You have other issues, and I'm a lousy diagnostician -- I have people who solve my software woes.
I recommend starting a new thread, describing BOTH the problem and the remedial steps you've taken. They'll want PRECISE version numbers for OS & CC, so come prepared.
Thanks for all your help. Where should I start a new thread? Is there a different location in the forums I should be going?
Mike
Okay what on Earth is going on here.
I loaded up AE and it said: "After Effects warning: can not find source item for layer ID=1056; will replace with a placeholder. (26 :: 143)"
So now 4 out of 6 of the source Illustrator files for one of my compositions are missing, but they're not 'missing' they're 'recovered' which means I can't Replace Footage? I have tried googling and reviewing this forum extensively but I cannot find any information about this "Recovered" status which seems to lock me out of doing anything useful.
I am only using 1 Illustrator file, so why the heck is AE able to find 2 out of the 6 layers within that 1 file? How the heck is it able to see and locate the 1 .ai file, yet only 'see' 2 out of the 6 layers??? Does this make sense to anyone else? Am I just missing something? (I am obviously missing my files, but you get the idea).
I have a copy of the .ai file sitting here, yet I am not able to tell AE to 'see' it to fix my 2/3rds broken composition.
Well that's not entirely accurate, I am able to import the .ai file into AE and see the layers like I expect them to be, but there is no way that I can discern to tell AE to replace the placeholders with the imported .ai layers.
This is very irritating.
The composition is otherwise intact and my animations, keyframes, etc, are intact; it's just the image layers that are MIA.
I am using After Effects 2017 CC
Okay despite having a bit of a struggle for a while I DID find a solution, which I'm posting here for those with the problem in the future.
Why the solution is so limited to this one specific method I do not know, but here we go:
1. Navigate to the composition that is missing Layers
2. In the Project View, locate the source files that you want to use to replace the placeholders with. (I did eventually find them, they were not were I expected them to be but that's my bad)
3. In the composition view Make SURE to left click and select/highlight the placeholder layer that you would like to replace
4. Then left click and hold, then drag the source file/image/footage whatever from the Project view into the composition timeline area and hover it over timeline area, specifically over the timeline bar of that (HIGHLIGHTED!) layer. (If you didn't select the layer in step #3 this is not gonna work)
5. While still holding left click and hovering, then hold the ALT key
6. Release the left mouse button.
7. This should force your source file into the layer, and if it's the same source file as what was there previously, it should fit in perfectly and go back to the way you want it.
I don't pretend to understand After Effects, I just use it.
Was genau meint Gradient Fill? Kann ich Offset-Pfade nicht auf native AI Dateien anwenden? Ist es überhaupt nicht möglich, Formen aus der Vektorebene ohne Verlust der Kontur, welche ich mit Adobe Illustrator CC 2017 angefertigt habe, zu erstellen? Wie genau ist gemeint, dass ich native AI Dateien ohne Konvertierung mit Formebenen kombinieren könne?
Yup, that did it! We actually troubleshooted this at my work last week with Adobe and found this solution. I can full speed previews now on CC17.
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This is the event log for the error. It clearly states its the KeylightPro.AEX plugin that is crashing. I am using the same .MXF file I have been using for a couple of years now and never had an issue until 2017. This needs to be addressed please.
Nope -- just post the way you did when you started this thread. Works like a charm.
Hi ChrisBrearley,
Sorry for the delay in contacting you once more. Your response appears to have slipped by me, but I'm circling back now to see if anything positive occurred. Sorry for that.
Hi Kevin, thank you for your reply. I've spoken with two support agents from Adobe about this issue and both suggested that it was not a problem with AE but with the Blackmagic card. Unfortunately I don't have case numbers for these conversations.
I have tools that I can use to track your case down. I should be able to correct the issue from my side. That said, I need to find out where they are getting their info from, as there are no bugs logged here that I could find indicating the issue.
The source footage has nothing to do with this problem. In face there doesn't need to be any footage in the comp. A 10x10 white solid animating across screen will still lag.
Thanks for detailing the issue.
Playback on the main monitor is fine, the issue is with how the mercury playback engine in AE sends the
image to the Intensity 4k.
I have also unsuccessfully tried to use one of my 980Tis as the output but again there are serious issues with anything
above HD. There is still lag and the image doesn't fit the screen correctly.
I would love to know if anyone has had any success in outputting to an external monitor through any device with a comp size above HD.
See if Szalam's advice might help here regarding Display Preferences: Re: After Effects CC 2017 very laggy on second monitor
I have filed several bug reports and feature requests over the years but not once have any of them been acknowledged or actioned so I have given up.
