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May 11, 2025
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AE Composition Black in Premiere

  • May 11, 2025
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I have an AE composition that is linked to + replacing a clip in Premiere. It was working fine as I saved it over the last 2 weeks - showing updates on the Premiere timeline. When I finally finished the AE composition and saved it - I went to Premiere and it now shows up as black. It says the composition is online, but it's just black - the AE composition looks fine to me in AE, and i don't know why it's showing up black in Premiere. 

 

Here are things I've tried:

1 - Check solo layers - not that

2- Update all software - didn't help

3- Clear cache - didn't help

4- Check layer visibility - not that

5- Preview showing video.

6- Changed to Full Playback resolution - not that

 

I'm new to AE - and was excited at how the dynamic link worked, until it didn't. I put so much time into this AE composition i really don't want to start over.  

Correct answer interesting_Elixir0624

FYI - I found the solution / adding for others w/ same problem: I had accidentally turned my layer into a "Guide Layer" - just a check on the dropdown menu for the layer. All good now.

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Participant
May 12, 2025

FYI - I found the solution / adding for others w/ same problem: I had accidentally turned my layer into a "Guide Layer" - just a check on the dropdown menu for the layer. All good now.

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 11, 2025

Try updating or rolling back your graphics driver directly from the video card manufacturer’s site. If NVIDIA, do a clean installation of the latest Studio Driver (NOT the Game Driver).

If that doesn't work, try creating a new project and import the old one into it.

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 11, 2025

Instead of using Dynamic link, as a workaround, export from AE and then import into Premiere Pro.