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Repeat Shape Layer along path?
Is it possible to repeat a shape layer (let say a filled square) and have it follow a non-linear motion path (or other shape layer)? It looks like a shape layer's Repeater can only duplicate in a line?
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Transitions and imports of AI files
Hi All, I've been banging away at they keys over here. I have a couple of questions. 1. How come my AI files are saved for the Web and on import into AE they have a white background? Is there a better...
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Grey bars
I have created a video using AE on Win 7, CS5 with a resolution of 1280 x 720 but the finished results ( played in WMP ) have 2 ugly grey bars: see attached. Why is that ? Regards, TL.
View Articletiny mov import from PS kills AE
Not sure if this is a bug or if I'm doing something wrong. I'm making tiny animations in Photoshop, (72dpi greyscale 10cm x 10cm, approx 2 seconds length, filesize around 22k). I then export from...
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Complete newbie needs Xcode help with plugin development
So, I decided to begin climbing the steep learning curve for developing plugins for AE. I downloaded the SDK from Adobe, and following the directions as best I could, but I keep getting this error:...
View ArticleBudget €2300,- Need advice with laptop hardware for AE, Premiere Pro CC/CS6
Hi Folks, These are some specific questons so if one of you have purchased or upgraded their laptop recently could know some of these things. Otherwise, any informed idea is really appriciated. I'm...
View ArticleInstalling After Effects 7.0 on OSX 10.7.5
Hi, I've been trying to install my old copy of AE on my new iMac 3.4GHz i7, 20GB RAM with OSX 10.7.5, but I keep getting an error message stating that the launcher program can't open because PowerPC is...
View ArticleHow do I crop to 16:9?
I have been shooting timelapse on a Canon 5DM2 and G11 and processing in After Effects 5.5. Their aspect ration is 4:3 (I think) but I'd prefer 16:9. I would like to cut the top and bottom of the...
View ArticleAfter Effects is Really Slow! Please Help!
When ever I am scrubbing across my video, it lags a lot! Also when I render it is about 1 frame per minute while doing ram preview! I enabled Multi-frame rendering as well. Please help, Here are my...
View ArticleRe apply same distortion to different layer in CS6?
Hello, In Photoshop cs6, you can make a Liquify distortion to a layer, then if you want, you can select a different layer, and go to Filter and re apply the last used filter (the Liquify you just did...
View ArticleCurrent timeline indicator skips frames when previewing.
Hello, when I preview my video, the current timeline indicator skips to the next 10 frames and I would like to know if there is a way to decrease the amount of fames being skipped to. Thanks HazzB
View ArticleExternal monitor through HDMI on laptop with 310m graphics card
Hello, Please could you help me. I have CS6 Production Premiere on my Toshiba 17" laptop running Windows 7. I am trying to get the time line monitor to display on an HD TV using the HDMI port. It's a...
View ArticleHelp with colourspace workflow issues? log 2 linear and back again
Hi, Can anyone help.I'm about to start a VFX project using 'log' camera files (MXF) which I will composite and export in 'log'I know I can do this with a convert log2linear Adjustment layer but I kind...
View ArticleNeed help with AE crashes when work and render in it.
Hi. Until 1 week ago everything with my renders were fine. I was able to render any complicity project even with 8 Gb of RAM. now i cant render or work with any project. It simple after 1-2 mins eats...
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Can Not Invert Alpha on Solid - No Track Mat Option
I copy / pasted track point to a text object. Then created a black solid. I used a pen tool to create the matte and animated it. This is when i realized that the trkmat column was not available so that...
View Articleextrusion with different face and side reflectivity
Can a single extruded shape or text have different reflectivity to its face and sides (ex. shiny mirror-like face with dull barely visible reflection), or do I need to make two layers (one for face,...
View ArticleUsing the loopOut() expression always leaves the last frame blank, no matter...
The problem: I've enabled Time Remapping on a composition and am using the loopOut() expression to repeat a 16 second animation until the end of the video. When I apply the expression, it places a...
View Article3d camera tracker applying key frames to camera and not null object, help!
This is rather urgent, I don't know how to phrase it correctly but the 3d camera tracker inside of After Effects will only apply key frames to the null object. This causes the footage to rotate around...
View ArticleRender 3x slower than RAM preview ?
I have a Comp, which admittidely is a render nightmare, with 64 instances of a the same video each 1 frame ahead of the next. So it's very RAM hungry and something of a balancing act between the number...
View ArticleRunning "Build 'em All" example Xcode project wiped out MediaCore folder
I'm having a hard time setting up Xcode to properly compile the example code into a debug product build that eventually ends up in the MediaCore folder. I initially got it to work simply by clicking...
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