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DavidMathieu
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April 30, 2019
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After Effects error: internal verification failure, sorry! {no current context}

  • April 30, 2019
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My team and I are using After Effects with Team Projects and since the latest update (v. 16.1.1), almost every time we open our main project, this error shows up: After Effects error: internal verification failure, sorry! {no current context}.

Every compositions inside the project seems to be broken, as our layers are either missing or misplaced. The animations are all messed up also.

For example, this composition should look like this:

But instead, it looks like this:

Now, the only way we found to overcome this problem is to close and open back the project, but it doesn't work very often and it's kind of random as of when it actually works.

Correct answer PeterELee

Hey Peter, is there a way I can do this without it replacing the Team Project I'm having a problem with. And should I attempt this within a newly created Team Project, or just a regular project? (The Team Project is a mixture of AE and Premiere, so don't want that to get broken up).


If you're running with the latest version of Premiere, and the Team Project contains both AE and Premiere elements, then you would need to stick with compatible versions of AE and Premiere.


We think we may have identified the problem, which appears to be an issue with how AE 16.1 loads Team Projects that contain certain PSD files. I've DM'ed you instructions about how to set a debug flag that will hopefully disable the optimization that's causing the issue. Please let me know if it works for you.

We're working on a fix as well.

6 replies

Participant
October 10, 2021

i fixed mine. the file was moved to the icloud. if you move it back, it works.

Participant
June 30, 2021

You only need to install QuickTime, I just bought a new pc, then install adobe after effects, whe im trying to drag some file

the error shows, I just installed quicktime and works perfectly.

Participant
August 27, 2022

so do i just install quicktime then ill be able to drag files without the error?

Participant
April 9, 2020

Hi peter ! Could you please say me the solution for After Effects error : internal verification failure ,sorry{bad sub rect in ShrinkToSubRect}.

Participant
September 30, 2021

Same issue,recent work gone

amandar31051918
Participant
December 4, 2019

I just got this issue today and it looks like it was happening to me because it was trying to load animation effects/presets window at launch. I made a different window active, saved and closed, and then it opened without that error message.

Participant
April 15, 2021

got the same issue running on a m1 mac mini with 8gb ram. i tried resetting my workspace back to default, saved and re-opened. am still experiencing the same issue though. could you take e through how you did it?

Vinay Dwivedi
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
May 1, 2019

Hi David,

Have you used any script here?

If yes, can you share it here so that we can have a look.

//Vinay

PeterELee
Adobe Employee
Adobe Employee
April 30, 2019

I have not seen that problem before. It's especially odd that closing and re-opening the project would produce different results. I will reach out via DM to see if we can gather any additional data about what might be triggering the issue.

Participant
May 1, 2019

I have the exact same problem. Team project that's worked fine forever will no longer open in AE, it immediately crashes. It'll still open in Premiere but not in After Effects (and seeing as the comps are the most important part, I'm in big trouble). Got my boss and clients asking when they can see the new videos. I really hope you guys have got a fix?

The biggest problem I have is that now I tried to open in the latest AE, when I try to open it in the last version it says it won't because it's been opened in a newer version now, so I'm totally screwed.

PeterELee
Adobe Employee
PeterELeeCorrect answer
Adobe Employee
May 2, 2019

Hey Peter, is there a way I can do this without it replacing the Team Project I'm having a problem with. And should I attempt this within a newly created Team Project, or just a regular project? (The Team Project is a mixture of AE and Premiere, so don't want that to get broken up).


If you're running with the latest version of Premiere, and the Team Project contains both AE and Premiere elements, then you would need to stick with compatible versions of AE and Premiere.


We think we may have identified the problem, which appears to be an issue with how AE 16.1 loads Team Projects that contain certain PSD files. I've DM'ed you instructions about how to set a debug flag that will hopefully disable the optimization that's causing the issue. Please let me know if it works for you.

We're working on a fix as well.