color picker problem?
ok when i go to comp>layer>soild and i click eyedropper the box where i want to pick my color dont pop up it wants me to pick a color off my computer -_- how can i change that?
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View ArticleHow do I make an animation on a composition appear in different times on the...
Hey,Basically, I'm trying to make a mobile app overview and I want to add a little "tapping" animation a whole bunch of times for parts where a button is tapped and so forth. I made an animation of a...
View ArticleAnimate in 3D Space
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View Article"Eroded" text look
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