Thanks for all the ideas. Need to spend time on them. Essentially I want those concave channels be convexx (rising above the flat sections, not embossed in). ... View more

In the Finder or Explorer, place the images that you want to include in a folder named in alphabetical order.  Then import the folder as an Image Sequence with Force Alphabetical Order enabled.  ... View more

It's rare that this command works reliably, but if you think it will do the job from testing... (do work on duplicate files so that you don't overwrite the originals):   1) Open the source image that you wish to match the other images to   2) Image > Adjustments > Match Color...   3) Save Statistics   4) Record an action for Match Color, using the Load Statistics button and any other suitable options   5) Stop recording, you should only need the one step   6) File > Automate > Batch and select the action set and action that you just recorded   7) Set the other batch options as required ... View more

Thanks. I used very minimal blurring. Just 1 stroke to see if it made a difference, as before, I had done more blurring. It was just a super short test stroke. ... View more

Captioning is a lot easier to do in Premiere Pro. It will transcribe, create subtitles, and give you a captioning file you can upload to YouTube or Vimeo to generate accurate subtitles.    If you want to do it in After Effects, you can use Audition to generate text and add markers that you can use in After Effects. All you need is a couple of expressions to generate the text and animate a move or an opacity fade based on the markers. The problem is that you get no captions text file to add to your video, and you have to burn in the subtitle track.  ... View more

Hello. I'm having a similar issue as OP, except this menu being shown in this image is also not showing up. Do you know why that could be?   ... View more

Hi, 100% opaque means 0% transparent. If that is what you mean, yes, it is possible, and such patterns exist in the legacy set you can get from the local menu of the patterns panel. if you meant 100% transparent, I do not think it is possible. When you erase to 0% opacity, color info is lost (I feature request a preference switch for that, but it might be gone) you might be able to save a very low opacity pattern, then lower its opacity again from the layer styles, or from the layers opacity. But I wonder what you would do with o% opacity pattern. You can also adjust the colors of the transparency grid in the preferences. ... View more

Here's one way to make the background darker and change the blue to red/orange/gold: Apply a Levels adjustment layer (click the middle icon at the bottom of the Layers panel that looks like a black and white cookie and select Levels...) Under the histogram (the graph) drag the left (darkest) indicator to the right to about 80 (the value will show up in the box below it on the left) Adjust the midtones if you like by dragging it Select the Gradient tool (G) Click the gradient in the Options bar (if the Options bar isn't showing go to Window > Options which is at the bottom of that menu) In the Gradient Editor, open the Oranges presets folder and select Orange_05 Drag the orange color stop on the right to the middle (to Location: 50) Click on the right where the orange color stop was to add a color stop Click the orange color to open the Color Picker and change the color to red Make a new layer Draw the gradient from the center outward With the Selection Tool selected and the layer selected, scale the rectangle and rotate it and position it to align to Andromeda Control (Win) / Command (macOS) click on the thumbnail of the gradient to load the selection Go to Select > Modify > Feather and enter a value (around 40) Add a Layer Mask by clicking the 3rd icon from the left at the bottom of the Layers panel Further modify the mask with a soft brush set to black to use around the edges Change the blending mode in the Layers panel to Hue ... View more

Image > Mode > 16 Bits/Channel ... View more

Here's the video. Point stars are more oblong now.   ... View more

In your image, you're currently focused on the MASK portion of your adjustment layer. Instead, focus on the little Brightness/Contrast icon (to the left of that mask, on your layer) and you can adjust the actual image.  ... View more

There is a work around solution to this until it get's fixed. set every frame to 1 sec(see below images) ___ then when exporting as a png sequence, set the frame rate to 1 ... View more

You can trim the strokes inside your Paint effect to set their duration to 25f, even before creating them you can set the duration of your strokes in the Paint Panel.   Could you upload any screen capture of your timeline and composition panels? ... View more

Ah hah! I didn't see the panel only shows Paint 3. Now I can access what I need with that setting on Paint 1. All I wanted to do was edit that white splotch in 1 frame but couldn't get it in a panel to edit.   Thanks. ... View more

I think I may have it, except on multiple masks - I have a mask from Mocha tracking that I use to remove an area; I have another regular AE mask (I drew in) that removes a separate, non-overlapping area on the same layer. Seems if I have the mocha mask, the other mask doesn't apply. How can I get both of them to remove their respective areas? Thanks. ... View more

could you be more explicit? ... View more

What do you mean by "lose too much"? Can you post a screenshot to illustrate?   The final result will always be butterfly-shaped, with the two outer frames stretched outwards to the corners. This is an unavoidable side effect of keeping straight lines straight. The result is exactly the same as a single shot with a wider angle lens, you get corner stretching.   Or do you mean something else? ... View more

Yeah, that's what I do. Still doesn't work. ... View more

Other Quicktime formats have RGB+Alpha. I've used Pro Res 4444 before and usually just go with that and it works fine for me. ... View more

Ignore ... View more

You can animate position, scale, rotation. You can tie one layer to another with parenting. That's why I said, show me the shot and I'll tell you the easiest way to do it.   It sounds like you need to spend some time with the User Guide.   ... View more

The first thing you should do to troubleshoot the problem is to select the layer with the clone stamp applied and press the U key twice. Check all of the settings and look at the timeline. Then you should change to the Paint workspace and look at the brush settings. If you can't figure it out we need a screenshot that shows all the modified properties of the layer (uu). If your version of AE is up to date this is probably just user error. ... View more

So, did you manage to solve it? ... View more

Yes, I deselect all but 1. I locked the desired base layer, yet it still changed when I tried to auto-allign with a new layer. ... View more

Thanks for sharing the details. Could you try changing the Renderer to Mercury Software Only from File > Projects Settings? If that doesn't help, try importing your project into a new one and see if it helps. Also, I would suggest lowering the preview resolution. Let us know how it goes.    Thanks, Nishu ... View more

Hi there,   Thanks for reaching out. Please share the following details so that we can troubleshoot the issue properly: Are you getting this issue with a particular project or all of them? Is it visible in the exported file as well? What are your system specifications (CPU, GPU, RAM, OS)? In the meantime, try this: go to Edit > Purge > All Memory & Disk Cache. Let us know if it helps.   Thanks, Nishu ... View more