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Jeff Hanson

congrats on the new release! -- looking forward to exploring this version. [but: oops-no "compatibility" tab on the Ouroborus 2 page. CS6?]

Remco Janssen

Jeff Hanson said:

congrats on … page. CS6?]

Yep, it should work on CS6. The compatibility tab is back now Thanks for the heads-up!

John Flores

Only the Set Matte & Colour module buttons work for me. All the other modules don't seem to work. I'm on Windows 10, AE CC2017.2

Remco Janssen

John Flores said:

Trim button is not working.

Can you open up a ticket here? Please describe the steps, so we can recreate the bug.

Lars Jandel

Had the same issue, that only color and set matte worked. Restarting AE fixed the problem for me. Maybe it is a first time starting thing.

Remco Janssen

Lars Jandel said:

Had the … starting thing.

Thanks for your comment! We're working on the issue.

Ben Parker

Hi Guys I have the same issue as Lars Jandel. Unfortunately re-starting AE did not resolve the issue. I am aware that your already working on this so no need to respond I just wanted to let you know.

Joe Clay

I have that same bug as well. On a Mac, running latest 2017 version. I removed the old version I had (1.3) completely. I manually removed it from the presets xml file in the application bundle and I used the old installer to remove.

I hope you tracked it down, and can release soon. My coworker was able to get it to work, but he never had the older version at all.

Kevin Botka

Only the Set Matte & Colour module buttons work for me as well. MacOS, AE CC2017.2

John Gardner

Same issue, some modules do not work... Hope a new version is available soon, because I loved the 1st version of ouroboros too...

Remco Janssen

We've released a fix for the before mentioned bug. Please try it and let us know if it works!

Scott Allen

!!

John Gardner

Trim is now working, but the dot feature is not functional... 

John Gardner

yeah, delay isn't working either... I am following the same steps in tutorials and I see no effect..

John Gardner

Delay will only work if i add the speed module... if i then remove speed module, the delay module will work as in tutorial video...

Remco Janssen

John Gardner said:

Delay will … tutorial video...

Hi John, can you open up a ticket from the about dialog of Ouroboros? This way I can get some specifics about your OS and AE version. I think this might just be a similar problem as the other bug, but it only happens on specific systems. It doesn't happen anywhere in my testing setup.

Danny Gruening

Every time I try to open the Ouroboros script, a prompt tells me that it needs "write access". If I don't do anything, the script fails.

This might seem like an odd question, but can someone explain how to give Ouroboros write access in After Effects?

Sander van Dijk

Danny Gruening said:

Every time I try to open the Ouroboros script, a prompt tells me that it needs "write access". If I don't do anything, the script fails.

This might seem like an odd question, but can someone explain how to give Ouroboros write access in After Effects?

Quick question: Do you have "Allow scripts to Write Files and Access Network" enabled in the settings menu? 

Mohammad Sabri

i noticed that ..

update release date need to correct 

2.0.1  (Current version)  -  Jun 11, 2017

Lars Werner

This Plugin is really great :-) Thanks for sharing this for free choice of payment...

I found a bug, maybe you can fix it.

When i took a font and created a shape layer out of it and then tried to ouroboros it i got expression errors. I need to rename for every letter the expressions because ouroboros uses "Path 1" as default, but the leters have different names in the parent layer.

I hope you can fix that... :-)

Lars Werner

Lars Werner said:

This Plugin is really great :-) Thanks for sharing this for free...

I found a bug, maybe you can fix it.

When i took a font and created a shape layer out of it and then tried to ouroboros it i got expression errors. I need to rename for every letter the expressions because ouroboros uses "Path 1" as default, but the leters have different names in the parent layer.

I hope you can fix that... :-)

And... when you have through converted font layers to shape layers two or more the same "shape name" it refers to the first. For example an "ANNA" would show just the first A and N.

By the the way i am on MacOS Sierra 10.12.5 withe AE CC 2017 14.2.1.34

Lars Werner

so fun to play with

Michael Lansdell

I've noticed two things that don't seem to quite work with this. I wonder if there is a known issue with letters with holes in (O, A, B, D, etc) and having more than a certain number of shape layers? I've not watched all of the tutorial videos yet so apologies if these get covered in one of those. I'll keep working my way through though, this looks great!

Remco Janssen

Michael Lansdell said:

I've noticed … looks great!

Thanks Michael, we are aware of the letter shapes issue and will work on it as soon as possible. Ouro should work with multiple layers though… Can you open a support ticket with a screen recording of what happens with multiple layers?

Graham Nix

I'm finding that it's hard to duplicate a Ouroboros layer and parent it to a different comp. It's giving me the error on the trim paths module saying:

 "// Ensures that 'Link' works properly when both 'Link Start' & 'Link End' are checked.

