Questions tagged [after-effects]
Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software package published by Adobe Systems. It is used in post-production process of film and television production.
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Blending Mode Options Missing After Effects
I'm trying to change my blending mode on After Effects CC 2015, but I have no options on certain layers. Only 2 of my layers have options to change the blending mode. How do I change it so all of my ...
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Keeping child object still while parent is moving in AE
In After Effects, there's lots of times I've used the Parent feature (e.g., limbs of a body). However, I've run into an issue several times where I'd like the child layer to be still while the parent ...
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AE Expression: Define FontSize
I'm making a complicated watch UI with a lot of expressions linked to different values of the display.
As you can see from the image below, 9hrs isn't bonded to an expression yet, but it's graphically ...
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What does the 'evolution' property under Turbulent Displace in After Effects do?
It seems to add a ripple effect the more I increase the degree, but would like to read about it somewhere more. Couldn't find anything about it with a google/youtube search that specifically explains ...
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How do you solve a difficult camera track?
I've got a tricky camera track to do. Steadicam footage on a stage with a load of musicians and some smoke. After Effects built in tracker is not happy. I've tried masking the musicians out and just ...
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How to rename linked comps between Premiere and After Effects
I create a lot of linked comps from Premiere into After Effects.
What's the right approach to renaming them, so that they don't all end up with generic meaningless names?
By default they are named:
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Adobe After Effects - Script - How to move puppet pins relative to some other pin/layer anchor?
I want to move some puppet pins relative to an anchor point.
Is there a simple script that does the math and makes the pin move with the anchor of a different layer?
This stuff seems pretty basic but ...
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Is there a way to delete cache files on a per-project basis in After Effects?
Is there a way to delete cache files per-project in After Effects, instead of by date or by size of the cache?
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After Effects - Keystroke to move focus to the Project Panel
Is there a keystroke / keyboard shortcut to move focus to the Project Panel?
I know CMD+0 toggles Project Panel visibility, but is there a key that when pressed can be followed by UP/DOWN arrows to ...
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.mov file is not playing video in After Effects
I've recorded 7 videos yesterday. All recorded on a Canon 5D Mark III. The files are playing fine from Finder and Quicktime. But when I import them to After Effects, only one of them is not playing ...
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After Effects P/B-frames aka motion vectors for Datamosh replication
I am trying to replicate Datamoshing with After Effects. I'm close but I need to link the displacement map to motion vectors rather than just colors and brightness values. I know AE recognizes motion ...
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Auto-Orient to Camera creates unwanted Z orientation
I have eight icons arranged in a circle, a Null object in the centre, and a camera that's parented to the Null. Each icon is set to be a 3D layer, and Auto-Oriented towards the camera. The camera is ...
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Proper time stretch in After Effects for multiple layers
So when I stretch the two chosen layers, they do stretch together, but the collision point shifts so I need to correct it manually.
How can I simultaneously change the length of the layers without ...
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Is splitting a video for export a good technique?
Currently, I'm making a video that I intend to upload to YouTube. I used After Effects and Premiere Pro for this. Since it's a video that's almost 2 hours long, the export takes me about 16 hours ...
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How to make a 4 point path follow an object at either end? (How to make a fake node graph)?
I am trying to simulate a node graph like this where a path with 4 points (start, 2 middle, end) adapts to the movement of an object connected to the start and end:
If you move a node at the link ...
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Importing a PSD into After Effects, can't retain the layer sizes
I'd like to know how can I import a PSD file into AE keeping the size of the PS layers. When I import my PSD as a composition all layers are created with the size of the composition itself and don't ...
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Can someone please help me understand Adobe After Effects Roto Brush 2 Propagation?
I am new to the Roto Brush (saw it on Corridor Crew!) and for the most part have it working.
As I understand it, you roto out your first frame, then go through frame by frame tidying it up as required....
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After Effects: How to use Depth Matte if you have color and depth in different files?
I want to use the Depth Matte effect: https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/after-effects/using/3d-channel-effects.html
but it seems these assume the sequence was loaded from a file that contains both color and ...
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When does Roto Paint 2 decide to do "refine edge propagating"?
If I am rotoscoping a long clip using RotoPaint 2 in After Effects, and I do the following:
Make a good rotopaint boundary in the middle of the clip, and adjust the Refine Edge tool around it to look ...
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How can I "copy" a zoom from another video?
This question might sound weird but I've had it for a LONG time.
Basically, is it possible to "track and copy" a zoom from a video and save it as a preset, so I can apply it to other videos?
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Adobe after effects edit templates
im struggling to edit the template of an intro. Im quite new to adobe after effects, ideally i want to change the logo and text. Ive managed to change the text underneath the logo but no the logo ...
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Precomp is disappearing and Mocha tracking points aren’t pasted
Very newbie with Boris Mocha.
I want to use Mocha to replace a computer mouse cursor by an object. Here, with screenshots, it’s how I try to proceed.
I then created a solid layer
Next, I pre-composed ...
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Animating paths in After Effects
I have an illustration that I would like to animate in AE. Not sure how to do this however. I have three paths (simple lines) I made in illustrator with the pen tool, then used to width tool to ...
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How to count datapoints in a JSON file with expressions in After Effects?
I load a JSON file with expressions in after effects. I need to know the number of datapoints in that JSON file for further processing.
How can i count (or index?) Them with expressions?
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Edges look wrong when compositing layer with blur and transparency
I'm trying to composite layers from an animation I made with Blender in After Effects. The problem I'm running into is that the motion-blurred edges are either receding, or becoming discolored, ...
