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Why is my composition background a frame from a previous project?
Hello!
I’m relatively new to after effects, and I have a question about my composition background. For some reason, whenever I make a new composition, it says my background is black, but when I make it, the background is a frame from one of my previous projects.
This has happened to me twice now. To fix the problem before, I switched my renderer from Cinema 4D to Classic 3D. Now that the problem has happened before, both renderers have a random frame stuck there. I don’t know how to fix it!
I am running After Effects CC 2019.
I’m so sorry if this was confusing! -
3 Replies
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It sounds like you need to toggle transparency grid. In your composition window, just to the left of your camera view dropdown is a rectangular icon. Click on that and it should fix the problem.
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After Effects saves rendered frames to memory and to disk, to make subsequent previews and renders faster. If you ever see an incorrect stuck frame, try purging that cache:
Edit > Purge > All memory and dish cache…
Walter Soyka
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it happens all the time…never render without a background or else that will happen
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