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After Effects Troubleshooting: 28 Common Problems (And How to Fix Them)

Struggling with After Effects? In this video I walk through 28 of the most common issues beginners run into, and show you exactly how to fix them.

In this video:

0:05 - 1. Why can't I see the selection of my shapes?

0:21 - 2. Why can't I see the motion path?

0:40 - 3. How to make a curved motion path straight?

1:36 - 4. Why is my layer moving between two keyframes with the same value?

2:37 - 5. How to move where the layer rotates and scales from?

3:05 - 6. Why isn't the anchor point's value zero when it's in the center of the shape?

4:41 - 7. How to move an entire animation?

5:01 - 8. How to align multiple layers?

5:13 - 9. How to move multiple layers together?

5:39 - 10. Why can't I create a new shape layer?

6:04 - 11. Why can't I create a mask?

6:18 - 12. Why doesn't my rectangle have an option for rounded corners?

7:00 - 13. How do I select points on a path?

7:40 - 14. Where are the bezier handles on my path?

7:51 - 15. Why are layers missing in the timeline?

8:08 - 16. Why is my keyframed animation not showing?

8:51 - 17. Why does my trim path animation look weird?

9:22 - 18. How to get rid of extra time at the end of a rendered animation?

9:31 - 19. Why is my rendered animation getting cut off?

9:46 - 20. Why am I getting this error: "After Effects error: Cached preview needs 2 or more frames to play back"?

10:12 - 21. How to make the layers inside my composition not see through when animating the opacity of the composition?

10:46 - 22. Where is my composition?

11:18 - 23. Why can't I see my animation anymore?

11:29 - 24. Why can't I put my playhead on a keyframe?

11:52 - 25. How to make the timeline bigger?

12:29 - 26. How to see missing options in the timeline?

12:45 - 27. How to get After Effects to stop freezing when opening a project?

12:59 - 28. Why is my animation playing back too slowly?

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