Internal Structure Damaged

[Christopher R. green]

[stigWeard] “Could this be a corrupt footage file rather that the AE file?”

Probably not. The last time this happened to me I had to do this:

1. select all the layers in the comp you are trying to render (make sure layers are unlocked, and make sure you copy top-down or do a select-all so the layer order is maintained)
2. make a new comp with the same properties as the old comp (fps, dimensions, etc.)
3. paste the copied layers into the new comp

(If you’ve got expressions that are comp name-aware, you should give the new comp the same name as the old temporarily)

4. get rid of the old comp and try to render with the new one

hope this helps ….

[Stu Pond]

Thanks for the advice. When I tried it all the copied footage lost its links and said ‘original source deleted’, so I guess the original AE file was well and truly shot.

Bummer – I am having to redo the entire thing from scratch (though it did let me copy the text layers, so that’s something).

I wonder if Adobe should include some sort of built in check that warns you when an AE file is corrupt – I worked on that file for over 3 hours, and all the saved versions are knackered.

[Aharon Rabinowitz]

Open a new AE project, Try importing the corrupt AE file.

File > Import > FIle

You can import an After Effects project into another one this way. This can sometimes save your work when things get corrupted.

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