// Disabling this expression might result in unexpected behaviour.

thisLayer.effect("Ouroboros")("Link Start").value && thisLayer.effect("Ouroboros")("Link End").value ? 0 : value;" 

Remco Janssen

Graham Nix said:

I'm finding…module saying:

When you parent an Ouro layer to another layer it requires the exact same structure as the original layer it was created from. Can you open a bug report so we can discuss the matter further?

Jackson Choong

Hi Sir, When I try to add more colours by pressing the '+' button, the Ouroboros doesn't respond or change at all.

May you help to figure out what I had done wrong in the progress or it's a bug?

(All I did is create a shape > Ouroboros> Colour> +)

 I'm using the latest version of Ouroboros 2 (v 2.0.2), and After Effect CC 2017 14.1.0.57.

I even tried to completety removed the very first version of Ouroboros 1 but still not work. 

Thanks.

Sander van Dijk

Jackson Choong said:

Hi Sir, When I try to add more colours by pressing the '+' button, the Ouroboros doesn't respond or change at all. May you help to figure out what I had done wrong in the progress or it's a bug? I'm using the latest version of Ouroboros 2 (v 2.0.2), and After Effect CC 2017 14.1.0.57. I even tried to completety removed the very first version of Ouroboros 1 but still not work. 

Hi Jackson, you might not see anything because the amount of colors is more then the amount of strokes. Check if you see more colors in the effects panel.

If that doesn't work would you be able open a support ticket and send us a screen recording of it? You can use a program like screenomatic to do that depending on what platform you are. 

Additionally, here is a tutorial on coloring for Ouroboros.

Hope that helps,

Sander

Kirt Critoph

Hi Sander,

I couldn't find any previous comments with this problem. Ouroboros is installed in the correct folder, and allow access is turned on. But when i go to Window / Ouroboros, it opens up but there is no buttons or anything. Any ideas?

Thanks, Kirt

Sander van Dijk

Kirt Critoph said:

Hi Sander,

I couldn't find any previous comments with this problem. Ouroboros is installed in the correct folder, and allow access is turned on. But when i go to Window / Ouroboros, it opens up but there is no buttons or anything. Any ideas?

Thanks, Kirt

Hi Kirt! Can you open a support ticket and send a screen recording / screenshot of the steps you take so I can help you?

Ji Yong Park

It is the same situation as Kirt critoph.

1. Ouroboros is installed in the correct folder.

2. Allow access is turned on. 

3. AE is restart.

4. Run Script>Ouroboros

5, Nothing!!!  There is no reaction!

How can i fix this? Please help me.

MY PC specification

Win 10

AE CC 2017

Brandon Callahan

First off, thank you so much for your excellent work on this script!  It is simply awesome.

One thing I'm having a hard time figuring out is how to control the length of each path (which I assume is through trim paths).  I see that you can obviously trim each segment the same amount by applying a "global" trim, but I want it to be set individually.  I reviewed the "random seed" trim length, which is heading in the right direction, but I'm looking for the ability to precisely control the length of each segment.  I'm trying to design a dynamic doughnut chart, so obviously the "slices" of the chart need to be precisely measured to reflect the data.  Is there a way to individually set lengths of each segment?

I understand this might be confusing, so hopefully the below example helps.

If I create a circle and apply a ouroboros effect, it will create a circle broken up into three segments.  Obviously a trim effect applied is going to equally trim each path.  But let's say I dont want the circle to be broken into three segments that are 33.3% of the circle's rim.  What if I want the segments to be 70%, 20%, and 10%?  Is there a way of setting this, so that you can manually enter the desired length you want each segment to be?

Thank you so much for your help! And again, killer script!

Remco Janssen

Brandon Callahan said:

First off…killer script!

You can absolutely do this, but it requires some manual work. 

Create a circle with three ouro strokes and set the correct values of (or expression link) every ouro stroke's trim paths to match the percentage you need. 

Be aware that some modules like Link, Trim and Speed will overwrite some or all expressions you have on the trim paths.

Brandon Callahan

Beautiful! I was getting hung up on trying to change the Ouroboros effect settings...and I wasn't seeing anything there.  Didn't think to check in the actual stroke groups! Thank you so much!

Joseph Emotive

Hi to Aeplugins. com and its users,

First of all, compliments for the Store, it is well stocked!

Is there a way to animate a vectorial writing?

how?

Is there a plugin where I can learn?
Thank you in advance for your attention!

Jacob Hawley

Hi there,

Love this plug in! I was wondering what the process is for just getting dots with out the lines might be.

Thanks!

