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Alt drag replace NOT working
I have a pretty hefty animation using .psd layers. I need to replace those layers with the new updated .psd layers that have new colors. Normally I would just alt drag the new layers to replace the old ones. Only thing is, its not working. The replacement happens (the new name updates) but the new colors and whatnot don’t update. When double clicking the layer to open it by itself you can see the new updated version, but when viewing it inside the timeline no changes have happened. Is there something simple that I’m missing here?
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Have you tried Reload? I think you right click the PSD file in the Project area.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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I’ve tried reloading and replacing, still no go. Not sure what the issue is
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[Erik Thurman] “The replacement happens (the new name updates) but the new colors and whatnot don’t update”
Are there effects applied to the layers that change the color?
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When replacing the old files with the new ones didn’t work I tried changing the color on the old files. I tried ramp, tint, and fill but none changed the color. I’ve never had this much not work in AE.
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Just so I’m clear, are these layers being replaced with the same sort of footage? Are they pre-comps, are any Proxies in use?
Have you tried clearing the caches and resetting the preferences?
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Yes they’re pre comped.
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[Ridley Walker] “Have you tried clearing the caches”
Erik, just wanted to make sure you saw this since you didn’t refer to it in your last post. You can clear the disk cache in Preferences > Media & Disk Cache > Empty Disk Cache, and you can clear RAM cache with Edit > Purge > All Memory.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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Is that usually something that solves this kind of issue?
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[Erik Thurman] “Is that usually something that solves this kind of issue?”
Yes. When I see something not changing, and I expect it to be changing, the first thing I suspect is the persistent disk cache (new in CS6).
Be sure to run all the updates, too, as there were quite a few cache-related bug squashed in the point updates to CS6.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
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I was unaware of that. I’ll give that a shot when I’m back in the office tomorrow. Thanks a bunch.
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