When transitions between scenes are more complex using Premiere to dynamic link AE comps isn't an option. Being able to dynamic link .aep files within .aep files would allow multiple users to work simultaneously on different precomps while not disturbing or overwriting the master comp.

When we're up against deadlines we need 2-3 animators working at the same time. It would save a lot of time not to collect a comp work on it, bring it back in and replace the old one or simply waiting for one animator to finish their task before another can open the file and make their changes.

ist not the first request of this kind, but i still miss folders in the comp/timeline window for more comfort. it not always make sense to have something in a pre comp – especially when its animated – and to jump back and forth to adjust keyframes. it would be so great to have it all in one comp and just pack layers into folders and giving them a mask too. the set mask option does not compensate the miss of folders with masks – just think of a photoshop without folders for big composition jobs – unthinkable today : )

a big comp with many layers in after effects could be clear and structured with folder and a time saver.

It would be helpful to be able to group and color code effects in Effect Controls panel. I often end up with 10 or more effects in the comp control layer and it becomes tedious and difficult visually to find the one I'm after (see attached screenshot). It would be incredibly convenient to be able to create groups like is possible in shape layers, and the ability to color code like we can with layers would also be helpful. It's possible to code and rename effects into groups when making a preset (like in attached screenshot), but this is impractical when working on a stand alone project.

I built a video switcher comp with expressions on each layer's opacity and audio levels turning them up or down if a slider control is set to that layer's index.
The switcher switches audio and video fine in its own comp.
When I make the slider a master property and switch it from a parent comp, the video works fine, but the audio is stuck on whatever the switch's default setting was.

You can work around this bug by linking your switcher slider to a slider in the parent comp, but this defeats the purpose of master properties as it prevents multiple instances with different audio tracks.

I need to make an automated workflow for versioning motion graphics templates and exporting .mogrt files. I've implemented a .jsx script to do so.

However, when exporting via script using exportAsMotionGraphicsTemplate, the exported .mogrt files loose some properties in their embedded deifnition.json files - they miss eg. default values, default text strings and their menu options arrays are empty.

This means they are not working in Premiere, where the result is empty dropdown menus and text inputs that reset to empty and will only send empty strings to the template regardless of user input.

Attached is a zip file with two examples of mogrts, and their unzipped definition.json files: one is a manual export and works as expected, another is a scripted export with errors.

A diff of the two definition.json files will show the problem with empty values for keys like capsuleparams.capParams.capPropDefault, capsuleparams.capParams.textEditValue and value.strDB.str

best / ole kristensen

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with the upgrade of the EXR workflow inside AE it is easyer than ever to do 3d compositing inside AE. But there is a lack of native tools to do so.
First of all the camera blur is slow, doesn't handle the aliased problems in the zdepth very well and doesn't produce a convincing photorealist blur...
Next the pixel motion blur was a great addition when it was promoted a few years ago but it would have been great to be able to feed it with a motion vector pass coming from the 3d render to be able to produce a nice motion blur.
There is no native relighting workflow inside AE you can't use your normal pass or your point position pass inside AE to do relighting or help merge your 3d passes and live footages.
For all those problems there are 3rd party solutions but all of the solutions 3rd parties came with are becoming old, are not well maintained and a bit clunky. And after effects and its users deserve better than those. We could use an other compositing package for those tasks but after effects have other capabilities that make it a for more flexible tool than its competitors

About multicore utilization ...

• At the present moment, there are thousands of users with new and powerful multi-core CPUs with plenty of power not utilized by Adobe's programs.
  An Adobe response to the demand that Adobe focus on this issue is that "it is difficult" ...

You are a big company, you can solve it - so solve it.

Using the excuse that it is difficult to solve is just silly and provocative - you have to prioritize this issue!

I'm sure you will get incredibly positive reactions from many users if you focus on speed and core utilization in the next updates - especially with the new CPUs that are currently released.

Clock frequency and speed are more or less stagnant, while the number of cores is increasing dramatically with the release of new generations of CPUs.

Right now, it is becoming more and more frustrating to have more and more powerful computers - which are well utilized by other software - while the experience is that Adobe's programs utilize only a fraction of PC potential.

Enable Time Remapping doesn't seem to function properly when used with EXR sequences. I rendered a multi-pass EXR sequence from C4D and split it up using ProEXR from fnord. However, in order to save time, I only rendered the frames that had animation on them, figuring I could time remap it in AE to add handles to the beginning and end. Usually, the workflow is to move one frame back set a new key, delete the final time remap key and extend the ending layer. This doesn't work, everything afterwards just shows up black. As a workaround I've had to import stills and extend them to make the ending longer, which is a pain because it's a multi-pass render and there's several sequences. The reason why I believe this is an EXR related bug is because it seems to work fine with other sequences such as PNG and JPG. EXR is the industry standard compositing format, and AE is supposed to be an industry standard compositor. That said, it seems like it needs better EXR support.

I am on AE 2020 on Mac OSX 10.13.6.
I have a dual screen setup where my composition is on one monitor and my timeline is on another monitor. If I select a tool (like the mask tool) on the timeline monitor, I have to first click to 'activate' the composition window on the second monitor, and THEN start drawing a mask. I shouldn't need an extra click unless my switching between different software.

I want there to not be a extra click to activate different parts of the same program. It messes up my work, when I don't realize that the mouse click I'm expecting to do something, merely activates the window.