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Drop shadow/stroke not working when 3D mode is enabled on layers
I've successfully tracked a video to add text into it.
Drop shadow and stroke will not show up unless I turn the 3D layer check box off.
I've added drop shadow as a regular effect and as a layer style.
This has to be a bug of some sort, I've done this many times before.
I'm working on After Effects 20201 voteGreat! I’m going to mark this as resolved. The C4D engine lets you do some pretty cool stuff you can’t do in Classic 3D, like extruded 3D text and shapes. It’s worth exploring when you have a minute.
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Interpret footage bug
AE2020, Mac i7:
There is an asset in project encoded with Apple ProRes 422 LT movie with assigned profile HDTV (Rec. 709) 16-235.
This is incorrect so user selects Interpret Footage.
User sets color management to sRGB working space.
Closes and saves file.
Reopens file and the asset has gone back to the old profile again, HDTV (Rec. 709) 16-235!
2 votesThis is fixed in After Effects 17.0.1, released last night. Please update and let us know if you’re still seeing any issues.
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RAM preview is not playing at the correct speed anymore.
In a 1080p comp, a shape layer is animated in position, the RAM preview is slow/laggy and play aorund 19-20 fps instead of 25.
But if I scrub the timeline, everything is smooth, reactive.
See the video attached, What can I do ?Here is my specs :
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel
Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU LENOVOMT20M9BUThinkFMThinkPad P52
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8850H CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2592 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
BaseBoard Manufacturer LENOVO
BaseBoard Product 20M9001KMB …7 votesThe latest (November 2019) release of After Effects includes major improvements to our preview architecture. You should see reliable, real-time playback of cached frames.
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bug report - playback issue
Having an issue with the new 2020 update that was not happening with 2019. First off, a lot of things are quite laggy when clicked so take a long time to react. Sometimes it's a second or two, sometimes it's so long I start thinking AE is locked up. I can start playback on a section and then it won't stop (by hitting 0, clicking the playhead, hitting Space). Sometimes it takes a few seconds to respond and sometimes up to a minute. Several times now I actually had to force close AE just to make it stop playback.
I…
3 votesThe inability to stop playback is fixed in After Effects 17.0.1, released last night. Please update and let us know if you’re still seeing any issues.
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RAM Preview Performance Bug... Again :\
Since updating to the latest build of AE (16.1.2 Build 55) my ram previews are again unstable at best (a problem I haven't had with a number of previous AE builds).
If I open a project that has a number of other reduced AE projects that have been imported into that project, my RAM previews stutter like crazy and the feature is basically unusable (again, a problem I haven't had with a number of previous AE builds… I’m so disappointed to see it return).
If I reduce that project, I can get an almost useable RAM preview, but there’s still…
7 votesThe latest (November 2019) release of After Effects includes major improvements to our preview architecture. You should see reliable, real-time playback of cached frames.
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BUG REPORT: preview playback will not stop
When playing preview by pressing the spacebar or using the preview panel it does not stop by pressing the spacebar again and the interface is unresponsive. (CC 20 - v17.0)
3 votesThis is fixed in After Effects 17.0.1, released last night. Please update and let us know if you’re still seeing any issues.
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(BUG) Preview in after effects 2020 creates a "new" window.
When i try to preview my scenes a "new" preview window appears and is "off center" and it plays in real time with out lagging. Sometimes that new "window" is not even visible (depens on how much you have zoomed into the scene) adn the original workspace area is just static. I hope my screenshots makes the matter more clear, since it is hard to explain in words. Also, sliding the current time indicatior manually works - Then the "real" preview window is showing what it should.
Both screenshots is taken during preview. When preview is stopped everything looks normal
2 votesThis is fixed in After Effects 17.0.1, released last night. Please update and let us know if you’re still seeing any issues.
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Output profile bug
AE 2020. Renders to Prores HQ with a workspace setting of "Rec.709 Gamma 2.4" produce a file with the incorrect profile "HDTV (Rec. 709) 16-235" when read back in, producing a gamma shift with colour management turned on.
Renders to Prores 4444 seem unaffected.
1 voteThis is fixed in After Effects 17.0.1, released last night. Please update and let us know if you’re still seeing any issues.
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[Bug] When opening this project the first time after effects starts it breaks, returns lots of errors while loading about the pseudo
[Bug] When opening this project the first time after effects starts it breaks, returns lots of errors while loading about the pseudo
the Project File: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uhv453Z8ZuHQawzA3ivpv_WbavTN0fzb1 voteThis is fixed in After Effects 17.0.1, released last night. You may need to open the project, close it without saving, then reopen it and save to clear the errors. Please update and let us know if you’re still seeing any issues.
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AE always crashes when this process is performed // この工程を行うと必ずAEがクラッシュしてしまう
AE always crashes if you do the following procedure.
- Launch AE
- Create New Comp
- Creat New Solid
- Duplicate the Comp
- Open the duplicated composition
- Lock the cloned composition viewer
- Open the first composition you created in the timeline tab
- Center the anchor point with the shortcut
- crash.....
