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Bridge open all types of files in AfterEffects.

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
April 3, 2019
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After update to 9.0.2.219 x64 (Win 10) Bridge opens all kind of files in AfterEffects.

.psd, .jpg. .indd, .pdf, .xls you name it. ALL.

Resseting file types associations - no change.

Resseting all preferences (Ctrl+Alt+Shift start method) - no change.

Any ideas?

To be clear, opening from Windows finder works correctly, just double clicking inside Bridge opens AE.

Correct answer siddharthsingh

Dear Users,

We have released new version of Adobe After effects (16.1.1 Build 4) to fix the above issue. It is available to install via Adobe Creative Cloud application.

Please let us know if you face any issues.

Thanks,
Siddharth

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Darbless

Participant

Huh, I’m now having the exact same issue, in 2026

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Dee.Smith

Participant

It's back! Do we just sit and wait for yet another update to rectify this, whilst bugging out something else instead? Running Adobe CC is getting so exhausting.

eclectrickink

Participant

Did this ever get resolved for you?

This is now happening for me (over a year later) ... I tried changing the file association in bridge, then changing it back, but still opens files in AE even though it shows that Illustrator is default.

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n8ivCre8iv

Participant

Was having this unusually annoying issue. Got with adobe support. Tech logged on and wanted to do the "scripts" fix. I was not comfortable with that as the appropriate fix. He then somehow bombed out a render in Afx... that had been running for over 2 hrs. Thanks Dude!

Then I turned to the people that really know ... did some reading, saw an update ... Ran an update to Bridge & Afx. Problem solved.

THE USER COMMUNITY IS AWESOME!

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Dizablah

Participant

Here is the fix that finally worked for me:

Edit > Preferences > General

The first checkbox: Double-Click to Edits Camera Raw Settings in Bridge

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Verity_ink

Participant

ahhh.. I discover I'm not alone with this problem.. will update to see if that rectifies.. although I usually prefer to wait to update Bridge as I've had problems with new releases...

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alexanderjebradley

Participant

Downloaded the latest version via Creative Cloud and the problem still persists. It also launches AE instead of showing my smart folders.

jbm007

Community Expert

Did you try rebooting your machine after the update.

All my machines the latest update fixed the issue.

Which OS are you on?

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geshons

Known Participant

I deleted the preferences via alt/option-key and rebooted the system (macOS 10.13.6). Still opens JPG with After Effects …

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geshons

Known Participant

Sorry but for me it didn't fixed the problem. JPG is adjusted whit Photoshop 2019 but After Effects is opening when double clicking …

jbm007

Community Expert

Works here.

Try clearing your preferences.

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firstprospect

Participating Frequently

My Mac just auto-updated After Effects and Bridge in the past few minutes. I re-enabled the After Effects startup script in Bridge, restarted it and everything now seems to be opening OK in it's correct app so think the issue is fixed!

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dirias

Participant

We have the same issue at our studio as well. All users with After Effects installed on both Windows and MacOS. However, the issue appears to be with Affect Effects and not Bridge as users who do not have After Effects installed are not experiencing this annoying bug.

Does Adobe test and QA anything anymore when they push out these cloud updates? They seem to create lots of random bugs when these updates are released.

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siddharthsingh

Correct answer

Community Manager

Dear Users,

We have released new version of Adobe After effects (16.1.1 Build 4) to fix the above issue. It is available to install via Adobe Creative Cloud application.

Please let us know if you face any issues.

Thanks,
Siddharth