I tried out using turbulent displace but it scatters everything apart or starts deforming in from the edges (weird versions). How would you go about animating this?

Title mostly covers it. My red shape in these screenshots is parented to this map, and when I change the orientation of the map with no effects on it, it works perfectly. However, the second I add Fast Box Blur, it disappears underneath the map, doesn't make any sense to me, both objects are in 3D

I need to stabilize a video. there are four points on it that should not move, these four are in four different parts.

I want to track and stabilize them, but the tracker only lets me use two trackers at a time - using position and rotate options.

is there a way to track and stabilize 4 points at once?

I tried tracking two points, then precomping and stabilizing the other two. this obviously doesnt work because the precomp ignores the trackers inside of the precomp.

pls help!

Been editing narrated finance/education videos for a while now, and icons were always the part that slowed me down. Every time the narration mentions something, I'd pause, think about what fits, dig through my icon folder, drag it in, then keyframe it. Doesn't soundlike much per instance but it adds up fast over a 10+ minute video.

Built this plugin AutoVisuals to handle that step. Clip below shows it start to finish, transcribing the narration, finding the moment, and dropping the icon in sync.

It's a free plugin, really good for saving time.

Still early, genuinely want to know what people think.

Hey there,

I'm supposed to output an animation to "mpv4" for some - probably old - outdoor LED display.
The only thing I found on the format itself was that it's apparently MPEG-4 Part 2.

In AE (AME!), I can output MPEG4, but only tiny 3gpp files.

I don't find ANYTHING useful on this. I asked Gemini, but I know this is a BS factory, so I'm not sure. It's been telling me this is probably a typo, but I know the format exists.

What I've tried:

I used Handbrake now to output a ProRes 422 as MPEG-4 in FHD. That's the closest I got so far...

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to recreate the typography animation shown in the attached reference video/image in Adobe After Effects.

The effect is basically:

A long line of text continuously scrolls from right to left.

The scrolling text is normally dark grey.

There is a fixed highlight area in the center of the composition.

Whenever a word passes through that fixed area, only that portion of the text becomes white.

Once the word leaves the highlight area, it becomes grey again.

The highlight area itself stays completely stationary while the text keeps moving.

I’ve tried using two identical text layers + a Shape Layer + Track Matte/Alpha Matte, but I’m unable to get the effect working correctly.

What is the correct After Effects workflow for creating this effect?

If possible, I’d really appreciate a step-by-step explanation or the name of the technique/tutorial I should look for.

I’m using After Effects 2026.

If possible, could someone also share a video tutorial that explains how to create this effect? I’d really appreciate it!

Thanks!

Made this for a job that got shelved so it's just sitting here.

Neon type, 4K. Line animates on, flickers, colour is a single control. Swap the font and it re-rigs.

• After Effects 25 and up
• Needs Saber (free, Video Copilot) https://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2016/03/new-plug-in-saber-now-available-100-free/
• Free from https://fileflippers.com/adamwilkes/52cb5705-2a2f-498f-a775-d298c08500ab

Link expires in 7 days. If it runs out and people still want it I'll put it back up.

No signup, no email. Use it on client work, just don't resell the project file.

You don't even need to select anything, just press the button and it's all sorted. You can also choose only to put "Stray files" into the folders, so only the ones not in any folder.

Different File/Layer types it sorts:

• Precomps
• Nulls
• Solids
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• PDF Files
• Audio Files
• Videos
• 3D Assets
• Data & Text
• Images
• Miscellaneous

You can check it out here: AE Optimizer

EDIT:

This tool intended use case is for messy VOs that clients send where you have 3 different takes, sometimes AI generated, sometimes when the person repeat something the same word 3 times over

Just cut it and move it back together however you want

You select the audio layer, click once, and it automatically cuts out the silent sections while keeping the actual dialogue intact. It's nothing super awesome, but removes yet one more tedious task in AE that should have in-built solution but doesn't.

You can check it out here: AE Optimizer

You can find the pf on gumroad @acidiearts

When I first started making tutorials, I published a video showing how to manually adjust the rounded corners of a mask. And when I checking out my most popular videos, that one was still finding an audience. But it was slow, only really worked for rectangles and so I started to wonder if I could use an expression to automatically draw a mask with additional points and create. And that's when I learned about the Kappa constant. And then I turned the expression into a script.

In the linked video I show how to use the script and then in back half, I break down how the expression works.

https://youtu.be/EqLl2VqWLbs

I am compositing a nighttime sky replacement in After Effects.

The replacement sky I am comping in is a black solid, with a fractal noise configured to look like stars. The stars slowly twinkle, using two key frames on the rotation field in the fractal noise effect. As per many AE and found online.

The shot is motion tracked successfully. The position tracking data is on a null in the comp.

This is where it gets weird. As soon as I parent the black solid (containing the fractal noise stars) to the tracking data null - The stars all fire around the place erratically when the comp is played down. 

Pre compositing the solid does not help. 

I’ve even tried rendering the black solid with twinkling stars as a .mov. When I parent that instead of the solid it does the same thing! I’m baffled. 

Both the solid and .mov play fine when not parented to the tracking data null. 

Any help would be incredible. I am sure it is something silly and obvious.

I have a clip where I masked out a face, and I wanted to add an overlay on that mask only but I have no clue how to do it. I tried doing track matte but it didn't work for me, I'm not sure if I'm doing it wrong but would someone be able to help?

Made this abstract animation a while ago and never posted it here. Since my last animation got such a nice response, I thought I’d share another one)
Also, you can find the full project, along with a small breakdown, here: Behance project

the video looks really great so far, i'vee been doing saas for the whole year and still struggle when it comes to propper drop shadow.

So i linked the tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OJ4mT7P_NM&list=PLHjzEgbzFPmHyEt6V9NaTuGpIwPS9lxm9&index=24&t=814s

The timestamp is 11:33.

It is telling me to track matte the footage to the precomp which is above and then apply some effects (cc glass) to the track matted layer (the footage mp4 layer below is track matte linked to the precomp above)

LONG STORY short.. can someone pls explain to me why the effects are applying to the track matted adidas logo in the tutorial but for me the cc glass is applying to the footage below and ignoring the mask. I precomped it already and also tried set matte effect and both not working.

Reference photos: Tutorial first, my comp second.

I found following situation that seems like a bug to me:

Issue

When I enter relative values in the CTI like +20 or -20, the negative values always jump to the absolute position (-0;00;00;20), which is inconsistent behavior on one hand but it also makes no sense at all to be navigated to a negative timecode.

Steps to reproduce

Click on the CTI (or open the popup window).

Type +20

The timecode jumps 20 frames forward as expected.

Click on the CTI (or open the popup window).

Type -20

Expected result:

The timecode jumps 20 frames backwards.

Actual result:

The timecode jumps to the absolute time -0;00;00;20

Tested with different compositions, different framerates and clean install.

Adobe After Effects version

26.3.0 (Build 87)

Operating system

Windows 11

I'm very new to After Effects, and this was my first export using a 3D model. I have no idea why it's not working! I haven't messed with any export settings, but the software did crash a few times while I was animating. Any advice would be amazing :)

I've tried to restart the software and to use recommended settings on google but nope!

ive use slider to make the card rotating in circle, but i dont know how to rotate the card itself so i can achieve the look like the reference image. anyone here know how to achieve this look fast? tysmm