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Mauricio21927806do20
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November 6, 2023
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Weird behaviour after importing project. Comp window won't refresh, dialog box errors.

  • November 6, 2023
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Hello, late last week I updated After Effects to version 24 and immediately started acting up. When importing an .aep into a working project, it gives the error "An Internal Asset Numbering Conflict has ocurred", at first it seems harmless but then you realize it messed some comps badly, comps that weren't even open. It shifts layers to the [0,0] origin of the comp which requires manually putting them in the correct place. I thought maybe AE conflicted when importing projects that have assets, solids and nulls with the same names so I went and renamed all solids and nulls in that project I needed to import but it didn't solve the problem. Again it messed up my comps exactly as before.  Some other error messages I'm getting are "Strange situation 26::82" and "invalid text layer" - or something in that regard -.  
I need to get this fixed soon, I can't work like this. I'm losing work done since I can't import it in main project. I downgraded my project and opened in AE 23 but it behaved exactly the same. 


I'm on Mac Sonoma 14.0
After Effects 24.0.2 (build 3)

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    nick_3518
    Participant
    September 29, 2025

    This is a known bug in AE 24 when importing projects. Renaming assets won’t fix it. Try importing via File > Import > Import Project, copy/pasting comps instead of full projects, clearing cache, or saving as .aepx and reimporting. If issues persist, the best  solution is to roll back to AE 23.6 or earlier until Adobe releases a patch.

      nishu_kush
      Community Manager
      nishu_kushCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      April 10, 2024

      Are you still having the issue? Let us know.

      I am moving this thread from Bugs to Discussions for now.

       

      Thanks,

      Nishu

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      mariaa62649838
      Participant
      September 29, 2025

      Hi, I have the same issue and haven't found any solution. Where can I find this further discussion (if there is any)? Really hope for a community help with this, it crashes all my projects..

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      Mauricio21927806do20Author
      Participant
      December 7, 2023

      Another update, I just imported a project into my project and it gave me the same "Internal asset numbering conflict" error and subsequently froze the comp window, failing to refresh again too. I tried renaming the Solids folder in the project I wanted to import before I imported it and still produced the same error and associated behavior. 

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        Mauricio21927806do20Author
        Participant
        December 7, 2023

        Dealing with this on a daily basis I got to realize that the issue may be related to a corrupted solids folder. When attempting organizing things inside a project I would move solids and nulls from imported projects into the main project's solids folder, After Effects crashed every time I tried it. I created a new folder moved all content from the original Solids folder to the new one and assigned it as the default folder for solids and nulls, since then I haven't had a crash or other weird behavior as explained above. I can't say I have tested extensively thou. 

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