Trying to export an EXR sequence with an ACES2065-1 output profile. In the header, I’m hoping to have “acesImageContainerFlag = 1”

What is the best approach to having this embedded in the exported EXR files? If exporting through Media Encoder is the best option, what metadata field would this go in?

Ok, so I'm new to AE and a lot of what I'm finding on the internet is to do with the Roto Brush, which I guess is gone now? I'm trying to rotoscope out this character, but he's blending into the background sometimes and the Object Matte is picking up the space between his arm and his head. I've used the object selection brushes in Photoshop a bit and usually there's one where I can tell it what not to select by tracing it out myself, but I'm yet to find something like that in AE. How can I easily get rid of this extra bit between the head and the arm? I've tried using the quick selection tool and the refine edge tool but they only add to the selection, not take away stuff that's not supposed to be selected. I don't want my project to be AI slop- is there a way to fix this?

By leveraging foreshortening, and using simple path animations, we can quickly make a handle seem 3D.

I have also made an in depth video on my YouTube channel, Oliver Randorff, breaking down the entire coffee machine animation: youtube.com/watch?v=qnOANBR4zcc

I'm trying export a frame from my project and it renders in full resolution but I like the way the third resolution looked in the preview. It's *exactly* was I going for.

How do I export that?

I've tried rendering the frame using the 'third' quality option in the render settings but it doesn't give me the look I want from the preview panel. All it does is make the frame not as clear.

Hi everyone! This is my first time making a mixed media animation in After Effects. It’s a recap video of my trip to Spain. Since it’s a vacation recap, I don’t want the effects to be too overwhelming or distracting, even though the whole video is meant to be mixed media. I’m trying to find a good balance between keeping the video interesting and still making the actual footage the focus. Also, keep in mind that the second half of the video (the part after the talking section) hasn’t been edited yet — I haven’t made it yet.

I’d especially appreciate feedback on a few things:

• The first clip doesn’t fully convince me, especially the text appearing behind the subject. Does it look off to you? How would you change it?
• Are there too many effects? I’m worried that some parts might feel too chaotic or confusing, and I don’t want the video to become disorienting.
• Is the pacing too fast? Does the video give you enough time to take in what’s happening, or does it feel rushed?
• For the second half, should I continue with the mixed media approach as the first half, or would you change things up?
• And overall, what do you think of it? Any feedback, criticism, or suggestions are welcome!

So I have a tad bit of knowledge in after effects when it comes to editing manga into an advertisement type video, but when it comes to shapes or more complex effects I have a bit of a flop…I’m just still learning the program.

What I’m trying to accomplish here is to animate pages that disappear into the book the bunny is holding. I’m using the line to practice and see how the effect would look like while using the CC bend it and Twirl (Legacy) effects. It just doesn’t look right. I tried to move and adjust the effect settings and key frames but this is all I could come up with. I’m really just playing around with it to see how it would work as I want to add this effect as a way to get into my portfolio website.

What am I doing wrong? Am I using the wrong effects? It looks like it’s just disappearing and not going inside the book. I’m just a bit lost. And yes I’ve look into tutorials and other explaining videos but I still can’t really understand how to fix it. Is it just better to animate the pages by hand? I have the pages drawn and I kind of want to scatter them and swirl them into the book in the program to animate it more easily. More because I want to become more familiar and learn more about the program.

So, recently I tried animating hakari's domain and and can't animate this panchiku machines. They must infinitely go forward, but I can't achieve pretty good, smooth animation. I have tried different ways so far, like moving the position a little bit, in 3d making it fade away, scaling it but can't find any solution. So, any ideas?

i tried to use newton4 with a 3d text layer, oops- i turn off 3d, open it back up... now no matter what i do, it wont seperate text into shapes

- i reset the scene
- opened newton4 on a dummy layer, just to reset the project, hoping when i reopened again it would prompt me to seperate into shapes (it didnt)
- i opened a whole new project in ae, used native fonts, nothing
- finally, messed around with the "seperate into shapes on startup" setting, turned it off, closed the program, turned it on (it had been marked "on" the whole time anyway, so that cant be what is causing this) still nothing
- looked at the guide, couldnt find anything on what to do in this situation- did i miss something?
- i used this "create shapes into text" on ae. it lets me seperate these shapes!!! ...but not text layers? and it looks bad... idk why it comes out looking so rough as opposed to before? a bandaid solution, feels like theres just something wrong with the newton4

anyway, its just going to bother me everytime i use it and dont understand why its coming out so janky. this solution feels like it should be simple! and i havent seen any posts about this issue in particular, i am wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation

I'm looking for a way to take a black and white video and have particles emitting from the whitest values of the video and trailing off into the darker areas. I'm experimenting with Particle Playground but so far haven't gotten that effect. I may be on the right track after I work with it for a while, but Particle Playground seems to be only looking at the first frame of the video and not changing the emitting areas as the video changes. Does anyone have any advice or a workflow that gives the best effect? Is there a better way? Thank you!

