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AE project crashes on startup - due to Warp Stabilizer and Highlight/Shadow
I've got a head scratcher here... Firstly, I have been working on this project file for several days with no problems. Everything was running smoothly... working, tweaking, rendering... all successful....
View ArticleAE CS6 crashes while trying to open CS5.5 project
Just downloaded the demo of CS6, but am having a nightmare trying to open my CS5.5 project. I get the following error messageAfter Effects error: crash occurred while invoking effect plug-in...
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"tracking error" effect - V/H/S movie
Hey there, I'm looking for a way to achieve the "tracking error" effect used in the segment "Tuesday the 17th" of "V/H/S" but I am not a AE pro at all, could someone give me a hint on how to do it? TIA!
View Articletint effect
I have two layers. One is a duplicate of the the other. When I use the tint effect on one it effects both. Is there a way to only effect the copy?
View ArticleTrouble setting duration composition in minutes
So I've gone into my composition settings and I want to change the duration to minutes but when I try entering 1.. (minute) or 1... (Hour) and tab accross it changes to 00001. It doesn't seem to matter...
View Articlecreate new comp using image sequence name
How do you create a new comp that uses the name of the image sequence you used to make the comp? Or, how can I add a bunch of image sequences to the render queue or media encoder? The final outputs...
View ArticleCan't Save on Hard Drive on a Mac
I'll open After Effects and everything will run fine. I can do what I want accept for saving. I can't save to my hard drive on my Mac, but I can save to the desktop...why is this? Help?
View ArticleRay-Traced 3D text dissapearing
Same problem quite a few people have. Can't find a solution anywhere. Have a MacBook Pro Retina Display with the Nvidia GT 650M GFX card, anytime I make text ray-traced 3D it just dissapears and only...
View ArticlePick Whiping a Lense flare Center.
Hi there. I have a knull object that has tracker movement applied to it and I am parenting a layer to the knull object so it follows the trackers movements. I now would like to apply the knull object's...
View ArticleSubtracting the stroke outside the rectangle.
I've got a stroked rectangle and I want only the stroke inside the rectangle to show. The bottom layer has the stroke over the fill. The top layer is a duplicate of the bottom layer, except that the...
View ArticleFirewire Output for Video Preview Intermittent
I'm experiencing a frustrating problem with After Effects these days. We're producing some video to be projected, so to see what the final output will really look like, I'm doing video previews using...
View ArticleI can't seem to install the Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite for CS6
Hello, I've recently upgraded from cs 5.5 because of the fuss that was being made about the new options and the faster working speed. But as I was trying to install the upgraded plugins into it, I got...
View ArticleCan you render clips on PC as ProRes using AE Cs5.5?
So I went to export a clip I edited in AE to reedit in Premiere Pro but there is no option to export in ProResHQ? I have been doing some research and I found different reports such as: There is no...
View ArticleAfter Effects 5.5 rendering audio issues
I am using After Effects 5.5. I am using Mac OS X snow leopard 10.6.8. I was trying to render but was having problems with the audio. I installed QT 7 but the problem is still happening with message...
View ArticleAE file crash on opening - URGENT HELP!
After effects error crash occured while invoking effect plugin rotobrush - and then followed by auto colour - then AE saves a copy of the file and crashes and closes... I desperately need the file - is...
View ArticleWhat makes a Compositor?
For my final year project I am looking into Compositing and what is needed to succeed. I have looked at starting out as a rotoscope artist, trying green screen, the difficulties of compositing and what...
View ArticleKeyboard Shortcuts for Effects
How can I assign keyboard shortcuts to effects? Like command-L for levels or cmd-M for curves (like in Photoshop). I can't seem to find the effects in the preferences shortcut file.
View Article"Wiggle paths" starts too abruptly
Hi, im trying to animate a morphing circle, and want to use the wiggle paths function. Problem is, my animation should start out as a circle, then begin morphing, but i cant find a way to smoothen the...
View ArticleWarp Stabilizer Alters The Speed of My Footage!
I exported clips at 23.976 from FCP 7. Imported them into AE 5.5. Ran Warp Stabilizer to fix shake. Exported the clips individually at 23.976. When I play them in Quicktime or in FCP 7 again, they are...
View ArticleWhat codec to convert .MXF and MP4 files into to use with alpha channels in...
When I import .mxf File, shot on a Canon C300, into after effects, the alpha channel options are greyed out, when I look in, interpret footage, main. This also is the case importing .MP4 files, shot on...
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