That's frustrating. Sorry about that. Not all feature requests do get implemented, however, for a number of various reasons. I do not like that we don't acknowledge feature requests, but the answer to that is that we simply do not have enough time to do so for every case. We do reach out to select customers for clarification, though. So it does happen, just not very frequently.
I have been in touch with Blackmagic since and they have been able to replicate the problem at there end.
Thanks. Let us know if they follow up with any new info.
I am hoping that the engineers there have a direct line with Adobe and are able to get there heads together and figure out what is going on. This was a few weeks ago but I have heard nothing since.
We have a standing relationship with all our partners. Since there is no bug filed from our side that I can see, and our partner is seeing a bug, I will have to reconcile that for all parties by filing by own bug. I'll see to it that it gets filed from our side. Any other info we could receive from you via a bug report would be ideal, that way, we can hit the issue from both sides.
Sorry again for this frustration, but I'll do my best to get the ball rolling on this issue. Thanks for keeping the communication going.
Kind regards,
Kevin
I don't know what you mean by "cut out of a layer," but I just want a block
of text that I can superimpose over an image in final cut. So, like white
text in a black square.
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 2:22 PM, TheresaTob <forums_noreply@adobe.com>
Hello everyone,
I am total newb in after effect, I downloaded a template to play around with and I can not figure out why it moves to a next scene before finishing current composition?
I took a screenshot that shows better what I mean.
My first scene is much longer but you can see in the preview it already started moveing to next scene even though scene1 is has not ended yet.
How do I make it wait for the scene 1 to finish before moving to scene 2?
Thank you very much for your help in advance.
Any tips are highly appreciated.
Stan
Hey Chris,
I tracked down your issue and it is an issue we're aware of. I apologize for the problem. We are working with Blackmagic to improve the situation. Thanks again for filing your bug report.
This experience you're having is, more than likely, a performance limitation of Transmit. When frame sizes start getting into the UHD range, playback to the Transmit monitor can suffer. Since After Effects never drops frames, and Transmit output is asynchronous to After Effects’ internal playback, the slowed-down playback can get out of sync with the main monitor.
As I understand it, your experience with third party cards like the Intensity might even be less performant than using a high-performance GPUs to drive a second monitor.
From what the team tells me, this is a bandwidth issue. Performance can suffer by adding larger frame dimensions, higher frame rates, and deeper colors to the playback stream.
You can mitigate the issue by doing some of the following:
It's too bad that I can't come up with a better solution for you at this time. For that, I apologize. If others are facing the issue, be sure to file a bug so that we can make improvements along with Blackmagic.
Thanks,
Kevin
Thank you so much! It worked. I downloaded the application and then I clicked free trial next to after effects and it downloaded just fine.
I know this thread is almost a year old but I have been having the same issue. However, once I turned "Pre Blur" back to "0" I have not had a crash. Knock on wood. That is the fix.
Same problem! Replacing Adobe with 'OldAdobe' isn't working!
Hi Folks,
I'm running into an issue where a scaled up vector graphic seems to randomly disappear unless I set the layer quality to "draft". The graphic is the yellow circular shape that you can see here:
https://vimeo.com/208038578/e77b714a10
Notice that before the yellow shape scales down into the frame, it disappears a few times for a few frames each time. It's an EPS file in a comp called "Yellow Circle" with a mask applied to remove the text part of their logo. That comp is the in another comp "Background" with the flying letters layer underneath and animation of the Yellow Circle layer (spinning, scaling down, and a blur applied). In BOTH comps, the continuously rasterize option is selected. If I set the layer quality to "draft", this issue disappears during playback. But it shows up on render. (I've tried quicktime animation and ProRes HQ). I've tried disabling the blur, to no avail. If I set the "Background" comp's size to 10000x5626, so that the scaled up graphic is in the frame, the problem also goes away when playing back with the "Yellow Circle" layer's quality set to "best".
Any ideas what's happening here? Other things to try?
Thanks!
Bill
Huh. Running a Windows update (newly available) last night actually fixed
the problem. Go figure. AE is recognizing my GPU again.
i am trying to create an animation where things are moving up in the sky. I followed a tutorial on how to do a parallax but horizontal. In the video, he uses expressions. They do work on my project but I need it to move up, not side to side. Does anyone know how? I've attached the tutorial video. Thanks!
I'm still having a bit of trouble with this. Do you think you could walk me through it? I've gotten the venetian binds for the scan lines but cant figure out the animation.
Try moving the Scene 2 layers further down the timeline.
