I've been using After Effects since the 90s, yet the error messages it throws up never cease to surprise me. This is the newest one, happened when I was using aerender on the command line (my comp involved a few calls to the sampleImage() function in some expressions and was absolutely thrashing my workstation):
GPU Warning: Special file 'TempDisableGPU3' found -- skipping GPU3 ***
Anyone know why, how to fix, or where the dreaded 'TempDisableGPU3' file can be found?
In the render function of my non-smartFX effect, I'm trying to get the value of a param at an offset from the current time, which I do multiple times, given a vector of A_Time, to create a motion blur.
But AEGP_StreamRefH abd AEGP_EffectRefH are null after GetNewEffectForEffect and GetNewEffectStreamByIndex. This then causes a crash.
AEGP_StreamRefH streamH = NULL;
AEGP_EffectRefH meH = NULL;
ERR(suites.PFInterfaceSuite1()->AEGP_GetNewEffectForEffect(NULL, in_data->effect_ref, &meH));
ERR(suites.StreamSuite5()->AEGP_GetNewEffectStreamByIndex(NULL, meH, PARAM, &streamH));
A_Time theTime = times[T];
AEGP_StreamValue2 valueP;
AEFX_CLR_STRUCT(valueP);
suites.StreamSuite5()->AEGP_GetNewStreamValue(NULL, streamH, AEGP_LTimeMode_CompTime, &theTime, true, &valueP);
This happens just after setup, on the first render call. Is there a limitation of AEGP_GetNewEffectForEffect in the render thread?
Or perhaps is there a better way to get the param values I need for making motion blur?
Hello, impossible to work more than 5 minutes, sometimes less.
i tried in versions 15.1.2 & 16.1.2,
Tried to reinstall program, nothing helps
(Win 10 pro x64 1809, 9900k, 64gb, 1080ti x2 (without sli))
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I'm working on a composition with minimal effects, only a point tracker and rotoscoping. The Files are in .mp4, I extracted them from a .zip file I was sent. I've done this same effect before with no issues, in addition I have rotoscoped other video files from the same batch with no issues. I cannot render or render preview the composition without the error message coming up. I have tried re-importing into another project, as well as copying the effects into another project and re-locating the footage with the same errors coming up. Whenever I render it seems to get stuck on one particular frame. The files are in 1080p @ 59.94 fps. When I was working on the comp, there was no crash that I know of in after effects, and the same footage seems to render fine within premiere. I was hoping there was a quick fix, but is my only other option to re-create the composition from scratch?
I am currently looking into a new computer for work. I do a wide variety of applications in the Adobe Creative Cloud but my real issue is finding something for After Effects and Premiere Pro (current computer keeps struggling and crashing).
I'm looking into getting the Microsoft Surface Studio 2 and wondered if anyone might have some insight on how Adobe CC works on this desktop? I can't get an Apple product because of our server and my coworker is getting alienware (Super high levels of rendering) and I just don't think I need that much power. Plus, I like the functionality that the touchscreen/desktop style has for these programs.
Please let me know thoughts!
Thanks so much! !
Heyja,
working on a Lower-Third-Essential Graphic in AE (14.2.1) with Audio for the transition.
I want to easily mute the sound later with a checkbox (On/Off) in the Essential Graphic Panel in Premiere Pro.
Is there a Expression to get this working?
Thats the current script:
temp = thisComp.layer("Control Layer").effect("Transition Sound")("Checkbox"); [temp, temp]
Thanks in advance!
I have an old. bought-and-paid-for suite of applications from CS 5.5, and they work just fine for my home needs. I don't need CC apps for what I'm doing.
But by the end of the year, Microsoft stops supporting Windows 7, which I currently run.
Will the CS 5.5 applications run under Win 10?
Hello ! my name is Naresh and I am from india.
I am currently working to create a template for after effects. I have animated everything for the comp size 1920*1080 . I have so many layers and comps in the project.
Now i need to convert the same project into 1080*1080 too to provide the template users another resolution of Render.
Now, my question is how to do it so that all the layers and comps within the project get exactly scaled and converted into the new version of 1080*1080 from 1920*1080 ? I need two render comps as most of the templates have for different resolution of renders.
I also want the edits done in one resolution of comp to be shown in the other as well !
