Im working on a video in After Effects made from multiple assets (including other videos). One of these assets needed to be replaced, so i replaced the original file with the new one. When i try to export the newest version of my video, it will include the old assets that i have already replaced long ago. I have tried all of these things to get Media Encoder to export the right version:
- Save the project before exporting
- Close and reopen AE before exporting
- Replace the asset again
- Import a second copy of the asset and rebuild it (same position etc.) as it should look and delete the other version.
- Clear and purge everything that can be cleared/purged in After Effects and Media Encoder
- Export without that asset enabled and later do another export with the asset enabled
- Many more things
It didnt matter what i did, the part of the video with the replaced accet ALWAYS showed up as the old version.
The obvious thing that worked in the end was to go to the folder of the asset and change its file name, then import it into AE again and manipulate it in the way i wanted. This is absolutely unacceptable!
I almost send this to a client. This can destroy carrers because there is no info, no warning, no error, no notification... there is not even an option to turn off this forced use of cached data. And you cant even clear that chache? Who even greenlit this in the first place?