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• AE CS5 - shape layer - moves the anchor after keyframe position

  I am an intuitive (to me) behavior with a new shape layer. Here are the steps to reproduce the problem. I was able to make a CAP to screen the problem but can't find a way to upload it on this forum.

  1. in an existing publication, I create a new shape layer

  2. by default, the anchor (central point) is in the center of the shape layer dead. Perfect.

  3. I turn on Position key frames and add a keyframe position my moment

  4. instantly the anchor now jumps to the center of the composition, and so now when I adapt my shape layer is not measure correctly

  If I try to use the Pan tool, I get keys to position images. Moreover, I SHOULD NOT HAVE to DO THIS, being the anchor point to the correct start with place and it is only because of this "bug" keyframing who jumps out of anchor point.

  What I'm missing or doing wrong? How can I add a keyframe position to a NEW LAYER that has no other animation on it and always keep the anchor point in the center of dead of my form?

  Thanks for your advice,

  Tom

  Again, read the help. Shape layer items have their own groups of transformation. To achieve a correct animation, you must animate those, not the global container layer.

  Mylenium

• My mask will not catch my shape layer, using expressions

  While trying to have a mask path to follow a shape layers position KF. I don't get a good track via expressions. I'm a shift of the following mask path of the layer of the shape or position of KF.

  Fig 1 shows the shape layer and the mask of departure together. (marked in the spatial composition mask) Photo 2 shows the offset. PIC 3 shows the offset. PIC 1 & 3 has the exposed TL

  I want that the mask path to follow shape layers, KF had way. As well as scaling to the top of my second layer of my film to appear as if it were a shooters P.O.V (expanded) by the expression of the expansion of the mask expressed across the duplicate layer.

  What I do not do my desired effect? Thanks for the help on this... Concerning the NC

  

  

  

  I'll repeat my previous post and give you a lighter step by step.

  I guess that your subject is moving. The first step is to create a new comp and stabilize images. You can use the tracker point AE or mocha. After the stabilization of your topic must be locked into the frame. Now you simply create your chart from the firing line and establish a matte or mask for the source footage.

  Now, select your source footage layer and copy it.

  Then, create a new composition. Paste your source of the layer footage in the new model. It will be further stabilized.

  Back to the demo and intensify all the layers of the same amount to give you your magnified view.

  Go back to your main publication and drop the pre-comp stabilized with crosshairs above the original film. Line of sight and the original film must be aligned and the reticle does not move.

  Now it's time to remove the stabilization with a null value and a simple expression. Add a null value and name it destabilize. Puts the stabilized both original film demo of destabilization null children. Select the null value, and then press P to reveal the position property. Select the stabilized original footage and press A to reveal ownership anchor point. ALT/Option click on the position property of the null and destabilization pickwhip the position of the point of mooring of the stabilized film.

  Quite. The stabilization is removed and the line of sight track perfectly.

  

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• rotoscoped layer does not appear in the composition

  Hello

  I rotoscoped a section of sequences in the layer window, but when I come back to the composition pane, I don't see anything. Here is a screenshot - the layer in question is the lesser of the two.

  Thanks much for any help.

  Layer 2 is only about four seconds long and begins at about - 06.24.  It is not long enough to extend beyond the beginning of the model.

  If the layers are in sync, select all (Edit > select all) and then click and drag the layer 1 to the right until you see the time span of layer 2 after the first image of the model.

  If the layers are not in sync, select Layer 2, press Home (go to the first image), then press the left support (move layer at the moment).

  -Warren

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  -includes a link to access a page to download the Adobe programs if you do not have a disk or drive

  -you will need to enter your original serial number during the installation for non-Cloud programs

  - or kglad links in response to #1 here can help https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2081216

  Also go to https://forums.adobe.com/community/creative_cloud/creative_cloud_faq

  - and also read https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1146459

• I downloaded the first Adobe pro and I can't open it, it says not open, that it is said to date and it seems like its installed but I can use it

  I downloaded the first Adobe pro and I can't open it, it says not open, that it is said to date and it seems like its installed but I can use it

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  -Programs are supposed TO not view or download if they are not installed on your computer

  MINIMUM for After Effects and Premiere Pro http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/system-requirements.html

• First Adobe Pro CC does not work after update code 0xc000001d

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• Keyboard shortcut tab does not work on the first cc pro trial version.  Is this normal?