I tried the scale composition scripts but that doesnt show the desired results as i have many comps and layers in the project.
can someone who have created ae templates please guide me how to provide multiple versions (resolutions) of the same template ??
thank you !
I've had this for months and worked around it for the most part, but a project I was working on this week caused real problems.
(EDIT - I'm a telly type so originally mistitled this 'keys' when I meant Masks)
Adobe Customer Care have asked me to create this post after I contacted them via twitter.
Workstation: HP Z820 on Win7 64
Software Version: v15.12 (Build 69)
Screenshots below.
Composition is a simple 'box' shape to create the house. - on the gable end (to the right of the image) there are masks to cut out windows and then a couple of layers using the same mask shapes to create see-through windows (via opacity change) and window frames (using same masks duplicated with a add/subtract with mask expansion on the adds)
Various 3d elements to create the 'ground' and the stars/moon and a 2d bottom layer that's just part of my template anyway.This is what I see in AE
Then the actual rendered image (built using lots of render while I work. to see if its doing what I want it to) green annotations to help work out what the problem is.
There are lights in this composition (obviously) but this problem happens even without lights. It's really difficult to work around!
Does anyone know if there's an option that I need to enable?
just to confirm, this happens on all projects at the moment - 2D is fine, 3D don't preview.
Hi guys, i have a problem with running the program. And I don't know how to solve this problem. Please help me
My software: windows 8.1
Program: After Effects CC 2015.3 Release
error;
after effects error: Crash in progress. Last logged message was: <7760> <AppDirs> <5> Required Dir = C\:Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2015.3\Support Files\Required
error display;
Hi there,
As the title states, I'm having an issue with the wave warp effect. The wave type selected is sine. Unfortunately, part of the shape seems to cut off. I'm trying to create a smooth wave for a liquid effect. Is there a way to turn this off or am I missing something?
Below is an example of what I mean.
So I've tracked my letter, and it looks like this:
Imgur: The magic of the Internet
But once I get back into the footage in AE, and I click "view matte", the entire letter is matted out as you can see in the second picture.
In AE I know how to handle multiple masks, but how do I change it in Mocha AE so that only the face of the letter is masked out?
Thanks in advance!
Regards
Petar
Hi All,
This seems simple, but I haven't been able to find a solution yet.
I did some compositing on 1 video file in After Effects. I color graded the same footage in DaVinci Resolve and exported a segment of that file (ex timecode 00:10:00 - 00:15:23) from Resolve to be replaced in After Effects.
When I go to replace the original footage in After Effects with the graded (and trimmed) file, the graded file always is placed at the beginning of the original files timeline in the comps. The graded clip has the correct timecode corresponding to the original file, and I would like it to replace at that spot throughout the After Effects composition. I could do it manually but I've read others who can replace at the right timecode, using Alt-Shift drag (from graded to source in project panel, and/or from project panel to comp layer) but it is not working here. Does anyone know if I'm missing something?
Thanks!
My project has more than 20 mp4 clips in the timeline, playing one after another. When I press space bar to preview the project, the green render bar gradually goes across the timeline, as normal, while the project is playing. But after about a minute, the green bar just stops, and when the playback line reaches the point where the green bar stopped, the project doesn't play the unloaded portion and plays back from the beginning.
A temporary workaround is to just pause the preview when it gets near the green-bar's end, and play again, then it starts rendering properly again, but then the previous rendered footage behind the playback line goes away, at least some parts of it.
Also, when using After Effects for about an hour, the playback doesn't work at all. I press space bar, the green render bar indeed loads as normal, but the playback line scrubber is just frozen and nothing plays. So then I must restart AE, and it works again. But I have to do this frequently in the work day, so I hope there's an actual solution to this.
There was a prompt every time I opened AE saying there isn't enough room in the disk cashe folder. I moved it to a separate, empty hard drive, and the prompt went away, but the rendering and playback problem still isn't fixed.
Any ideas? Thank you.
If i have a tower with 12 GBs and if i get an external portable hardrive with 80GBs and 2TB would i technically have 20 GBs for After Affects?
I can't see the motion path in After Effects and have tried everything suggested on this forum, including:
1. Checking that View Options > Motion Paths is checked.
2. Checking that Preferences > Motion Path default no options selected. Also have tried All keyframes selected (and others).
