After Effects 2015 Wishlist

Hey guys,
I didn't find a 2015 wishlist so I thought I would start one
We are using After Effects in a very unconventional way, so my request might be a bit out there
My wishlist
- Support android .9.png and densities and iOS x1, x2 and x3 densities in a footage item
- Support for sprite sheet cell animations
- Support for style sheets
All of them should offer an extendscript API so they can be processed by plugins and exporters/importers.

Per my vote here: Happy New Year! ~ and a question… my wish is for the core level of the program to be rewritten in such a way that these performance increases are successful. That and for the entire video pipeline at Adobe to continue to be up with the latest formats and codecs (H.265, etc.) I'll save any other wishes until after the performance enhancements come.
For those who are considering posting, file a feature request too. Be as specific as possible: Adobe - feature request and bug report

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  • After Effects 2015 - What can we expect?

    So after this Happy New Year! ~ and a question… | After Effects region of interest blog last year, I amongst others got rather excited about a whole years worth of development geared towards making AE faster. Since then though there has been little in the way of updates about what this actually might mean. I assume there will be some major changes coming to the backend including an overhaul of the multiprocessing situation and making more use of GPU power?
    I wondered if Mr Kopriva might offer us a few teasers over what we might expect?
    For one thing when buying new hardware it would be useful to know if we need to be buying more cores or faster cores ie xeon vs i7 and should we be investing in bigger GPUs?

    > For one thing when buying new hardware it would be useful to know if we need to be buying more cores or faster cores ie xeon vs i7 and should we be investing in bigger GPUs?
    I'll go ahead and answer this part.
    The big effort that we're in the middle of now has much more to do with multi-threading on the CPU than with processing on the GPU. If I were making a buying decision now, I'd focus on CPUs, RAM, and SSDs. Specific to CPUs, I can say that we will be making more and more use of multiple CPUs over the next couple of versions during this year.

  • New After Effects CC 2015 Character Animator Feature

    Hi, the new After Effects CC 2015 character animator feature looks amazing. Is this compatible with Photoshop CS6 or would you have to use the Photoshop CC version?

    > How do you download a free trial version of AE CC
    "Free Trial" button in the upper right corner of this page: http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html
    > would you be able to record the animated facial features and then tie this in with the pre-recorded sound afterwards?
    Yes, you can mix and match separate performance tracks ("takes") per puppet.
    > when you take the finished animation into AE can you further manipulate in the AE timeline - facial features, body etc?
    Once you're back in AE, it will be pixels, so you'd do further edits in Character Animator before bringing into AE. Though you could, say, just do the head or lips in Character Animator and then attach them to a body done in AE.
    > I guess I am wondering if this software would be good enough for professional character animation.
    If it's not, please us know why so we can fix it! Note that this first version is a "preview" so don't expect the usual polish & completeness of a shipping app. It will install (as a companion app) automatically as part of the next AE CC update.

  • MacBook Pro 13 inch (mid 2012) v MacBook Pro 15 inch (mid 2014) for After Effects and Premiere

