AE CS3 Crashes on file import!

[Darby Edelen]

Can you give us any specifics in terms of your system? OS version? QuickTime version?

The catch all answer should be: try a reinstall of AE. But that may not solve problems relating to codecs/QT/OS issues.

Darby Edelen
Lead Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA

[Ed Akselrud]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33 ghz
e Geforce 8600 gt
2 gb ddr2 ram

Windows xp media edition
i dont know about quicktime..

[Charles Gallagher]

At this time I can’t add anything except that I am having the exact same problem. This is my second clean install. One thing I have not yet tried might be the problem, if you have done the same thing I did.

I installed AECS3, then I dragged copies of all my plug-ins from AE7 into the new installation. Since AE7 didn’t come with these plugins, and I didn’t install them “correctly” I am thinking this might be my problem and I will do yet another clean install, without adding a single plugin. I will share my results.

[Armin Tadayyon]

If you bought AECS3 straight from Adobe, then I don’t know.

If you have a pirated version, it happens.

You are better off going to straight to adobe and purchase it.

[Ed Akselrud]

Yes, I pirated it (sorry..), I downloaded the trial and downloaded a crack that replaces the AfterFX.dll in Support Files folder. I think that could be the problem, but I cant check if I reinstall without it because I won’t be able to access after effects because my trial expired a while ago. I downloaded it some time ago and activated the trial but never used it because I thought it was a bit complicated. Now that I finally understood what it’s used for I decided to try it again. I can’t afford After Effects… I need it for a movie I’m making with a game… So I had to try something.