Importing Animate files (.fla) doesn't work into AE 22.6

[Ochonotocho]

Hi all 🙂

I have a .fla file I want to import into my project in After Effects. Thing is, and old version of that .fla file was succesfully imported in an older version of AE. I had to change the Animate file, and when I try to import this new file, a message error says "adobe animate is required to import a .fla file" which makes no sense at all since of course Animate is part of CC Desktop... I'm suspicious it has to do with the last AE update, but I reckon I might be doing something wrong. Any idea why this could be happening?

Thanks!

ps. I tried to replace / reload footage with no success, export the animate file as a video, etc. Not proper solution, I'd need the fla file in the ae in order to make everything work properly

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[Ishan Y]

Hey Ochonotocho,

Welcome to the community, and sorry for the issue. Could you let us know which version of After Effects and Animate you are currently using? If you're experiencing this issue after an update, please let us know which versions you used previously.

Thanks,

Ishan

[Kyle Hamrick]

Since we just had some updates - have you confirmed that both apps are on the most recent version?

[Ochonotocho]

Thanks for your response 🙂 At the moment of failure, Animate is v. 22.0.8, and After Effects v. 22.6.

I reverted the update on AE to version 22.5, and everything worked properly again, so it definitely has something to do with the last update.

[Ishan Y]

Are you having this issue with all .fla files or only specific ones?

[Ochonotocho]

All the .fla files I've tried, I'm afraid.

[Ishan Y]

Thank you for confirming that. Let me ask the After Effects team about this issue. I'll get back to you once I get an update. 

[Arun Chauhan]

Having the same issue with the latest update of AE, the previous version works fine. 

[Blair25959313qy2w]

I tried to add my Fla file the after effects, but it keep say it needs adobe animate, even if it's installed to my creative cloud. Can you help me?

[Ishan Y]

Hey Blair25959313qy2w,

Welcome to the community, and sorry for the issue. Could you confirm which version of Animate and After Effects you are working on? Is it 22.0.8 and 22.6, respectively? Could you try publishing an SWF file and let us know if that works for you? Please check the Optimize for After Effects checkbox in the Publish Settings. 

Thanks,

Ishan

[Blair25959313qy2w]

It's After Effect 22.6 and Animate 22.0.8. And for the SWF file though, it only shows the beginning of my project.

[Ishan Y]

If possible, could you revert to After Effects 22.5 and let us know if you're still experiencing the issue? Here's how.

[Pedro H. Oliveira]

I did the reversion and its working again.

[Dwarfblood05]

I'm currently experiencing this problem, where I can't get any of my animate files to work in after effects. Every time I attempt to import an animate file, I am granted with this error - "Adobe Animate is required to import a .fla file." I have been researching for hours and have found zero fixes. I have deleted and reinstalled after effects and animate, and have tried many different versions of both softwares. However, the problem persists. 

If anyone has had this issue before, or has any suggestions to fix, it would be significantly appreciated. 

This issue has halted my project...

[Mylenium]

It's apparently some bug. You're not the first to report it. Export your Animate stuff as an image sequence or whatever for the time being.

Mylenium

[patach]

I updated both my Adobe Animate and AE to the latest versions.  Animate 22.0.8 and AE 22.6.

When importing an FLA file on the latest versions, I get this error:

Both are properly installed and working.

Downgrading AE to 22.5 resolves this error.

Does anybody know how to get this working on the latest version, or is this a bug that Adobe needs to fix?

[Mylenium]

It's a known bug. You're not the first to report it. Apparently something has changed that affects the file format structure and parser.

Mylenium

[Tantra]

use AE 23.0 , Its working

[Rameez_Khan]

Hi all, 

I have filed a bug so the After Effects team can investigate it. 

Thanks,

Rameez

[Jon Beech]

Thank you. I am running into the same issue. How do we get notified when this is fixed?

[Ishan Y]

Hey Jon,

When this issue is fixed, we'll share an update on this thread. 

[crisortunity]

thanks Ishan. I am going to revert to 22.5 as well for the time being then, but look forward to this getting fixed as it's a problem for my current project too

[ardiluzu]

Cuando intento importar un fichero .fla (creado en Animate) desde After Effects, no me deja. Aparece un aviso diciendo: "Necesita Adobe Animate para poder importar archivos .fla. Para descargarlo, vaya a ..." Y tengo Adobe Animate. Tengo la suite completa actualizada.

Gracias

[Mylenium]

It's unfortunately a bug and you have to go back to version 22.5 to work with these files until it gets fixed in the next update.

Mylenium

[ardiluzu]

Thanks a lot for your answer Mylenium.

I'll try to go back to 22.5

Have a nice day

ardiluzu