Jake

Sander van Dijk

Jake hawley said:

Hi there,

Love this plug in! I was wondering what the process is for just getting dots with out the lines might be.

Thanks!

Jake

Hi Jake, You have a couple options:

1) Add a trim path module and set the start at 99.99% and the end at 100%, make sure your stroke caps are round and every line will turn into a dot.

2) Add the dots module (either start or end) and turn off the visibility for the stroke group in the shape layer so you're left with the dots only. This video goes more into the dots: 

Let me know if that worked for you.

Sander

Sander van Dijk

Marcel Morschhauser said:

Hi,

thank you so much for this plugin! I was wondering what the process is to create an outline-looking stroke. See attached images. Is there a way to do this with Ouroboros?

https://ibb.co/dY573K

https://ibb.co/nBzBVz

Thanks!

Hi Marcel, 

Click on "add" choose Offset Paths and crank up the Amount. You can do this on any shape layer not just Ouroboros!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dvab5df1ri27539/offset.jpg?dl=0

S.

Vincent Tuerlings

Hi the team Ouroboros,

Can we expect a CC2019 upgrade soon?

It's hard not to have it anymore ;-)

Excellent work !

Remco Janssen

vincent Tuerlings said:

Hi the team Ouroboros,

Can we expect a CC2019 upgrade soon?

It's hard not to have it anymore ;-)

Excellent work !

Hi Vincent,

We're researching what's causing this. In the meantime you can still use the legacy expression engine by going to File > Project Settings > Expressions and selecting the Legacy Extendscript engine.

Harlem Harl

Hi,

First of all, I wanted to congratulate you for the quality of this script that I intend to buy soon.

I have a small problem with its use.

Adding modules is extremely time-consuming each time because I have a large library of presets in After-Effects.

I noticed after doing some tests that by putting my library back in its initial (almost empty) state, Ouroboros was back to normal functioning.

Do you have a solution so that I can keep my library of presets and find a good reactivity with Ouroboros please?

Regards.

Remco Janssen

Harlem Harl said:

First of all, … Ouroboros please?

Hi Harlem, can you open a support ticket for us? Please include a screen capture or tell us the steps to reproduce the problem.

Harlem Harl

Hi Remco !

Finally it's not because of your script.

Don't worry about it i've fixed it  

Ben Raynes

Hey guys!
I'm getting an error on the rotation property of every Ouroborus layer

thisLayer.parent.content(1).transform.rotation

Undefined value used in expression (could be an out of range array subscript?)

It doesn't seem to actually hinder the functions of the plugin though.
Thanks!
Ben

Remco Janssen

Ben Raynes said:

Hey guys! … Thanks! Ben

Hi Ben, please make sure you're on the latest version (2.0.3). If the problem still exists, can you open a support ticket from the about panel (by clicking the little gear icon)?

Javier Velazquez

Hello all.

I just got the sample file (Ouroboros-Intros) and I am running AE 2019 with Ouroboros plugin version 2.0.3.

When you try to open the file it warns you that it needs to convert it and a few seconds after agreeing AE crashes and dissapears.

I am on Windows 10. And Ouroboros is working otherwise.

Any help?

Thank you!

Javier

Sander van Dijk

Javier Velazquez said:

Hello all.

I just got the sample file (Ouroboros-Intros) and I am running AE 2019 with Ouroboros plugin version 2.0.3.

When you try to open the file it warns you that it needs to convert it and a few seconds after agreeing AE crashes and dissapears.

I am on Windows 10. And Ouroboros is working otherwise.

Any help?

Thank you!

Javier

Hey Javier, Not sure why you're getting the error. Have you tried importing the project into an empty project vs opening it? If you send me a message at [email protected] I'll send you a version of the file saved in CC2018, maybe that could help.

S.

Javier Velazquez

Hello Sander,

That did it!! Thank you very much. Not just for solving the problem but for sharing the project at all. Incredibly helpful.

Groetjes vanuit Rotterdam,

Javier

Max Wanniaratchy

Hi guys, 

I've come across this problem and can't seem to find a manual work around for it yet, wondering if i can get some help? 

I want to create a trail using the ouroboros stroke but having it following a single dot. I've created the stroke, used set matte, then link to trim the entire path and animated it. 

This looks perfect for what I need but my problem now is that I can't have a dot on the same stroke without it being cropped by the track matte. 

If you could help that would be amazing. 

Cheers! 
Max

Neil Kupras

Hello and thank you so much for this amazing plug-in! I have a quick question:

Is it possible to copy and paste the attributes from one Ouroboros shape to another? 

When I try to do this like I would for other FX, it doesn't make a difference. This would be super helpful (or being able to save Ouroboros presets would be even better!)

Again, thanks so much for your amazing work.