After Effects- how to insure

Once i buy an AFTER EFFECTS TEMPLATE and i hand it over to a designer to work on for my project- how do i insure that he doesn't use it for his own purpose afterwards?ANy suggestions please.

You can protect InCopy Assignments in InDesign and you can do similar in Framemaker with snippets. Does that count? You can also encrypt and protect content in many CAD programs to prevent the wrong people from changing drawings... Also RenderMan RIB files and MentalRay render files can be locked to a specific license and encrypted. I'm sure if you do a little digging, one could come up with further examples. Just because Adobe has no such thing on offer does not mean that it doesn't exist or could not be used, though there will always be loopholes of course...
Mylenium

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After Effects - how to get it separately???

Hi, I am a student, purchased the CS6 package for a fortune appr. 1 year ago. I would like to use AfterEffects - and I have just realized that adobe discontinued selling products separately. Is there any way to purchase After Effects only? After spending heaps of money on a package of softwares I would not like to buy everything all over again with buying a subscription for everything... Please advise what to do. Thank you.

Just what "CS6 package" did you purchase... and are you sure After Effects is not included in what you have? (did you install everything?)
If the package you purchased did not include After Effects, look at Creative Suite 6

After Effects: How do I pause AUTOSCROLL for a second?

The scroll effect to this blue arrow(which will go through the page) but I want to pause it for a short while, (by the bracket) , then start up again
How do I do this with Keyframes/ or whatever

I don't know what this "Autoscroll" thing you are using is. Is it an animation preset?
It seems like this would be much easier to keyframe manually.
Just keyframe the position from left to right with some keyframes in the middle to stop it.
If you don't know how to do keyframe animation, you should take a step back and start here.

Rendering Video Files with After Effects, how?

I have succeeded rendering Xvid and DivX compressed AVI files to view them in TCPMP in my TX. The only thing that is not working so far is the audio. Can anyone advice what to do?
Or if anyone knows of another way to compress to MPEG4 or other viewable format for TCPMP...
Thanks in advance,
JDL
Post relates to: Tungsten E2

After Effects and added some effects and color correction, the final clip got out 392GB, although I chose the uncompressed settings and although I added effects. Normally it should be more than 578 GB.
The default QT output uses the Animation CoDec, which is a visually lossless compression. No problem here and I think you are overdoing. There is nothing wrong with converting files e.g. to LZW compressed TIFFs, PNG or EXR files, all formats producing much smaller file sizes than QT files and without losing any info...
Mylenium

Working with after effects in photoshop?

I want to edit some contents of the after effects of videos like clearning up skin or removing objects in photoshop from after effects - how would this get done? both ar cs5 and both ar 64bit

If you want to work on the frames of a movie in Photoshop, you have a few options. One is to render and export a composition from After Effects as an image sequence, and work on the frames as individual images in Photoshop. Another approach is tor ender and export the composition as a QuickTime movie and then import tha into Photoshop; this requires Photoshop Extended.
These options are covered in a bit more detail in "Working with After Effects and Photoshop".

Repousse and After Effects Integration

Once you import a some extruded text from repousse in Photoshop Extended into After Effects, how in the world are you supposed to animate and retain its 3d qualities with other compositions and layers? I can animate it on its own, but there is no way to match the movement with other parts. If you drag the composition that has the repousse element (that moves with all 3d qualities intact) into any other composition, it doesn't seem to integrate with the other elements. If you hit the 3D button in AE, it goes flat...
What is the point of being able to import 3D anything into after effects if you cant animate it in context with anything else?

Todd, don't get me wrong, i have learned a good bit from Lynda.com. I said I love it.
It is simply my personal feeling that Kramer's video's DO cover both, in a very succint, and meaningful way, without watching hours of fluff at 2X the speed to get to the beef of the info faster. And his tutorials are FREE.
That is not to say i don't think Lynda.com is worth it. I do. It is a great bargain for the volume of stuff they cover.
For me, I like Kramer's the best and think he has raised the bar on tutorials. And I think the industry should take note.
For example, Kramer made an orb in about 30 seconds in 3DS as part of a larger tutorial. In that short time he didn't specifically address each thing he did in minute detail, but if you use your head, you very obviously pick up how the tool functions, without spending a boatload of time on it. All while making a cool example.
And that is why I love his site. The way he teaches saves time.
Maybe others prefer it differently.
But it was very effective to me.
I would still recommend Adobe or Lynda to anyone.
But volume and extraineous detail, and especially components that are hyped to be much more than they are, do not necessarily add value and wreak of companies getting too focused on managing the scale their business, offering products before they are ready because of some managers personal schedule and career goals vs. meaningful innovation, that ultimately brings in the $$$, and builds brand loyalties over time.
Volume does not equal Value. Less is more if it is done in the best way that it can be done.