3. In the Composition Window, Mask and Shape Path visibility is toggled on.
4. The Position transformation is selected in the Timeline panel (where there are keyframes set out).
5. In desperation, I have also tried resetting Preferences by holding down control-alt-shift during the launch and selecting OK when asked if I want the Preferences file deleted.
I would be grateful for a suggested way forward in finding a solution to this frustrating problem. Thank-you!
I've been trying for hours to get my rendered footage and my 3D camera to line up. It's driving me insane. I've been using live link, maya scripts.. literally everything you can find on the net related to completing this task.
On some frames it does line up but most of the time the locator is floating around the point where it should be sticking. (the corner of the roof)
I've attached my camera with locator and footage for anyone to take a shot at it.
*NOTE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN FORUMS AND DONT KNOW WHAT I AM DOING*
Hi. I have after effects 2019. I've been doing some roto brush and refine edge and it works fine. Then I go and add a shape layer and edit the stroke a bit and then it freezes for a moment and then it demands I send adobe a crash report before closing out. I was able to do this perfectly fine yesterday so I don't understand why its crashing now. I don't know anything except it keeps sending me that crash report and there are no videos on youtube; believe me, I checked.
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Hello! This is my first post on this forum despite using AE for some time now. (I'm not a pro by any means!)
I've got this project i'm working on, fairly complex, but nothing too crazy i'd say. I wanted to add a prop to my scene, a lantern, which consists of a lantern (which is a transparent .png) and a straight, vertical chain that it needs to be linked to. (another seperated transparent .png) The idea was to animate the chain swinging with puppet tool, which was successful, but now rises the question what is the most efficient way to track, link, parent, whatever the term is, that lantern to the tip of the chain? (to be precise i'd need it to be tracked with position and rotation to the tip of the chain)
I've already tried using AE inbuilt tracker with 2 nodes with rotation and positioning. While it really tracks and outputs that kind of result i am looking for, the tracking is nowhere near perfect with noticeable drifting. I could hand track it, but it's not efficient. I thought of taking those two PNGs and merging them into a single picture and then animate it, but i don't really want to do that and that would be my last resort plan. Can i do something else except for tracking? Maybe there is a more efficient, convenient and easier way to do it? Any help is appreciated, thanks!
Specs:
AE - latest version
i7 7700hq
Gtx 1060 6gb using latest Nvidia Studio Driver (also tried older versions)
16gb RAM
I have a simple project in AE. Its just a static background video (.mxf CBR) with an animated text opacity loop. I'm using 1/4 preview and generally have the .mxf background disabled. The comp is only 1920x1080p.
The main issue is that the audio in the file does not match its file length. The audio is exactly 1hr and is CBR. I've used WAV and AAC (both CBR and VBR). The imported audio is always ~4s shorter than the actual file but is not cut off.
My audio settings for hardware AE and everything else are set to 48khz, the audio files in question are 48khz. The buffer for my interface is set to 1024 which should be more than enough.
The secondary issue is that (I believe because of whatever is interpreting the audio wrong initially) the animation doesn't stay synced to the audio. I even tested to make sure that I had the correct animation length. The audio file is with 100% certainty exactly 60bpm.
To test I made the looped (loopOut()) animation at lengths of 5:29, 6:00, and 6:01. The 5:29 stays synced till about 8min in until there is a noticeable lag and then it goes off. The others don't stay synced (as expected). When exported in various formats with either 29.97 or 30fps I still get the same result and syncing problem.
Possibly related issues: One strange issue is that sometimes during playback my display will flicker and the audio will change pitch and speed, almost like its changing sample rate. Usually then I'll get an 'Unspecified Drawing Error' and 'Unknown exception' or sometimes 'Out of memory, 296k requested' and occasionally the program will crash along with my display driver and I have to restart. On export the audio will also sometimes have skipping sounds (not typical pops and crackles with too low buffer)
Things I've tried: using both my interface's ASIO and MME drivers, using the built in sound card, triple checking the audio rate settings, uninstalling and re-installing AE, having only AE open, using my interface exclusively for AE, updating display drivers (tried both studio and gameready), purging cache
Note: I would try Premiere instead but I'm using CompsFromSpreadsheet to create many different versions.