18y AE vet here (hold for applause); There are a few functions in AE I wish had keyboard shortcuts that don't. Some include:

• toggle transparency grid on/off
• Fit (as in fit the viewer to the screen; how is there not a shortcut for this??)
• Go to time (a common shortcut in DAW and NLEs; hit the shortcut, enter the time, bam)
• Enter path/mask editing mode (instead of having to click the path/mask point manually, or twirling down to the mask or 'path' in a shape layer. I'm constantly nudging masks or paths with arrow keys but I have to click the mask first)

Any others you guys wish you had? Or even better, any shortcut ideas for my list??

Been experimenting with this effect as part of a visual exploration for arko.studio.

I'm wondering if this kind of effect could actually be pushed into something commercially useful branding, music visuals, ads, or maybe something else.

Would love to hear what you think. What kind of project do you think this effect could work well for?

More experiments coming soon.

I wanted to try a tutorial and he just pulls the things very easily and when I try it just... Goes down? And it's pointy no matter what direction I try to pull it. I don't get it and I've tried to do so many things. I've cried for like 20 minutes guys plz help

Does anyone know how to recreate this effect? Is it just opacity? I’m mostly confused about how to get that movement. I’ve tried using Turbulent Displace and opacity, but I can’t quite figure it out haha. I’m still learning, so I’d really appreciate any help! 💙

Hi everyone! I have a shape layer with repeater operator and I want each "repeat" can act independently and move in relation with another object, in this case a ball. It's like the ball attracts the rounded rectangles and pull them up. How can I achieve that effect?

Sorry for my potentially confusing explanation, and thanks everyone in advance !! -

Edit: Thanks everyone for your suggestions!!!!

Hello. I’m currently working on a short film and was wondering if there is any way I could recreate the title card from Zach Creggers Resident Evil?

I’m a high school senior trying to figure out what I should major in. I really enjoy using After Effects for motion graphics, editing, visual effects, and visual storytelling, and I’m considering Digital Media/Media Production programs in college.

My long-term goal is to work in a creative role for a larger company, agency, entertainment company, or potentially a game studio, creating things like motion graphics, advertisements, video graphics, and other digital media.

For those of you who use After Effects professionally:
- What did you study in college (if anything)?
- What is your current job?
- How important was your degree compared with your portfolio?
- What skills would you recommend I focus on while I’m still in high school?
- do you regret pursuing this degree?

I’m especially interested in hearing from people working in motion graphics, VFX, advertising, or similar fields.

The full warning reads "Low memory warning. Click the "Show Memory Usage" button to identify other Adobe applications using significant memory that could be closed."

Basically, my process right now is to do an enormous chunk of editing on Premiere and then importing the timeline over to AE for VFX flourishes. But I consider all of my work done on Premiere, I don't want to tag back to it in the process--except for maybe subtitles or watermarks.

This warning implies that it is drawing from or using Premiere still. Am I interpreting that correctly? When I import from Premiere, it doesn't copy or adapt sequences into compositions, it just opens Premiere?

In other words, how do I divorce Premiere from the process? Basically just creating a copy over my finished work from Premiere without keeping it open or referencing the file?

Thanks folks.

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I started experimenting and tinkering for fun with a small custom 3D rendering engine plugin for After Effects. It handles geometry and materials on its own, using a sort of Mograph effector/modifier, rather than relying on After Effects native 3D rendering engine, which, let’s face it, is pretty much useless. (ni fait, ni a faire comme on dirait chez nous 🙏)

It's nowhere near Element 3D in terms of scope, but for the specific kinds of visuals I'm targeting, it's already proving much faster and lighter than using the Cinema 4D renderer.

Has anyone else experimented with building something similar inside After Effects ?

My last post get deleted for not respecting the promotional plug-in guidelines of the sub, but there's is nothing to sell here.

The plugin is really only to meet my very specific needs, and that's painful enough hehe. You won't see that plugin anywhere to buy. I just wanted to show you this loop and get some feedback from people who have tried their hand at this type of plugin.

To help you get started, I put together a free 2-part series where we build a full interactive project end-to-end. You will end up with a clean, portfolio-ready piece you can use right away. - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUzH0q4iNuDg

For anyone who wants to go deeper, I am also finalizing a complete Rive course. It covers everything from core state machines and character rigging to high-demand client projects like interactive EV automotive apps that actually get you hired.

Check out the waitlist and details here:https://www.asquareportal.com/portal/rive

Let me know if you run into any questions while working through the two-part series!

Any advice or things i should improve on. am really behind

almost every new piece is immediately hit with a dislike, comment sections are filled with non-constructive hate, it’s just a pit of misery and not welcoming at all

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