If I want to use a layer as a matte using Set Matte, AE won't recognize any transforms (position, scale, etc) that I've done to it within the comp. It will only see them if I precomp the layer, adding more complexity to the file, and causing other issues.

Instead of just the option to use Source, Masks, Effects & Masks, can you add transforms? Maybe instead of the pop-up selector, you could have checkboxes, so the user could choose what combination of modifiers they want to use.

idea: when I type a bit of text I can select the «text box» option and select the colour, corner radius, extension, etc. The box should adapt to the text.

We need to use the simple distortion effects like Mesh Warp, Liquify, etc without clamping colors to properly work in advanced compositing. It's impossible now to work in ACES for example and do a simple warp to correct something without clamping all the values...

Mask Feather Tool works only on one frame. If I set it on one frame it disappears on next frame (no keyframes on mask feather). It seams that it is dependent on mask path keyframes what is just stupid. First I want to do masking/rotoscoping and after I finish with that I would like to set seather using Mask Feather Tool and keyframe it by mask feather not by mask path.

FCP Motion has preset Materials and Lighting Libraries as standard. It would be amazing to be able to import 3D Text Extrusion Preset Materials and Lighting Libraries from wherever when rendering with the C4D engine in After effects. C4D and Photoshop files can supply these library presets. Choosing which material is connected to which side of the extrusion, then choosing which lighting scene fits with your text or vector scene.

I could not render my work in After Effects or in Media Encoder. I get the error message:

Export Error
Error compiling movie.

Render Error

Render returned error.

Writing with exporter: H.264
Writing file type: H264
Around timecode: 00:00:00:08
Rendering at offset: 0,000 seconds
Component: H.264 of type Exporter
Selector: 9
Error code: -1609629695

So I started to disable layer by layer one by one and render again until I narrowed down the problem - This was due to layer that had "Levels" effect. Once I turned off the Effect everything worked fine. Your welcome.

I have generated a key of an eagle flying, using roto brush and refine edge brush. The alpha channel is then rendered, and brought in as a monochrome clip, and this key clip then needs to be cleaned up frame by frame using the brush tool.

To help create a better key, a blur brush that softens the edge of the key as you paint on it, would be super useful, where you can set the level of blur applied as you paint.

Is it possible to create an option, “Gradient Fill Shape” in the shape layer?
The gradient fill color follows the shape.

Photoshop Camera Raw has an awesome geometry tool that lets you draw out the horizontal and vertical lines to straighten, level, and fix perspective issues with the image. I cannot for the life of me figure out a simple and easy way to do this inside AE or PR

Hey,

in Photoshop we have the ability to tweak the 8 special blend modes.
You can decrease the "fill" and then the blend made start making sense.

Color Burn, Linear Burn, Color Dodge, Linear Dodge (Add), Vivid Light, Linear Light, Hard Mix, and Difference

So pls, can we get the same feature in AE.
Because it would make a lot of the compositing issues and grinding issues easier to deals with.

thanxs

I would like the Mask Tracking to work on a Solid Layer, while looking to a video layer.

as many of us in VFX have been working with the combination 3dsMAX - after effects , to create compositing / animation / camera / modelling it is absolutely obliged to have a fast integration like maxxon cinema 4D connection in after effects. the compositors link is NOT providing a real fluid workflow .
els one has to switch finally to theFoundry nuke / autodesk 3dsmax. Yet after effects is a very fast solution . to keep this we'd like to have a simillar link , without scaling / axis issues , between 3dsMAX and after effects .")

Hi Adobe !

It would be great to have an option allowing to stabilize the viewport around a point / shape / mask / layer. This would be a huge help for rotoscoping work, or for manually correcting bad 2D or 3D tracking.

This option is available in Mocha, but this would be great to have something similar directly in AE ;)

Thanks, and please excuse me if I made some english mistakes, I'm French and dumb ^^

The rotoschoping tool is aweful
It disapears, the freezing doesn't actually freeze the selection and the mask remaps
Aweful, a waste of time. I will look for an other tool I can't believe I pay for this

It would be better if the caustics effect was resolution independent. As it is now it produces different result if you set resolution to half insted of full in the viewport. Which make it more difficult to work with.
Also it would be nice if it could be updated to work in 16 and 32 bit. (same request for all effects please)