    Hi everyone,
    I'm interested in working with After Effects CS6 and Premiere CS6 probably creating quite heavily layered files and experimenting with and combining effects. (I also work with Photoshop and Illustrator.)
    My workplace allows me to use a 2.5 GHz Intel Dual Core i5 / MacBook Pro 13 inch (mid 2012, non retina) with hard disk and integrated graphics card (Intel HD Graphics 4000 512MB). I understand this Mac can be maxed out at 16GB of RAM. (Official Apple specs I realise say 8GB RAM is the max for this computer but I've looked into this thoroughly and have confirmed that 16GB is in fact possible.)
    I'm considering purchasing one of the new Haswell based MacBook Pro (mid 2014) models for myself.
    If I do, I'll get the retina 15 inch / Intel Quad Core i7 / 16GB RAM / Intel Iris Pro Graphics / NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M / 1TB Flash Storage.
    I realise there is a big difference between these two machines in terms of their specs - the 15 inch with the dedicated GPU will be far more suited to motion graphics work than the lower spec machine with integrated graphics card.
    Currently, my understanding is that After Effects CS6 and Premiere CS6 do not support the NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M but from research on the net I believe it's possible to add this video card to the list of supported cards within the respective applications, forcing them to recognise and use it.
    Having read about the upcoming Broadwell chip, which I think may be capable of supporting 32GB RAM (possibly coming in Q2 2015 from the various websites I've visited) I wonder if it is worth holding off my purchase, and maxing out my older 13 inch laptop in order to run After Effects and Premiere for the time being.
    If I waited for Broadwell based 15 inch MacBooks I think its likely they'll be expandable to 32GB RAM, making the computer a better long term investment.
    eg if Adobe increase minimum/recommended memory requirements for their software in the next few years. While I don't know for sure this will happen, it does seem quite likely at some stage. The 2014 15 inch MacBook - while an excellent computer at the moment - could potentially be slightly limited with regard to future Adobe software releases as its max RAM is 16GB.
    I realise I could potentially look at a high end iMac if memory is a concern, but I prefer the portability of a laptop so I'm restricting myself to portable options for the moment.
    What I'm wondering is -
    If I install the 13 inch 2.5GHz i5 laptop with 16GB RAM as is possible, how would it perform when running After Effects and Premiere? It currently has 4GB and it very quickly runs out of memory meaning playback of goes very slowly when previewing complex files in the timeline. This necessitates rendering of small test sections of the timeline to see it at the correct frame rate. Would the move from 4GB RAM to 16GB RAM give me a noticeable improvement in this regard? If so then this is tempting as I don't have to pay for it - I think my workplace will cover the cost of extra RAM. And then I can wait till next year to buy my own high end laptop.
    The 15 inch 2.8GHz i7 quad processor has Iris Pro and dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GT750M with 2GB RAM. I would be paying the full cost myself.
    I realise rendering would be faster with this Mac but would I see a noticeable improvement over the maxed out 13 inch laptop when previewing multi layered After Effects and Premiere compositions / sequences within the timeline? I like the idea of being able to preview footage in real time as I'm editing as it saves time and I think it makes the process easier generally.
    Any thoughts welcome and thanks very much in advance for your time and advice.
    Kind regards,
    John

    "It currently has 4GB and it very quickly runs out of memory meaning playback of goes very slowly when previewing complex files in the timeline."
    "In this case yes, I can most certainly see a performance increase as your machine is still not too old and a RAM increase will help it for sure I just can't tell you by how much.
    I own the same machine as yours (except for mine having 2.9ghz and i7, and 8GB of ram) so I think it's safe to say for me that the RAM increase will help you for sure."
    That statement of mine answers your question you just asked

  • Adobe Premiere and After Effects CS6 installer failed to initialize on Mac Book Air

    Hi everybody,
    I'm trying to install Adobe Premiere and After Effects CS6 for at least a month now.
    I have downloaded the .dmg file at the Adobe Website and it starts to initializing the installer, then a error show up:
    "The installer could not initialize. Download the Adobe Support Advisor."
    There is no Adobe Support Advisor when I clicked on the link. "The Adobe Support Advisor has been discontinued" (http://www.adobe.com/support/loganalyzer/)
    I've tried this many times, but every time being a failure.
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    Hi Thomas,
    Kindly try the below mentioned link.
    Error: "Installer failed to initialize" | Windows
    Thanks,
    Atul Saini

