After Effects

CS3 Mac: no codec uncompressed 10-bit available

We have a room full of machines here with the CS3 Suite on them, as well as installed blackmagic codecs and Final Cut Studio. Blackmagic codecs are available to us, but Apple uncompressed 10 bit 4:2:2 is not for us to make with After effects. It's a

Good way to know if a color is part of the shadows, midtones, or highlights?

Hello!Once more, I realized there is an embarrassing gap in my knowledge AE: I don't know how I can see accurately if a certain color is read as part of the shadow, midtones, or highlights of an image. I don't know he rest of the easy way that I just

AEGP_GetEffectLayer returns the error 515 in Agency CS4.1

HelloI'm trying to make a plugin that we must work on AE CS4 to PPro CS4. I can't get a handful of layer in the latter body - although I'm pretty sure that this code has worked in the Organization 2.0If (! in_data-> pica_basicP) return;AEGP_PFInterfa

Help! -How to create compositions nested with suites CEAP

I want to be able to create a nested composition... I know that when you create, let's say, comp 1, then another comp 2, then drag comp2 in ordi1, in comp1, comp2 become a layer. COMP2 would be called a "precomposition".So, I want to be able to do th

After effects does not provide because of a big file size?

I recorded video clips in an x 264 codec (AVI) and well since I can't import in AAE (he does not recognize them) I just did some editng wit sony vegas and made the full uncompressed 1080 p video and it was about 20 s GB total. I added in AAE add some

How to add new fonts in AAE?

lol its newbie question but I have donwloaded like 10 last night all halp on how to add them?

My deleted pictures (lack of memory?)

I was gettinginto a project and was informed by an æ message that I was running out of memory. Now, most of my imported imeges is white. Fortunately, properties and animations, I put are still there (I can see the images). How can I get the images wi

AAE does not see my RAM?

When I start the EFA it says 5% used 2.0 GBWhen I have 4 GBI thought that maybe there they were broken, but my directx diagnostic tool shows all 4 concertsas well as my startup screenSo what is wrong? when im same ram realized it says like 58% used 2

Re-install plugins, lost like Particle World?

Hi everyone, when removing unwanted plugins and files on my computer, I accidentally deleted all the cycore plugins and effects, such as world of particles, all of which come with After Effects CS4. I was too stupid to go through my garbage until I e

Measure the time betw keyframes?

Hi-It is essentially a question to see if a function exists in AE 7.0/Mac.I would like to know if there is an easy way to (non-arithmetique) to measure the number of frames between the 2 keyframes.Can I select 2 keyframes on the same layer of the tim

Layer to go together

I made an animation with a wall and the floor. Pans the camera at the scene from left to right, but the two layers (wall and floor) do not move together (locked together). In other words, the wall sliding along the floor a little as the camera pans.I

Repeat a keyframe

I need to make a layer opacity sparkle power on and off.  If I did that in LightWave 3D I put a frame at 100%, then the next image at 0% and set frames 2nd post behavior to "repeat".  Is there a way to do this in AfterFX?  Thank you.

Problem with overlap pre rendered scenes...

Sorry if what I say doesn't make much sense... I have taught myself how to use After Effects two days ago, and I spent about 35 hours on it since then by a typography video.  Everything was fine and dandy so far, except at random (I guess randomly, m

Best way to show the user interface elements

I'm developing a plugin in which I want the user to be able to put on a mask. I would like to offer regular access to layer masks, but I would also like to be able to define the type of mask 'ellipse' or 'rectangle', similar to the red giant Colorist

Is it possible to get my (position) keyframes to a track movement of action script?

I did follow up of after-effects of movement and I'm looking for the posibility copy movement and convert them into action script, reuse it in flex.is it posible?

Creation of perspective for the shadows

I can't create a realistic perspective on the shadows by three different objects.In photoshop, it is very easy to do using the perspective tool, but I can't find something similar in AfterEffects CS4.I need the shadow to have a point of view like the

Purchase after effects system

Hi allIM buying a new system mainly for photoshop printing and design. However, I would like to penetrate the animated graphics and I want a system that can manage After Effects well so that I can learn the tricks of the trade. I checked a quad core

Best way to lip sync

Hello.I have a 2D caricature face that I would lip sync to an audio track... Each shape of the mouth is separated on its own layer.The audio track for the speech will also be on its own layer.Is it possible to create a layer by which a single cue mar