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Importing Animate files (.fla) doesn't work into AE 22.6

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
August 29, 2022
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Hi all 🙂

I have a .fla file I want to import into my project in After Effects. Thing is, and old version of that .fla file was succesfully imported in an older version of AE. I had to change the Animate file, and when I try to import this new file, a message error says "adobe animate is required to import a .fla file" which makes no sense at all since of course Animate is part of CC Desktop... I'm suspicious it has to do with the last AE update, but I reckon I might be doing something wrong. Any idea why this could be happening?

Thanks!

ps. I tried to replace / reload footage with no success, export the animate file as a video, etc. Not proper solution, I'd need the fla file in the ae in order to make everything work properly

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leighw14213429

Participating Frequently

After Effects not importing Animate/Flash files in the latest recent updates to Adobe 2023.
Adobe please fix this bug.

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Brill0

Participant

Adobe please fix this bug! ..... with Animate and After Effects 2024 or 2025

thepixelsmith

Community Expert

Looks like it's working again the the latest update AE 23.2.1 and Animate 23.0.1

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Tantra

Participant

use after effect 23.0 version, Its works. But one problem is that - effects are disabled(Advanced layer- Bevel) in After effects after importing fla files

nishu_kush

Community Manager

Hi all,

This has been fixed. Please check out John's correct answer in the following thread: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-bugs/unable-to-import-fla-files-into-ae/idi-p/13575254

Let us know how it goes.

Thanks,

Nishu

Rameez_Khan

Legend

Hi all,

Thank you for reporting this.

UPDATE: I have reopened this bug internally, and the After Effects team is investigating it.

lories68336629

Participant

Hi,

Any update from the team? I tutor and my students are struggling with an assingment where they need to bring in their .fla files into AE.... I'm open to a workaround.

nishu_kush

Community Manager

Hi lories68336629,

This issue has been fixed in the latest version of Animate (version 23.0.1). Install the update and restart your computer.

Let us know how it goes.

Thanks,

Nishu

benushersmith

Participant

Hi @Rameez_Khan,

I hope that you're well.

I'm having this same issue too and I'm on 23.2.1 for AE and 23.0.1for Animate. I have tried recreating files, going through the settings turning all my background settings removing all my plugins and extensions and no joy. I'm on MacOS Big Sur 11.7.4.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Ben

benushersmith

Participant

I get error message: "An error occured while importing this file. Please try agin." This is the same error whether I try and import it by going to 'File > Import' or if I try just drag the file in from the Finder window.

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JUber

Participant

I have the same issue!

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Marc284961021mme

Participant

And now it is broken again. I'm using version 23.2 and I get an error 'Animate is required to import a .fla file' when I have Animate installed. This is a disaster for my work. I use the Animate import all the time and already it was really flaky and only worked half the time. Now you've completely broken it. Thanks. Please fix ASAP.

Sabnac

Participant

Same here, impossible to import .fla file into an after effect project.
I've 23.2.1 for AE and 23.0.1for Animate.
I'll try to install latest version 22, i hope it always work.

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krashtest

Participant

Importing an FLA into AE longer possible after last update. I'm using AE v.23.2.0 and Animate v.23.0.1 on macOS MONTERY 12.6.3

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krashtest

Participant

Sorry for repeat, I meant to to say important FLA into AE no longer possible after last update.

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cwegner

Participant

I have the same problem with After Effects 23.1.0 Build 83 and Animate 22.0.8.

(I tried Animate 23.0 but it has several bugs so to continue my professional work i had to downgrade to 22.0.8). My system is MacOS 11.7, iMac Pro.

Is there a solution?

Thanks

Christjan

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Curtis5EEA

Known Participant

How does this keep happening. I am currently relying on this heavily and it worked last week. I realize this is a bit of an obscure use case but this has been happening off and on for years! Works then breaks. I just spent hours trying to resolve this. It is totally unreliable. I happen to really like the way animate rigs work but this is clearly not a reliable system unfortunately.

Rameez_Khan

Legend

Hi all,

This issue has been fixed in the latest version of After Effects, v23.0, released earlier today.

Thanks,

Rameez

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Renzo26810023xwgx

Participant

I am still having this problem even with the latest update.

Rameez_Khan

Legend

Hi @Renzo26810023xwgx

That should not happen. Can you verify your After Effects build number? Here is how you can check that: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/faq-how-to-find-the-exact-version-of-after-effects-you-re-using/td-p/9972137

Thanks,

Rameez

ardiluzu

Participant

Cuando intento importar un fichero .fla (creado en Animate) desde After Effects, no me deja. Aparece un aviso diciendo: "Necesita Adobe Animate para poder importar archivos .fla. Para descargarlo, vaya a ..." Y tengo Adobe Animate. Tengo la suite completa actualizada.

Gracias

Mylenium

Legend

It's unfortunately a bug and you have to go back to version 22.5 to work with these files until it gets fixed in the next update.

Mylenium

ardiluzu

Participant

Thanks a lot for your answer Mylenium.

I'll try to go back to 22.5

Have a nice day

ardiluzu

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