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blakmarkit
Participant
March 13, 2024

Unable to suppress JSON warning when structure changes

  • March 13, 2024
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This was previously reported on these forums and the now-defunct uservoice at least as far back as 2018, but I think it's fallen between the cracks. Since the uservoice closed, the upvote tracking on those reports have also been lost to time. 

 

If I have a JSON file as a footage layer in the Timeline to use as a source for driving expressions, and the structure of that JSON changes—order of key:values, value types, or even appending values—After Effects will throw a warning dialog. It is currently impossible to supress this warning in scripting (see the first link below) and there is no preference. When it comes to script-automated data-driven animation, this interrupts the process for no reason, when every other AE warning and error is otherwise dismissable. 

 

 

previous requests:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/mute-ae-warning-about-json-structure-changing/m-p/10044014

https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/hide-json-warnings-when-structure-changed/td-p/10984833

 

old uservoice (dead) links:

https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911311-after-effects/suggestions/34797730-ability-to-hide-json-warnings-when-structure-chang

https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911311-after-effects/suggestions/36057583-bug-json-footage-files-do-not-auto-reload-when-wr

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5 replies

Participant
October 8, 2024

Very helpful trick with the data layer chanegs!

Legend
July 5, 2024

@Tom OlsenI gave this a try and the modal dialog no longer appears when the underlying source file for the data layer changes.  In some cases purging image cache memory it will reflect the new data written to the source file. 

 

I made a screencap explaining the issue.

 

Let me know if you need anything else to help clarify why the data is not reflected within the timeline when the source data file for the data footage layer changes in the background.

 

https://youtu.be/6w2o3VzXJw8

Legend
June 10, 2024

Thank you for addressing and fixing this issue.  Even though its a small one, it's a game changer.

Tom Olsen
Community Manager
Community Manager
June 10, 2024

We've made a change in the latest Beta build (24.6 Build 16 or later) to address this issue. This build isn't available to the public yet but, when it is, please give it a try.
Thanks,

Tom

March 13, 2024

Thanks for reposting it. I've added it into our internal tracking system to review.