file.write(string) won't work in After Effects CC?
Hi! This script working perfectly in AE CS6: var newContent = '<Project author="Donald">'; newContent += '\n<Start>' + "starttime" + '</Start>'; newContent +=...
View Articleafter a while video preview dropped (BM) and i get a ( 86 :: 2 )
It's haunting me for a few days now in After Effects CC At first everything seems to work fine with my blackmagic decklink Duo and all of a sudden after an irratic amount of time of working the video...
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Output Module Not Working - Limited Options
After upgrading to After Effects CC I am facing problems when using output modules in the render queue. I can use one of my Output Module presets as a starting point but when I try to change the...
View ArticleType and shape tool not working.
Hello,I'm a neophyte to AE so, this may be an easy fix, but I've looked around and can't find an answer. I am going through Lynda.com training right now and it's going over the text and shape tools....
View ArticleDetecting if layer is a duplicate of another layer
Is there a way to say if a given layer is a duplicate of another?
View ArticleAfter effect file is huge
I just exported a music visualizer that I made in AE the length of the video is only 4 mins and the file size after export is 18 gb ! what did I do wrong and how should a properly export it?
View ArticleTracking mask path vertices?
Hi all I've tried many ways to track vertex coordinates of a path(beign it mask or shape path). And the only solution i've found until now was making scripts, which works well, but is not ideal, since...
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Expressions and sliders
Hi all Having trouble trying to stop my wiggle expression so I thought I would use a slider to control it. The wiggle is applied to position but I haven't actually given it any key frames. Basically my...
View ArticleRendering a project from After Effects CC trial
Hi! Will After Effects CC trial display a green cross when rendering?
View Articlemerging C4D 3D objects with AE camera tracked video
I am able to use CC AE's camera tracker track video, create a ground plane, targets, nulls, etc., and get objects created within AE to move along with the camera movement of the video that was tracked....
View ArticleExtremely sluggish UI responsiveness help?
I'm working on several complex (75MB+) projects that makes After Effects CS6 UI extremely slow to repond to commands. I have to click and hold down my mouse button for maybe 10 seconds to turn off an...
View Articlecd4 lite. no support from maxon wont accept my activation.
no support from maxon is unavaiilable for AE usersMaxon wont accept my activation from Adobe Dialoge boxwithin ae.error msg. Activation code incorect. check number again. its copied and pasted verbattem.
View ArticleMasking Extruding Text
I'm aware of how to mask text behind moving object with 3D text, but the same medhod does not seem to work for text with extrusions. Can someone help? Thanks.
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Change color to won't work
So I rendered a c4d scene, and in it was a tilted plane with the default material on it if you say "create new material". I noticed that the more tilted it was flat, the more gray it appeared, and the...
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AE 3D object + green screen
Hi noob question can I use 3D model + green screen video for AE ? thx I Can't find tutorial please help thx
View ArticleError message 5027 :: 12 from CINEWARE plugin
Hello, When I bring a C4D file into After Effects CC via the included CINEWARE effect, I get the following error very frequently: AEGP Plugin CINEWARE SceneLayer: CINERENDER - Close(5027 :: 12) This...
View ArticleAudio cuts off on rendering
I have a .wav file in my composition that I see the waveform going across the entire composition. If I grab the first 10 seconds of my composition and hit 0 on the number pad, it correctly plays the...
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Motion Tracking for Color Stabilizer
Hey y'all - I have a shot that needs Color Stabilization for Brightness (the crappy cam it was shot on has no way to turn off Auto Exposure), but hand-held movement throughout the shot keeps throwing...
View ArticleConfusion on motion tracking...
OK I have a comp. I want to track the video. AE won;t let me just track the video from this comp, I need to double click the comp and it opens a separate comp window with the video in it. Now I can...
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Turning off layer effects before rendering
Turning off the fx switch here: Does same thing as switching off all the fx switches in the Effect Controls? When I go to render, the effects will be off for that that layer in both cases?
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