After Effects Changes my Clips FPS from 29.97 to 25? Help :)

Hey guys,
I am trying to edit a video and when ever i import clips that are 29.97, (check other programs and they state they are also 29.97 fps), after effects changes the 29.97fps clips in 25fps clip, i am clue less as to what to do and is rather
frustration. Please help.
Kind regards,
Eggy

After Effects hasn't changed anything. You just need to tell After Effects how to interpret the footage:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7f86 a.html#WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7f82a
Start here to learn After Effects:
http://adobe.ly/AE_basics

I don't install After Effect again

I don't install After Effect again.While i don't have After Effect in my computer.But Adobe Cretive Clud Show is on picture i can't install After Effect.How to fix it

http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/aam-lists-removed-apps-date.html

Dynamic Link from Premiere to After Effects (Source footage keeps erasing)

I am using Premiere cs4 and when I right clip on a clip on my sequence and hit (Replace with After Effects Composition) It opens it up with after effects. That part works. I also can make changes in After effects to the clip and I go back to Premiere and the changes are made. The problem is when I close After effects, in my premiere project the file that I changed in after effects goes offline and It is only color bars. If I open up the after effects project again it also shows that the source footage I edited is offline.
How do I fix this issue. All I want to do is take a couple clips in my premiere project and edit them in after effects. How do I keep it through the dynamic link and keep it saved even when after effects is closed?? Or if I have to reopen after effects how do I make it so the footage loads back in?
Please help!
Thanks

Hellow Kate
Now that worked for me 2! Thank you very much for the advice. Hope they fix this serious issue in the CS5 edition that is announced.
Otherwise I think the adobe-software is not wurth that amount of money. Indeed, it's very incredible software with great tools. But
such problems can not be tolerated...
Hope they do something about it!
Kind regards
G

How do I export an animation from Photoshop with no background, to use in after effects?

Its been a few years since I've used photoshop and after effects together so hoping you can remind me how to do this.
I'm trying to export an animation created in photohop, its frame by frame, no background. I've been exporting it as an image sequence, now I"ve coloured it I need to solve this transparency issue.
Is there a way to export it to use in after effects on top of a background layer.
So I just want to see the character, no background, animation on top of my background layer in after effects, does that make sense??
Please don't say I need to have an alpha channel on each frame, that will take ages, there must be another way.
Please help I need to sort this ASAP
Thanks in advance!
x

Thanks!
So this makes sense, I tried it, when I import into after effects (here is the psd.)
I get this window not sure what to be selecting, but I tried different things and it still isn't importanting as literally the animation with no background, have I missed something? whats strange is that when I import the psd, what does import is a strange monatage of snippets of the video I'm making in afterfx, not the completely separate animation i made in photoshop which I'm trying to work into the video.
very perplexing! any more help is much appreciated.
Thanks

I need to reinstall my computer, how do I deal with Premiere pro and After effects?

Hello,
As my question states I need to reinstall my computer (laptop) and I'm not quite sure on how to deal with Premiere pro and After effects.
I am thinking that I need to do some sort of backup and save my projects and footage on a sepparate drive.
If I reinstall my computer, install my creative suit production premium, and move back all of my projects and footage, won't I have to re-link every single clip?
I am currently workning on several different projects and having to re-link everything is something I don't even want to think about, that would take me days if not weeks.
Another option on my mind would be to use Creative cloud. I do have the free version but I have never used it even once before and I'm not quite sure what the purpose of the cloud is and if this is a way to use it.
I have no idea how to go about this computer reinstalation without either loosing tons of work or having to re-link every single clip used.
I am videoediting only as a hobby so I have no experience working with other people and sharing projects or the like, wich is my understanding of what the cloud is for.
Any and all help would be grealty appreciated, I know this is probably really easy but ever since i got my Suit I haven't reinstalled, upgraded och changed my computer so I am just clueless as to how to go about this.
I have Creative suit production premium, I also have the free Creative cloud.
It is only Premiere pro and After effects that I am using and am worried about.
Thank you for any help.
-Lisa Kajupank
(and oh, I just notice my name - umustbejoking - I think I just wrote that cause they wouldn't let me use anything else, saying it was already taken. So nevermind that haha.)
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If the computer's running Mac OS X, move the cursor to the very top of the computer's screen, click on Store, and choose Authorize this Computer.
If the computer's running Windows, press the Alt and S keys and choose Authorize this Computer, or click here, follow the instructions, click on Store in the menu bar, and choose Authorize this Computer.
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How can I use After Effects filters on a whole sequence without getting stuck in After Effects?

It appears that, with the options that are visible to the user, Dynamic Link only goes one-way and can't make round trips from Premiere Pro to After Effects and back again. If I send a sequence to After Effects, that part works fine and I can do what I want and save the comp. However, even though the comp appears as an asset in Premiere Pro, I am not allowed to do anything with it. If I try to drag it to a new sequence, it just says no. If I click "Create Sequence from Clip" it creates an empty sequence.
So how can I use After Effects on whole sequences/tracks instead of just on a clip-by-clip-by-clip-by-clip-by-clip basis? is this possible? For instance, if I have a whole sequence where I've neutralized the white balance, I might want to apply a warming filter to the whole thing as a unit. That would be really painful with even a few clips to keep doing that again and again, and if you want to modify it slightly you have to do it over and over. If there is a way to do that through Dynamic Link through some hidden option, what happens with the audio? Would I have to cut it out of the lower sequence and paste it into the higher sequence with the After Effects comp as a video track?

