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jlmauney
jlmauney
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January 9, 2023
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Team Project Wiped Out

  • January 9, 2023
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I've been working on an After Effects Team project for several weeks. Friday night after making my final edits, I used the "Share My Changes" function before quiting. Today when I opened it, the project is completely blank... if I choose "Share My Changes" it shows all the asssets and comps that were part of the project ready for deletion. 

 

This is hours of work that is completely lost. Is there any way to retrieve the project? Even a previous 

 

Thanks

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Correct answer Kyle Hamrick

Since the Premiere/After Effects project is one and the same here, have you tried opening in Premiere?
If you use the Media Browser, and find Team Projects within there, you'll have a vertical version scroller - possible you can just snag the previous one and be good to go? 🤞

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Kyle Hamrick
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Kyle HamrickCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 9, 2023

Since the Premiere/After Effects project is one and the same here, have you tried opening in Premiere?
If you use the Media Browser, and find Team Projects within there, you'll have a vertical version scroller - possible you can just snag the previous one and be good to go? 🤞

jlmauney
jlmauneyAuthor
Participant
January 10, 2023

Thank you Kyle! I would not have thought of that!

 

I was able to access both previous versions of auto-save and the published versions of the team project. Trying to create new team projects from the previous versions or auto-saves gave me the same error I received before:

 

However, I was able to select an auto-save version and "make it the latest". Everything came back into After Effects and I was able to convert the Team Project to a Project (I don't trust the team projects anymore) and I'm back up and running.

 

 

Hope this helps anyone else who might have this problem.

    Kyle Hamrick
    Community Expert
    Kyle HamrickCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 10, 2023

    Whew! I'm so glad it worked for you.
    I haven't used Team Projects a ton myself, but my paranoia had me making daily non-Team local copies. Better safe than sorry! 

    jlmauney
    jlmauneyAuthor
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    January 9, 2023

    I should have inlcuded that I'm on a Mac, macOS Ventura 31.1. After Effects version 23.1.0 (Build 83). All apps, including Creative Cloud are up to date.

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