Dynamic Link to After Effects give me an error

[susyjewelry]

I tried the Dynamic Link method to view a scene created in Character Animator and I got an error.

The error message box reads:

After Effects warning: The file (here it has the location of the file I just dragged) could not be found.

I have the items in a folder on my desktop. Do the files have to be somewhere else for Dynamic Link to work??

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Susy

[oksamurai]

Strange. Instead of dragging, does importing the .chproj file into AE from File > Import work, or give the same error?

[susyjewelry]

It doesn't recognize the file as something I can import (greyed out).

[susyjewelry]

Oops...I see the problem. I was opening an older version of After Effects. Now I have it. Thanks.

[susyjewelry]

Spoke too soon. Dynamic Links till doesn't work. Import does.

However, when I play back the scene in After Effects...it plays the scene with the slower timing that I originally used to video the animation. I even tried changing the video timing in Character Animator and re-importing the file.

Thanks,

Susy Garner

[oksamurai]

Is the framerate of your comp the same as the Character Animator project?

What do your preview settings look like in AE? Is there enough of a cache to playback smoothly?

[susyjewelry]

It seems it takes some time to cache. Works fine. FYI (incase it wasn't clear) Dynamic Link is NOT working. Its OK. Just want y'all to know incase its a bug.

[oksamurai]

Okay, at least something is working - feel free to file a bug report if the dynamic link error continues. Character Animator Bug Reports