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shooterstache
shooterstache
Inspiring
March 21, 2017
Question

Scenes in CH not updating in AE

  • March 21, 2017
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I've run into this issue a few times now. I will have a scene imported into AE but I when I go back to CH and update it the changes don't seem to dynamically link back to AE. In fact sometimes they do but when I export the scene to MP4 the updated changes are not added and the original CH scene ends up exporting. This has happened several times to me now. Is this a known issue? Is there a work around. Thanks in advanced.

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    gregh1988
    Known Participant
    March 30, 2017

    I'm having the same problem. No matter what I do the CH file doesn't update in AE. Tried deleting and re-importing and some elements change but draggable arms seem to not change. Odd.

    Glenn

    shooterstache
    shooterstacheAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 30, 2017

    Mine actually updates in AE but when I export into MP4 those CH edits don't show...yet they are still in the comp in AE its beyond frustrating

    Two workarounds I've started using are add current scene to new scene in CH (although this will not allow you to make rigging edits to the scene/characters) in the new scene. Plus you have to redo any keying in AE

    or

    Export AE comp to Premiere and export as Mp4.

    I'll make a video showing this bug when i get a chance hopefully sometime this weekend.

    oksamurai
    Community Manager
    oksamuraiCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 21, 2017

    Hmm, I haven't seen that before.

    How are you exporting to mp4 in AE - Render Queue or sending to AME?

    Do you do a fresh export each time, or keep restarting the same pre-existing export task?

    shooterstache
    shooterstacheAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 21, 2017

    I usually just drag the CH scene over to my AE composition. Its very strange because the updates from CH will change within AE but when I export and play the Mp4 it will still have the original CH scene (doesn't export the edits I've made). I'm not sure how I can send that to you to show you.

    oksamurai
    Community Manager
    oksamuraiCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 22, 2017

    Hmm weird. Not sure what's going on, we'll look into it deeper.

    For now, I'd suggest the same thing I did in this thread: try the more old school PNG + WAV export instead: Using Character Animator with After Effects

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