Allow copy and paste feature to work when searching for missing files.

Hi, ​@Professor Venezia 

Yes, I’m able to reproduce this unexpected behavior under macOS 15.7.7 in After Effects 25.6.6 and 26.3 while it works as expected in 24.6.8.

As a work around, I’ve been using Command + Tab to switch to the Finder while the Replace Footage dialog box is open in Ae25 or Ae26.  Then using the Search text field of a Finder window to find the footage.  Once located, drag and drop the file to the right side of the Replace Footage dialog box.  If that dialog box can’t been seen, start the drag, Command + Tab back to After Effects, and then drop.  

That will update the Replace Footage dialog box to the location of the file.  Click Ok as you would have otherwise to continue.

Be sure to drop it to the right side of the dialog box.  To far to the left may result in moving the file. 

I’ll try to record a video of this to show what’s happening.  Seeing this type of issue usually makes what’s happening very clear.

- Warren

Hi ​@Professor Venezia,

Thank you for reporting this issue. You should still be able to search by file name if you have the File Path column enabled in the Project panel. Do you have that column enabled?

Please let us know if this works for you.

Cheers,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team