hi ted thanks for replying thats a cool way to do it but on cs4 on xp i could just open a new comp right click copy in prem and then paste in ae just seems bizare how it will not work in windows 7 with cs5 i also have a problem with mocha v2 for ae everytime i try to load a .avi or a .mov file i get a unable to read movie:make sure the file is readable error come up i am my wits end with it i have been on to adobe but yet no reply:(