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j_mro
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October 29, 2020
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Dynamic Link breaks EVERY TIME with After Effects into Premiere

  • October 29, 2020
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This is one of the most frustrating things I've encountered from Adobe Premiere. The Dynamic Link breaks every time I save a project in After Effects. I will save my "linked" After Effects project, go back to Premiere and it breaks the link EVERY TIME. This has been going on so long I just re-link it every time and say "Im switching to Da Vinci". I have the most up to date Premiere and After Effects. 

 

This doesn't happen just once, or right after I open the program. No names are changed, no locations of projects or files change, just every time I hit save....boom, Premiere blows up.

 

This is unacceptable from a company like Adobe and I can't believe this hasn't been fixed. 

 

See link. Screen on the right in AE and then left is PP. You can watch it happen over and over and over again, just like I do!

 

[Moderator note: moved to Bug section of forum posts.]

    Correct answer AlexanderVAM

    Just as someone mentioned above here is what helped me too, hopefully, it saves someone too 😄

    - Save your AE project and close AE.

    - Relink your comps, so it shows in premiere as linked.

    - Then instead of opening the project through AE open it by using right button on one of the comps in premiere (on timeline) and press "Edit original".

    Then it seems like dynamic link recognises the path and it starts working with saving again, at least in my case.

    Good luck!

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    SkillCapped24767403znz2
    Participant
    December 9, 2022

    I hope this may help someone. This has happened to me before, it hasn't happened in a while, but it started happening like 20 minutes ago for me. But I actually noticed a pattern.

    I never turn my pc off, as we all do, so when I came back this morning to keep working on my project I noticed Premiere was pretty buggy so I re-started it.

    And that's when it started happening. I first noticed that when I would click "Edit original", Premiere would put the After Effects window in front, but it wouldn't actually take me to the comp I requested. This was weird, but I didn't bother and just searched and opened the comp I needed.

    I hit save on my changes and that's when it happens. After a quick search online I thought, what if the problem was re-starting Premiere? What if there's some sort of issue with the session time? what if the thing that —the Dynamic Link up is having AE open already when you start Premiere? What would happen if I close both, open Premiere, and then open AE through "Edit Original"?

    However, I can tell you it worked for me. "Edit Original" works as it should and my links are not getting broken every time I save.

     

    Moderator note: Edited for content. Please do not use profanity. Please do not disparage community members, including Adobe employees. 

      schnudiesounds
      schnudiesounds
      Participating Frequently
      August 10, 2023

      Thank you very much! It's the fix for it. Technically absurd as it opens the same file i am relinking to, but then Dynamic Link gets aware where to go. Guess this should be a little line of code, that fixes this issue....Interesting that we have to solve it by our owns....

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        Trisha2633718511f6
        Participant
        December 8, 2022

        I've encountered this problem a couple of times on the latest version of AE/Premiere now, and my hypothesis for this is as follows:

        If all of your Dynamic Linked comps are created the same way (and I think within the same AE project file), e.g. FROM Premiere into your AE project by highlighting a segment in the timeline in Premiere, right clicking and choosing "replace with After Effects composition", then you can have all your linked comps updating in real time every time you save with no issues. However, the moment you introduce a linked comp via another method, e.g. File > Adobe Dynamic Link > Import After Effects Composition, even if it's from the same project, it will cause all the linked projects except for the comp added by the new method to go offline and you have to relink them manually until the next save. If anyone can try recreating this issue with these conditions to make sure it's not just a problem on my machine, that would be nice.

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          Laura_2358
          Participant
          March 30, 2023

          Hi Trisha, 

           

          I have the same problem with a colleague's project. 

           

          I normally drag & drop AE comps into PP and they work just fine. But everytine I got projects from my colleague who is following the method: File > Adobe Dynamic Link > Import After Effects Composition -  the AE linked comps break all the time when I make some changes. So I ending replacing all the AE comps - drag & drop method - and then they are fine. 

           

          Does anyone know whay is this happening? Thanks!

          R Neil Haugen
          R Neil Haugen
          Legend
          March 30, 2023

          I wonder if there are cache files in the Ae files on the other computer you don't have, therefore it breaks?

           

          I'd also ask on the Ae forum, as that's where the True Experts on Pr/Ae workflows ... work.

           

          Neil

          Everyone's mileage always varies ...
          aarons19137213
          aarons19137213
          Participant
          November 3, 2022

          Same issue is happening for me! Happens in the middle of a project, so I'm not sure if it's some other issue but it's so incredibly frustrating.

            David Hoare
            David Hoare
            Participant
            November 3, 2022

            This had just started happening to me too. All was fine with DL up until the latest updates Premiere 23.0.0 😞

            CreativeSpill_23
            CreativeSpill_23
            Participant
            December 12, 2021

            I have the exact same issue. Anyone have any luck so far?

             

            R Neil Haugen
            R Neil Haugen
            Legend
            December 12, 2021

            Check over on the Ae forum, as the Ae power users are all over there. And they typically have more direct Ae/Pr workflow knowledge.

             

            That said ... for some users, getting the task done in Ae, exporting a clip, and replacing a comp with the actual clip is "what works now" ... not ideal, but ... it works.

             

            Neil

            Everyone's mileage always varies ...
            R Neil Haugen
            R Neil Haugen
            Legend
            November 29, 2021

            Understand your frustrations there! This is simply a killer when you need the tools of Ae. No question.

             

            And it's very frustrating for those of us trying to sort the troubles out for others, because it is so freaking hit & miss. What fixes DL issues for one user, has no help for another. Most of us are doing fine, and some of us are hammered.

             

            Yea, this is just a load of pain. I would hope they can get a more solid Pr/Ae link somehow.

             

            Neil

            Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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            jmro
            Participating Frequently
            November 29, 2021

            This is still happening to me. I've updated to Premiere Pro 2022 v 22.0.0 and After Effects. How is this still an issue? Its been going on for over a year!

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            Taylor23579675mcil
            Participant
            July 8, 2022

            Ever get it fixed? My thoughts were the exact same: switch to Davinci. Absolute joke.

             

            stasiya-motion
            stasiya-motion
            Known Participant
            May 13, 2021

            having the same issues in both 2021 and in beta. 

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            louisen8863262218436997
            Participating Frequently
            April 16, 2021

            There is a bug report for this started. Please vote so this issue can get fixed!

             

            https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro/suggestions/43087128-after-effects-dynamic-link-breaks

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            louisen8863262218436997
            Participating Frequently
            April 15, 2021

            Did you ever report this to Adobe? I have the exact same problem, but they say others are not reporting this issue so it is not a bug. It must be a corrupt comp according to Adobe. Or many many many corrupt comps appartently, since it happens all the time.

            MyerPj
            Community Expert
            MyerPjCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            April 15, 2021

            https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro
            User Voice is where the Adobe engineers look for bug reports, enhancement requests, etc. The urgency for bug reports or new features can be judged by how many of us users upvote the requests. You can search for similar requests using the search feature at the lower right. It's best to upvote a request that has some traction (votes) already, and you can upvote and reply to that thread. If you don't find one the matches your request, then enter a new one. Regardless, post a link back here so those seeing this thread can upvote also.

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