  • ----- After Effects Wish List (Pre 2008 - Read Only) -----

    AFTER EFFECTS WISHLIST
    What features would you like to see implemented in After Effects? New ideas for plugins? Interface changes? Post 'em here!
    Let's keep bug identification to individual posts, as these will probably be addressed more readily. Let's use this thread for specific ideas about ways that AE can be improved and expanded.
    These Forums are for users, not Adobe employees, so don't forget to also fill in an
    Adobe Feature Request Form.
    Here's a few for starters:
    b From Silversurfer:
    Add dropdowns for precomp contents within a composition timeline (I have put this one in to the Feature Request area a bunch of times way before 7 Pro came out)?
    In the Timeline Tabs...how about losing the word "Timeline:" on every single tab in the timeline (at least give us the option to turn it off).
    In Multiview (2 & 4 View) Mode in the Composition Window: How about a small semi-transparent "View Label" in the corner of each view displayed (Front / Back / Top / Bottom / Active Camera / etc)...you know - like a 3D program?
    Please add more flexibility within the Composition Window Multiview Mode - to be able to grab & stretch a smaller view out to make it larger.
    b From Aaron Cobb:
    I'd like to see the return of the old motion graphs, for quick reference purposes. The new graphs add a lot of improvements, but they take away 1:1 correlation, the ability to see the graphs alongside all the other timeline markers and keyframes, and easy readability. I'd love to have the best of both worlds.
    The ability to set the motion graph background color independent of the interface color would be a big plus.

    Please give us the option to go back to the much faster and responsive old interface or fix the current one so it doesn't lag anymore...IMO this should be the highest priority right now along with the hiding issue. Give us options to disable the font smoothing and fancy graphics to its bare minimum (think discreet's flame).
    Please put back the option to change the cell height on the Timeline window. It used to be much smaller and as a result I can see less layers fitting in the window in AE7 in comparison to AE6.5. This is a direct example of the interface getting in the way of...working.
    Fix the Timeline tabs so they don't rearrange themselves alphabetically when I reopen the project. And another vote to lose the "Timeline" word.
    Add more options besides the Ease In/Out/Ease. Cinema4D has a very cool approach to this and there are very useful presets such as "Slow" (object reduces speed in a realistic way, i.e. a ball rolling on the grass and gradually coming to a stop), "Fast" (quick burst of speed in the beginning, i.e. the same ball after being kicked, a bullet, etc.)
    Speed, speed, speed. Did I say this should be the top priority? :)

  • AFTER EFFECTS WISH LIST (Prior to Sept 09)

    AFTER EFFECTS WISHLIST
    What features would you like to see implemented in After Effects? New ideas for plugins? Interface changes? Post 'em here!
    Let's keep bug identification to individual posts, as these will probably be addressed more readily. Let's use this thread for specific ideas about ways that AE can be improved and expanded.
    These Forums are for users, not Adobe employees, so don't forget to also fill in an  Adobe feature request form.
    To view the Wish List posts prior to 2008, look here.

    sort out 3gb ram limit.
    multi-processing for more than 6 processors.
    aforementioned 3d camera interface issues that haven't been sorted in at least 8 years. WTF?
    Intelligent caching of rendered layers.
    Select all render and output settings, file destination in render queue.
    Be able to turn off that thing where you double click on a layer and it opens the footage window. Anyone using that footage window much?
    Ability to precomp 3d layers together and continuously rasterize. And everything work. Adjustment layers,etc not to split up 3d comps in depth order. Specific layer to do this instead.
    Just don't bother with the node view thing unless it's useful. Imitation Flame thing from years ago. We all asked for it. And got something different. No one uses it. Do they?
    Import 3d models. Actual use of opengl for realtime fx.
    Decent colour grading tool. Not color finesse bundle. Or buying something. Even levels and HSB together would save a little time.
    Really not hard. Channel mixer anyone?
    Import XML file. Instead of buying auto duck. How about adobe buy auto duck instead?
    Silky smooth playback to broadcast monitor.
    Instead of node-based view of project. How about node based view of expressions a la quartz composer /c4d xpresso.
    Import midi files as keyframe data.
    Exponential scale as keyframe setting.
    Mask feathering with separate bezier for feathering. YES.
    Not crashing quite so much on my 8core.
    XYZ position editing as separate channels.