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Which After Effects renderer performs better on a macbook pro? RenderGarden or BG Renderer MAX?
I've got a 2018 MacBook Pro 15 inch with the built in Radeon Pro Vega 20 4 GB graphics.
I'd like to speed up rendering in After Effects. Which of these is more effective at doing this and why?
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Ways to force-stop or limit extent of After Effects tracking when you can't escape from it?
I've been using tracking in After Effects a lot lately; tracking masks, tracking objects or the camera etc., and whenever I click that play ▶ button, there doesn't seem to be anything I can do to stop ...
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AE - Tracking in Comp different when played backwards?
I've come across a rather strange phenomenon in After-Effects.
Here's what I have:
I tracked some shaky footage and applied the tracked motion to a null. Then, a camera follows that null, thus ...
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Creating the Star Trek warp effect in After Effects
I am trying to figure out how to create the effect of going into warp from the Star Trek tv shows like The Next Generation and so forth - the one where the ship stretches forward, blurs a bit and then ...
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After Effects Radio Waves FX Initial Size
My business partner and I are working on our company's portfolio, we decided to add some animations in order to make it more fun. We are really new to After Effects but we both learn quickly and we ...
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What is algebraic effect of transforms in Adobe After Effects Keyframe Data file?
I want to write software which peforms a pan, zoom, rotate, and resample on a 3840x2160 input video, yielding a 960x540 output video. I have an keyframe data file, exported from Adobe After Effects, ...
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Dealing with dropped frames in background plate when doing keyframe animation in After Effects
I am working on a video which includes some dropped frames ever so often. When a frame dropped, it repeated the previous frame sometimes 2 or 3 times. I am overlaying many objects on this video, and ...
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Adobe AE with Element3D to work with Intel Graphics
I use Element3D most of the time when I edit videos, however, there's a problem.
This Adobe After Effects Plugin works with NVIDIA GeForce Palit 210 1GB but I didn't use the graphics card because it ...
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NVidia GTX 180 Composition Display Issues in After Effects and Premier Pro
I have a new NVidia GTX 180 (latest drivers) which is one of the latest high end releases in the GPU market. The problem is I'm experiencing the following issues in the composition(viewport) windows ...
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Bad yet good framerate after exporting through Media Encoder
Lately, I've been getting a weird issue with my Media Encoder exports.
I usually import 2 files through After Affects CC: an "intro" one and the main movie, both at lossless quality, and export the ...
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Centered motion tracking with Mocha AE/Pro and After Effects?
I haven't been able to figure out yet how I get stabilized footage from mocha Pro to After Effects.
I start a new project, import my footage and am able within mocha Pro to get a nice motion tracking ...
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Stabilize a really big drone ascent
I have a 300' ascent with a drone looking at 2 actors lying on the ground. The drone does a bit of drifting and rotating on the way up. I want to stabilize the whole shot to be rock solid. If I use ...
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Moving Multiple Layers on Timeline
This is probably a simple question, but I do not think I know the terminology to search for it.
All I want to do is move the start point of multiple layers forward without changing the sequence of ...
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How to move a layer using a slider control?
I'm trying to create a mogrt file that has the option of moving a layer using a control (instead of just moving it on the timeline).
Is there a way to create a slider control for example that allows ...
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Use markers in After Effects as triggers for a random color animation
How to change the color of a layer randomly in markers?
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After Effects & Media Encoder different resolution clips with same content export similar size using same settings
this is driving me mad, I have one clip at 4K 3840x2160 and I export it via After Effects as h264, Constant Bitrate 16 and let's say it's 56 MBs. If I resize it in After Effects export/render window ...
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Bringing layers forward or sending back with After Effects expressions
I have two solids right next to each other. At certain points in the timeline, I increase the scale of one or the other for emphasis. The problem is that one of the solids is located behind the ...
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Increasing Expression by Comp Index when access CSV File
I'm just wondering if someone can help me out. I'm getting error when trying to increase the location of the data in CSV by the composition index.
Here's code I am using
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var compIndex = parseInt(...
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After Effects: Add a Null to a point of two path's intersection
I'm looking to position a null at the intersection of two paths. I'm creating a bending elbow rig with irregular shapes, and I wanted to be able to place something in the crease of the elbow as it ...
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Resize a paragraph text box in After Effects using expressions
I'm building a Mogrt using After Effects.
I need to be able to drive the size of a paragraph text box dynamically using expressions.
Is that possible?
I can't find a parameter related to this.
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Making an After Effects layer follow another one at constant speed
I have the following expression on the position of a layer that makes it follow another layer(FollowNull). Basically, I set an initial position with a PointController and the expression does it's ...
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After Effects expression using Index position isn't working between comps and shapes
I have many shapes that I want to reference to a single comp with a shape in it, in case I need to change them later on.
The shapes are 2D and in different positions all over my canvas.
I want to be ...
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How to make green suit completely invisible?
I use keylight in After effects to remove my green suit, but it leaves ghost like stuff on my video. How do I completely remove it? You can see my hands do not match the color of the background from ...
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How to be sure of the FPS needed for any given export?
Sorry, my question is not very well put out but I have trouble understanding my own problem.
I'm currently working on a music video project where I need to put green screened actors in a CGI scene.
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Can't fill a shape in After Effects (imported from XD)
I created some User Interface in Adobe XD including some shapes with blur and color each one. In XD everything looks OK, like:
But, when i Export that to After Effects (Adobe XD lets you export ...
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