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Jeremy S...
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September 23, 2017
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After Effects importing images WRONG

  • September 23, 2017
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As in importing the WRONG IMAGE.

I imported a series of jpegs (exported from illustrator), with slight variations. And they have the wrong file.

For exampe if I import "regular.jpg", "cherry.jpg" , and "grape.jpg", the "regular" will be fine but "cherry" will be the same image as "regular" and "grape" will be the cherry image. Except there are dozens of images with all sorts of variations.

I tried:

  1. Purging all memory and disk cache
  2. Reloading footage on all the files
  3. Quitting and restarting the program
  4. Shutting down and restarting the computer

HELP! I have a tight deadline. This is URGENT. Like I need this in an hour or so.

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    LiviuLungu
    Participating Frequently
    August 21, 2020

    Same issue here as well. I exported a bunch of jpgs from Illustrator, imported them all to After Effects, and all the images look like the first image in alfabetical order. They are RGB images, so it's definetely a bug. 

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    Aldy Waani
    Known Participant
    September 5, 2020

    issues with JPEG/JPG header. Try to open those JPG files in Preview (mac) or Photoshop and save it back as JPEG or JPG. This works for me.

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    Alan Demafiles
    Known Participant
    August 10, 2020

    Ran into this issue for the first time today. It's rather disappointing this 3 year old bug hasn't been squashed yet.

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    Aldy Waani
    Known Participant
    August 3, 2020

    yup same thing here. Confused me like crazy. 

    End up importing to PS and use Scripts>Image Processor and Save it back to JPEG. 

     

    File header messed up i supposed. I got this images from my client which i supposed it was exported from AI. 

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    Esaú V.
    Participant
    July 20, 2020

    2020 It's still a problem of the JPG codec AI exports, if you go to photoshop and re-export them even as JPG or PNG should do the job too.

      Vaslit
      Vaslit
      Participating Frequently
      August 5, 2020

      This is exactly what I do, I re-save them in PS.
      Such a waste of time while finding out which files have problems, and then opening them one by one.
      But it works. Really cool to see this bug is old.

        t.moussa
        t.moussa
        Participating Frequently
        July 7, 2020

        I had the same issue once before and again today, thanks for all suggested png
        please Adobe figure it out!

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        Andyjjj
        Participant
        April 28, 2020

        Same thing here today. AE gets comfused my multiple JPEGs, but it's fine with PNGs. Such a ridiculous bug Adobe and for such expensive software!

          Vaslit
          Vaslit
          Participating Frequently
          August 5, 2020

          Say no more.

          williamf83476290
          williamf83476290
          Participant
          April 25, 2020

          Ran into this problem today.
          Exporting to .PNG worked for me.
          Thanks for the help eveyone!

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          Draskoe
          Participating Frequently
          March 30, 2020

          Same thing just happened to me. Exporting to PNG as mentioned seems to be the workaround. Would be nice if this would finally be fixed though. 

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          mathy16
          Participant
          February 18, 2020

          Just ran into this same issue. Very annoying 😞

           

          Exporting as PNGs seems to work fine at the moment.

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            eikonoklastes
            Legend
            September 24, 2017

            I've encountered this myself with JPEGs exported from Illustrator, and used the same workaround that you did - export to PNGs. Submit a bug report.

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              Bram
              Participant
              February 2, 2020

              It's 2020 by now. This bug is still there....

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                Bubbly_Glitter5C73
                Participating Frequently
                February 4, 2020

                YES~~!!! I meet this bug, toooooo. TODAY.  🙂

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