  • *** Adobe Creative Suite 4 Now Shipping!  After Effects CS4 New Features ***

    Adobe have officially announced the upcoming Creative Suite 4 group of products, including
    After Effects CS4,
    CS4 Production Premium bundle, and
    CS4 Master Collection.
    After Effects CS4 Top New Features
    b Live Adobe Photoshop 3D layers import
    Import Adobe® Photoshop® 3D layers into Adobe After Effects® CS4, move them, animate cameras around them, adjust lighting, and composite them with other elements.
    b Searchable timelines and projects and easier nested comp navigation
    Locate any element in a comp or project with the new QuickSearch. Quickly navigate between nested comps with the new Mini-Flowchart.
    b Compositions exported as layered projects
    Export compositions as layered, XFL format projects that can be opened and edited in Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional software. Many After Effects assets such as text and Adobe Illustrator® artwork are preserved as vectors.
    b Integrated workflow for mobile device authoring
    Select devices in Adobe Device Central and automatically set up an After Effects project that targets those devices, with settings that match the targeted devices and the Render Queue setup to output to the proper codecs and resolutions.
    b Numerous interface and workflow tweaks
    Work more efficiently with dozens of user-requested changes, including the new Auto Resolution setting that only renders visible pixels when zooming in and out of a comp view, streamlined memory and multicore processing preferences, and more.
    b Dynamic Link between Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Soundbooth
    Using Adobe Creative Suite® 4 Production Premium software, now link Adobe Premiere® Pro sequences to an After Effects composition and After Effects comps to Adobe Soundbooth® with Adobe Dynamic Link.
    b Independent keyframing of x, y, z values, plus 3D compositing improvements
    Composite in 3D space more easily: Keyframe x, y, and z position values separately, and use the new unified camera, which makes the After Effects camera tool work more like those in 3D modeling applications.
    b Cartoon effect
    Instantly give live footage the look of cell animation. Stylize video by reducing the color palette of a clip and by emphasizing edges.
    b Mocha for Adobe After Effects from Imagineer Systems
    Use this powerful 2.5D planar tracking application from Imagineer Systems to track the motion of elements even in challenging shots where elements move offscreen or where there is motion blur or excessive grain.
    b XMP metadata for asset intelligence
    Now retain asset metadata while you work in After Effects. Add new project-, comp-, and layer-level metadata to streamline project tracking, and automate asset auditing and many other tasks.
    Also note that
    Adobe OnLocation, included in the CS4 Master Collection, Production Premium bundle, and with Premiere Pro, now runs natively in Mac OS X as well as Windows.
    Adobe is offering some discounted upgrade incentive pricing for a limited time and/or pre-ordering. Some initial U.S. prices are as follows:
    i Product___________________CS3 to CS4 Upgrade_______CS4 Full Purchase
    After Effects CS3____________$299__________________$999
    Production Premium CS3_______$599__________________$1699
    Master Collection CS3_________$899__________________$2499
    Please visit
    www.adobe.com for accurate pricing, eligibility for upgrades and pre-orders in your region.
    Click here to be notified when CS4 products are available for purchase and trial.

