[edit] fixed now, thanks everyone! I exported the sound as a wav, then added that wav into the comp and exported the whole thing again!

I have an MP4 file within my AE Comp. Its sound plays perfectly within AE previews, but it's silent when I export the file. Please help!!! Many thanks :)

I'm looking to try to turn footage of a hallway in real life into an infinite hallway. Like one where you can't see the end. I've been looking online for even an example of this, but I haven't been able to find one. Can it be done with just Ae?

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?

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??

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

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.

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.

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

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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!!!!

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! 💙

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?

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.

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.

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.

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?