Display tearing issues in CS6
Hi all, I'm experiencing some wierd display tearing issues in After Effects CS 6. Anything which moves moderately quickly in the composition window during playback or interaction experiences severe...
View ArticleLayer necessity
Hi, Is it really necessary to make a layer before applying an effect to an imported layer ( a video in my case) ? What I did is go and click directly in the effect panel and choosed my effect, is it...
View ArticleImage Sequence importing problem
When importing an image sequence I am getting one single frame that is incorrect (frame 114). I immediately went to check the image in the fold and it is correct. I re-loaded the sequence, no luck. I...
View ArticleHow to draw on a layer on a video?
So here is what I am trying to do. I'm trying to trace the movements of a video using the paint tool, and when I'm done I don't want the video to show, only my brush stroke on a white background. It's...
View ArticleHelp with Particle Playground Cannon
I am using CS5, After Effects, Win 7. I have created an effect of someone sprinkling snow on a scene which loooks pretty good but I'd like the snow to fade to nothing over a period as it falls. I know...
View ArticleAfter Effects CS6 render-only: Custom output modules?
With After Effects CS5.5, we've been able to include custom output module templates (so, aside from the default Lossless, TIFF Sequence with Alpha, etc.). We're having trouble doing the same with CS6....
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Green Screen Keylight 1.2 issues
Hello. My first time messing around with Keylight 1.2 for Green Screen effects.I have been messing around with it the past couple of days. I've wanted tutorials. I even have a couple light sources...
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Tips on making a pacman style animation
Hi,I'm making an typography commercial, and I need to animate a two-colored piechart to move like pacman, and then the mouth area to turn around and swallow the pacman. Any idea on how to make the...
View ArticleExpressions/Effects on final render only
I have a general workflow question that I think is worth discussing. Our production uses a LOT of expressions. Possibly too many -- it seems AE is not happy with evaluating hundreds and hundreds of...
View ArticleUnable to launch After Effects CS6[Try] after installing (Stopped Working)
Hi So after installing. I tried to launch AE, then during initialization or loading, it will prompt a message "Has stopped working". I was able to install AE CS6 and launch it properly on my laptop but...
View ArticleHold on last frame for remainder of comp
I have a clip on a layer that is 6:20 in length. I want to hold on last frame for the remaining time in comp (10:00). Any suggestions on how to accomplish this? I am fairly new to AE. I am using CS6....
View ArticleHow to get a noise/grain sample and apply it later?
I was wondering if it's possible to get a noise or grain sample from a specific video camera and then apply it later. I'm rendering some stuff in Modo that then I have to bring into AE for compositing,...
View ArticleHow do I speed up AE CS6?
Hello,My AE CS6 is incredibly sloooooooooooooow. My AE 5.5 is much faster, even with the same compositions. What do I need to tweak in CS6 to get my performance back - (i.e., to get rid of the lag...
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Crawly artifacts in footage fixes?
I have some older footage shot on tape in SD on a green screen. I'm not sure of the process of how the vendor got it from tape to digital, but they told me it was the highest quality footage they had....
View ArticleAfter Effects Cs6 Won't Open. Error Code: 16
I use After Effects Cs6 on a daily basis but now when i try opening the program, an error window pops up saying that i need to uninstall and reinstall the program but i don't want to lose all my...
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Question on Drizzle
Hello, Im new in After Effect CS6 Im working on a project whichIm stuck on. I treid to find something close to what I need help on in tutorials but no luckso I decided to come here for help. So here is...
View Article3D camera tracker, animated character bounces all over screen?
So I've been trying to follow some 3d camera tracker tutorials to the tee but I keep having the same problem. When I go to render the video instead of the character staying in a fixed spot it starts to...
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Need help with masking a time-lapse animation
Hi all, I'm working on a time-lapse project where I have taken 240 shots of a highway heading into my city, and have erased the cars from the shot, creating the look of an "empty city". This will be...
View Articleafter effects CS6 error file cannot be imported - this 'moov' file is damaged...
Hi there, I'm working in After Effects CS6 (11.0.2.11)I imported an AAF that was exported from Avid MC 6.5.2. I colour corrected and graded the sequence using colorista 2 and magic bullet looks and...
View ArticleDrop shadow render times
Hello, last week I had a composition that contained mostly 2D layers with a simple 3D camera animation. The entire composition took about 6-7 minutes to render. This morning, I added a few 2D text...
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