why not parent the camera to a null and keyframe it only in the desired places? you can set the null at the focal distance of the camera before you parent the camera if you need to control the POI of the camera. ... View more

that's o.k. with illustrator files you have 2 ways of doing this: 1. in the import dialog box set it to composition - retain layer size if you choose this, you won't be presented with another window and you will get a composition with cropped layers. 2. import as footage (the default) and you will be presented with this which gives you an option to take one layer out of a bunch of layers. or choose composition if it was selected as footage in the previous window. this window will also be presented when you will drag a multi layered illustrator file to Ae. so actually you usually see this window quite often. ... View more

Great! so it's only Jpgs! many lives will be saved because of this because I believe less will use jpg sequences in their workflow. thanks for confirming this. ... View more

HOLD ON! I see it's only relating to JPG's. is that the case with you too? I tried Png's and Psd's and they work fine. only Jpg's cause the change the sequence's frame rate to default at the preferences frame rate ... View more

you are welcome. I still would not give up on your issue with AE 2017. did you try reset your preferences? Reset After Effects Preferences , complete uninstall? contacting support? ... View more

when you import, make sure that: 1. in Illustrator you don't have stray vectors anywhere in your object layer (press Ctrl+Y to see all paths in preview mode) 2. in Ae, import as "Layer sizer" and not "Document size" when you import footage or composition. if this still happening try to isolate your problem. does this happen to all of the layers? you can try uploading your Ai file and I can take a look at it. ... View more

thank you for the screenshots (and for breaking after effects) I tested this in my system and indeed there appears to be a bug when using ADD to AME Queue where it gets the resolution from your resolution pop up window. changing it manually won't help as it will upscale a downgraded image. a workaround could be setting the composition resolution pop up to Full before using Add to AME Queue, or use Queue in AME. any reason you are using ADD to AME Queue and not Queue in AME which is a superior method of sending your comps to AME and keep your render settings?  try it you should file a bug report about this and link to this thread - I have. ... View more

Dave I see you are on a roll here with this copy pasted response. I never thought you would be the one to recycle jokes since you have so many. this version has many good things about it and I would recommend to try it IMMEDIATELY. and besides, if nobody tries it - who exactly is going to report all those bug fixes??? ... View more

now the issue is that rendering is too slow , do you mean you are trying to use the ray-tracing renderer features? extruding? bending? i have bought Nvidia 980ti. in OpenGL it show my grafix card information but in CUDA not showing anything i also checked on nvidia website , my card is in the CUDA category. your GPU is not listed as supperted GPU for the ray-traced renderer. After Effects System Requirements for Mac OS and Windows can anyone tell me how i can force after effect to use my graphics card to render and do the stuff. if you are a CC subscriber, you should use the CC 2017 that has the C4D Renderer that works on the CPU and not GPU and is much better. the ray-traced renderer is considered obsolete and pale in comparison to the new one. if you insist on trying to add you card to the list there are threads that show how to do it in CS6. How To Enable GPU Cuda in Adobe CS6 for Windows ... View more

I'm concerned as I will need to use after effects for work next week. Does anyone know if it's possible to revert back to the previous version? this version is a brand new version, not an update. as always with your CC subscription you can install alongside CC 2017, 2015.3, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 (CS6). https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/download-install-app.html#Installpreviousversionsofapps ... View more

Thank you for breaking after effects. Now it will be fixed sooner rather than later. I trust you filed a bug report with a link to this thread ... View more

in my Windows 7 system it works fine. this could be OS related - what is your version? please specify the steps to reproduce the problem. ... View more

When I send a composition to the Media Encoder Queue in AE 2017 how do you send it? Add to AME Queue or Queue in AME? it sets the output resolution to that of the Down Sample Factor Resolution of the Comp. what preset are you using? I was not able to reproduce your problem please write a step by step guide to reproducing this problem. also add your OS version. ... View more

this is happening in my system as well on Windows 7. the workaround is to change the import fps in the preferences. ... View more

