Which Hard Drive should i use for Disc Cache?
Hey community, So recently I've been using a old slow HDD for my cache and its been bottle necking me too much.My question would be, what would give me more performance? a 1 TB External Hard Drive...
View ArticleAudio Problem In After effects cs6
i have a very bad peoblem. i really need help. when i import my clip into after effects there is no audio whatever i do. i have tried ram preview and many other settings. my clip has sound when i play...
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Is After Effects Good for YouTube-Style presentations?
Hi! I'm about to start a new channel where I'm going to make educational videos about mysterious/strange topics. I'm thinking of using an animation program for brief and simple short animations, that...
View ArticleAfter Effects CS5 hangs on startup
After Effects CS5 (MAC, german trial version) needs 5-10 minutes to start up, hangs on the message "MediaCore wird initialisiert". On another Mac (small macbook!) it works fine. I did a reinstall, no...
View ArticleAfter Effects CS6 copy paste from other apps is broken
Hi there, After Effects just recently stopped accepting copied text from Microsoft Word (and many other applications incl Photoshop). Although it does allow me to copy into the AE GUI search bars, but...
View ArticleTo Much time in 0. Massive layers of Typography
Ok this may not be massive to some folks but i have a 1m37s infographics commercial. I am at :40s and i have about 53 precomps in a main comp. I am using the ram preview to time this to the voice over....
View ArticleJerky and "Not In Real Time"
Why is my footage in AF 5.5 jerky and why do I get a message in red saying"Not in Real Time"? Any ideas please?
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Can't import AI files as vectors-- help!
Hi all, This may have a simple solution (and probably does), but I can't find it. What I'm trying to do is to import an AI file into AE 5.5 as original vectors. I need to be able to scale up to about...
View ArticleAfter I import a .swf's into After effects the content disappears!
I have been using this work flow for sometime. I hand animate a sequence or a still of a character in Flash Pro on a single timeline, no scipts, etc just clean keayframe animation or a single frame....
View Articlemulti-processor rendering
Hey guys,I've looked and looked and posts related to this issue seem to be either people angrily complaining or telling those angry people to"shut-up," cause it "used to be EVEN WORSE!" Basically, I've...
View ArticleOpen Type fonts in Afx Path text tool
How do I use an Open Type font varient in Afx Path text tool?
View ArticleWhat renderer?
As i understand it, Ray Traced rendering does not support layer styles or opacity. My idea that includes 3D elements wil have other layers with layer styles applied. Would it be better to precomp my...
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Hi Def rendering
Hi, being relatively new to After Effects, i have got the basics of animation down, and im now well on my way to knowing my way around the 3D world. What i would like to do is export my project to a...
View ArticleGUI-performance drops
Hi, since CS6, I have the problem that the whole GUI starts lagging when I build compositions with higher performance requirements.Starting with a very annoying delay on the mouse-scrolling, every...
View ArticleFilmformat 16:9 or 2:40 ?
I have often worked with the format 16:9 but now if you want to have a format it´s more something like 2:40 ( something)?a I can´t find a format like this to choose from in After Effects ( I have 5.5...
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Add arrowhead to shape layer using trim paths & expressions?
Hi, I am trying to use expressions to attach an arrowhead to a shape layer. I'm using the 'trim paths' effect on the shape layer to grow a stroke over time (using the start/end/offset features). I...
View ArticleDuplicating Precompositions
Hello, I've created an animation where I have broswer windows with fancy arrows featuring some portions of the site. I want to keep this framework, but then sub in other screenshots of the website....
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Exporting a video, but it comes out the wrong size
When I export a video, i am trying to have it come out 1280 X 720 (720p) but when I export it, it comes out 720 X 480 (480p) Any ideas why? I am using After Effects CS6 and here are the settings
View ArticleIs this possible???
I am doing a intro for someone and he wanted the laser buring text which i know how to do. Now he is asking if I can laser trace a picture for it also. Im kind of new at this and wondering if given a...
View ArticleGraphic card NVIDIA K3000M?
Does anybody knows how AE works with NVIDIA Kepler Technology (NVIDIA K3000M)? Any known incompatibilities - especialy Mental Ray?
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