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Dan Ebberts
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Dan EbbertsCommunity Expert
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February 28, 2024
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Match names for renderers changing?

  • February 28, 2024
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I notice that all the match names for the renderers seem to have changed in the latest build (not sure exactly which build, but recently). Is that intentional? If so, it's really bad news for some of us that have products in the field that depend on the previoius names. Will there be some warning before this change goes into a general release?

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    Correct answer JohnColombo17100380

    @Dan Ebberts and @ConstantinMaier,

    Yes, these were changed in error and will be restored to their original values in an upcoming Beta build.

     

    Thanks again for the heads-up on this,

    - John, After Effects Engineering Team  

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    JohnColombo17100380
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    JohnColombo17100380Community ManagerCorrect answer
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    March 2, 2024

    @Dan Ebberts and @ConstantinMaier,

    Yes, these were changed in error and will be restored to their original values in an upcoming Beta build.

     

    Thanks again for the heads-up on this,

    - John, After Effects Engineering Team  

      ConstantinMaier
      ConstantinMaier
      Inspiring
      March 2, 2024

      Great! Thanks, @JohnColombo17100380!

        ConstantinMaier
        ConstantinMaier
        Inspiring
        March 1, 2024

        I second that. Keeping these new match names would create a lot of issues for my scripts. It would be great if we could return to the previous match names.

        JohnColombo17100380
        Community Manager
        JohnColombo17100380Community Manager
        Community Manager
        February 28, 2024

        Hi @Dan Ebberts,

        Thanks for mentioning this. What specific changes are you seeing in the matchNames for the renderers?

         

        - John, After Effects Engineering Team 

          Dan Ebberts
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          Dan EbbertsCommunity ExpertAuthor
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          February 28, 2024

          Previously, it was

          "ADBE Advanced 3d" = Classic 3D

          "ADBE Calder" = Advanced 3D

          "ADBE Ernst" = Cinema 4D

          in latest beta:

          "ADBE Classic 3d" = Classic 3D

          "ADBE Advanced 3d" = Advanced 3D

          "ADBE Cinema 4d" = Cinema 4D

          Dan Ebberts
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          Dan EbbertsCommunity ExpertAuthor
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          February 28, 2024

          Changing the names is problematic enough, but the biggest issue is switching the meaning of "ADBE Advanced 3d" from Classic 3D to Advanced 3D. If you must change the names, an entirely new one for Advanced 3D would be helpful.

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