exponential scale
Ive been doing the earth zoom tutorial and I decided to experiment and use the same technique with some solids. In the tut he uses the exponential scale on the keyframes and so I went to do the same...
View ArticleSplitting type into individual letters?
Is there a fast way to split type into individual letters? I wanted to do a manual "unfolding" effect of a sentence, as I find it much more powerful to control than the per-letter 3d effect.basically i...
View ArticleAE CS4 - why such poor RAM preview on my FAST machine?
Hi all, I just installed After Effects CS4 - I have a smokin fast mchine: quadcore Zeon 3.20 GHz, hyperthreading turned on, nvidia quadrofx 3800 with current driver, 12 GB DDR3 RAM, windows 7 64bit ......
View ArticleLayer markers to flv-cuepoints not working in ae cs6
We are currently working on a project where we create layer markers in ae with File> Scripts > Converted selected properties to Markers.jsxWith the property "Position" selected of a layer in AE...
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Exporting a grayscale clip
Hi, I need some help with grayscale export.I have clips in AE (CS6) and i convert them teo grey scale (adjustment layer, then grayscale effect). I would like to export to SWF in just 256 grayscale...
View ArticleOnly part of my video is rendering. The rest is Blank!
Does anyone know why this would happen when I render my video out. sections of the screen simply don't render - as if they are masked. It only happens when rendering. Not while previewing in After...
View ArticleShortening a long video
I have a ten hour long video and i want to make it so that the rendered video plays back the whole thing in 30 seconds, how would i do that?
View ArticleAfter Effects error: Ray-trace 3D ( 5070 :: 0 )
I am trying to create extruded vector shapes in AE CS6 and get the below error after clicking on the enable 3D toggle for the layer. After Effects error: Ray-trace 3D: Out of paged mapped memory for...
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AE cs6 crashes when adjusting opacity map in CC Particle World.
It shows this message. Every value was default in the cc particle world effect other than opcity map. The program crashes while adjusting or drawing on the map for a few seconds.
View ArticleSpeculation On How This Was Done
Hello, I am wanting to reproduce the effect shown in this video: http://www.drivecat.com/unleashed At about 45 seconds in, the truck starts "peeling" back layers of it's skin to reveal different...
View ArticleDisc cashe folder warning! why am i getting this?
When i open up after effects i get this warning "Your disk cache folder is on a drive that does not have enough available space to safely store the full amount secified in your preferences. please make...
View ArticleWhat format do i need to export 3d models from photoshop to after effects?
Does anybody know what format i should use for exporting a 3d object in photoshop extended, to after effects keeping the object in 3d form? Thanks
View ArticlePixel video when scrubbing
When I import a video and scrub through it in the time line the video becomes pixelated but when I stop scrubbing the pixels are gone and it is back to normal. This also happens when I try to mask...
View ArticleCamera Glitching Problem? Help!
I'm fairly new to AE and watched a tutorial on making a nebula thingy. I made it fine and have had no trouble, but for the last 2 days i have spent trying to fix my camera glitching problem. I have to...
View ArticleAfter Effects CS6 has stopped working
I got this message when I open an AE everytime. I've re-installed several times but this problem does not improve. What can I do??
View ArticleHow do I change the default output module in After Effects CS6?
How do I change the default output module in After Effects CS6? Right now it is .avi and I'd like to not have to change it to .mov every time I start a new project. (Windows 8)
View ArticleMetadata and the After Effects Project Link
Here's one that could be very useful - when I render, I always leave the Project Link choice turned on. That way, if I lose track of the project I created the output from, I can always open the clip...
View ArticleCrummy Camera Lens Blur CS6
The Camera Lens Blur effect that came with AE CS 5.5 and CS 6 doesn't look nearly as good as the old Lens Blur effect that came with CS 5; it's pretty much unusable for my purposes. Foreground elements...
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how to rotate objects along a horizontal orbit, facing camera?
Hi all, I'm a bit stuck and none of the searches/tutorials I've found are helping. I want to rotate three objects along a circular orbit, horizontally. But I want the objects always facing camera.I...
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