How to Relink Missing Files in After Effect

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Thank you. So Easy. Less than 2 minutes, and I only had to watch it once. That almost never happens. Works with PSD Layers too. Just Replace one of the layers with the PSD and all of the other layers from that file will pop back in too.

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My AE footage was recovered but my dynamic link on premiere has not. I thought it was simultaneously going back online on premiere also. Any tips ?

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I guess you have to do the same on both? I'm not a Premiere editor.

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Any ideas what would be causing this to happen repeatedly when the asset files have not been moved, changed, etc?

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Hum. If anything from this happen that's hard to follow.
Are you using something like dropbox that imulate file on your drive?

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I guess this is a plugin you may have install. I don't know it personally. But maybe you should reinstall it. You might need a file from it in your project and apparently it's been missing.

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[@kiuhkh]

hi, i import my clips from an external hard drive and whilst i'm editing there's no issue but only when i'm rendering, the files appear as missing. do you know how i can fix this issue?

[@HowToPM]

Hum. Sound like you are editing on proxy files and the original are offline.
That is my guess.

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I understand that panic! 😅

[@SGGCREATIVES]

What do you do when after effects only locates and relinks only the one file you you searched for and does automatically relink all the other missing files which are in the same folder?
This is my current issue and it driving me nuts!

[@HowToPM]

I believe you must select every mising files before. But I'm not using Adobe software for a while now.

[@karabomolotsi7335]

I have a file that is throwing error 86 and when i convert and "Relink" it auto scans the file evertime throwing endless errors. HOW can I stop AE auto scanning for other mising files?

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[@benhuff9592]

How do you get it to search the whole folder? I'm only able to click on individual files

[@HowToPM]

I don't know? I just select the folder I guess. Then it search everything in it.
That is how it worked on that version on Mac at least.

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Dang, the folders for me are grayed out. Appreciate that follow up though. @@HowToPM

[@christine3071]

Didn't work for me. When I right click, "Replace footage" is greyed out. (All I did was rename the file and I can't relink it now.) Can you help?

[@HowToPM]

Hum. The file must not be the same anymore if it does not relink it. Have you alse change the extension?

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@@HowToPM it was an .ai file. But it wouldn’t even let me choose a different file. In the end I ended up starting over because I wasn’t very far into the project anyway. I appreciate you writing me back!

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Interesting... the missing files are not showing up when I use the search bar.

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Do you use the software in an other language?

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@@HowToPM No, in english... but I found that you have to type a complete sentence like "missing foootage"... only typing the word "missing" won't do anything, Adobe must've done it this way. Thanks for the reply!

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but i can't find the file?

[@HowToPM]

Make a search in your computer. If you deleted it, that is an other story.

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