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JamieWoods
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October 24, 2021
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Premiere Pro 2022 - Dynamic Link Not working with After Effects

  • October 24, 2021
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After updating to PP 22, dynamic link with AE is not working. I've tried going to documents and putting OLD after dynamic link folder, but this did nothing.

This is so disappointing and am actually installing beta versions to finish a project. 

    Correct answer andz

    Just an update on our side with regard on this dynamic link problem.

    As of now with the latest update PP 22.11 AE 22.11 ME 22.11 , the dynamic link is working properly.

     

    I hope also the lumetri will be fix soon.

     

     

    Ill update here soon if something wrong comes up.

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    SimeonVeld
    SimeonVeld
    Participating Frequently
    November 3, 2021

    same problem here... Adobe Fix this fast!!!

    CelloZug
    CelloZug
    Known Participant
    November 2, 2021

    There seems to be only one way to get the problem under control (MacOS, MacPro, after backup!): Clean Install of the system, so all old residual data (VAR-folder, Caches, Dynamic Links etc.) are deleted. Then cleanly install both versions of Premiere and AfterEffects. Apart from the still missing linking of AE projects to PR in both versions (14.1 and 22.0), you can work with the software again to some extent. In any case, it worked on two workstations for us.

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      terrancev
      Participating Frequently
      November 3, 2021

      Unfortuneately this is my resolve.  I have no choice.  Glad its "working" for you.

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      terrancev
      Participating Frequently
      November 3, 2021

      *Unfortunately 

      CelloZug
      CelloZug
      Known Participant
      November 2, 2021

      There seems to be only one way to get the problem under control (MacOS, MacPro, after backup!): Clean Install of the system, so all old residual data (VAR-folder, Caches, Dynamic Links etc.) are deleted. Then cleanly install both versions of Premiere and AfterEffects. Apart from the still missing linking of AE projects to PR in both versions (14.1 and 22.0), you can work with the software again to some extent. In any case, it worked on two workstations for us.

       

      We created the AE link from old projects again manually. Waste of time...

      Everything else makes no sense.

       

      And we are still waiting for a sign from ADOBE..............

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        bongrs
        Participating Frequently
        November 2, 2021

        Think I've succesfully downgraded to prev version > removing new versions + prefs and then log out of CC > restart and re-install ... now looking if I can get the job done before deadlines ... 

          JJL777
          JJL777
          Participating Frequently
          November 2, 2021

          What infuriates me is that they REMOVED 2021 from the "older versions". I can't find it anywhere to roll it back. Lost hours on a project. When I try to manually locate the no-longer linked comps, it just freezes. I can roll with new releases having bugs, but to REMOVE the 2021 version from being available. Super lame, super duper lame, Adobe. Y U no leave 2021 available?

          CelloZug
          CelloZug
          Known Participant
          November 2, 2021

          look my answer above, unfortunately slipped into another question... Sorry

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          bongrs
          Participating Frequently
          November 2, 2021

          My problems with PP + AE started after upgrading to CS AE + PP 2022 with fullspecs i9 MBP 2018

          Upgraded to monterey, did trick with DLS folder ... downgraded PP + AE ... nothing works for me

          Really need to get to work!!!!

           

          MBP 16" 2018 monterey

            R Neil Haugen
            R Neil Haugen
            Legend
            November 2, 2021

            At this point try uninstalling both apps from the CC Desktop app. Sign out of your CC app and shut down/restart the computer.

             

            Go into the CC app, and download/install both apps. See if that jogs things a bit.

             

            Neil

            Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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            bongrs
            Participating Frequently
            November 2, 2021

            Hi Neil,

             

            thanks for reply - but do you advice to clean install 'old' PP + AE 2021, or clean install the new 2022 versions?

            I've tried both, removing all prefs etc and also media encoder ... but I'll try again. (at this point I'm starting to get really desperate)

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            faustof64342104
            Participant
            November 2, 2021

            Hi,

             

            I've been havind the same problem last couple of days, but i've found that if you first open the after effects project thats linked to your linked comps in your premiere project, and then open the premiere project, its seems to work fine for me and the problem hasn't occured since i started using this method.