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  Sorry for the slow response.  Recently, I've been up to my eyeballs in work! (not a bad thing).  Ronin thanks for your help.  I had a quick glance at this link, and there are some useful things there.

  It turns out that I solved the problem otherwise.  All I had to do was clear my settings synchronized and then re-sync! can you believe that!  Now when I select shortcuts keyboard in the window menu opens and I can customize it further.  Before, nothing happened when I chose keyboard shortcuts in menu drop down!

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• Beginner with the pen tool problem: not obvious on any shape layer

  I'm learning the pen tool. I made a line with the pen tool, but now I can't find out what layer it is on, and I can't caress as I wanted. All my layers are turned off and the form appears. However the research through the layers there is no vector layer that contains my line. In addition, I can't touch the line as the line options and filling are greyed out on my table of paths. I have attached a copy of Θcran to explain if all goes well I mean. I use CS2 on Windows 7.

  

  Your Layer palette capture you have no visible layer and targeted in order to trace the path would not be available and gray by Photoshop.  Target a layer visible and you should be able to stroke the path on this layer. Also, you should be able to add a shape layer by using this path of pen.

• Shape not appearing layer does not in my .swf file.

  Hi all

  I was working on creating a banner that I export to .swf format, and I tried to create a rounded rectangle showing only the race so he then the banner would seem to have rounded edges on the Web site. After I exported the file to a .swf I noticed that the layer of rectangle shape with rounded corners, I had in my project did not show upward. Can someone help me understand why?

  Here is a screenshot of the banner with a gray outline shape layer. Its there with an opacity of 100% and everything.

  

  And looks like the .swf. (see no outline?)

  

  If anyone knows how to make my shape layer appear here, it would be fantastic.

  Oh and just in case here is I chose the export options. File > export > Adobe Flash (.swf)...

  

  You must choose to rasterize your output, it's as simple as that. Please read the online help on what SWF functions supported by indigenous vectors. Shape layers are not at home!

  Mylenium

• Meet the requirements, but can not download trial first adobe pro.

  I would like to try the first Adobe pro before buy you (aka hire), but even though I have windows 7 64 bit with service pack 1. I checked my properties to make sure that everything is in place. But it still won't let me download the trial version.

  Click on the link below and download the creative Cloud configuration file and use it to install the creative Cloud Desktop application.

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• Need help to transform a shape layer in a layer mask blur adjustment

  I understand how to do a blur mask on the image adjustment layer, so it blurs the images below, which is essentially what I'm trying to do, but in this case, I already have the shape layer (or rather imported from Illustrator > converted to a shape layer) and is in a nested composition.

  First of all, is it possible to blur the images of a composition if the adjustment layer is nested in a composition of the child, or the adjustment layer must be in the parent publication; the composition is blurry?

  Second of all, how we simply take a form that they have already created and use that for a mask, in this case, a mask that will blur everything below?

  Forum thanks!

  There are a few things that are not effective in your workflow and your approach.

  Lets talk first about the Illustrator files in After Effects. Firstly, absolutely the only reason you would ever convert a layer to illustrator in a form would be to use animator tools found in the add menu at the top of the shape layer properties in the timeline panel or to animate a Bézier path on this layer. There is no other advantage in converting a vector layer to a shape. NONE.

  Second, if you want to hide an adjustment layer then you can draw the mask directly on the adjustment layer or any layer with transparency, including an illustrator layer, layer photoshop, any hidden layer or layer shape directly on top of the adjustment layer and use this layer with transparency as an Alpha or Alpha reverse cache by approach to the adjustment layer.

  You can use the luminance values of any layer that has no transparency that a luma or reversed hides by luma approach. The white areas offer transparency with luma standard. IOW, if you have a radial with white in the middle and black gradient on the edge and you use a luma matte and white will be transparent on the layer below.

  Standard caches only affects the layer immediately below the source.

  Adjustment effect layers each layer directly under the adjustment layer. Masks and caches can be used to control the effects of an adjustment layer.

  You can also use masks on any layer to control the effect added to this layer if you have a recent version of AE. You will find the option under options to Compositing.