以下の手順を行うと必ずAEがクラッシュします。
1. AE を立ち上げる
2. 新規コンポジションを作成
3. 新規平面を作成
4. コンポジションを複製
5. 複製したコンポジションを開く
6. 複製したコンポジションのビューアをロックする
7. 最初に作ったコンポジションをタイムラインのタブで開く
8. ショートカットでアンカーポイントを中央に持ってくる
9. クラッシュする6 votesHi Daisuke,
This issue was fixed in the 17.0 release of After Effects. Thank you again for reporting this issue!- John, After Effects Engineering Team
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AE 2020 - double click on footage opens a blank screen; no roto brush; just a small black frame in the upper corner. Huge issue.
It's a bug, not a feature request - double clicking on footage in a comp opens to a blank white screen with a small black rectangle border in the top left corner, no footage. OSX 10.14.6, Mac Pro 2013, 64GB RAM
1 voteThis is fixed in After Effects 17.0.1, released last night. Please update and let us know if you’re still seeing any issues.
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баги в варп стабилайзере
на варп стабилайзере не могу выделять мышкой несколько трек поинтов. выделяющая маска рисуется где то в левом верхнем углу. поправьте плиз этот баг. а то очень неудобно по одной точке выделять с зажатым шифтом((
1 voteThis is fixed in After Effects 17.0.1, released last night. Please update and let us know if you’re still seeing any issues.
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[BUG] When a new keyboard shortcut file is generated, i and o for layer in and out points don't work
When a fresh shortcut text file is made in CC2020, then going to in and out points doesn't work when pressing i and o. Tested by using a previous custom shortcut text file which works fine. Then removed to generate a new fresh one and the buttons don't work
AE version 17.0.0
Mac OS 10.14.61 voteThis is fixed in After Effects 17.0.1, released last night. Please update and let us know if you’re still seeing any issues.
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AE 17.0 ram preview is offset from the comp view
The ram preview plays but is displayed about 200 pixels right and 200 pixels down in the comp window, you can see the current comp frame behind it. its cut off by the edge of the comp window
1 voteThis is fixed in After Effects 17.0.1, released last night. Please update and let us know if you’re still seeing any issues.
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Real-time playback improvement needed
When I try and load up a section of a composition to preview it doesn't play back smoothly even after it is cached.
2 votesThe latest (November 2019) release of After Effects includes major improvements to our preview architecture. You should see reliable, real-time playback of cached frames.
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BUG: localeCompare() immediately crashes After Effects!
Typing localeCompare() into any expression immediately crashes After Effects!
This also occurs with the majority of autocomplete options for "locale".
2 votesAs noted, this issue is fixed as of After Effects 16.1.2.
- John, After Effects Engineering Team
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BUG: Using a 4K monitor results in droping frames from RAM preview
I recently upgraded to a 4K monitor. Now RAM previews consistently do not play back real-time. Changing the resolution of the monitor to 1080p OR resizing the entire After Effects application window to a quarter screen results perfect playback. I've tested this on several other workstations that either have 1080p or 4K monitors and have been able to reproduce this. They all have different graphic cards and plenty of RAM. I've played around changing the MST settings on the display without any changes.
Tested on several versions of:
Windows 10 Pro
nVidia 1070's / 1080's
32 GB RamLatest nVidia…
23 votesThe latest (November 2019) release of After Effects includes major improvements to our preview architecture. You should see reliable, real-time playback of cached frames.
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Extractor BUG, 2019
with the new update of AE 2019, whenever we are using extractor on exr passes, extractor is not going away, so at the end of the project we end up having like 55 extractor menus open on the second monitor, which is a bit funny. please fix, thanks.
5 votesThis is fixed in the latest (November 2019) release of After Effects. Multichannel EXRs are now 10-12x faster. There is also native support for Cryptomatte, and you can import EXR sequences as layered compositions.
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[16.1.1 BUG] Clicking on Expression Editor inside Graph Editor freezes AE
AE 16.1.1
macOS Mojave 10.14Steps to Reproduce:
- Apply an expression to a property
- With that property selected, go to the Graph Editor
- Right click on the graph and enable "Show Expression Editor"
- Click on the expression editor
Result: AE freezes
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When throwing errors in expressions show the Error message on Windows properly
Throwing Errors is very helpful when debugging expressions (see https://twitter.com/mamoworld/status/1101168951185289217 )
However, currently on Windows the thrown error message is not shown in the status bar. On Mac this already works nicely.The reason seems to be some subtle differences of how exactly the banner messages are shown on Mac/Win (see https://twitter.com/1ResCreation/status/1117325915007016962)
Please make Win behave the same as Mac for this and show the message directly in the status bar.
4 votesAs noted by Pablo below, this issue was fixed in After Effects 16.1.2. Custom expression errors are visible in the expression error banner on all platforms.
- John, After Effects Engineering Team
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