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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Recommendable production codecs for Adobe video products
I'm currently searching for new codecs that are better suited for production than the ones we are currently using. So far we used QuickTime Animation and PhotoJPEG. The latter always proved as ...
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What is the most effective way of slowing down footage?
I want to experiment with slowed down footage and I see several ways in doing that with my current set-up.
I have the following hardware/software at my disposal:
After Effects CS5.5,
Twixtor Pro,
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How to parent a mask to another element in AfterFX?
I have this video whereby text is revealed one letter after another. A text cursor is moving along with each letter to simulate the fact of writing the text on a word processor.
I have separate ...
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Duplicate layers X times and move 1 frame each time
I do a lightpainting video on After Effects (CS6 here) where I duplicate my layert to create continuous lines based on a moving light. I have a lot of comps to do and many layers to duplicate, then I ...
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After effects: Moving text along 3D path
After Effects beginner here.
The effect I'm after is where text is appearing from behind an object. So far, I'm using the position and rotation parameters.
But the text is rigid. I found something ...
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Timelapse Countdown Timer in After Effects
I'm sure someone out there must have done this before, but how do I create a countdown timer with hours, minutes and seconds that starts from a specific time and counts down at 71.928x speed?
71.928x ...
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Software to capture high quality screen-casts
I want to record video tutorials but I can't get the program to capture my screen with high quality, and not just that, when I try to edit it in After Effects scaling and positioning the fonts and ...
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3d max change the opacity of an object's edges rendered in After Effects.
I want to change the opacity of the edge of an object so that when I render it and import to After Effects, it would match with the background video and feather at the edge of objects.
Cant place ...
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How to clean GoPro footage?
Is there a good technique to do lens correction, rolling shutter removal and stabilisation on GoPro footage.
If you start by rolling shutter correction, the filter seek for straight edges and cannot ...
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Is it possible to set more than one motion tracking point in After Affects CS6 at the same time
Is it possible to set more than one motion tracking point in After Affects CS6 at the same time in the same scene?
For example one track point closer to our viewpoint, and another one that follows ...
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How to export footage and burn a 16:9 PAL DVD for playback on television
I have searched everywhere and consulted many people yet no one seems to know how to solve this problem.
I have created a large project in After Effects in 16:9 format:
1280x720
Square Pixels
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Auto-Orient, Wrong Rotation on Last Keyframe in After Effects
I have an issue with the Transform | Auto-orient option. I does work in general but at the very last keyframe the object's rotation changes apruptly.
How can I avoid that?
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Good place to learn about every option/button in Adobe After Effects?
In particular, right now anyway, I want to know what the following under Animation menu do:
Track Camera
Track in mocha AE
Warp Stabilizer
Track Motion
Looking for a text-based explanation.
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How to change active camera in after effects ( or render a different camera )
I added a camera to my comp, however, when I render it uses the active camera, and not camera1. How do I Either make camera1 my active camera, or make it so that I can render out camera1
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Why is after effects turning my Prores audio into white noise
I have some footage that I converted from red to prores444. I am able to view the converted mov in quicktime and the audio sounds fine. However, I when import it to Efter Effects, the audio previews ...
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Cleaning tracked keyframes in After Effects
I'm new to After Effects and played with Mocha for After Effects a bit (which is v.easy to pick up) and was wondering: If I have a bunch of dense set of keyframes as a result of tracking, is there an ...
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How to make an iPad like commercial video?
We're looking to make an iPad like commercial video for one of our apps.
My Question is, what technologies are involved in making this kind of a video? Is it flash/after effects? or something else ...
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Repeating Flashing Text in After Effects
I'm using After Effects CS6, and I'm deliberately trying to recreate the look of a cheap camcorder. I want that stereotypical red "REC" text and big red dot in a corner of the screen, and I want it to ...
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How can I make the particular trail longer in After Effects CS4?
How can I make the particular trail longer?
Why when I animate the particular do I only have a trail when I parent it to an Object or Emitter?
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Banding in Premiere preview [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Gradient banding
I have a video imported in Adobe Premier from After effect (16 bits).
Before rendered in the timeline the image looks nice but when rendered I have a ...
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Motion and shape tracking in After Effects CS5.5
My footage consists of someone with black sunglasses moving his head tilting slowly back and forth. The glass of the sunglasses is visible in the footage. In the beginning the head is tilted back, the ...
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After effects rendering
I have a small problem with rendering.When i render with default setting my video size is more than 1 GB and i was using only 10 pics, some solids and 1 null object.Can you please tell me what setting ...
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After Effects - How do I create animated coding
Are there any tutorials on how to create animated 'coding', where it looks like code is being typed in? I want to do something similar to this: http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-1355773-stock-...
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Which Text falling and flipping animation preset or plugin is used in after effects
If you open this video on vimeo.
