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XinYilx
XinYilx
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February 27, 2016
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Adobe Media Encoder is grayed out in Photoshop CC

  • February 27, 2016
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So I've been trying to render a animation but I can't do that because Adobe Media Encoder is grayed out in the render video setting. This means I can't export it as a video file.

Is there a solution for this?

Thanks so much!

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Correct answer freddy5C17

This is the solution that I find works for me on an M1 Mac.. You need to force Photoshop to open in Rosetta:

  1. In your Finder (the Desktop), go into the Applications folder and select the Photoshop application.
  2. Choose File > Get Info.
  3. Check on Open using Rosetta.

    Hope this helps!

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freddy5C17Correct answer
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September 9, 2021

This is the solution that I find works for me on an M1 Mac.. You need to force Photoshop to open in Rosetta:

  1. In your Finder (the Desktop), go into the Applications folder and select the Photoshop application.
  2. Choose File > Get Info.
  3. Check on Open using Rosetta.

    Hope this helps!
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    lmondragon2
    Participant
    September 12, 2021

    Thank you!! This worked for me 🙂

     

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    michelleb3902290
    Participant
    November 16, 2018

    Hi there! I had the same problem and it was solved by doing the following:

    Make sure that you are in the Motion Workspace (Window>Workspace>Motion)

    Then make sure that you're frame animation is actually a frame animation. I had imported a Gif file, and had all the layers, but the frames weren't there. So I had to re-create the frames for the animation. After that, I was able to export to video using Media Encoder, no problems. I hope this works for you. Good luck!

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      Greg_L16834411
      Known Participant
      January 21, 2021

      I have had the same issue, this solved the problem for me. Thanks so much. So simple

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        heathy47491517
        Participant
        September 20, 2018

        Use adobe batch to rename the files, i had the same problem where the naming convention on the files had gone awry.  Select all the files within adobe bridge, right click and then batch rename. I just renamed with default settings and now it is no longer greyed out.

        JJMack
        Community Expert
        JJMackCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        February 27, 2016

        Ther should be an "Adobe Media Encoder" folder in each of your Photoshop installs for CS6, CC, CC 2014 and CC 2015.  I see 6 folders on my  machine and I can export.render video and use Adobe Media Encoder.

        JJMack
        XinYilx
        XinYilxAuthor
        Participant
        February 27, 2016

        I don't see those folders anywhere

        If that's what I'm missing how can I get it back?

        gener7
        Community Expert
        gener7Community Expert
        Community Expert
        February 27, 2016

        Adobe Media Encoder is a separate app from Adobe, it's not free unless you have the full CC package and not just the Photography Plan which only entitles you to Photoshop and Lightroom.

        Free Media Encoder CC | Download free Adobe Media Encoder CC trial

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