I'm just getting started learning the Adobe Creative Suite - photoshop, illustrator, after effects. Anyone know how she created the rectangular animation on the welcome text in this video? You can see the actual effect around the 4:12 mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg-ncmpr6LY&t=36s

I tried to change the resolution to 1080 width, 1920 height and it always ends up looking weird and not like its supposed to be.

https://preview.redd.it/o72qnbrh3iyc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=a7fc8838140d7cc7c57abf2003cdb166dc722447

Would like to do this effect where they outline roads and circle features. What is it called so I can search tutorials?Video example here.

Every time I put 1080x1080 Then I press OK it still 1920x1080 I have no idea what wrong

I am looking for the easiest way to acheive an expression that would allow me to somehow achieve randomly generating a random seed value for every keyframe EXCEPT for either all frames w/ keyframes present - they would have the same values... I have tried to use AI to generate this but it's not working... the closest script I got to is something like:

// Get the frame duration
frameDuration = thisComp.frameDuration;

// Get the current frame number
currentFrame = Math.floor(time / frameDuration);

// Check the current and previous property values
currentValue = valueAtTime(time);
previousValue = valueAtTime(time - frameDuration);

// Determine if there's a hold (no change in value)
valueChanged = currentValue !== previousValue;

// Define a seed variable
seedBase = 100; // A base seed value to avoid null issues

// Keep or update the seed depending on value changes
if (valueChanged) {
    currentSeed = currentFrame + seedBase; // Generate a new seed when there's a change
} else {
    currentSeed = seedBase; // Maintain a consistent seed during holds
}

// Set the seed for random number generation
seedRandom(currentSeed, true);

// Generate a random output
output = random(0, 100);

// Return the random output
output;

This is sort-of close to what I'm looking for, except it still changes the keyframes on the frames with them present.

Thanks in advance.

Hi, I was working on an After Effects project with 250 frames, aiming for a 10-second clip. However, I accidentally set the project to 60 fps, resulting in a 4-second render. When I try changing the composition settings to 24 fps, the timeline adjusts to a 100-frame composition. Is there a way to modify the composition's frame rate without altering the video's playback speed?

https://youtu.be/nQKCYxYCluA?si=bsp5u7sztVnaY1Rd

I bet that they are using google maps or similar for the map movement, but I'm interested on the road animation that overlaps the motion. That is could be made with after effects and then with added with some video editor? I don't know next to 0 of AE, so if someone is willing to help to find with software I should learn, it would be helpful.

Its shown on the first seconds.

Thank you!

Hi there,

I’m building a PC for editing 4K projects in After Effects (and then exporting and finalizing them in Premiere). I‘ve been working with AE for about 15 years now so know my way around the program and have built one AE PC in the past. That time I got a top notch GPU….and it was almost never needed. I don’t even think the fans revved up once while using AE.…and even working on 4k projects with my current PC, the GPU hardly ever hits 40%…..It’s a GTX 1070 8GB.

Now, 6 years later, all the PC Build help sites are telling me I *need* a GTX 4070 (at least) to do what I’m looking to do….and I just don’t think that’s the case.

AE is CPU heavy, not GPU…and even with GPU accelerated effects, I’ve never seen my current 1070 taxed beyond its limits.

So, I’m planning to go with a GTX 3060, 12GB GPU….Does that seem ridiculous to any of you?

If you’re an AE user and PC builder / enthusiast, I’d love to hear from you on this. Thanks!

https://preview.redd.it/og3ozpew5fyc1.png?width=1919&format=png&auto=webp&s=bcfb36a35a569be686d96d25ba95fd505f6a189c

I made an animation and edited it on after effects, the final render looks great in the preview but when I export it and press play, it's just this still image in every frame... I tried changing from gpu to cpu rendering (which was the only fix I've heard of) and it didn't work, nothing changed :/

Hola, quiero proyectar las sombras de esta caja negra sobre la mesa. Es un archivo .png que precompuse, ya que hice la animación cuando cae. El problema es que seguí los tutoriales que hay en Youtube y no logro entender qué estoy haciendo mal.

Las opciones de "Sombra paralela" o "Sombra radial" no me sirven para el tipo de sombra que quiero proyectar.

Las capas están en 3D, las luces tienen la opción "Proyectar sombras" activada, las capas tienen activado "Acepta sombras" y "Proyecta sombras" también.

Hello, I want to project the shadows of this black box on the table. It's a .png file that I precomposed, since I made the animation when it falls. The problem is that I followed the tutorials on YouTube and I can't understand what I'm doing wrong.

The "Drop Shadow" or "Radial Shadow" options do not work for the type of shadow I want to cast.

The layers are in 3D, the lights have "Cast Shadows" enabled, the layers have "Accept Shadows" and "Cast Shadows" enabled as well.

https://preview.redd.it/301btfqp5fyc1.png?width=1337&format=png&auto=webp&s=19afd1138ed66874c0405f5d2b168bfbbbddcaa8

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So i just started using After Effects and to animate some of my still artworks.

Now i have this flag (see picture) that i want to let "wave in the wind". I made this effect using the Turbulent Displace effect and adding the code 'time*30' to that it moves with time. This works great, but there is one issue. The entire flag moves, which makes it so that it also moves up and down the flag. How can i make it so that the part attached to the flag stays there it is, so it isn't sliding up and down?

Sorry if this has already been aswered before, but i can't seem to find how to do this. Thanks so much in advance!

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https://preview.redd.it/0rezqwi1teyc1.png?width=1262&format=png&auto=webp&s=b0edcfa1d0fa2dae21864118dafffab1c596b2e3

Do any body know any plugin for after effects which can help me do fast editing ? Like we have a Fxconsole for fast effects applying

https://preview.redd.it/bgic9068ceyc1.png?width=1442&format=png&auto=webp&s=86d7fdf189bed76d3f4976d67edc6d50506aec34

https://preview.redd.it/rz78gz6mceyc1.png?width=1506&format=png&auto=webp&s=11de614b86569125bee479b4926200fe1a6acb94

What does that mean? Why isn't it working? But in another project everything is working stably. AE 2024 version 24.3.0

any tutorials on how to make the first transition (the one from the text to the four screens with green lightning around )and what is the transition/edit style name?

https://reddit.com/link/1cjy3u0/video/4ufp6j11aeyc1/player

ALT (Option) + LMB while using the Select Tool.

What does it supposed to do? While moving an object with Alt, it creates a boundary box with a triangle inside, but the behavior is the same like moving the object without pressed Alt button.

https://reddit.com/link/1cjy0od/video/onvrfz6a9eyc1/player

Whenever I do CTRL + A and paste the same preset I want on all layers, it pastes on the same current time indicator on every layer. But I want it to paste according to the START of each layer, not where the current time indicator is located on the timeline.

It's caused me to have to manually adjust my current time indicator to the start of each layer and paste the preset individually and costs me a lot of time.

Anyone know how to fix this?

What are your views on Color grading on 45% NTSC display.

I'm trying to follow [this tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bw6bIcTIUo) to make a heart shaped supernova. However, that means the sun needs to explode into the shape of a heart. I was hoping there might be some tips to help me out? I'm new to using this plug-in, so I'm not 100% sure what I'm doing. I'm watching videos and doing my best

Need help trying to recreate the first clip, the video slowing down to a near halt. I tried using interpolation and other techniques that have previously worked, but they have not worked. The video is in 15 fps I believe, and my clip always ends up at 1-5 fps for the last couple fractions of a second. The slowing down very fast and smooth, and also appears in many other parts of the video. Any help is appreciated greatly.

The video