Parent position of text layer to the bottom of a 3d layer?
Man this is hard to describe. Here is what Im doing in a nutshell.3D Text layer swings like a hinge from its anchor point which has been moved to the top of the text layer.I duplicate this text layer...
View ArticleFreezes!
Hello, i have worked on my project when suddenlt a message with no text comes up, i cant close it or continue editing, so i'm forced to shut the whole program down in task manager, and all unsaved...
View ArticleCreate hundreds of duplicates quickly and easily
I have 5 speech bubbles that I want to duplicate randomly until the entire screen is filled. Since the icon is only 100x100 or so, it will literally take hundreds to fill in the stage completely....
View ArticleCan't get After Effects CC to startup
After a fresh install of AE CC, I get the following error: After Effects warning: Could not rename the file '/Users/cstrimbu/Library/Preferences/Adobe/After...
View ArticleInstalling AE7 whilst running trial version of AE12 in the cloud?
I am using (day 7) a 30 day free trial of After Effects 12.1.0.168 which is in the cloud. Do you think this may have something to do with the error that I get when trying to install AE7 from CD with...
View ArticleBounding box appears with pen tool.
Currently I am trying to make a mask around text so I can reveal text to make it look as if it is being written by hand. I place the text down with the text tool, I then used the pen tool to trace the...
View ArticleCan I start rendering in AE while an image sequence renders in C4D?
I have a really long C4D image sequence render that will go into a really long AE render (I don't want to use Cineware for this). If I know that, say, the AfterEffects render will take 2 hours total to...
View ArticleKaty Perry firework effect
I'm doing a film project for our local Special Olympics and I need a tutorial on the Katy Perry firework effect. any help?
View ArticleRAM previewing and rendering not working correctly
Hi, Today I was just about finished editing a video on CS6 and then when I'm about to add the last effect and render it it stuffs up on me:(. What happens is that while RAM previewing at some point...
View ArticleHow to build up luminance values that pass through a frame
Hello, I am trying to create an effect where a layer remembers all the luminance values that pass through it. To describe the effect imagine a white dot was to pass through a black frame from left to...
View ArticleHow do I split the dimensions of the anchor point?
Hello Everyone, I have a logo which I am trying to animate; basically I want to start tight on a small portion of it, scanning across its surface and then pull back to reveal it in its entirety, all...
View ArticleAE CC Snow
I am not the best with After Effects, I've only been using it for a couple of weeks. I wanted to try out the cc snow effect today, I placed it onto my footage and nothing came up. I thought I might be...
View ArticleCINEMA 4D Lite.
Hello Everyone. Is CINEMA 4D Lite comes with After Effects only ?I went to MAXON Website, and I noticed there are 3 Products there, CINEMA4D Broadcast, CINEMA 4D Prime, and CINEMA 4D Visualize. But No...
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CC Snowfall problem.
Hi, I was watching the looping partical system located here: http://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/CC_Looping_P articles/video-tutorialI want to create a cc snowfall loop and it...
View ArticleIs it normal for After Effects to use just one CPU?
I have a i7 6 core processor and when I work on AE I get a notice from my Norton program that AE is extensively using one core. I also checked using the resource monitor to see each individual CPU...
View ArticleStabilizing horizon without usable track points
I shot some timelapse sequence on a cruise ship, some of the sequences are just simply the sky and horizon.import the raw file in after effect and try to stabliize the movement of horizon in aftter...
View ArticleTrying to extend time in a template by copying scene & pasting
Trying to extend time in a template by copying scene & pasting in at the end, but with a different video inside the provided video holder.
View ArticleHow to convert pngfiles to xmlfile .......
Helle; I'm learning script.I want to create some image button.Q1:How to convert some .png files to a .xml file, then I can use the iamges in script.Q2:How to load the xml file and use the image to some...
View ArticleAE Help!
I have a normal HP 2000 Laptop with 4GB Ram (3.6GB Usable), 175GB free on my hard drive, and barely no programs on my computer. I have Adobe After Effects CS6 with a lot of plug-ins from VC, Red Giant,...
View ArticleAfter Effects CC won't go past "Mediacore"
Hi, I have been having a nightmare of a time getting AE to start up. I am pretty sure I've done everything that the tech sheets say - including deleting 3rd party QT importers, and installing...
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