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The issue is caused by type that is 3 px high and scaled several thousand percent. Make the type about 80 px at 100% scale.

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Is this what you want?

Sample file:

6863_onecharacteratatime.aep.zip

If so, you need to change the Shape of the animation to Ramp Up.

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You may want to investigate puppets using IK. There is a useful and free script available here:

https://duduf.net/?page_id=151

You’ll find some rudimentary training there as well.

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Check the pixel aspect ratio of the Composition, from the Composition menu select Composition Settings, make sure the PAR is square pixels.

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Try a wiggly selector. Settings something like these:

Sample File:

6838_wiggley.aep.zip

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Here is a sample file with the expression working:

6828_collision.aep.zip

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This may help:

https://motionscript.com/design-guide/collision.html

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When I look at the left colour stop in Illustrator it *is* white.

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[Todd Kopriva] ” We’re hoping to have a new After Effects CC (12.2) update out next month with these improvements, as well as a new After Effects CS6 (11.0.4) update with the same improvements.”

That’s great news Todd. Thanks for supporting the older software.

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While CUDA is supported on GT 650M in the Macbook Pro Retina, it just meets the minimum requirements for the Ray-traced 3D Renderer.

After Effects sometimes complains that it cannot use the GPU for Ray-tracing. This appears to occur when other applications have used some of the GPU’s memory – quitting those apps (even a browser) and relaunching After Effects solves the problem for me.

I’ve read that since the last update in AE CC that this still an issue.

Other than that, as a mobile machine the MBPr is great.