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autosave/save in background
Waiting for up to two minutes and having After Effects locked while saving is quite frustrating. Illustrator, Premiere and Photoshop all enable a user to save while working. I'd really appreciate this being added to AE.
39 votes -
No more ugly splash screens please.
Whe we launch After Effects, it could be great if the splash screen would be:
- Beautiful
- Inspiring
- In relation with After Effects, somehow.
We're not just users, we're also artists, and our environment is very important to our creativity, we're always looking for new stuff, for inspiration.
21 votes -
Revert the icons to the multi-colored versions!
This is an Adobe CC wide issue but AE is where I notice it the most.
Please revert the icons to the multi-colored versions! It makes no sense to make them the same color when the "themes" break down beyond video and photo use. I used the colors to quickly locate the software I needed to open, now I have a taskbar full of purple and have to squint to tell which letters I am clicking on.
It seems like a very poor design choice that was likely made by the boardroom, not the creative team, and I beg you…
56 votes -
After Effects 17.5 Separate 3D Gizmo and the Bounding Box in the 'Handles' option for 'View Options'
We often use Cyclops in order to create behind the scenes breakdowns of our shots. However with the new 3D Gizmo, it's not possible to show bounding boxes of different layers without also having a giant brightly colored 3D Gizmo on every layer as well.
Behind the Scenes footage is a backbone of our studio workflow, so it's a bummer that we won't be able to update and utilize the 3D tools while this is a thing.
At the very least maybe have options for Gizmo size/opacity, something to make it less in your face.
10 votes -
Search/filter in Effect Controls
Please add a search/filter bar to the Effect Controls panel to make finding parameters quicker and easier. Twirling down endless nested categories many plugins have is tiresome, slow and unnecessary.
2 votes -
Slow... Laggy... After... Effects... Workflow
I'm going to type my complaint in the same format that Adobe after effects allows me to work:
I
Can't
Get
Anything
Done
Without
The
Application
Freezing
Or
Hanging
Every
10
Or
So
Minutes.
This
is
the
same
machine
that
spat
out
4
simultaneous
4K
renders
from
After
Effects
DaVinci Resolve, Blender and Unreal Engine, last month (these products get their own line because I don't have to wait for them nearly as much as I do for After effects now.
After Effects started doing this thing today where I can't use the machine or any other apps (including web…4 votes -
Public BETA Mask and Shape Cursor Indicators: Please add a keyboard shortcut to switch between “Tool creates Shapes/Masks”
It would be great if users could change the behavior to create shapes or masks with the pen or shape tools selected on the fly with a keyboard shortcut instead of moving the cursor up to the tool bar. Maybe with the ALT/OPT key as a modifier. Thank you!
10 votes -
DE: Tweak german category names for BlurAndSharpen so that effects appear in one category
In the German UI, effects for “Blur and Sharpen” appear in two distinct categories, „Weich- und Scharfzeichnen“ and „Weich- & Scharfzeichnen“, the former containing the “CC”-prefixed effects (Premiere Pro), the latter all the others (Media Core).
This is neither helpful, nor is it probably intended.Fortunately, there's a simple fix:
The After Effects Dictionary for the German language (Support Files/Dictionaries/de_DE/after_effects_de_DE.dat) needs to be updated so that the values for “$$$/MediaCore/FiltersAndEffects/Category/BlurAndSharpen” and “$$$/PremierePro/AEEffect/Category/BlurAndSharpen” are aligned.Best regards
2 votes -
When Double Clicking on Mask/Shape layers in the toolbar, hold a modifier key to constrain to a 1:1 ratio
When double-clicking on a rectangle or oval Path Creator icon in the toolbar, it creates a centered shape to fit the bounds of the composition. I would love the ability to hold a modifier key to create a 1x1 shape that fits the bounds, i.e. a centered square or circle. There's almost no easy way to do this otherwise.
4 votes -
Bug report: MoGRTs and Libraries
When you click "Export Motion Graphics Template..." in the AE Essential Graphics panel, the "Libraries" panel opens in your workspace, re-arranging all your panels. This is very annoying for anyone who doesn't use Libraries and breaks workspaces every.single.time.you.export.a.mogrt.
2 votes -
DE: Wrong UI translation for “tab”
In the After Effects UI, the German tool tip string for the Mini Flow Chart reads as „Kompositions-Mini-Flussdiagramm (Registerkarte)“.
The German noun „Registerkarte“ is the right translation for the English term “tab” when it means a tab of a folder or a row of tabs in the UI, not when referring to the tab key. In the latter case the correct translation is „Tabulator“.
The value of $$$/AE/Timeline/Tooltip/OpenMiniFlowchart in Support Files/Dictionaries/de_DE/after_effects_de_DE.dat needs to be changed accordingly.
Best regards
1 vote -
Queue in AME needs to know you've queued to AME!
Ok, so here's the thing. I have occasion to produce differing versions of graphics on a weekly basis for a regular client. These are all produced in in AE and need outputting as MP4, so my workflow is to make the changes, select the 3 comps that need rendering, add to the render queue then hit Queue in AME. So far, so good. EXCEPT that if I haven't already loaded up AME there's no real signal that you actually DID queue them until AME loads up (you know, 40 years later). More than once, I have to think "did I…
5 votes -
SIMPLE, EASY = Folder locations always open at current project's folder
When choosing a folder to Render or Save into, simply open the folder of where the current project has been opened from. That's it. Not the previous project's save location, or previous render location, but always starting from where the current folder has been opened from and let the user decide from there. This simple change would save so many headaches and be greatly appreciated.
When working on a tv series many project files have been accidentally saved in incorrect locations because AE currently uses the last render or save location, which is often different from the current project.
A…
3 votes -
Bug: Moving between screens with different scaling
When click-dragging a property's numerical value (e.g. position or scale), if the mouse cursor crosses onto a screen with a different scaling setting in Windows Display Setttings to the one with AE in it, the value jumps. The bigger the difference in scaling, the bigger the jump.
1 vote -
Changeable UI font size
To be able to change the UI font size.
2 votes -
accessibility features
I would like to see a more Accessibility friendly user interface in all of the Adobe apps. As a recent member to the visually impaired community, I now struggle with the Adobe applications that I have been using for over 2 decades. There needs to be a high contrast mode or modes to the UI. ie, white on black. As well, a scalable UI and font sizes would be great.
Finally, making sure that ALL text elements in the UI, menus, tools etc. can be read by a text to speech engine would go a long way.
thanks.
4 votes -
In After Effects 17.7 the mercury transmit does not work ....in Premiere 14.9 instead it works.
In After Effects 17.7 the mercury transmit does not work ....in Premiere 14.9 instead it works.
I have MacBook Pro (16 pollici, 2019)
2,3 GHz Intel Core i9 8 core
16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4 GB
Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB1 vote -
Right click : Solid Settings...
Add "Solid Settings..." in the context menu when we right click on a solid.
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I know, it's a huge new feature.
2 votes -
Enable audio scrubbing without holding Ctrl, to prevent hand injury
My hand hurts holding down Ctrl the whole time. Makes lipsyncing multiple projects painful for my arthritis.
2 votes -
3d controls
The new 3d control as of After Effect v.17.5 are way too bulky and obstruct the viewport. Please include a legacy control axis or an option to scale the control axis.
Most projects have enough clutter without huge child safe 3d axis controls filling the viewport.(yes I realize you can toggle the view of the controls on an off, but that isn't very helpful as you are working.)
2 votes
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