I'm not an Adoby guy, hence you may ignore my reply, but Adobe Dynamic Link is obviously not just one way ticket and in most cases works just fine.
You have already been explained by J-MS and tclark513 how to properly use it and which pitfalls may occur.
So as to apply an effect onto a whole sequence or a group of clips you need to either nest them in PrPro or pre-compose them in AE. Then just apply an effect (or several ones) onto that composition.
So, if you nest clips in PrPro, select your nested sequence in the timeline, right-click and choose 'Replace with After Effects Composition'. Done! Your dynamically linked AE composition is in the right place in your timeline and in your Project panel as well. If you can not treat it as an ordinary footage, there are obviously some mistakes in your workflow.
If you didn't nest your sequence or a group of clips in PrPro before replacing them with AE composition, you may easily do it within AE. Just select all the layers in AE composition and choose Layer -> Pre-compose... (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+C) Done! Switch back to your Master comp and apply your desired effect(s)
You may loose some effects or/and transitions while travelling from PrPro to AE via Adobe Dynamic Link, whereas you don't while travelling back
(If you start building your AE composition from scratch right in AE and then need to import it into PrPro, DO NOT export one as PrPro project out of AE, but rather choose Adobe Dynamic Link -> Import After Effects Composition... within PrPro)
P.S. And yes, submit a feature-request so that Adobe will convert 'Transparent Video' into fully functional 'Adjustment Layer'.

How can i find out if i have a bad codec affecting after effects?

hi all, i'm having all kinds of problems with after effects cs4. the current problem i'm having is i'll be working on a project, it starts to slow down and become unresponsive, i try to save but then it crashes and everything i've done is lost. opengl is off but i don't think that's the problem because opengl isn't affecting any of my other programs like cinema 4d and i even tried taking out the opengl from the plugins folder but i was still getting opengl error messages with certain effects like the rotoscoping effect. i was wondering if maybe this might be a codec problem since i heard that ae loads codecs at start. how can i find out if a corrupted codec is affecting my after effects?
after effects cs4
amd turion 64 x2 mobile technology tl-62 2.10 ghz
3 gb ram
windows vista 32
geforce go 6150
total graphics memory: 1343 mb
dedicated graphics memory: 128 mb
system video memory: 0 mb
shared system memory: 1215 mb
i'm pretty much desperate to get this working as it's essential to my work flow and i can't afford to get a new computer right now (i should have bought a mac, now i know) so i'll try anything if you have any suggestions. thanks!

>how can i find out if a corrupted codec is affecting my after effects?
You remove them all! ;-) I think you are going about this the wrong way.
a)If you ever installed any third-party CoDecs manually, they will be listed in the "Add or Remove Programs" section or have an uninstaller.
b)If those CoDecs were auto-installed e.g. via a web-browser, they will leave traces in the extension lists or even appear as separate entries somewhere as well.
c) If the CoDecs were part of a program, then by all rights, you really should know which programs those are and know how to remove them.
Failing that, simply uninstall Quicktime completely. Reinstall it from scratch. Likewise, manually download a full install of Windows Media Player and reinstall it using the "Repair" option. Everything else is pure specualtion - AE may scan your CoDecs on startup, but if you never import any footage using them, they will not be initialized and not cause trouble.
And honestly: That Mac talk is not worth a dime. Final Cut Pro alone comes with 30 or so extra CoDecs, many of which have been known to be just as troublesome to use with Adobe products and you can encounter the same situation easily any time...
Mylenium

How do I get after effects to render with my GPU?

Yea, really noob question, but I can't figure it out!
Spent literally HOURS trying to find how to do this.. Use my GTX 670 to render instad of CPU. Can't figure it out. I finally (I think) figured out where to change the setting to raytraced rendering, but it still REFUSES to use it. I can't work like this! Countless hours to render a 4 min video with an i7? I am checking with a hardware monitor, and my GPU isn't getting used.
I don't have the time (or inclination) to watch hours and hours of tutorial videos. I am the type of person that uses templates and modifies them to my needs/desires, so pointing me to a "generic" after effect tutorial website will do no good.
Now, I only mention this to show that I don't come running for help every time I have a small problem, and refuse to try and find the answer myself. I have myself learned how to edit text, make it appear and disappear. Slow down and speed up an entire composition and much much more all by using google. But I obviously can't get the wording right with google because I can't find a solution.

You cannot enforce GPU raytracing if your card is not supported and that is that. If adding the card to the raytracer_supported_cards.txt file and updating the graphics driver doesn't do it, then nothing will. You are using dead technology, anyway.
Mylenium

How can I install after effects on 32 bit operating system?

How can I install after effects on 32 bit operating system?
I cant even find it in creative cloud.
I want to make a intro but it dossent allow me to even find/ istall it.
I hope some one will help me by anwsering my question.
Than you for time.

If your system does not meet the minimum system requirements you have to go back to a version that does. Try the direct download links you'll find here.. CS5 comes bundled with CS4 for AE which is the last version to run on a 32 bit system.

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