how do I open a windows AEP on a Mac AE v.9?

[Robyn Rhodes]

No not a freaky Friday gotcha question. But if I think of one I will post it:)

Oh is it that simple? I assumed it would be incompatible.

I am a “cross platform AEP file opening ignoramus”.

Robyn Rhodes

I’m only half the thing I say I am, the other half are me.

[Steve Roberts]

Don’t forget plugins. If the original project used third-party plug-in effects, Windows versions of those plugins need to be present on the Windows box.

Sometimes Mac & Windows versions of a plugin are sold together, sometimes separately. It depends on the plugin.

[Todd Kopriva]

“Cross-platform project considerations”

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[Brian Deviteri]

Depending on what you are actually working on within AE, I would also suggest you ask for a compression of the last version they are sending for own reference. Sometimes this helps if effects don’t properly transfer from one platform to another.

Another BIG deal is fonts. Again, not sure if you’re dealing with them, but a lot of times you will have to substitute them, even if the same font is installed on your machine. A quirk between different operating systems (and sometimes within the same OS environment) is that each machine will sometimes “see” the same fonts slightly differently, especially when dealing with fonts that have multiple family options. You’ll get the font error messages, but if you have a reference clip you can easily choose the proper substitute and just double-check everything lines up the way it should.

[Robyn Rhodes]

thanks all for the help.

have a nice weekend(if you have one;)

r

I’m only half the thing I say I am, the other half are me.

[Jason Brown]

Just FYI…I’ve had issues with Adobe Encore projects going from Win to Mac