Stroke in Adobe After Effects CS6 doesn't work for me.

Stroke in Adobe After Effects CS6 doesn't work for me.

by Syed Usman

on Jun 11, 2015 at 4:58:41 am

I have After Effects CS6. I'm trying to learn that from YouTube. I'm following the exact steps that are shown in the tutorial, and the guy in the tutorial is able to make effects using Stroke Effect. But my Stroke effect doesn't work at all. :-(.

Please respond how to set this up or how to come outta this problem.

Re: Stroke in Adobe After Effects CS6 doesn't work for me.

by John Cuevas

on Jun 11, 2015 at 11:11:51 am

What tutorial and please post a screen shot of your comp timeline. Make sure to press twirl open the layer you are trying to apply the stroke.

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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Re: Stroke in Adobe After Effects CS6 doesn't work for me.

by Dave LaRonde

on Jun 11, 2015 at 6:22:14 pm

... and WHOSE CS6 tutorial are you using on youtube? Some of them can be pretty bad -- the presenter simply forgets to include key points in a technique, and just assumes viewers will just understand what's going on.

But I would trust the training materials you will find here:

http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2010/01/getting-started-with-after-eff....

Dave LaRonde
Promotion Producer
KGAN (CBS) & KFXA (Fox) Cedar Rapids, IA

Re: Stroke in Adobe After Effects CS6 doesn't work for me.

by Dave LaRonde

on Jun 11, 2015 at 6:41:50 pm
Last Edited By Dave LaRonde on Jun 11, 2015 at 11:17:29 pm

....and here is an outstanding set of AE tutorials right here on the COW:

http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2012/02/after-effects-basics-tutorials-...

The COW does a bad job of organizing tutorials. This list on the Adobe web site is much better. I forget if Andrew Devis, the presenter, uses AE CS 5.5 or AE CS6, but it won't make any difference to you.

Dave LaRonde
Promotion Producer
KGAN (CBS) & KFXA (Fox) Cedar Rapids, IA