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prints_of_george
prints_of_george
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December 14, 2023
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opening .fla in after effects. frames missing, not working properly.

  • December 14, 2023
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Hi, I'm opening a very intense .fla project (large complex drawings and animation, but no fx) in after effects.
I've done this for years with simpler projects and it always works fine.

However, with my current project whenever I import a .fla into after effects - it opens as a composition, I see all my layers - but random frames on random layers are missing. So the playback becomes very flickery as half the frames on a layer disapear. When I pause the playback and scrub through the AE timeline those same frames are still missing/invisible.

When I export the .fla file as a single SWF it is fine, but obviously I cant edit the individual layers like this.

Has anyone experienced this?

The only solution I can think of is to export every broken layer as a PNG sequence, which isn't ideal

Specs: MBP sonoma, Animate 24.0.0 , After Effects 24.1.0

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Correct answer prints_of_george

no, 800 frames is not close to the 16,000 frame limit.


I solved the problem by using the old publish, archive swf option. I assumed this wouldnt work because it seems to be doing the same thing that AE does upon importing a .fla. However it does actually work perfectly. Must be a bug with the importing .fla feature.
Thanks for your help!

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kglad
Community Expert
kgladCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 15, 2023

how many frames on your longest timeline?

    prints_of_george
    prints_of_georgeAuthor
    Inspiring
    December 16, 2023

    Hi, the longest layer in .fla is probably around 800 frames. Could that be the issue?

    prints_of_george
    prints_of_georgeAuthor
    Inspiring
    December 16, 2023

    I cut the .fla down to 350 frames total length on the longest layers and the problem is still occuring unfortunately. I went into the library and deleted anything over 350 frames and it doesnt make a difference, very odd

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