Not the best footage for tracking, but after effects did a good job nonetheless.

Credit-vision

This has not happened this frequent until this morning when I try to start working for the day, I use BOTH Premiere Pro and After Effects a lot, and very rare do I get a crash. But this morning, I've gotten well over 10+ crashes happening when just booting up either software, and its making me nearly have a panic attack because I can't work.

I've tried restarting my computer, resetting preferences (that didnt work), manually deleting third party stuff I use, and right now I'm clearing up space on my external SSD which I use to edit on to see if that will work. If it crashes again, then I might just crash out myself.

Forgot to mention 😄

I'm on a mac studio with the M2 Max chip

32GB memory

MacOS Sonoma 14.6

and editing is mostly done on a Samsung T5 external ssd

It is making it glow if i move up

I'm referencing this scene from Memories (1995), which made a strong impression on me. I'm trying to recreate a similar effect for a project and would appreciate some technical advice.

My current plan is to shoot two takes from the same locked-off camera position using a wide-angle lens. In the first take, a female actor performs a controlled fall to the floor. In the second, another actor mimics catching something. I'd then use rotoscoping in After Effects to composite the shots so that the female actor appears to pass through him.

I am new in after effect and I made alot of searches about how to make a smooth animation and i tried them but it didnt work and I know the idea of the graph but i cant make a smooth animation

This isn’t my first project, but it’s one of the most difficult ones so far. I’ll be doing more.

I have this shot where this Bionicle figure turns and walks away, and I need to isolate him so I can change the background and foreground. I tried to key out the blue first but as you can see the blue screen wasn't well lit. And also there's lots of blue reflections on the edges of the plastic figure which get cut making the cutout of the figure look messy. I tried rotoscoping everything and I got about halfway through but then it started getting glitchy and adding or removing random things out of nowhere. Not to mention its a painful process because there's so many little holes in the figure where the background comes through and I have to paint them out frame by frame, and half the time I'm switching between different roto tools because they just don't want to be removed. And I'm probably gonna need 2 different layers because I want to overlay a real fire on the right arm, which will have to pass under the body once the figure turns. I'm just looking for any advice on either keying or rotoscoping, whatever people think I should do in this situation.

i keep getting this error over and over again no matter what i do. ill be editing a video no effects and 3 minutes into it i get this message. I don't know what to do

I want to try moving the torso, the shield and the head but don't know how to make it look natural. Any ideas?

I have a plugin called RXXR that can produce a similar effect, but this feels like something different. Would love to hear everyones input.

I made this for a trial

I learned after effects for about 3 weeks before giving up after experiencing burnout and discouraging myself from going because I kept seeing posts about ai taking over and it made everything feel pointless.

Today I came across the first proper project I made without a tutorial. I kinda wanna start learning again and would love for some feedback from you guys!

I can't believe how after effects doesn't have this feature yet, despite how important it is, i know i can do linear wipe or other techniques but it all comes down to hiding and showing an already still image of a brush that i make in another software. Is there any plugin that i don't know of that adds the ability to use custom brushes in after effects?

I spent one week testing a connected creative workflow around the tools I already use: After Effects, Premiere Pro and Cinema 4D, linked to Claude and ChatGPT through MCP.

I remained the creative director, choosing the ideas, aesthetic and final calls. ChatGPT worked alongside me as a production and technical assistant, while Claude acted as the hands-on operator inside the tools — building, editing and iterating from my direction.

A substantial part of this reel went through After Effects: compositing, motion graphics, timing, cleanup and final polish. Cinema 4D handled the 3D work, with Premiere Pro used for assembly and finishing.

Every highlight shown here comes from a complete, finished piece we actually made. These are not disconnected test clips or random generated videos — this is a highlight reel drawn from the full projects and reels behind them.

This wasn't a one-click “AI made this” experiment. It was more like building a small, connected creative team around the tools I already use.

I’d genuinely appreciate critique from experienced AE artists: what works, what still feels amateur, and what would you push further?

credit : protobacillus on ig

I came across this guy’s video on IG, and I’m wondering if his work is actually original. It looks like he might just be using a pre-made animation template and making a few changes to the project file, then presenting the result as if he created the whole thing from scratch.

I’m not trying to jump to conclusions, but to me it feels fake. Based on his ig post here Instagram: he just started after effects around May this year lmao

Just a little 5 second shot I created a while back.

The planet/moons are from ProductionCrate, and I made the stars myself in PS. Graded in DaVinci Resolve.

I am by no means a skilled AE user (yet) but I feel like this looks pretty good.