thisComp.layer("Text layer").text.sourceText.getStyleAt(0).fontSize
gives me the size of the first character

why :
getStyleAt(0).setFontSize(72)
it applies to all characters and doesn't allow to redefine only the size of the first character?

It's currently impossible within expressions to set the width or height of a Paragraph Text box.

This would be a massively helpful feature for text-based templates and animations.

Either create a new brush that has the feature to view the PREVIOUS frame(s) with less opacity, Onion Skin solved; the Animation Brush

Or simply make an effect that shows the previous frame(s) with less opacity, that is applied to the layer.

Not sure why either of these have ever been implemented into After Effects. The community has been asking for any kind of built in Onion Skin for well over a decade. We all know Animate is on it's way out and it is not very good anyway. The only feature Animate does well is it's Onion Skin.

When you realize you need to separate the dimensions of a layer and you've already done animation on that layer, doing so shouldn't ***** up the work you've already done.

This is 100% possible. Moho has this capability and it's hobbyist level software.

I really miss being able to see the motion graph under the keyframes. You used to be able to toggle open the graph for keyframes right in the main timeline and it was super useful.

Please add that back in as an option. I like the separate Graph Editor but sometimes I want to see how the graph relates to all the other keyframes around it in time. In the Graph Editor, you can only see them with their values and it gets really messy, visually.

Not even sure if this is possible, but, being able to lock the point in an animation that you are viewing while adjusting a keyframe either before or after where the current time indicator is placed.

I've been working on a big animation project and want to time things out that enter the frame and often have those objects outside of the camera view and am trying to key multiple object timings together at certain points.

It would be great if there was a function to convert a text into paths (just like in Illustrator), so I can create a graffiti painting animation for example. I know that I could trace the text by path, but it would be fine, or rather it would save a lot of time.

After Effects /// For several months now, it has been taking too long to save a project (.aep).
This problem began in March 2019, when I was using CC 2015.
I have updated the program but the problem still continues: CC 2017, CC2018, CC2019, 2020.
In previous versions, saving the project only took a few seconds. Now, it takes more than a minute.

Using trim paths, I'm trying to animate a shape stroke that has a taper added to the start and end of the stroke. Taper is calculated relative to the length of the stroke, which AE recognises as changing according to the percentage completion of the trim paths.

This might be what you'd want some of the time, but I just want to animate the stroke like a pen mark being written on. The line left by a pen nib would not be shifting its thickness as it is being drawn on.

It would be great if mask keyframes were loopable using the loopOut (or In) expression.

Please add the ability to copy/paste a multi layer keyframe selection. When all properties exist on both layer - just add the keyframes, when properties don't exist, copy the effects along.

In the graph editor you have the very useful 'auto-zoom graph height' button. It re-centers your graph view to your selected keyframes. I just wish I could assign a keyboard shortcut to it as I find myself doing it all the time.

In C4D you can just press the H button to do this and it's so useful!

Can we add group name rename option, It will very help full to know multiple groups via its name, i know i can do while creating layout or character in adobe illustrator I can give layers name and import in to after effect and convert illustrator layers to "create shapes from vector layer" with its original name, but inside the particular layer, there are multiple groups, which I need to rename the layers name. Please find the attached screen shot.

Thanks,
Amrish Jha

It would be great to be able to set a time delay when using Trim Paths when set to individually. Having the ability to adjust when the next successive path starts would be a huge help.

Currently when set to animate individually the paths are animated one at a time and ONLY when the previous path has finished. Being able to set that value would be such a time saver.

Can we Get a 2D Camera in After Effects for non 3d layers? idk if this makes sense. but it would be awesome. for like Zooming in, and out and rotating around in 2D. Thankyou!!!

I do a lot of detailed facial tracking for my content. It would literally save me days of work if AE was able to track face points as quickly as CH does.

I do a lot of detailed facial tracking for my content, a keyboard shortcut to start the analyze forward or back function would save a lot of time clicking around when I have a lot of clips to get through.