Dynamic Link broken between After Effects and Premiere (25.1 versions)

[adam_7332]

Dynamic Link between After Effects (25.1) and Premiere (25.1) is broken. I used to be able to drag an AE comp directly into the Premiere project panel to create the link—but now it does nothing.

I can create the dynamic link in Premiere using File -> Adobe Dynamic Link -> Import After Effects Composition, but then anytime I make an edit to the comp in After Effects it goes Media Offline in Premiere.

I've tried deleting Disk Cache for both programs, and restarting programs and computer. This is an integral part of my workflow and is really slowing me down right now. Please help.

Computer specs:

Apple MacBook Pro M3 MAX

48GB Memory

Sequoia 15.3 OS

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi @adam_7332,

Thanks for the message. Welcome to the forum. Is it behaving the same in a new comp? If not, do you still have v.24.x still  installed? How about the Beta? Do either of these behave correctly? Please let the community know. It would be ideal to narrow down the issue a little more. I hope we can help. Have a good weekend.

Thanks,
Kevin,

[adam_7332]

@Kevin-Monahan thanks for the response!

Here is what I've tried, still with no solution:

1.  All instances of new AE comps imported/dynamic linked into Premiere using current versions 25.1 are problematic
2.  I re-installed older version 24.6.4 for Premiere and After Effects, and same problem persists there. ***I created brand new projects in each program, not loading existing projects, and still dynamic linking is broken.
3.  I installed the BETA versions of Premiere and After Effects, and same problem persists there. ***I created brand new projects in each program, not loading existing projects, and still dynamic linking is broken.
4.  I tried "repairing" Creative Cloud Desktop App from the Uninstall prompt and that did not fix it.

HOWEVER, when I open a previous Premiere and After Effects project pairing (originally created Jan 6, 2025), using version 25.1, the dynamic linking works perfectly.

It seems as though at some point the dynamic linking feature across Premiere and After Effects got corrupted, and any new projects regardless of the version (24.6.4, 25.1, BETA) will no longer work. However older projects somehow still do.

I'm at a loss. Thanks for any and all insights!

Adam