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October 11, 2023
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Red Giant's Supercomp says 'Unable to execute script at line 1."

  • October 11, 2023
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Hi, I'm having difficulty using Red Giant's Supercomp plugin with After Effects on my MBP.

 

I'm getting the following message and it won't launch:

 

'Unable to execute script at line 1. After Effects error: Unable to call "applyPreset" because of parameter 1. Path is not valid. Path: "/Volumes/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/7.0/MediaCore/Red Giant VFX/Supercomp_AE.plugin/Contents/Resources/SupercompEM.ffx*

 

 

I have confirmed that SupercompEM.ffx exists and the path is correct.

I've tried the following to address this issue:

  • Clean installation of Adobe software, including After Effects.
  • Launching After Effects with all plugins and scripts except Supercomp disabled.
  • Checked permissions and access on my Mac.
  • Attempted using older versions of the software.
  • Uncheking "Enable Home Screen"

 

 

Interestingly, I have transferred the settings from this MBP to a Mac mini, and Supercomp launches without any issues on the Mac mini.

The conditions should be the same, so I'm wondering why this problem is occurring.

 

Thank you!

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5 replies

Szalam
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SzalamCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 15, 2023

The good news is that Supercomp (and all of Red Giant's tools) have been updated for Apple Silicon - in fact, Real Lens Flares works better on M1/M2 than on most other hardware.

 

The bad news is that it looks like you're still having an issue.

 

I'd recommend filing a support ticket at support.maxon.net so they can look a bit more deeply into your issue. 

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    瑞稀2371340451ywAuthor
    Participant
    October 11, 2023

    I didn't know it was M1 native. I thought it was still unsupported, so I was using Rosetta.

    When I switched to M1, it did indeed boot on the Mac Mini. It's still the same on the MacBook Pro.

     

    By the way, I also updated After Effects to version 2024.

    J
    Community Manager
    jenkmeister17177426Community Manager
    Community Manager
    October 11, 2023

    Are you able to update to the version of SuperComp that works natively on M1/M2 machines so you don't have to use Rosetta? 

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    瑞稀2371340451ywAuthor
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    October 11, 2023

    Forgot to mention that.

     

    Both MBP and Mac mini are running on AE 23.6 and booting up with Rosetta 2.

    And their OS are Ventura 13.5.1.

     

    I've never used Animation Presets before, so I saved a random one and applied it, and it worked as intended.

    But Supercomp doesn't.

     

    J
    Community Manager
    jenkmeister17177426Community Manager
    Community Manager
    October 11, 2023

    If you create a new project and try to apply that preset from the Animation Menu, does it work? 

     

    What version of AE are you using? What version of MacOS are you using on the MBP vs. the Mac Mini?

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