
Usually it’s just a rogue keyframe to blame-you may have accidentally set the size or opacity to zero, or-more likely-the layer endpoint is coming up before the end of the comp. If your layers keep disappearing, a few things could be at play. Mistake #1: The Case of the Disappearing Layers To help you avoid these pesky problems, we’ve compiled a list of the ten biggest and most common AE mistakes out there-and how to avoid them. You’re happily animating away, minding your own business, when suddenly-bam! You get hit with a weird error message, or your layer disappears…and why isn’t the mask tool working anyway? After Effects can be a complicated program, and while customizable After Effects templates and internet tutorials can help anyone get the ball rolling, there are still a few ins and outs that can elude even advanced animators and FX artists.


Fluid Random Swirl controls are disabled in the ECW.


Improvements to performance when parameters are linked via expressions in Particular.Friction now enabled for Bounce collisions in Particular.
