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AE Doesn’t Import EXR Files Correctly
Hi folks,
I’m having some trouble with using a EXR file sequence in AE. I have fair experience with AE, but haven’t had much experience using 3D designs in my compositing until now.
I want to add a lightning bolt striking an abandoned house, creating a small explosion with residual fire on the window frame. I wanted to use an EXR sequence video file to utilize the passes and finetune the lightness and colors more efficiently, so I found these for free download:
I’m uploading a few screenshots so you can see the steps I take for the import. On the final step I get an AE error saying basically “can’t read image file” and “file is not an image file”.
You can see on the first screenshot that I’ve selected the option to “import as: footage”. I also tried the option “Composition – Retain Layer Sizes”, but nothing changed.
Although I’m with AE 2024, I downloaded the latest v. 2.6 of the OpenEXR plug-in and replaced the effects in the plugins, effects folder. But still nothing changed
I couldn’t find any information that would resolve this in my case, so I decided to post here. Perhaps I’m doing something wrong, but I don’t know what. I’d be very grateful for any help.
Thanks!