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Rendering error: Matrix cannot be inverted
I’ve run into an error when attempting to render anything that states: “After Effects warning: Matrix cannot be inverted.” After clicking OK, the message continues to pop up, forcing me to end the AFTERFX process. I cannot find ANYTHING online that concerns both After Effects and this error message. Even after a restart and then an uninstall and reinstall of After Effects I continue to get this error.
Any suggestions?
Stats:
2.13GHz Intel Core 2
3.25 GB Ram
Running WinXP 32 Bit SP3
Adobe After Effects CS4 -
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Reloaded my machine to get rid of this error. After Effects CS4 worked for about a day and then this error started appearing again. This time the render would finish but the resulting file would be corrupt. Anybody heard of it?
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So, after speaking with Adobe customer support, it appears that the culprit behind the error message I’ve been getting is the Blackmagic HD 8-bit 4:2:2 Codec I was attempting to use for rendering. Because my Premiere project utilized the Blackmagic preset that matches that codec, I wanted to keep everything universal and prevent any pre-rendering in my Premiere project timeline. T
he workaround for now is to compress with a different codec or, if you have the space, render uncompressed. I’ll be contacting Blackmagic to let them know about the problem.
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hey,
i had the same error recently. i do not use any blackmagic codec, at least not that i’m aware off, since this is pure after effects. no video involved. there are only huge dimensions, both in image / solid resolution, as in x,y,z dimensions in which the elements are spread out.
the weird thing was the error message only popping up on the first frame, on the second frame it was fine. it popped up in full, half, .. resolution, with or without motion blur, effects and adjustments enabled or disabled.. comp was full hd, but even changing to hd720 had no effect whatsoever.
i was gladly able to get rid of the error by simply shortening the lengths of some layers which i reluctantly dragged in the timeline but where at that point not yet in camera view.. there are a total of about 150 layers, with 10 empty layers like nulls and adjustment layers and 30 – 50 visible at every time..
so i guess keeping the timeline clean and tidy DOES improve the internal AE handling after all..!
btw, i use ae cs4..
hope this helps you or anybody else since there is not much information concerning that specific error message..
greetz 🙂
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