AE won’t recognize .aex files!

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AE won’t recognize .aex files!

Posted by Reuben Lemer on May 10, 2008 at 8:59 am

Hi,

I’m trying to install a few plug-ins, and most of them are easy to install and work fine (those are ones that end in .ffx) but there are a few I really want which are .aex files instead. I’ve tried opening them in ae, I’ve tried opening ae with them in the plug-ins folder and also the presets folder. But it wont work! All I get is this error message;

After Effects error: opening resource file “Twitch.aex” — unexpected end-of-file (-39).

( 3 :: 54 )

Can anyone help me???

Thanks,

Reuben

Jack Macson replied 15 years ago 5 Members · 9 Replies
9 Replies

Andrew Kramer
May 10, 2008 at 9:30 am

Please contact support and we can provide you with a Mac version of the plug-in. This version is for Windows.

https://www.VideoCopilot.net
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Reuben Lemer
May 10, 2008 at 9:38 am

Ok thanks Andrew,

But there are quite a few plug-ins that use .aex format, is there a converter I could download somewhere or a trick to opening that format on a Mac?

Thanks,

Reuben
Andrew Kramer
May 10, 2008 at 9:54 am

Basically, plug-ins for Intel Macs on OS X need to be published specifically to be compatible since the old system was passed up for the FX plug architecture. Some developers have updated their plug-ins and some have not. There is nothing you can do to make them compatible except get a old power mac.

https://www.VideoCopilot.net
Tools for Video Professionals
Reuben Lemer
May 10, 2008 at 10:15 am

Ah… Well I’m using a ppc at the moment, I’m striving to get an Intel because then I can get a PC emulator and not need to worry about all this. Is there a way of getting .aex filed to open then on a power mac?

Thanks,

Reuben
Andrew Kramer
May 10, 2008 at 10:21 am

It also depends on the AE version you are using… Twitch is compatible with AE 7 and CS3 for the Mac. I’m not sure about other plug-ins.

https://www.VideoCopilot.net
Tools for Video Professionals
Reuben Lemer
May 10, 2008 at 12:37 pm

I have ae cs3 🙁 I assume these plug-ins only work for earlier versions of ae, and therefore this is a definite flaw in the ae design.

But thanks for the info!

Reuben
Theophilus Wallen
November 8, 2010 at 2:05 am

hi andrew kramer, i have the same problem with the same plug-in. but im using a pc running windows 7 64-bit, and after effects CS5.and after effects seriously doesnt want to use this plug in. ive tried absolutely everything and it either says: “this favortie contains 1 reference to a missing effect. Please install the following effect to restore this refence. (“Twitch”)” or “After Effects error: Can’t import file “twitch.aex”: unsupported filetype or extension. (0 :: 1). i also got the update for twitch and it still doesn’t work. pleeeeease help.
Rudy Gold
November 9, 2010 at 2:46 am

i am interested in buying the twitch plug in and i wanted to see if its compatible. i have both cs4 9.0 and cs5 im running i7 920 Processor
GTX 260 (896MB GDDR3)
12GB of DDR3 RAM

and if it not compatible what can i do to get it to work thanks

Rudy Gold
Jack Macson
May 7, 2011 at 12:10 am

Hello, i installed an editing software on windows vista, its format is .aex and it won’t open, what shall i do? i followed the forum link you suggested to another guy but i couldn’t find anything there. will really appreciate your help. thanks

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