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Sylvain Martin
Inspiring
January 25, 2017
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Files has disappeared and were replaced by generic pics

  • January 25, 2017
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Hello to all.

After working around 4 days on a new project on After Effects, it was the time for the rendering step.

So I went to the "Add to the rendering file" (sorry if it is not exactly the right terms here, as I am french, and with a french version of AE)

I just did 1 thing : I changed the "destination" for the rendered file (as there were none registered yet).

A few second later and my AE file seemed to be destructed. All my pictures have been transformed into 7 colored generic pics. When I opened again the file I had this message : 22 files can not be found since last record.

I opened older saved files of the same work, andfor all  I have the same strange process.

What did I do wrong ? Thank you for your help. 

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    Correct answer Sylvain Martin

    Hello Miguel

    I forgot I made another change : I changed the name of one of my directories. The one where I stoked the .ai file I used for my project. Here is why I get this problem !

    I don't know if it will help you too...

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    Miguel Reza
    Participating Frequently
    January 25, 2017

    Hi!

    I just came to answer you too. I uninstall and reinstall the after effects again and all works fine now. Never knows what should happen!.

    S
    Sylvain MartinAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 26, 2017

    Glad to hear that.

    It seems that we can both go back to our projects then

    Regards

    S.M.

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    Miguel Reza
    Participating Frequently
    January 25, 2017

    I have similar or maybe the same question.

    Yesterday I opened a project and all went fine. Today, after update the new version of after effects I open the project and all the archives are missing. They are in the same place, in the same folder. I try to add them again (reload them) but the programme doesn't recognize my png files!. I tried to to open a new poject and import that files, it seems that the programme can not open them now, as if they were non supported files (I had to check the "show all files" to open them). And a window warning with red logo sais: "No se ha podido conectar con el proyecto de Adobe Dynamic Link", .---> We can not connect with the Adobe Dynamic Link project.

    I guess that's some issue related with the new update.

    Please help.

    Thank you

    S
    Sylvain MartinAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    January 25, 2017

    Hello Miguel

    I forgot I made another change : I changed the name of one of my directories. The one where I stoked the .ai file I used for my project. Here is why I get this problem !

    I don't know if it will help you too...

    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Legend
    February 22, 2017

    Glad all is well now for you, Stephane.

    Regards,
    Kevin

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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