  If you have any layer with transparency or the strong luminance values, you can use Auto Trace to generate a cache for this layer based on transparency or luminance. Any way shape mask or Bézier path can be copied and pasted to another layer.

  We will take your last question now. You should be able to answer. To use any shape you created as a mask, you use this layer as a track matte.

  We will change that approach a bit and assume that you have created a shape layer by using the pen tool or converted an Illustrator layer to a shape. You have a path that you can be found by selecting the shape layer and by pressing twice the key U. find the path you want to copy, rotate options path to reveal animation controls and to set a single keyframe and then copy (Ctrl/Cmnd + c). Even of the forms created with parametric tools like star, ellipse, rectangle can be converted into a path by right-clicking the shape and selecting convert to paths. When you have copied the path put you on the layer where you want to paste the path, select the pen tool to begin to draw a mask, click anywhere on the layer and paste it (ctrl/cmnd + v) and that you have created the mask. This works for forms and masks on any layer.

  Here's a bet to keep everything by copying and pasting masks. The size and position of a path is calculated from the center of the layer and has no relationship to scaling, rotating, or the position of the layer. If you drew a mask on a layer that is resized to 50% and moved to the top right of the comp and rotated 45 ° and then paste this path to any other layer you will NOT get a path in the same position and the same size as the layer sampled in the model. You end up with a path that match if every sampled layer transformation properties have been reset and the layer was at the center of the model and the rotation and scale were normal. You must pay attention to this issue by copying and pasting traces of Bézier.

  I missed a question type. If you nest or call a layer previously and there is an adjustment layer in the main computer it will affect all layers below. If you dial before a layer and a top adjustment layer then only layers in the nested model will be influenced by the adjustment layer.  I replied before but wanted to make sure.

  BE very careful when you watch YouTube tutorials on workflow because a growing number of them is bad teaching techniques and pointing you to the bottom of the dead-end alleys. Make sure you vet your training.

  If you have any other questions the best place to find good community resources is to type a word in the search help field in the upper right of the AE. For example, if you typed layer adjustment or masks, you would find a lot of very good advice on how to use these features.

• I did a shape layer, and it moves in After Effects CS4.

  Hello

  I'm working on a project that has a lot of masks and shape layers to frame masks in After Effects CS4. For example the timeline that I am focusing is 3 seconds long; There is 2 keyframes in the shape layer (vertical rectangle), key frames are 3 seconds gap and are at the same position (511.1,89.5). If I go to the beginning of the seconds 3 press the space bar and let him play for some reason any moves the rectangle from left to right. Although keyframes aren't there, he is moving-even thought the last keyframe to the left is the same as the next keyframe law - as the first screenshot

  The best solution, I came up with for this is to copy and paste keyframes so that there is a keyframe for each frame within 3 seconds, then I get a schedule like the second screen shot.

  Is there something I could use where I could select 2 identical keys seconds out and make the form remain in the same spot with them into the second screenshot? It is speed and things happen quickly in this case isn't it?

  I also had an another question-are there - it a shortcut to insert a keyframe in the timeline? I found a page with all the shortcuts and couldn't find this one should be.

  Thanks guys, you have been life savers in the past!

  As keyboard shortcuts you go to hold down the option/alt key and the keyboard shortcut ' Show/Hide properties ' to switch between adding and removing keyframes.  Adobe does not have the freedom to document them all in their page keyboard shortcuts, so here goes:

  Option + P: Position keyframe

  Option + R: Rotation keyframe (adds the keyframe at all values of rotation and orientation if the layer is 3D)

  Option + S: Scale keyframe

  Option + A: keyframe Anchor Point

  Option-T: Opacity keyframe (adding a keyframe of intensity if the layer is a 3D light)

  Option + M: Keyframe mask path

  Option + F: Mask Feather keyframe

  Option + L: Levels Audio keyframe

  * This does that for the single letter shortcuts - double letters do not work (i.e. TT for the opacity of the mask, RR for the time remapping, etc.).

  * Option + shift + the letter will work too which is good if you have reconfigured the Option + letter for other things such as throwing scripts - that I have.

  On the "boomerang" effect, I highly recommend you go to your preferences > "Général" tab and turn on 'by default spatial interpolation to linear', then you can manually add the Bezier handles to your keyframes in the composition Viewer if need be.

