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Content Aware Fill Error: Initialization failed

New Here ,
May 08, 2019 May 08, 2019

Hello!

When i try to Content Aware Fill something it shows me this:

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After Effects warning: Content Aware Fill Error: Initialization Failed

How I can fix this please?

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New Here , Jul 04, 2019 Jul 04, 2019

solved this by excluding cyrillic symbols from project path/name. try to rename folder/project to usual latin first

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Adobe Employee ,
May 17, 2019 May 17, 2019

Would you be able to upload the AEP project file somewhere that we can download it? Unfortunately the error message (which we need to make better) doesn't let you or us know what is causing the initialization failure.

Thanks

Sean

AE Eng Manager

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New Here ,
Jun 21, 2019 Jun 21, 2019

Have you solved this problem?

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New Here ,
Jul 04, 2019 Jul 04, 2019

solved this by excluding cyrillic symbols from project path/name. try to rename folder/project to usual latin first

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New Here ,
Jan 24, 2021 Jan 24, 2021

Create a new project on another hard disk... mean in an another path with another name

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 30, 2022 Nov 30, 2022

I had exactly this problem too.  When I ran my project and media from an external SSD, I got the error every time.  As soon as I moved the media and my .aep project to my local drive, Content Aware Fill worked fine.

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Contributor ,
Jun 12, 2024 Jun 12, 2024

Same here in AE 24 & AE 24 Beta on Mac. Nothing works. @jenkmeister any new development in the past 5 years?

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Adobe Employee ,
Jun 12, 2024 Jun 12, 2024

Have you tried any of the above suggestions? Do you have a project you can zip up and send to us for reproducing? 

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Contributor ,
Jun 12, 2024 Jun 12, 2024

Yes, works from the local drive. But seriously, dear Adobe folks, large projects cannot be stored on internal hard drives only. The issue with external hard drives exists in various areas in AE and Pr. It can't be the purpose of ultra-expensive subscriptions that I can only work on my local hard drive.

 

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New Here ,
Jun 18, 2025 Jun 18, 2025
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I'm also getting this error. I've tried multiple pre-existing projects, saved both on and off the local drive, and now I get this:

"After Effects error: file '000001' cannot be imported - files of type 'fGNP' cannot be used as sequences."

 

When I click "OK", I get the Initialization Failed error afterwards. Doesn't matter what type of footage I'm using.

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