Then fast forward to 00:56 on the timeline you can see a text animation where the blocks of text appear like there are being flipped and falling. I want to know what ...
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How to create a ragdoll effect on a human?
I make an action(combat) short-length film and I use After Effects and 3DS MAX to edit it.
I want to make a battle scene where the one guy hits another guy and the second one is thrown away like a ...
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Tracking box to full viewport
Basically, I've recorded a video of gameplay on my DS console using a camcorder, and I want to:
Remove the shaky movement caused by me not having a tripod
Stretch the screen to cover the entire ...
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Audio and Frames Not in Sync in RAM Preview
Asked this question before... having same problem.
When I go to the RAM preview of After Effects, the audio of the video will play on sync for a while, then will get screwy. Sometimes the audio will ...
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Audio Not Playing on Imported Video Files
I a currently editing a video and imported a .avi movie into my After Effects project. I went to check the RAM preview, but there was no sound. I checked the audio preview and there still was no audio....
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After Effects: Set Alpha/Matte to hdr layer without clamping the values to 0-1 range
I have a .hdr sequence as well as a .tga sequence. the .tga sequence contains the alpha channel to be used for the .hdr sequence.
The problem is that if I apply the alpha channel to my hdr sequence ...
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animating a line that is a 3d layer in after-effects
What I'd like to do
I'm trying to draw a 2D smiley face with the pen tool on a 3D layer...and then change it to a frown (or a sad face). I was able to do this in as 2D layer...but I'd need help on ...
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Gradient banding
I have a video with a gradient background, with silhouette vector animations on top. The gradient therefore stays exactly the same throughout the video.
However, rendering the video as mp4, I'm ...
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How to create super smooth slow motion clips in After Effects that will be edited in Premiere Pro
I would like to make one of those 600fps slow motion clips that can are on YouTube. such as this
. I know it can be done in AE but I cannot figure it out.
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Simulating a camera flash
Can anyone give me some tips on simulating a camera flash in After Effects. I am trying to make it keyframing the scale and opacity of a white shape layer but I can't get it to look right.
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Can't add Motion Blur to layer imported from Photoshop
I can't enable Motion Blur on this layer:
Any ideas what could be wrong?
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Choosing a frame-rate for an animation project
How do you choose a framerate for an animation project? In this case I know the exact context where the video will be displayed (company's head office, on a 51" HD TV) and it needs to look really ...
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When making an animation how can I get a zooming effect?
I want to add a transition to one of my animations that gives the impression of the camera rushing/zooming towards the animation. Is there a better means of doing this in After Effects than scaling ...
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Is there a way to link the animation of two layers?
I am building a kinetic type-style video and am struggling to get some of the animations to sync correctly.
In this particular example I am trying to have a text box (imported .ai file) rotate with ...
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AE Error : Imager Buffers exceed internal limits. Decrease the memory requirements for the rendering of this frame. (12804)
I'm kinda new to AE and having a weird issue while trying to render a 1920x1080 Composition.
After rendering about 10seconds, i get the following error:
I've checked all of my objects and i have no ...
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Adobe After Effects Frame-By-Frame Editing
I am currently editing a clip in After Effects. We had a very limited supply of green screen so I am now having to edit some of the white wall too. The thing is, the actors move around, not allowing ...
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AE - Imported mp4 seems to be missing audio
I'm new to After Effects, but my experience with video editing so far has been that audio and video are treated separately. When I add an mp4 to my composition, I get the video element, but I can't ...
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How to preserve new audio when importing Premiere projects into After Effects?
I am working on a project in Adobe Premiere consisting of many small clips. For some of the clips I replaced the audio by unlinking the original videoclip from the original audioclip, cutting the ...
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Choosing the right program for video editing
I've used Premiere and After Effects in the past, but I'm still somewhat unclear as to the different roles and responsibilities of each program in the process. When I need to mix audio, I do ...
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Creating a "finger using device" effect like in iPhone app ads
I have been searching for quite a while on a tutorial of how to create the rotating phone ad with the finger coming in to interact with the app once in a while.
There is an example of this effect in ...
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How does Apple Motion compare to Adobe After Effects?
I am looking at Apple Motion and Adobe After Effects. How to they compare to one another? What are the pros and cons of each?
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Adobe After Effects vs. Final Cut Express for chroma keying
Which is better for chroma keying, Adobe After Effects or Final Cut Express and why?
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Is there any plugin for After Effects to create a 'kinetic typography' video?
I was looking at some kinetic typography videos - like the one below - and wondering whether there is a plugin for Adobe After Effects CS4 that can help with this. If not, then is there any other easy ...
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Is it possible to recreate VirtualDub Deshaker functionality in Adobe Premiere/After Effects?
I'd like to automatically stabilize some poorly-shot shaky footage in Adobe Premiere or After Effects.
VirtualDub Deshaker analyzes frame motion, computes smoothing, adjusts frame position, scale and ...
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