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QT function disabled
I just got a new PC When i load up AE cs3 I get QT functions have been disable because compatible version of quicktime could not be found, i already uninstalled quicktime and itunes and i still get...
View ArticleMy .ai logo loses its color when I "create shapes from vector layer". Why?
I'm creating a logo for a company, and the want me to make their logo 3d and animate it for videos I'll be putting together later. But I'm having trouble. The logo was already created in Adobe...
View ArticleMy project keeps starting from the beginning
Everytime I get to a certain point it stsrts again even though there's stuff i've put in after.The green and blue bars have something to do with it.I've tried waiting for the green bar to render but it...
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VC Reflection Plugin Mystery
Help me please! I'm really puzzled ...how to get the text reflection on 3D space right. I'm using the free VC-Reflection plugin. :-(Please see my original post on the Cow>>...
View ArticleVideo's playing too fast when multiplying...
When i shrink and put multiple videos on one screen it plays them too fast. Does anyone know how i can get it to play and thus render in normal time?
View ArticleRotation glitch?
I'm a bit lost on why AE is doing this. I create a null object and make it a 3d layer. I rotate it 90 degrees on the Y axis and then start rotation the X, and Z axis and they do the exact same thing....
View ArticleEffects Don't work with Ray-Traced 3D?
Hello, I'm working on a 3D logo for a company, and I'm trying to snaz what I have done with some effects, but the effects don't work. For example, I tried adding the CC Light Wipe Effect, but it will...
View Articleperformance question: break apart or single comp?
hello I've read in Adobe/AE help that to improve performance, a complex project can be broken into parts, and combined before rendering. I am about to begin a project where a camera will "fly" from one...
View Articlelayer shape repeater wave animation. how to?
Hi, I'm struggling to create an effect to a layer shape like the one from below. I feel that it is possible using repeater instead of bunch of layer shapes, but I'm not able to control each copy...
View ArticleLooking for a preset animation effect
I am looking for an animation preset that would take an item in a logo, and then make it spin head over heels toward the viewer. Any suggestions? It is for a class and I don't really have time to...
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Terminology Assistance
Hi, Just a quick one, I am re-reading the BBC SPec sheet as I feel I need to get to grips with it 100%, as we are about to go into shooting proper, and I still dont really know what Time Code is all...
View ArticleCan AE 'render in the background'?
Hi,I have an AfterFX project that takes a while to render, but I notice that unless AE is the program in focus it will finish rendering before the end of the project (shortly after another program is...
View ArticleBest settings to render the fastest?
Greetings. I am to set up servers to render video on. What I want is concurrency so I am not interested in multiple machines rendering the same video, I want many servers each rendering it's own video....
View ArticleImporting animation from PS, transparent background
I've seen a few very confusing posts here about this so I'm going to ask this in the most straightforward way possible: I have an animation project open in After Effects. I have made a short animation...
View Article"Locking Existing Frames" still an issue??
I have read through the archives. I see this has been an existing problem for years. I have tried the fixes, turned off multiprocessing, etc.. switched to aurio to output on blackmajic output card,...
View ArticleBest visually lossless codec for cartoon prerenders with alpha
Hey guys. I've done a lot of research on this but still cannot find a satisfying solution. I have hundreds of comps that I would like to prerender and re-use on a regular basis. These comps are...
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Time remapping lip sync issue.
I'll try to explain this the best way I know how. I created a pre-comp for my character mouths (as shown in the picture below). I then created a Null Layer and parented the Time Remapping of the mouth...
View Articlemapping a flipping coin on both sides of the coin
Dear specialist, I'm pretty new with after effects and I want to use a clip from clipcanvas.com with nr 223635 it is a flipping coin. On that coin that is coming in the screen and disappears again I...
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Question(s) about Mask Paths-Instructing a mask to follow an open mask path
Is it possible to instruct a closed mask to follow another open mask's path automatically? IF so how please? See Pic. I want Mask 2 the circle to follow mask 1 the "open path" from one end to the other...
View ArticleQuestions about Adobe After Effects CS5 and CS5.5
I have the Adobe Design Creative Suite CS5 (Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, Flash CS5, Dreamweaver CS5, InDesign CS5, and Fireworks CS5) and was going to order an old copy of After Effects CS5 for my...
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