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collect feature error
Hiya crew,
I’m just having an issue with the collect files feature. (AE6.5 on pc) It gets to one of the files and comes up with the message: “After effect error: creating file “fantasy world.psd” — file not found (-43)” The file ‘fantasy world.psd’ is still in the same place and the link doesnt seem to be broken or missing or anything. I’m trying to gather everything together to back up so this is kinda an issue because as soon as it gets to that file it stops collecting the rest.
Any ideas??
Thanks x
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3 Replies
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Did you import the PSD as a single file or as separate layers? If you’ve deleted or renamed one of the layers in the original PSD, this would generate the bad file reference.
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Hi thanks for the reply 🙂
Yes its a photoshop comp with a stack of layers. I’ve just gone through them painstakingly and none of the original layers have been deleted or the names changed. Any other thoughts?
Is there any easy way to replace a file with heaps of layers like that, when its used throughout the project?
Or is there a way i can collect everything else but that file and just manually copy that one across?
Thanks heaps x
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Problem with AE is that it normally actually keeps VERY good track of your files, so it’s hard to fool it into thinking a file is offline.
The best bet, therefore, is for you to back up the file on another computer or disk, then remove it from the original location. Open the AE project, and it should be offline. Save and close the project. Put the file back, reopen the AE project, and re-link at least one of the references. Sometimes AE will automatically fix the others, but no guarantees. (Might want to work on a copy of the project file if you really have that many layers.)
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