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The color bar image you get when After Effects can't find certain footage files. These are 'missing' files. Probably these files have been moved or deleted at some point.

Keep in mind that After Effects doesn't incorporate imported footage in the project file, just the path to the files. Moving or deleting or renaming the imported files will result in these 'missing' files in the AE project. You can relink these files. 

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Thaumar
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Inspiring
July 2, 2023

The color bar image you get when After Effects can't find certain footage files. These are 'missing' files. Probably these files have been moved or deleted at some point.

Keep in mind that After Effects doesn't incorporate imported footage in the project file, just the path to the files. Moving or deleting or renaming the imported files will result in these 'missing' files in the AE project. You can relink these files.