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Character Animator Project Wiped Out

New Here ,
Jun 15, 2019 Jun 15, 2019

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Hello!

I was working on an after effects project which included some character animator scenes that I'd imported to after effects using Adobe Dynamic Link.

One day, when I went to open the after effects project, I received this message:Screen Shot 2019-06-15 at 2.09.23 PM.png

Naturally, I closed after effects and opened up "c-animator HBNG2.chproj" to see what was the problem, and I found that my entire character animator project had been wiped clean. No puppets, no scenes, no nothing. Just gone.

So my question is threefold:

1. Why did this happen?

2. Can I recover my lost character animator project?

3. How can I prevent this from happening in the future?

Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

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LEGEND ,
Jun 15, 2019 Jun 15, 2019

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If you look in the directory the project file is in, could you show the directory structure there? If you make a zip file, how big is the zip? Can you upload that zip to google drive or similar? I would reach out to DanTull​ to see if he can recover anything

Why did it happen? No idea. But cloud sync software is a common problem. It can try to sync while ch is running so they fight over the files.

But making backups is the ultimate protection of course. I zip the directory and upload to google drive myself.

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Adobe Employee ,
Jun 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019

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I would definitely be willing to inspect the project and perform whatever diagnosis/repair is possible.

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New Here ,
Jun 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019

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Hey Dan! Thanks so much! How can I send you the project?

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Adobe Employee ,
Jun 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019

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Usually folks just zip it up and use the private message feature on these forums to send me a download link for Dropbox, CC Files, or another file sharing service.

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