             

            So hopefully this helps for you as well.

            Lusik142
            Lusik142
            Participating Frequently
            November 1, 2021

            I found a workaround that worked for me, but I lost 2 hours today trying ty find a solution.  Dynamic link problem occurs when more than one .aep file is linked. So in AE I imported compositions from other files that were originally linked to the project and then imported these comps (from a single .aep file) to Premiere Pro.

             

            I am not sure if it will work after closing the project but at least I finally managed to start an export. 

             

              R Neil Haugen
              R Neil Haugen
              Legend
              November 1, 2021

              So it was with multiple Ae comps?

               

              I'll try that.

               

              Edit: added a second comp, even closed both apps and relaunched. The PrPro sequence played fine though after I closed Ae I had to re-render the clips.

               

              After closing both and re-opening both, in Ae bringing back the comps, I could make changes and have them track normally in PrPro.

               

              So what the HADES is happening to those systems plagued by this? Dang frustrating.

               

              Neil

              Everyone's mileage always varies ...
              Lusik142
              Lusik142
              Participating Frequently
              November 2, 2021

              Yes, multiple AE comps. But it worked only as long as Premiere Pro and the project were open. When I reopened them a few hours later, it could not relink the AE comp automatically and I had to repeat the process described above. 

               

              So there are actually two layers of the problem. 

              1. Opening a project with dymamic links - these cannot be relinked automaticlaly. 

              2. Adding comps from from different .aep files crahses the software. 

               

              Tested on MacbookPro 15" Late 2016. 

               

              R Neil Haugen
              R Neil Haugen
              Legend
              November 1, 2021

              It would be good to get the data from the people having trouble with Ae dynamic links. Trying to sort out the possible probables for the problem.

               

              First, on my system, it's working slick. This is a 24-core 3960X Threadripper with a 2080Ti running mostly Nvme and internal SSD drives.

               

              I just took a BRAW clip from my BMPCC4K on a timeline in PrPro V22 ... 22.0.0 (build 169). "Replace with Ae comp" brought up Ae 22 ... 22.0.0 (build 111).

               

              I added a text element, animated it with the CC Bend It effect, and Ae worked as-expected.

               

              Back in Pr, the clip now showed the work of Ae. The timeline was jerky so I hit the Enter key for a render, and it's smooth as silk.

               

              But that clearly is not happening for some of you. So ... more data is more good.

               

              You computer kit as that may be a tiny to major part, no clue ... what OS and hardware do you have?

               

              From the "About" windows, check the version and build numbers, include those.

               

              The media ... what's on the sequence? Very specifically?

               

              Let's see if something shows up regularly.

               

              Neil

              Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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              Nick Kolotov
              Participant
              November 2, 2021

              Running Windows right?
              All the issues are happening on MacOS computers.
              Over the last couple of days i've sent tons of crash reports.
              Dynamic link error freezes the Premiere and the only way to shut it down is to Force Quit.
              Having multiple template Comps from different aep files inserted into Pr project makes it unusable.

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              defaultedfiqc4sohzm
              Participant
              November 1, 2021

              This is a problem and should be fixed ASAP. You obviously have alot of users here across computers, OSs, specs, etc. It was working completely fine yesterday in the previous version. Now after an auto-update I have lost almost a day of work.

              mikem24003905
              mikem24003905
              Participant
              November 1, 2021

              I am experiencing the exact same issues. I have spent the day dealing with hangs, freezes, crashes. I finally gave in and rolled back to previous versions. I had 4 videos I updated in the PP V22. As a workaround, I opened them in V22 and exported those timelines as a Final Cut XML. Then reimport them to the previous version of Premiere. Now I am going thru the timeline and re linking AE comps, recreating graphics I created with the Premiere Graphics Panel. Very time consuming.

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