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  Dynamic Linked AE clip – plays in source viewer but can’t be placed on timeline

  Posted by James Goodenough on April 11, 2013 at 9:04 pm

  I’ve never had this issue before. I’m using CS6 and have a clip from PP, that I’ve linked to AE, done a 3D camera tracker on and when I import it back into PP I can play it in the source viewer, but am unable to drag it down to the timeline.
  I simply get the hand with a stop sign logo. If I right click the file and create a sequence from it, the sequence is created without any content.

  I’ve saved both projects as XML files and re-imported them into their respective programmes, hoping that that would solve the issue, it didn’t. I created two brand new projects and did a basic round trip test – Bars and tone in PP Sequence, linked to AE, added a bit if text across the front, imported back into PP and had exactly the same issue. So it’s nothing to do with the project.

  I opened an old project and adjusted a working Dynamic Link clip in AE and it rippled straight through to PP.

  I’m not aware that I’ve changes anything in the settings.

  Any suggestions?
  Thanks

  Tom Daigon replied 13 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  James Goodenough

  April 11, 2013 at 9:32 pm

  Yes, forgot to say, tried that, works perfectly. I’m just more concerned why Dynamic Linking is suddenly not working, I’ve become a bit too used to it.
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  Tom Daigon

  April 12, 2013 at 3:52 am

  I have also bumped into this problem in the past. I ended up doing what Dave suggested to get around it.

  If you save it from AE with “Project Link” checked. When you import it and place it on the timeline, you can use Edit Original to reopen it up instantaneously in AE. Its just a good alternate approach.

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