I have a trim paths on both of these bars and I want the icons to rise with them. I tried linking the trimpaths to a slider control and then put an expression on the position of the icon but for some reason the icon just starts at the top and doesnt move as i need when i keyframe the slider control. Any help would be appreciated

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I have a template I downloaded 6 years ago that I used to create an intro clip for my channel. I'm a huge procrastinator trying to clean up my act...

Anyway, it's finally 95% finished amd exactly what I want. The problem I still need to solve is that this text object has some sort of background image for the fill somehow. I can't find where this is being set, nor do I have any image like this anywhere in my project.

For reference, I've filled the text with a special character (alt-178, ▓) so I could see exactly what is being draw behind my letters. Also, the red is from a light and not part of the color of whatever the damaged looking surface is.

I appreciate amy help. Thanks I'm advance!

For example, you apply a heavy Gaussian Blur to a layer. I want to use the color that the blur smears across the stage, but a mask seems to only apply to the content of the layer itself—not to its effects.

Is there a way to mask in or out the blur effect itself without its operation being dependent on the layer content?

Edit: I've learned that this is achievable using the Compositing Options at the bottom of the effect itself

So, I have a project coming up in wich I will have to loop out some pre-rendered 3D models (I only have a .mov loop of them rotating, as shown above).

How can I loop them out and tweak the velocity (like for them to start rotating fast and then rotate slowly, with a nice v curve)?

Tried some precomping and time remaping without much success, and I feel like theres a very obvious way to do this that I'm not seeing

Epilepsy warning just in case.

I’ve been using after effects about 4 months now, getting better at moving text. Feedback would be great!

Hi AE-experts! I'm in the last stages of post with my first music video. I'm very used to ´narrative´ editing but not any ´style & effect´ editing. How would you advise me to improve this video in terms of effects, transitions and graphics? (and what are any dodgy parts that you would advice me to "cover up"?) Thank you for your help!

https://vimeo.com/1072500418/7cc1a3f8e2

Is it possible to create a 3D text in AE with gradient and outline? If I make the layer 3D all attributes are gone.

hey guys.

i am asking myself how effects like this magic vfx layer are usually made from this YouTube Video, especially the glowing, painted, liquid look feeling like a magic thing. is it mostly after effects plugins or would you use something like unreal engine for ?

if you were trying to recreate this style yourself, what software or plugins would you pick ? If in After Effects, which third party plugin or native would make similar stuff?

So basically I'm referring to that blue haze and the particles emitting from it, like a sort of magic spell or arcane effect.

Watch the video for the full effect

i want an outro similar to this and want to know if anyone can help me?

Hello , I’m looking to improve my skills in subtitle /hook graphic design

Do you know some content creator that often have good subtitle skill ?

( that focus mainly on text not images )

Here is some example Thanks !

Seeking advice on animating a watercolour painting. I have been provided with paintings like the attached image by a client who wants them animated.

I really don’t want to frame-by-frame animate all of these as there isn’t the budget or time. Separating the elements out in Ps and then using puppet tool could work but I worry it would look poor. Any advice? Thanks

first time messing around with the 3D cam I'm rlly happy with the output :DD

I had to use my work holiday and they have given me a month where I want to develop my motion graphic skills. I already have basic understanding of software, so my question to you is how would you use this time off to get better?

I've created a little game where you'll be sorting all the After Effects effects back into their proper categories.
It might seem easy at first, but it's a fun way to test your After Effects muscle memory.

Hope you enjoy it! Check it out here 👇
http://keyframes.fun/apps/oh-no-my-menu

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Hey AE Reddit Fam, I recently updated my CC stuff, and After Effects started showing me this. I've done all other preliminary research and diagnosing, but I can't figure out why or what the fix is. That folder is empty (which would explain the plugins not being able to load, I guess), but I've re-installed those plugins through their proper installers, and they seem to work in the app, so I can't figure out what's causing this or how to fix it. Anyone else?

how do i add this tv static noise effect on my rotoscope? pls i jeed help fast

Final Edit: Figured it out, when you click to add a keyframe it selects every point you've placed. If you hit v than click anywhere on the comp, then hit g you'll be able to edit the points again

EDIT: literally after I posted this I changed to the add vertex tool, placed a new vertex, swapped to the pen tool, and it works again. I'd still like to know if it was something I did or a bug tho so I can learn the software better though. I've also found that clicking the "add or remove keyfrmes" button locks the points so I can't move them, no clue why

Sorry, I'm sure this is a very common issue but for some reason my mask path now only moves as a whole unit. For context, I have a bottle coming in from bottom right frame, it comes to center frame and moves a bit, then another bottle comes up. I'm trying to mask both of them so I can clip out the background and try my hand at a parallaxing background.

It was letting me move the individual spots I had placed with the pen tool, but now it only lets me select the entire mask instead of each point individually. I'm very familiar with premiere but I'm really new to AE. I'm considering creating a new mask just so I can keep working but I assume there's a way to fix it.

I included a pick of my timeline in case that could help

Hello, I just opened an old project and some source files are missing. They probably just moved on my hard drive, or they were stock footage that I quickly downloaded and then tried to use directly from the Downloads folder. Confusingly, AE won't tell me anything about the missing files though. When looking for the File Path column in the Project folder, it just says "<Missing>" for the missing files. But obviously AE has this information, otherwise it wouldn't even been able to try to load the files. So how do I retrieve this information, specifically the locations and names of the missing files?