How to keyout harsh shadows from green screen footage tutorial
Hello!! I have shot a green screen footage outdoors an two clips where shot with the sun making some very harsh shadows that are impossible to key out. I am attaching two photos so that you can see...
View ArticleOpen Project Error
Hi! Yesterday I was working on a project, and this morning when I opened AE, I tried opening my project file but I always get this error:"After Effects warning: Unable to import file"<the project's...
View ArticleAfter Effects can't find AfterFXLib.dll file and crash on start up
PLease help.After Effects crash on start up giving a message that the file AfterFXLib.dll is missing.I searched for that file in the provided location and found it there.!!!Why AE doesn't recognise...
View ArticleTrouble building in Visual Studio 2012
So, I've got a plugin building fine in Xcode, and am now headed over to the Windows world to build in VS2012. I opened up the .vsproj file form the /win folder of my modified Skeleton project, and...
View ArticleHow to save locked .aep
Hello, I want to save locked my .aep complete after my project. Best
View ArticleNewbie question on masking in a AE/PP workflow
Hi all, First let me say that I'm just starting to use AE. I've done everything in PP so far but I think I might have reached the creative wall and need to integrate AE into my workflow. I'm thinking...
View ArticleAE CC is not recognizing my 650M with the latest CUDA driver updated
AE CC is not recognizing my 650M with the latest CUDA driver updated. But I found http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/ here said, they already added 650M to list. But mine still not recognizing it. Am...
View ArticleWarning treated as error in VS2012. Any idea to fix?
When I build, I'm seeing some errors popup and they are all on lines where I am setting up checkbox parameters. The compiler is throwing the following errors: error C2220: warning treated as error -...
View ArticleVideo card help
Hi i bought a new system for video editing, i use cs6 not cc, computer specs are asus p8p67 deluxe motherboardi7 2600k4x4 gb 2133 ramm evo velocehive 750 power supplycorsair 240 ssd drivewestern...
View ArticleApplying an expression
I have been having this error whilst trying to apply expressions both by typing in expressions and also by using iExpressions. AE CC After pressing OK it says contact support but I thought I would post...
View ArticleIssue: changing value on comp settings globally
First a brief backstory: I'm very new to after effects. That's a shame, because I’ve been working in Adobe for years. Mostly Photoshop and Illustrator. Picking up After effects, while not being any...
View ArticleCan I run AE CS6? (Specs in post)
So.... I accidentally posted this in the general forum.... Just re-posting it where is belongs.... I have an HP Pavilion dv6 Processor: AMD A8-3500 APU w/Radeon Graphics 1.50 Graphics card: AMD...
View ArticleYou can’t use this version - Error
I get this error after having installed Mac OS X Maverick. It has worked for 3 days and now: You can’t use this version of the application “Adobe After Effects CS6” with this version of OS X. How do I...
View ArticleAuto trace using only 17% of CPU and slowing down
Hi there, So I got a sequence with a keylight effect, then I want to use auto-trace function. The source is a 1080p mp4 but the effect is applied on about a quarter of the surface (that's to say I use...
View ArticleRemembering and Adjustment Layer/collapse TF trick?
I vaguely remember one of the AE gurus coming up with a trick that stuck an Adjustment Layer (?) in between 3D layers in order to collapse all the layers below into 2D space... or something like that?...
View ArticlePF_ParamFlag_CANNOT_TIME_VARY doesn't work
HiI'm slightly mistified, I wonder if anyone can point me at a feature of the SDK that I'm missing or a glaring bug that I can't spot. I'm adding some controls to my effect, some of which cannot be...
View Articleextending nested comps
Hello, I've been having problems related to changing the duration of nested comps. If i change the nested comp's length (in comp settings), a greyed-out bar appears in the timeline of the comp in...
View ArticleWhat effects is it
Could someone please tell me what effect would have been used in the video below. From about 5 seconds the photo's pop up and have movement from side to side. I asume whatever has been used has been...
View ArticleTrapcode Form sand to text-precomp text wont change
hi, i just finished the "text to sand with trapcode form" tutorial on youtube by toolfarm inc. the text is on its own precomp. now when iam changing the text in the precomp...trapcode stillshows me...
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