I have the same experience, which I hadn't noticed until I read your post.  After Effects C5.5 not hiding in Lion on a 17" Mac Book Pro. ... View more

I can confirm that the bug still exists in Lion.  No fix. ... View more

Quicktime X has a few new features, including a trim capability, but still nothing like QT7.  It's export capabilities are all preset lowest-common-denominator options. Quicktime 7 can still be installed using the installer on your Snow Leopard disc. ... View more

My experience is similar to Rick's.  Installed on a MacBook Pro, no issues so far with my primary applications:  After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator (all CS5.5), Final Cut Pro 7, Word. ... View more

Of course it does.  Please post all your output and render settings.  Or a screen grab of those settings.  It's far easier for us to discuss what you're doing if we don't have to guess what you're doing. ... View more

Post a screen grab of your output settings if you would like further thoughts, if Mylenium's suggestion doesn't solve the issue. ... View more

I've created a new discussion in Apple's Support Forums about this issue.  Any existing discussions I found were archived, hence the new one. I strongly suggest you post your own thoughts to the thread if you wish to get Apple to address the issue.  https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3042027 ... View more

jcp1996 wrote: I'm using windows dell computer.  The comp settings are default exept the length of the video and I change the height and width.  I'm trying to render a quick time movie and all the lossless settings and basic are default exept I changed the frps to 29.97 because that is the speed of the video and enabled audio. Other then that I left everything pretty much the same. It does render the video just not at the right speed and without the effects. Notice everybody has asked for specifics, but you haven't provided any.  Unless you can take the time to provide very specific information about your project and its contents, and the hardware you're using, offers of help will simply be stabs in the dark. ... View more

It sounds like you're trying to import the file, rather than apply it.  Make sure you launch Adobe Bridge from within After Effects, rather than independently. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WSA677A9D5-8225-4890-B782-BC642B4DF37Fa.html ... View more

Just as an observation, this thread has had almost 6000 views - by far one of the most viewed topics within this Forum. Which suggests it is most certainly a topic of major interest to users. Hopefully that data will be taken on board by the AE team.  🙂 ... View more

Impossible to diagnose the problem if you don't provide some specifics. What are your hardware specs?  What OS? What is the codec of the source footage used? What are your composition settings? What are your render and output settings? Have you read the Help Files on Rendering? ... View more

danaos1996 wrote: Anyone guys to tell me about this subject? Hello once more,I really gave it a though and I decided: The OS will be Windows XP x64 bit so I can use CS5 / Or Mac... MAIN USES: -After Effects:It's already 3 years that I use Adobe After Effects and I really want to go to Pro with it. I want to be able to add HD FX in HD Videos with many layers,and maybe to long movies. -Photoshop:I am still a beginner with it,But sure in the future I want to learn some hard things. -Of course Be able to surf on the internet. SECONDARY USES: -Playing the New Games:Like Call of Duty Thats the thing I am doing with my current PC and I am pretty sure ill be doing with the new one... AAE and PS are the programs I use the most. So that's my list,if you think you get what I want,please write back And again,Thanks for everything. ~Danaos What Machine to buy so it can do the above things?I can afford around 2700$ / 2000 Euros 2000 Euros won't buy you a Mac Pro, although you could buy a 27" iMac. You can buy a pretty decent Windows machine for that price.  There are so many variables it's impossible to give you specifics, but here's a basic guide: Buy the best CPU you can afford.  Faster CPUs give you better overall performance.  Multiple CPU cores make rendering and previewing faster. You need 2GB of RAM for each CPU core, and a bit extra.  So, if you buy a dual Quad core machine, giving you 8 cores, you would be wise to have 16-24GB of RAM. If you buy a single Quad core machine, with 4 cores, you need 8-16GB of RAM. You need lots of fast hard drive space to work with HD video, so buy as much as you can afford.  Avoid "green" drives and other 5400RPM drives, which can slow down your workflow.  If you can afford it, buy two drives - one for your system files, and one for media storage. The display card is not so important in After Effects - any midrange card will do the job nicely - but because you want to play "new games", you may want a display card with a bit more power. ... View more

danaos1996 wrote: I see...then I need to buy a Mac that can do this jobs: No, as Todd said, you need a modern version of Windows, like Windows 7.  A Mac is an option if you want one, but it'll cost you more upfront. ... View more

I've attached an Animation Preset that does it.  It's just a simple adaptation of the built-in FadeIn+Out-Frames behaviour, but applied to the Stereo Mixer audio effect instead. Set the number of frames required for fade in and fade out in the first slider effect, and the layer will then automatically fade from 0 to 100% and back again for the defined durations. To further adjust the overall volume, use Level or a second iteration of Stereo mixer.  ... View more

You have posted in the SDK sub-forum of the After Effects forum.  This area is for discussions related to the design and development of Plugins for After Effects.  Please post in the main forum to reach a much wider audience. Without any intention to be rude, it seems unusual that you are launching a Digital Media Company without any staff, colleagues, friends, freelancers or contacts that have the rudimentary skills to convert a slideshow to a video file.  Are you perhaps launching prematurely? ... View more

As a process, it would be very easy to accomplish with Scripting.  If you ask nicely in the Scripting Forum I'm sure you'll find some assistance. ... View more

Exactly the same way.  Use the arrow tool to scale a layer from a handle.  Hold shift to constrain the scale as you drag. ... View more

Just to confirm you're not the only one, I was experiencing the very same issue in AE CS5 on a 27" iMac yesterday.  All output renders were fine, it was purely a preview issue. I've never experienced it on my own gear, however.   I'll try your workaround if I experience it again. ... View more

Set the layers as Guide Layers.  Guide Layers can be enabled and disabled for render in Render Settings of each item in the Render Queue. ... View more

Andy Bay wrote: I'd like to see a Premiere Pro -style cross dissolve effect. Maybe there is some better way that I'm not aware of, but at the moment I'm creating cross dissolves by adding opacity keyframes, which can get a bit tedious if you need a lot cross dissolves in your timeline. Have you tried the Behaviours/Fade In+Out Presets?  They create automatic, keyframe-less opacity changes at the start and end of the layer they're applied to.  Duration can be controlled in frames or milliseconds, and you can save copies with a new default duration if you regularly use a particular duration. ... View more

I've Feature-Requested such a tool many times.  There should be a shortcut that moves the Anchor Point to the mathematical centre of any layer, including text layers. ... View more

Almost certainly the original texture file in the project was much smaller than  the image you've replaced it with.  Try opening the original document in PS, then past and resize the new texture into the original document. ... View more