RAM Preview getting stuck
Occassionally the RAM preview gets stuck in AE and will not allow me to stop it or do anything else in AE until the whole sequence is ready to preview. This can be annoying when the sequence is 40+...
View ArticleSony Raw support in After Effects feature schedule
Can someone from the Adobe staff provide a rough timeline of when we'll get Sony Raw support in AE? I start onlining our 4k film in about two months. It would be nice to avoid transcoding to DPX.
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Photoshop 3d obj interacting strangely with other layers
After Effects and Photoshop CS5. I have an imported photoshop 3d object which on its own behaves as it should. But, when I place it in front of other layers (2d in 3d space) I can see the other layers...
View Article3d text question
i have my 3d text on 3d track camera and i want to be able to keep my text in one place the whole time while still being tracked by the 3d track camera. But i cant put the text in a specific place...
View ArticleAfter Effects 11.0.4 Crashing on Mavericks 10.9.1
I cannot run After Effects 11.0.4 using Mac OS 10.9.1 After Effects is crashing before it opens completely. It produces an "After Effects Alert" that says: Last log message was: <140735176479504>...
View ArticleMatching planes with text & png
Hello, I'm animating text onto a iphone screen for the first time. I've got a png of an app interface, and to simulate someone posting content, I've added some text with the typewriter effect. From...
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Display issue on second monitor
Hello, I can't seem to figure this out and it's driving me nuts, I keep seeing my windows desktop inside my After Effects composition window. I don't see it all the time, but it's there a lot, it...
View ArticleUser input manipulates GUI using resource string...
I know I can pass values into the resource string to make the GUI more dynamic. I've been able to pass values in and even create loops to pass in multiple items into a listbox. Is there a way to add...
View Articlehow do i stop draw refresh on mouseover?
I am drawing shapes on a custom element, and running a function on draw. for somereason it is constantly redrawing anytime I mouse over the shape how can I stop that?I am using cs6. here is a sample...
View ArticleBehavior of AE projects imported into AE projects
so I frequently bring older versions of projects into my current AE project, particularly when revising spots, what I want to understand clearly is the behaviour of AE projects once they are imported...
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Ae not reading sidecar xmp data
I've been working across Ps Lr Pr and Ae to assemble time-lapse clips over the last few years. I haven't processed a clip for a long time but I am today and have stumbled upon some strange Ae...
View ArticleAfter Effects Render H.264 Warning
Hello, I am trying to build an animation for an airport signage display. Here are the specs 3240 x 3840 Resolution, 10 secs, must be a H.264 MOV file. I built everything in After Effects and go to...
View ArticleUsing Roto Brush in After Effects CC
When I go to the next frame while rotoscoping, it doesn't allow me to make any adjustments on the following frames? I want to roto each frame bit by bit and get rid of the stuff I don't want but it...
View ArticleMask Tracker -- So close and yet so far?
Arghhh! The mask tracker was one of my most-desired features, and I was over-the-moon to discover that they'd done it beautifully and simply! No more going to Mocha and using mocha-import just for...
View ArticleAlternative to Opacity Question
In the animation I am working on, I need an object to instantly go from 100% opacity to 0% opacity. The problem is, even if you use the opacity of the layer as a keyframe, the object will not instanlty...
View ArticleAfter Effects crashes while rendering
Hi all, We have been experiencing regular crashes while rendering on 9 different Mac systems. We would start the render and then, all of a sudden, AE would crash. Trying to restart, AE hangs at...
View ArticleWorking with system folders and files
I’ve built a workflow script that replaces older versions of footage and then does some workflow specific things that I need. There is one big drawback to the script that I would like to solve. Right...
View ArticleVideo goes black at 7:02
Hello, I've recently made a second project. I used the same template as the old video, except I changed the colors around. This is what I'm doing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V76hD0ypHA The...
View ArticlePixelated square-pixel footage in an anamorphic comp
i have some square-pixel footage that I'm comping into an anamorphic composition. It looks fine at 100%, but when I scale the footage down it becomes very pixelated. It's not just a preview thing as...
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Warp Stabilizer crashes in After Effects CC (OS X)
Every time I try to use Warp Stabilizer, I get the following crash. 1. I select a track, open up the Warp Stabilizer VFX panel, and click "Analyze". 2. The blue "Analyzing in Background" banner...
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