Quick Question
Hello, I own After Effects CS4 and was curious on how to cut out a spot of a video but for only one frame. Also, maybe I could cover the area that I want for the video in that certain frame and then...
View ArticleKeyframing tutorial?
I am trying to create an expanding pool of blood. I found this great tutorial: http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/vfx/quicktips-how-to-create-a-realist ic-pool-of-blood/ However, this method only works...
View ArticleBlur will not apeear outside of text bounding box
Hello . I was trying to get a effect to come from behind some text. I placed a copy of the the fron text behind the original, and chose CC Radial blur. The screenshot included shows the settings of...
View ArticleSDK Version
Hi, Probably a dumb question, but here goes... I've been developing my plugin using the CS6 SDK, as I have AE CS6. However I'll want my plugin to be compatible with CS5 & 5.5 as well. I'm assuming...
View Articlehow can I capture a drawn/painted stroke?
This isn't directly about After Effects, but the end result is something I will use with After Effects...so here goes: I'm looking for a way to use Photoshop or Corel Painter to "draw" an alphabet,...
View ArticleCan't export an After Effects project as an Adobe Premiere Pro project
I've created a really simple After Effects composition (Comp 1): One animated text layer that uses the Animate In - Straight in By Word Preset. I tried File - Export - Adobe Premier Pro Project. But...
View ArticleAE crashes when loading project "occured while invoking effect plug-in "Warp...
Start with my PC info:and some details: So I have a linked composition from Premiere Pro CS6 in After Affects CS6. Just last night I was working on it, everything was going well, I exported a test copy...
View Article3D Camera Tracker Error
When I take a clip from Premeire Pro with no effects on it, replace with after effects composition --> then try to apply the 3D camera tracker in After Effects (CS6) I get the error message "3D...
View ArticleNeed advice to further reduce jitteriness in short photo animation
What I have done so far: In After Effects:• Imported photo from Photoshop• Animated its position from toes to head on the Timeline • Rendered at Best Settings from within AE. Result too jerky, almost...
View ArticleRescale precomp without changing stroke width used in precomp
I'm trying to create a re-usable object which is a crosshair. I want it to show as below: When used in the composition I want to resize it, without changing border width and corner sizes. I made this...
View ArticleTechnical Specs for Working with 3D Layers
Hey Guys I was wondering which computer you all people use for working with 3D Layers ? My PC is sort of good one, but it sucks with 3D Layers. Sucks even with a Composition of Size 426 Width and...
View ArticleAE works with one .mts file but not another, says "File damaged or not...
I have two .mts files I am using that come out of the c100. I replaced one with After Effects comp from premiere and ran some noise reduction filters in AE, it worked fine. I then needed to do another...
View ArticleNo sound when using time remapping?
Hey I was using twixtor to slow down time in video , then i put time remapping and when i do that i cant hear my whole composition... ive tried to delete twixtor and put only time remapping and still...
View ArticleHow to fix extremely slow render in AE CS6?
Hi,we've just upgraded from CS4 to CS6.A composition that used to need 9 minutes to render, needs 2 hours now.AE is updated and we don´t use the option "Render Multiple Frame Simultaneosly"We've tried...
View ArticleResolving Television green screen blur
I'm compositing footage of that will make a television appear to be playing visuals. In the shot the television displays a solid Chroma Key Green. The problem with this footage is that glare on the...
View ArticleCS6 after effects
Hi everyone, I have just downloaded and installed After Effects CS6 and I have 3 error messages on opening the program each time: 1) Metadata browserr is missing 2) Warp stabiliser...
View ArticleAdvice on how to animate Illustrator vector shapes?
i'm pretty new to animating in After Effects. One project i'm working on is simulating keys being pressed on a piano keyboard. I'm wondering what the best way to do this would be. This is the before...
View ArticleNeed help with an Opengl issue while using optical flares! (AAE CS6)
Hey guys, I really need your help. I am editing at the moment and I am getting a opengl warning and then it crashes, I am on an mid 2011 iMac 21.5 inch, Mac OS X 10.7.5 lion with 4gb ram, 2.5ghz intel...
View ArticleELEMENT 3D ram preview error!
Hello guys!! i gotta problem wit 'Element 3D v1.6'window version. when im animated E3D and then trynna 'Ram preview' in that case i gotta error message like below, 'element has encountered an...
View Article.mts to Mocha. AE-CS6.
Can anyone recommend a way to convert my NEX-6's .mts footage to something which Mocha supports?I'm using the version of Mocha that ships with AE-CS6. There's several AVCHD/.mts converters available,...
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