AI is a great solution, but the price is simply beyond my means as an After Effects hobbyist (even though it could solve my problem).

I’ll keep looking for other alternatives.

When I tried to send the first post, it kept getting flagged as spam, so I thought it hadn’t gone through—which is why I ended up posting it multiple times.

The answer in the other post also suggests using keyframes, but I believe there must be a simpler way to do it, so I’ll keep looking.

Thanks for your reply.

Well, it looks like I have no choice but to set keyframes.

Sorry, man.

My file didn’t upload properly. My main issue isn’t the star explosion itself—there are plenty of ways to handle that; basically, any particle effect would work.

The real challenge is the transformation of the four-pointed star. I’ve managed the rotation by moving the anchor point outside, but I can’t figure out how to achieve a n…

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Hi, I’m trying to recreate this four-pointed star animation style in After Effects.

The rotation and particle part are easy, but I can’t figure out how to make the star shape feel so organic when it stretches and contracts.

It doesn’t look like a simple scale animation. Is there a specific effect or technique used for this kind of fluid shape…

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Thank you very much, this is very helpful to me, I will study this project carefully. Thank you for your reply.

I need the effect shown in Figure 1.

I first tried 3D rendering each character individually and adding opacity, but the effect was for the entire text, not individual characters.

Therefore, I tried using nisai_baramoji to split the text, but after splitting it, I had no idea how to achieve the desired effect. I haven’t found any other methods that…

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Thank you for your reply. This tutorial is very useful. I’ll check it out later when I have time.

My focus is more on After Effects. Since I need to use C4D to create EXR files with channels for After Effects 3D channel tutorials, I’m not particularly interested in C4D.

The rigid body has been found in the “Bullet” tag.

As shown in the picture, the new version’s Simulation tab doesn’t have a Rigid Body tab, but I need the console to fall instead of floating using the Cloth tab.

I’d love for someone to tell me how to add a Rigid Body in the new interface, rather than reverting to the old interface and downloading old C4D. In a few years, these operations will…

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As shown in the image, why is there a # in front of the layer? I previously thought it was a plugin and didn’t pay much attention to it.

It wasn’t until today, when I was faking an engraving effect, that I realized it wasn’t the case. All the parameters in the layer were completely default text parameters, but there was a #, and the adjustment…

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I think I’ve found the cause. It’s probably due to copying the trimming path. I created an equivalent line with nearly identical parameters, and the new one didn’t have the bounce issue.

So it’s probably due to copying the trimming path (possibly).

I don’t know if this is helpful to you, I got some information in the picture through Kimi

Haha, I don’t hate you that much.

I’m pretty sure this isn’t a language issue.

The problem probably lies with the lines. I’ll look into it later when I have time, find the cause, and then post a reply to this thread to avoid confusion for future generations.

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, as shown in the video, there’s a bounce in the middle.

When there’s no start keyframe, only an end keyframe, it grows normally.

For most other lines, they disappear normally from left to right, without triggering a bounce.

As shown in the image, we know:

a. The line’s anchor point is on the left, which is fine.

b. The line has start and end keyframes, which is fine.

c. The line’s start and end points are both at 100%, which is fine.

d. The line bounces around 60%, which is a problem.

e. There is no scaling transformation.

f. I expected it to disappear from left to right,…

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Hey, what a coincidence! I just happened to mention the Flex plugin in my last two plugin talks.

Flex, you should research it. You can buy it from the official website, or get the download link directly from the introduction in my latest plugin talk video (•̀ᴗ• ) ̑̑

Yes, it was a renderer issue. I tried Classic 3D and turned on the projection in the lighting settings, which solved the problem (when I first created the composition, I used Advanced 3D Rendering, which caused my projection to be turned off). Thank you for your answer.

I tried linking the light to an empty object and moving it, but it still didn’t work.

My projection and receive projection were both enabled (as described in the video).

I need to make three-dimensional text appear with a shadow (both the white background and the text layer have Drop Shadow and Drop Shadow enabled).

However, no matter how I move the point light, the text doesn’t cast a shadow (as shown in the picture, I changed the shadow to red, but it obviously doesn’t appear at all. I also tried moving the point…

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Thank you, man. That’s the question, I have to give you a big thumbs up

I encountered the following expression error when using the Sclice It Up plugin to fragment an image composite:

Error: Unable to find layer “end slices” layer.

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However, this layer does exist in my composition, and the top-left effect has been added.

I suspect this might be because the expression for the layer within the composition…

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Hey guys, I found the problem. I downloaded it from Lookae at first, but Lookae doesn’t support 2025 Chinese AE. After I tried the plugin downloaded from gfxfather, it worked perfectly, so I came to this conclusion. Thanks for your reply

I’m trying to use the Han Motion Type plugin (pictured), but the animation of this plugin is completely ineffective. I searched the website but couldn’t find any related issues. I’d like to ask if this is due to the language problem of AE software, or if the plugin I downloaded is not regular? Thank you very much