There is also the cc vignette effect that was added to recent versions (as of CC 2015 - 13.6). ... View more

if you are missing the modes panel just add it. 1 - expand the transfer controls panel 2 - you can toggle switches and modes. ... View more

probably something like 20,421,133.... I am not sure there is anybody here in the forum that can answer that. maybe you should contact Adobe. ... View more

the settings are in the preferences. edit->preferences on PC, After Effects->Preferences on a Mac. ... View more

My anchor points for 3d objects are not visible. The only visible anchor points, are the ones that drag the entire layer. there is only one anchor point for a layer. it's only a matter of which tool you choose move it. you are supposed to see this when the layer is selected: if you are selecting a layer and not seeing any handles or anchor point then go to view->show layer controls when you want to move the anchor point click the anchor point tool or Y and drag it. if you are experiencing anything different show us a few screenshots ... View more

Roe the shortcuts are nice but not usable for real world drawing.... can you show me the result of revealing something you drew via VP? I want to examine the workflow with only the drawing and trying to do this with paint. ... View more

thank you for this discussion Paint unfortunately is disappointingly lacking in features other applications had 15 years ago. yes it is old. not the best tool by far. what applications are you referring to? obviously Ae is not a painting software or recording of paint strokes (I don't know of any). I am sure there are much more robust tool for this so we have to make do with what you can. if recording strokes is what you do a lot, I would suggest finding a software that is dedicated for it. how big is the illustration reveal market ? from my experience every time a painting needs to be revealed it required the careful path's placement of the stroke effect in combination with other matte reveal technique such as luma matte for example. it's either that or cell animation. I would like to know what other options are there too. Have you personally ever used it for recording the progress of a drawing? just for practice and when I teach, not commercial use. I know it's not as convenient as VP. I remember using VP a long time ago and enjoying it. it was useful. the Write-On feature it has, works only on a single stroke. So if one starts drawing naturally, making hundreds of strokes, in Paint they will all start and end the same time. yes. it's not sequential by default. but try this. draw, press U, press K - draw, press U, press K - and so on As for Paints inability to use Comp window, can you kindly explain how to go about using it on precomps not just layers? alt click on the precomp to open the layer window for that comp. you can also change this shortcut the preferences I would really happy If one suggested a solution for a fill mask sequentially effect. I am not sure if I am seeing closed paths or open paths. I was thinking you had something like paths with constant width stroke and a regular brush in Ai. this is the only way you could use the reveal path in stroke or shape layers trim path. obviously this could limit your creativity if you create free line art. if you have a closed path like you do in this illustration, my suggestion would be to paint on as pixel layer and paint on it. ... View more

is your GPU Driver up to date? try this if it's not. bare in mind you can keep your previous Ae version along side and work with it in the meantime. if you tried all there is, I would contact support and get to the bottom of this with a careful inspection of the Adobe tech support team member. Contact Customer Care ... View more

I open up a new brand new project, brand new comp with completely nothing in the comp, I hit preview and the red line lags when it moves down the timeline. if the red line strobes that's not the indication that something is wrong. what about your info panel? does it show realtime in brackets indicating it is real time? or does it also show red indicating dropping of frames? try resetting your preferences: Reset After Effects Preferences there have been problems on some high res displays causing not realtime preview. the workaround was to stick a panel under the timeline panel... or even seeing in full screen mode. try it and see what happens. ... View more

I don't have QuickTime on my Windows 10 PC, you actually don't need QuickTime. as of 2015.3, Ae is supporting native importing and exporting of QT Animation and native importing of QT PNG: After Effects CC 2015.3 (13.8.1) Bug-Fix Update Is Now Available | Creative Cloud blog by Adobe. in CC 2017 you can also export and import DNxHD/DNxHR: What’s New and Changed in After Effects CC | Creative Cloud blog by Adobe BTW I also use windows and I do keep QT install but I install just the essential components. it is to my understanding that only the player can cause safety issues ... View more

I also hope they bring back the MXF OP1A AVC-Intra codecs in a newer version.  I don't understand why they got rid of those. would you settle for the new native DNxHD and DNxHR exporter? much better than the complex external Avid Codec. instead of an mxf container you get a quicktime container. both are SMPTE standard containers so isn't that the same thing for you in terms of quality and functionality? ... View more