• The Position of the upper left corner of any shape layer

  Hi guys,.

  So for the last two days, I worked on a script that would allow me to centre X number of layers in the middle of the container model, as if the selected layers were just one layer. So my approach to achieve this goal is first to know the positions of the four corners of each layer. My code so far works perfectly with AVLayers and TextLayers, but it does not always with ShapeLayers. Here's the formula I use to calculate the position of the upper left corner of the shape layers:

  x = position [x] - [x] anchorPoint - (layerWidth / 2)

  y = position [y] - [y] anchorPoint - (layerHeight / 2)

  So the formula assumes that the anchor point is in the middle of the shape layer if the anchor point is [0, 0], and which seems incorrect.

  

  And it's Layer Properties.

  

  So the question is, what is the way to calculate the position of the upper left corner of ANY shape layer?

  Thank you very much!

  It should work as long the layer was not filmed:

  var C = app.project.activeItem;

  var L is C.layer ("shape Layer 1");.

  var r = L.sourceRectAtTime (C.time, false);

  var s = L.property("Scale").value;

  var p = L.property("Position").value;

  var a = L.property("Anchor_Point").value;

  var ul = [p [0] + (r.left - a [0]) * s [0] / 100, p [1] + (r.top - a [1]) * s [1] / 100];

  Dan

• Transform a shape layer with several groups/paths in another?

  Hello

  I'm trying to turn the form A B-shaped into aftereffects.

  

  Both are drawn in illustrator, and I imported into aftereffects and diverted path to forms.

  At the moment I do a key framing color and the path in the sticky on the form A and form B. From there I will meet with two questions.

  (1) for now I have to manually open each group, every path, every feature of color until I'm able to keyframe them. After that I have to paste the keyframe of the track and keyframe colors individually to the corresponding group. It's doable, but I have to turn the form in 10 more other variants. Just want to check is there a shorter way to the key all the way to access and color properties frame. And then copy all of the keyframes from one form to the other.

  

  (2) I noticed that not all the points on the path are created equal. I think that the "starting point" is noted with an extra box compared to other points.

  

  As the "starting point" of a path is different from the rest, the transition has become weird.
  Can I check if someone knows how to change the "starting point" to another point on the same path? Or y at - it another way of fixing?

  Finally, if there is more easy morphing shapes to another, I'll be happy to listen. Thanks a lot ~

  I would do this kind of thing differently and 90% of the work in Illustrator.

  I would like to begin by drawing a path in Illustrator, to duplicate the path and to change the size and position and change the color of the outline of the color I wanted for the inside of the first form at the beginning of the animation.

  

  I use then the gradient tool to create a blend between the two forms specifying the number of steps, so my first form duly filled out for one frame looked like this:

  

  I would then do the same for my second form by using different colors, so I got this:

  

  With the two mixtures on you will see this:

  

  The upper mixing layer is where your animation will start and the bottom is where your animation should end.

  The next step is to select Merge layers and spread the mixture, if you find yourself with two groups:

  

  Here comes the fun part. Select groups, and then specify the number of steps you want as long as the number of images that you want in your animation. In this case, I want a second 1 transition and my comp is 29.97 FPS, so I selected 30.

  

  Now spread the mixture:

  

  We should end up with a group at layer 1 with 30 subgroups:

  

  Ungroup the higher group only then deselect all layers and select a single layer, then choose release to layers (sequence).

  

  now select all sub layers in the layer panel and drag it above layer 1. Layer 1 is now empty, so you can delete:

  

  Save the file HAVE and import into AE as a model with the size of the layer keeps selected:

  

  [Open the model, select all layers, move the a CTI frame to the right by pressing Ctrl/Cmnd + arrow to the right, then press Alt/Option +] to set the out point of all layers and then the wizard from keyframe to the layers in sequence without overlapping:

  

  I usually go to the point of exit of the background layer and press N to set the work area exit point, then cut the comp to work area.

  

  This model is then nested in your main comp and you can activate the time-remapping, so you can change the speed and use CC force motion blur to smooth animation.

  

  You will find it much easier to create the morph to a shape layer in Illustrator those in AE, you don't need to convert anything to forms and most of the work is done for you before you start. Total time to create this project with about 1/4 of the time it took to create this post.