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"V" shortcut does not work in AE 18.1
After update to 18.1 the "V" key is not working to choose the selection tool.
14 votes -
Opt-out of the installation of Cinema 4D R21 when installing After Effects
Add a checkbox or something to allow users to opt-out of the installation of Cinema 4D R21 when installing After Effects.
I already have a valid perpetual license for Cinema 4D R19 Studio. R21 is pointless as it only allows me to use a trial license or purchase a license. The application is useless for those who already own a commercial license.
To make matters worse, I must uninstall it every time there is an update for After Effects. Quite frankly, I consider it bloatware. It useless and it wastes space on my hard drive.
I understand that there are…
79 votes -
Bring back 1, 2, 4-View Interface!
For some stupid reason... we can no longer see the 1, 2, 4-View option in the Composition Window. This feature has been changed where you MUST have 3D Track enabled in order to view this option. Whomever made that decision to update the interface with this newer work flow is an Idiot! CHANGE IT BACK! There was NO reason for this!
8 votesAs of today, in After Effects Beta v18.2 build 9, the view layout can now be switched by going to the View menu > Switch View Layout. You no longer need to have a 3D layer in the comp to switch the view layout.
We’re looking at other changes in this area. Please try the Beta build and let us know how these changes work for you.
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Expression Control Menus Should not Reset
If you do not set a keyframe all of the dropdown menus reset to the default when duplicating a comp.
They should stay where you set them.
2 votes -
BUG: AE 18.2 on Macs cannot read jpg sequences: file format module could not parse the file (45 :: 36)
I am a template creator. My customers who are using Macs cannot open my After Effect projects that use jpg-sequences. I received the error from 3 customers and one colleague who has access to a mac did confirm it to me. JPG sequences cannot be opened on AE 18.2 on a Mac. On windows, it works fine.
The error message is
After Effects Error: the file format module could not parse the file (45 :: 36)Please fix this bug asap.
2 votes -
I want to be able to bring photoshop and illustrator information as it is
Import Layer style, Adjustment layer, Appearance, text editing features from Photoshop and Illustrator when .psd and .ai files are imported to After Effects
イラストレーターやフォトショップからpsdやaiファイルを読み込む際に調整レイヤーやレイヤースタイルなどの情報をそのまま反映させるようにしてほしい
：例
Ps
・調整レイヤー
・レイヤースタイルAi
・アピアランスなど
114 votes -
After Effects v18.0 won't start
After I installed v18.0 of After Effects, AE will not start. The launch screen gets stuck at "Initializing Required Components"
I've tried renaming Rename 18.0 as 18.0old in C:\Users<user>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\After Effects
I've tried clearing the Media Cache stored at: C:\Users<User>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common
All with no luck. Crash file attached.
1 vote -
[BUG] Draft 3D not working
Updated to 18.0.1 today. New Project. Draft 3D button is clickable, but nothing ever happens. If hovering the button, it says 'enable hardware accelerated panels in prefs/display', yet I got that already on. Could anybody help? What did I miss? Does the GPU or driver version matter?
2 votes -
Split this forum into BUG REPORTS & FEATURE REQUEST sections
Why is this site combining Feature requests AND bugreports together.
I can't even filter Requests from bugreports.At least a filter would be nice to have!
Thank you
232 votes -
Want to place Anchor points to specific locations (up/down/left/right) or short cut key to locate them
Want to place Anchor points to specific locations (up / down / left / right) or short cut key to locate them
I want to be able to easily switch the position of the anchor point of a shape or text layer to the center or edge etc.
テキストシェイプレイヤーのアンカーポイント の位置をデフォルトで簡単に中央や端に移動できるツールを実装して欲しい
91 votes -
A bug in After Effects with importing ProRes 4444 files with alpha
After Effects is not correctly interpreting the alpha Chanel of ProRes 4444 files - if there is an alpha fade in the imported 4444 video, a black shadow can be seen under the fade - this is the same whether premultiplied is selected or not. I have loaded the same files into Motion and Millumin and they work correctly. See the attached still - the text should be fading from transparent to white but is showing as transparent black during the fade.
3 votes -
BUG: After Effects 2020 and 2021 cannot open seq files from server
AE 2020 and 2021 can't open any sequences what include image files that show file size on disk: 0 bytes.
On server Data Deduplication changes that size on disk to 0.it wasn't problem with AE2019
Please fix that1 vote -
"Save" MOGRT tags/keywords to project
I work with MOGRTs on the regular, and part of our process is making sure that they're searchable with keywords/tags. But you can only add tags at the export stage, and if you need to reexport those MOGRTs, then you have to retype all those tags in again - there's no way to save them alongside the rest of the project.
What would be great is if we could add the tags to the MOGRT, but have that save with the project so that I don't have to retype the whole set of tags from scratch every time.
In addition,…
2 votes -
Export mxf, h264, h265 - just like Premiere Pro can do
After Effect users are convicted to use Media Encoder to output .mxf/op1a and h264/h265. But Premiere can output all of these - why can't Ae?
The route from Ae to AME is far from smooth - so it will save a lot of time to have these output codecs handy from within After Effects.
4 votes -
Major Bug in AE 17.7 Related to Illustrator and Color
Imports from Illustrator are showing colors that are way off. This appears both in the imported illustrator layer and when the Illustrator layer is converted to shape the color is wrong. I was not having this problem in 17.6 and when I downgraded and opened the exact same project the colors were magically fixed. This is a major issue that needs to be fixed immediately.
4 votes -
Composition toolbar tools order.
A dynamic composition toolbar is fine, but PLEASE put the tools in the same order as they were before. Grid/Guide Title Safe first, Mask Shape path visibility 2nd and so on.
For those of us who have been using clicking a position to activate a a tool for 20+ years, changing the order is a big PITA!
3 votes -
Just updated AFX 18.1 build 38, modes between layers does not work anymore
Hello
I can not get modes between layers to work anymore. I tried different footage, but no interaction between layers in any mode.
2 votes -
AE render files have wrong timestamp
When I render out of After Effects (.mov file in attached screenshot), it shows a timestamp of one day in the future. When I render out of Media Encoder (the mp4 file in the attached screenshot), it shows the correct timestamp. I can reproduce this error everytime.
My computer's date and time settings are correct, in the right timezone, and synced to update automatically.
27 votes -
Visibility of After Effects Work Space
I am 90 and taking a course in AE for personal enrichment at my local Junior college. The current workspace for AE is all black and the icons at the top are o small - that combination makes it difficult to use. I saw a tutorial on Vimeo in which the workspace was a light grey in color and the icons where reasonably large to be able to use. So I suggest that Adobe make this a new standard for new users and beginners to learn AE more easily. As a former technical writer/editor I wrote highly detailed instructions manuals…
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Pixel-Perfect Art
After effects is a fantastic tool for animation, and it has nearly everything you need to succeed, but it leaves me wanting more when it comes to smaller canvas sizes. I'll expand on what I mean. To achieve crisp pixels in after effects, one has to set their layers to draft mode and deal with subpixel sampling. Shapes within After Effects don't exist as pixels but as vector art interpreted as pixels. For example, if you position a pixel at an X or Y coordinate with a decimal point, like "200.5", the program will do its best to render a…
3 votes
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