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What should i do to make fla file work on after effect?

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Mar 01, 2023 Mar 01, 2023

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Can someone tell me, why i can't export my fla file after an update. I used to work with both animate and after effect for my animation production. But almost 2 months this pipeline Animate to after effect doesn't work anymore even i did a thousand updates. Did I make a mistake in the export? or is the problem with adobe itself? 

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Community Expert , Mar 01, 2023 Mar 01, 2023

I have both the latest versions and it errors out for me too. I am using a mac. I don't even see a way to export a fla from after effects. I have never done this. So I am interested in how this works.

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Mentor , Mar 19, 2023 Mar 19, 2023

That's how I understand it now, thank you.
Oh, and 2 days after I posted my "FLA doens't load in After",  an update in Animate madeit possible again…

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Mar 01, 2023 Mar 01, 2023

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you saved your fla and tried to import into after effects?

 

if so, post your question in the after effects forum.

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Mar 01, 2023 Mar 01, 2023

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It's been fixed in v.23.0.0.

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Make sure both Animate and After Effects are updated.

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Mar 01, 2023 Mar 01, 2023

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I have both the latest versions and it errors out for me too. I am using a mac. I don't even see a way to export a fla from after effects. I have never done this. So I am interested in how this works.

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Mar 01, 2023 Mar 01, 2023

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Ah looks like it broke again: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-bugs/unable-to-import-fla-files-into-ae/idi-p/13575254

 

Well a workaround is to publish your layers in SWF archive format from Animate.

Go to the properties panel (doc tab) > Publish Settings > More Settings > check the SWF Archive option and hit Publish.

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Each layer on the main timeline will be converted into separate SWF files which you can then import into After Effects.

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Mentor ,
Mar 09, 2023 Mar 09, 2023

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Same here, 23.3.1 doesn't load FLA. Thank you @Mario_CR for the Archive workaround.

Btw, new question : in the archive export, i don't see sequences, is it expected or have I missed something ?

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Mar 12, 2023 Mar 12, 2023

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It's not a sequence, it's a series of layered SWFs. Each SWF corresponds to a layer in your Animate file. Import them all at once into After Effects.

This method is essentially the manual version of the import FLA option.

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Mentor ,
Mar 19, 2023 Mar 19, 2023

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That's how I understand it now, thank you.
Oh, and 2 days after I posted my "FLA doens't load in After",  an update in Animate madeit possible again…

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thanks for the update

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