    There's a list of the big new features in the
    "New features in After Effects CS4" section of After Effects CS4 Help on the Web, and you can read about every little change to the UI in the
    "User interface changes from After Effects CS3 to After Effects CS4" section.
    But I thought that all of you who have posted requests to this wishlist might like to get specific responses to some of the items on this list.
    First of all, though, I'd like to point out an innovative set of features that I think addresses a request that many of you have made... just not exactly as you asked for it. All of us have wanted a better way to see into and navigate among nested compositions (precompositions). The Composition Mini-Flowchart and Composition Navigator make moving around in a complex project much, much faster and easier. Telling you to see the
    "Opening and navigating nested compositions" section isn't going to do this feature set justice. You'll only appreciate how slick this is when you get your hands on it.
    Oh, and we reversed the behavior of double-clicking versus Option-double-clicking a precomposition layer: Now double-clicking opens the source composition in the Composition panel, not the precomposition layer in the Layer panel.
    Now, on to the specific responses...
    David Wigforss:
    > I completely agree that the graph editor needs work....
    > Position values need to be seperated into 3 distinct values that can
    > be adjusted independant of each other.
    Done.
    See
    "Separate dimensions of Position to animate components individually".
    Mark Weiss:
    > would like to see XDCam EX import capabilities.
    Done.
    See
    "Supported import formats".
    AndyClarke:
    > all effects in 32 bit or float
    Not quite all. But more are, including all of the 3D Channel effects, which is a category that really needed the upgrade.
    See
    "Effects and animation presets".
    AndyClarke
    > prob a really simple little thing but a 'centre anchor point' button could be handy?
    Move layers so that their anchor points are in the center of the composition or view?
    If so, then done. See the first tip on the
    "Move layers in space" page.
    silversurfer:
    > An intra-project search function that displays properties of every layer.
    Done.
    See
    "Search and filter in the Timeline, Project, and Effects & Presets panels".
    (Plus, you can now use the shortcut FF to show instances of missing effects. See
    "About effects".)
    Thomas Craul:
    > the possibility to expand all of the effects parameters in the effect controls window at once.
    > just like when expanding all layer properties or all subfolders with strg+klick (little arrow).
    Done.
    See
    "Shortcuts: showing properties in the Effect Controls panel".
    Pietje Bel:
    > I'd like to see some features I can use with my tablet (I got it for photoshop, though
    > I use AE even more than I use photoshop).
    We've had features for using the pen dynamics with the paint tools for a while. See
    "Brushes and the Brushes panel".
    That said, we've made some improvements under the hood that should make using a pen better (e.g., modifying the sensitivity during certain click and drag operations).
    Darren McNeill:
    > Simple, I would like After Effects to have the ability to extrude Text in 3d space.
    > Nothing complicated, just be able to create 3d Text.
    How about the ability to do this in Photoshop and then import the 3D object layer into After Effects?
    See
    "Using 3D object layers from Photoshop"
    invisiblerabbit:
    > Being able to specify how many processors to use in the multiprocessing preference pane.
    Done. Plus other improvements in this area.
    See
    "Memory & Multiprocessing preferences".
    invisiblerabbit:
    > I'd love a setting either in the preferences or the output module to write project
    > information (importantly: the name of the project) into the metadata of the rendered file.
    Done. And then some. On steroids.
    See
    "XMP metadata in After Effects".
    Navarro Parker:
    > I'd love AE projects to be searchable. Having the ability to search for comp names or source footage
    > names within projects from the Finder would be fantastic.
    Done, as long as you have the means to search within XML files. The new XML project file format opens up a lot of scripting possibilities, too.
    See
    "About projects".
    David Bogie:
    > I humbly ask the Adobe After Effects team to concentrate first on fixing anything
    > and everything that is broken or buggy before adding any more complexity to this application.
    > Make it more elgant, make it easier to use, make it faster... sure, fine. But invest the
    > creative energy and geek resources to making it work flawlessly instead of adding more stuff.
    Though we did add "more stuff", we also spent a lot of time polishing the application this time. The number of small tweaks to address pain points was very large.
    AndyClarke:
    > I just don't like the help browser.
    Better?
    After Effects CS4 Help on the Web
    Laurie Hogan:
    > I got a simple one. Can AE have Spell Check.
    AE Enhancers provides
    a spelling checker script.
    Laurie Hogan:
    > Also Can there be more integration between AE and Apple FCP.
    I give a link to a script from Dale Bradshaw on the
    "Supported import formats" page (at the bottom of the page).

  • After Effects CS6 Update fails with the code (U43M1D204)

    I was just downloading and installing the latest updates on both my windows workstation and my Apple MBP.  Everything went fine on the windows machine but I keep getting the following error when my MBP attempts to update After Effects CS6:
    Update Failed
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