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Common After Effects Questions (FAQ) — Please look here first
System/Software Version Issues
How do you open an AE 7.0 file in AE 6.5?
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• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=870467How can I speed up my computer for After Effects?
• https://www.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/workflow_2/index.html
• https://generalspecialist.com/2006/08/ae-render-in-background-work-in.aspWhy won’t AE see all my RAM?
• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=867951Software/Hardware Choices
After Effects or Shake?
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• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=872547What is a good 3D app?
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• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?univpostid=696318&forumid=2&postid=696368&pview=t&archive=TWhat is good screen capture software for making tutorials?
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Where is Fractal Noise?
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• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=855768Expressions
How do you loop footage?
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• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=476798&archive=THow do wiggle expressions work/how do you tie one to a slider?
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• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=872419Can you give me a general overview of expressions?
• https://www.jjgifford.com/expressions/index.html
• https://www.motionscript.com/
• https://www.creativecow.net/articles/ebberts_dan/ae6_exp/index2.htmlRendering /Codecs / Aspect Ratio
What is the best codec/render setting for web?
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• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=597463&archive=TWhat is the best codec/render setting for DVD?
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• https://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/video/codecs/Default.htm
• https://stream.uen.org/medsol/digvid/html/2C_codec0.html
• https://codecs.onerivermedia.com/What is pixel aspect ratio?
• https://www.creativecow.net/articles/gerard_rick/pixel_madness/index.htmlHow do I turn NTSC into PAL? (and vice versa)
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How to make a good 3D camera?
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• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=872549General Effects
How do I get an “old film look”?
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• https://www.creativecow.net/articles/graham_doug/film_look/index.htmlHow can I create a 3D ball/globe/sphere?
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• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=497177&archive=THow can I create 3D extruded text?
• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=881579How can I create 3D ribbons in After Effects?
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• https://www.creativecow.net/articles/chao_joe/ribbonsandconfetti/index.htmlHow can I turn Text to smoke?
• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=887858How can I create scrolling credits?
• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=117851&archive=THow can I create an earthquake effect?
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• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=609607&archive=THow can I create an Earth Zoom In?
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• https://www.creativecow.net/articles/rippon_richard/cloud_flythru/index.htmlHow to make the page turn effect?
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• https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=885706How do I get that organic growing vines look you see all the time?
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• https://creativecow.net/articles/simpson_mark/growing_tree/index.htmlHow do they do the HP commercials?
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• Creating Light Streaks
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How do I greenscreen?
• https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/chroma_key_part_1.html
• https://www.philipwilliams.com/greenscreen.aspx
• https://www.podcastdirectory.com/podshows/408492How do you cut out an actor from the background (Rotoscoping)?
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• https://www.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/junk_mattes/index.htmlFree Stuff (Stock photos/movies, Programs)
Where can I find free green screen stock footage?
• https://www.ribbitfilms.com/cgi/site/site.cgi/Where can I find explosions footage?
• https://www.detonationfilms.com/free_stuff.htmPlugins
• https://www.petewarden.com
• https://www.obviousfx.com/products/copyimage/copyimage.php
• https://www.andrewdavidson.com/aeflame/
• https://thepluginsite.com/resources/freeafx.htm
• https://www.philipp-spoeth.de/aftereffects/sinedots.php###
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Thanks Joel for creating this list. Hopefully, it will give people the incentive to take a moment and look at the list before they just barge in with the same question tbat’s been posted before.
If you have additional common questions and resources and want to list them here, please feel free to.
Kathlyn Lindeboom
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Super-mega-excellent work Joel!
I just though I’d add just a few more that I think resumed the person’s question pretty well!
How to create a TV bad reception effect?
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https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=877685How can I create an ink effect?
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https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=889064Justin Productions
Tangerin01@hotmail.com
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Sorry, here’s another one;
How can I render something from Particle Illusion with its alpha channel?
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Tangerin01@hotmail.com
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Oh oh oh!
Links of 3D objects for Zaxwerks Invigorator
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If your footage is assembled from different cuts, the pulldown is different for each cut. You need to ask the editor to give you each cut separately, so you can then find the pulldown phase and remove pulldown separately for each clip. Or you might have to cut and re-import it yourself.
Alternately, your footage might have been shot 24p advanced, and you’ll need to pick a phase for “remove advanced pulldown”.
Or your film was shot at 30 fps, with no pulldown. Maybe.
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Thanks for the list .. not only will it save posts being refered to twice it can act as a sourse of inspiration. Just seeing the the things that AE is capable of before i even knew i had questions to ask is great !
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How do I make my text shine through with light? or
How do I make light beams shine around my letters?
https://www.trapcode.com/products_shine.html– The Great Szalam
(The ‘Great’ stands for ‘Not So Great)No trees were harmed in the creation of this message, but several thousand electrons were mildly inconvenienced.
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Trying to import files from Adobe Illustrator, but the vector is not being preserved when it’s brought into After Effects. Is this because we’re still using 6.5 or is it another issue?
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Don’t forget to press the continuous rasterize button.
The “Great” stands for “Not-So-Great”
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Pleas post again under a new topic.
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