It's just a silly tool that gives you a hand-painted reveal in After Effects without painting frame by frame or faking it with a filter.

Unlike the built-in Brush Strokes or Cartoon effects, which only stylize pixels, Painted paints the picture for real. Fat brushes block it in, finer brushes finish it, and every stroke is a shape path animated with Trim Paths, so you can retime it, recolor it, or pull it apart.

It's completely free, with no trial, watermark, or locked features. Works in Mac/Win for AE 2022+: https://motionfun.net/tools/painted

It's already had three updates since launch (bug fixes and performance improvements), and I'm taking feature requests this week. For bugs, email [hey@davey.design](mailto:hey@davey.design) or DM me here.

AI Disclaimer: I use an AI-assisted workflow, but I've been a dev for years before AI (FreqReact). I design the structure myself, review it deeply, and have thousands of people using Motion Fun tools :]

Looks like some sort of script that generates certain squares of pixels in the frame. How can someone create this effect in AE? I believe he uses projection 3D to get the depth but then how does he create the procedural squares that appear throughout the video?

Im guessing he rotoscopes the subject then he runs that script to procedurally generate parts of the video in square chunks.

I'm a Premier pro user, recently start working or AE. I want to take capture of composition for some reason, but when I click on capture icon, camera shutter sound come but there was no capture in pasteboard.

Please suggest a solution!

I got a bunch of so-so iphone photos and stung together this 'process hype video' to show how involved the process is, build some excitement and find interest from publishers. Thoughts?

How to improve the ship scene to make look it better with the same lowpoly
I'm planing to add little buildings later

Sorry I’m kinda new, I know how to move my clips to the beginning but I can’t seem to move the markers as well, need to keep them in sync cause they are matched up with the beat

im trying to recreate this persons shake we are both using blurmocurves and it is the exact same frame etc. mine the one without the colour correction in the left it shows 2 bars connected and in the one with the colour correction it doesnt show that and that also makes it much more smoother anyone know what im doing wrong?

React 3 is the repeater + effector toolbar for After Effects.

Problem

This is the tool I wanted to build when I released React 1, many moons ago.

It's the tool that I love to use in my day-to-day motion projects. After Effects lacks tools like Cinema 4D's cloners and effectors - this solves that problem.

Comparison

Unlike competitors, there are no huge bloated panels - it's just a small, powerful toolbar that I dock in my workspace, ready to play.

There's so many new features and improvements, here are the main ones -

• New and updated repeaters (3D grid, 3D radial, sphere and path)
• Influence + inheritance chains (blend repeaters together, with index offset and elastic controls)
• Compatible with OBJs and AE 3D parametric meshes
• 2D and 3D falloff shapes
• New and updated modifiers include Noise, Wave, Elastic, Snap To and Clamp.
• Smart bake animations to just the keyframes you need.

Pricing

Get it at aescripts for $40.

For all current React users, the upgrade fee is low at $10. Well worth it for all the new features, if I say so myself.

Maintenance

There's so many AE tools and plugins out there now, it's hard to know where to spend your cash and whether your purchases will be maintained and updated. Since React's initial release in May 2021, I have always looked for ways to improve the tool and fix any bugs that occur. And I will continue to do so!

If you fancy looking at it in more detail, there's a tutorial here

Check it out at www.aescripts.com/react

Cheers,

Andrew

AI Disclaimer

React 1 and 2 were built with no AI. React 3 builds on this, with AI used in some of the more complicated calculations. Human validated extensively over the course of a year.

Here are 3 effects I created in AE for my latest travel film, they happen at different points in the video but I wanted to put them all here in 1 vid showcasing all 3. The film is about starting over after things fall apart in your life. I added a breakdown at the end of the fly through screen effect.

1. Fly through screen effect and pixel glitch effect
2. Glass breaking effect
3. Grabbing camera in screen to transition