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_mrshades_
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July 20, 2008
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Error-The directory originally specified in the selected output module

  • July 20, 2008
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I put together an animated text composition that I would like to add to the beginning of one of my premier projects. When trying to render I keep getting an error that the directory originally selected in the output module no longer exists. I tried windows media, animated gif, NTSC, custom, etc. and nothing works. What is wrong with this?
Correct answer Rogerio Pauletto

_It happened to me and I decided as follows:

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mariusm36417207
Participant
October 27, 2023

For me all the tipps from the other nice helping people didn't work.
However what worked was exporting the Composition I was trying to render into a new Project.
I made a mess overloading the project, importing other existing After Effects projects, somewhere along the line there was probably a buggy dependency.
Exporting your composition is well explained here:
https://davidlindgren89.medium.com/how-to-copy-animation-to-another-project-in-after-effects-ea361dc91063

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    michelleh94409824
    Participant
    January 16, 2020

    Double-check and make sure all your assets are linked.

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    Al_Gato
    Participant
    March 23, 2012

    Hi, there.

    I'm using After Effects CS5.5 on a college computer for class. I got this error message when I loaded a project from another computer, so decided to redo the whole thing over again on the computer I'm using now. I was almost through this new project and I wanted to see how it looked, but I got the same blasted error. I don't know anything about the output module or how to properly change it, so I'm afraid I'd make it worse by tampering. It's now overdue, so I beg somebody to reply ASAP.

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      Rogerio PaulettoCorrect answer
      Participant
      April 6, 2012

      _It happened to me and I decided as follows:

        Asher White
        Asher White
        Participant
        November 18, 2019

        Well that's great.  Followed along and after effects is rendering fine again.  Thanks.

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        _mrshades_Author
        Participant
        July 20, 2008
        Mylenium....that worked. THANK YOU!!!!
        Mylenium
        Mylenium
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        July 20, 2008
        Did you actually click on the blue text to specify a new directory? Simply shifting around the naming options won't do anything if you don't point the output to a place where there is actually space to write it to...

        Mylenium
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        _mrshades_Author
        Participant
        July 20, 2008
        On the "output to" I selected all the different default options from the drop down menu (comp name, comp and output module name, project and comp name, etc.) and none of them work. I'm really at a loss on what else to do. This is a pain. I'm using CS2 by the way.
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        Kindhearted_Flutter0D45
        Participant
        May 16, 2025

        A mi tampoco me funcionaba hasta que borre tooooodo lo que tenia en la cola de procesamiento...cerre el archivo volvi a hacerlo y esta vez si funciono

         

          Andrew Yoole
          Andrew Yoole
          Inspiring
          July 20, 2008
          This error means that the location you're trying to render the file to is no longer visible.

          Click on the output file name in the Render Queue and specify a new target.
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