4d is finished), it will not import/reload again. The clip is kind of 'dead' It seems to have no video content, while in Finder, it just appears to be fine. In other siuations, it is replaced by color bars, but does not Reload when the 3D render is finished. Please make Ae be more tolerant in this situation: let it reconsider the file's condition on Reload, or on reopen the project, and in every case where it wants to show the error.
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‎Nov 08, 2023
05:26 AM
1 Upvote
Of course, when the animation takes place in the Nested Comp and the grain is added in the Main Comp, it will work. But that is not a workable solution in some cases. My point is that 'Grain' is not just an image effect, it is a compositing tool, that should render after motion blur, just like in a camera. In fact, Ae, should be ablle to render effects that apply to the footage, and effects that apply to the camera / canvas. Just like audio apps have the ability to add effects pre and post fader.
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‎Nov 08, 2023
05:02 AM
1 Upvote
Not really a solution, Rick, rather a work around that messes up other things. Why shouldn't InDesigns 'Edit With' functionality not be rolled out to other Adobe Apps?
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‎Nov 08, 2023
04:59 AM
1 Upvote
Not when Smart Guides are switched off.
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‎Nov 08, 2023
04:59 AM
2 Upvotes
Correct, but I do not use Smart Guides in complex artwork, since it is not very helpful. I would like to have Snap to Document Bounds as a separate setting, just like in Photoshop.
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‎Oct 24, 2023
06:13 AM
1 Upvote
This was the case: I had a Shape Layer with Layer Styles applied. To Add Grain, I had to precomp that Layer. Then Grain was added in the Main Comp, where the animation takes place. And that is where I have to choose for either of those two: -use motion blur, which results in a blurred grain -use continuos rasterizing, skips the motion blur To recreate the situation: 1 create a main Comp 2 create a shape 3 add a Layer Style e.g. Gradient Overlay [4 Add Grain (which does not show up, due to Ae's habit to render Layer Styles over all effects)] [5 remove the Add Grain effect] 6 precomp the Shape Layer 7 animate the precomp in the main Comp 8 activate motion blur 9 Add Grain (and see how it blurs...) 10 activate Collapse Transformations / Continuous Rasterize) and see how the grain becomes sharp, but Motion blur is skipped
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‎Oct 24, 2023
05:54 AM
1 Upvote
Thanks Rick - you are right! I'll try to reconstruct the situation wher it did not work....
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‎Oct 24, 2023
05:02 AM
3 Upvotes
Please add that function next to 'Edit original...' Not all pixel files come from Photoshop, so 'Edit original' often results in opening Preview (MacOS). But I would like to force After Effects to open Photoshop to edit certain files. Shouldn't be a big deal. Adobe InDesign has an 'Edit with...' option, which does exactly what we need.
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‎Oct 23, 2023
02:50 AM
1 Upvote
E.g. Add Grain is of no use, when it comes before layer motion blur. For a good composite, Grain is essential, an Motion Blur is too, but when grain is blurred, it is gone. So, please make Ae more flexible by allowing the user to change the order in which things are rendered. I know, precomping is a work around in a lot of cases, but it can make a workflow quite messy and inflexible, esspecially when 3d and tracking are involved.
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‎Oct 19, 2023
12:02 AM
1 Upvote
I have a 1920x1080 .mxf in a 608x1080 Comp, to crop it and to make a vertical promo. When I add Lumetric Color to this Layer, it scales the layer horizontally to fit in the Comp size. This is strange behaviour.
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‎Oct 10, 2023
02:51 AM
1 Upvote
I appreciate the link to this workaround, Ton, but still, don't you think it would be nice to edit without this hazzle? Ai has a lot of pixel-features nowadays, why can't it just have Photoshop to edit an embedded image, and keep it embedded? Especially when dealing with a lot of delivered materials, like logo's with pixel elements, it is nice to keep everything simple, without the need keep track of separate elements. Photoshop should make a temporary file, and communicate with Illustrator to update when it is saved. (more or less in the same way that Smart Objects work in Photohop).
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‎Oct 10, 2023
02:40 AM
1 Upvote
In my situation, I work on many types of projects. Each of these use their own output path, and their specific output settings / codecs. For me, it would be a real time saver, when each project 'remembers' where I output, and which settings are used. Sor, I would like to have a way to couple a Render Setting / Output Module to a Project, and ideally even for each Comp, in a cascading / hierarchical way (if no Comp render setting is set - it will use the Project render setting).
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‎Oct 10, 2023
01:41 AM
I would like to have a Switch in the Gaussian Blur effect, to make it scale independent. When I use footage at several scales, the blur is scaled along, but when compositing, sometimes it is nice to have the blur related to the composition, not the footage scale. This switch should call 'Scale independent blur size'. And when it is set to e.g. 2 px, this should mean that the blur is 2px of the composition, independent of the Layer's scale.
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‎Oct 10, 2023
01:02 AM
In many cases, I use Turbulent Noise to make composites less harsh, more natural. In these situations, I would like to be able to add Turbulent Noise to just the Alpha Channel. The effect would become tremendously more versatile, when checkboxes for affected channels would be included.
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‎Oct 05, 2023
12:28 AM
Do you know of a MacOS equivalent of this?
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‎Oct 05, 2023
12:27 AM
1 Upvote
That's not an answer. I know all about the difference between Linked and Embedded, but what I want is to edit embedded files in Photoshop too. It's quite tiring to have to explain why I want this but ok: 1. We get files delivered with embedded images. 2. Images can be copied from another app (e.g. a web browser) and pasted into Illustrator.
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‎Oct 05, 2023
12:24 AM
1 Upvote
I want to use it for all pixel images. I don't have any other pixel image editor. Please don't come up with other situations - believe me, there are situations where pixel images are embedded (since this is possible in .ai, .pdf and .eps files)
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‎Oct 05, 2023
12:21 AM
1 Upvote
It's unclear UI, and contra intuitive. Why not add a stop button, like in every other playback control...
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‎Oct 03, 2023
11:49 PM
1 Upvote
In Logic Pro the Z key is king (it zooms to any selection). Maybe the Ae-people should look how other software deal with zooming.
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‎Oct 03, 2023
11:47 PM
1 Upvote
That's not the answer to the question. The OP does not want to change the duration of the comp.
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‎Oct 02, 2023
11:57 PM
It's unclear how to stop it. Why not add a simple stop button?
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‎Sep 29, 2023
01:43 AM
It's a pity that Photoshop can't be accessed as an image editor for any embedded or place image. I think that may be expected.
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‎Sep 17, 2023
05:02 AM
Can it search for certain words?
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‎Sep 13, 2023
06:07 AM
1 Upvote
In complex situations it would be nice to be able distinguish Puppet Pins by color. All these yellow dots mess up easily. Please add a color picker.
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