AFter Effects Importing Problem

liveordie56 · Post by **liveordie56** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:26 pm

I am trying to import some videos to test some effects in AE out. But whenever I import the videos they are cut down to about 2 minutes and some seconds. I wanted to import the whole video which is about 22 minutes. Is there any way I can import the full length? or is it meant to cut down like that?

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:37 pm

What codec are the videos compressed with. Is after effects reading the framerate on the videos correctly? Is the composition you are putting them in long enough to show the whole clip?

Generally you don't want to be importing a full episode into After Effects, because its just a huge hassle to try and do anything with. Much easier to import only the clips you need.

liveordie56 · Post by **liveordie56** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:43 pm

I'm using mjpeg and the compositions are definitely long enough. I'm not sure if after effects is reading it right.
But yea, I'll take your advice and use clips. But if i was to import a piece of footage the get done adding the effects, what codec should i use to move it back into premiere and do editing?

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:31 pm

Use a lossless codec such as Lagarith or Huffyuv.

liveordie56 · Post by **liveordie56** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:05 pm

I used lagarith it's the same thing, it cuts off at around 2 minutes and 50 some seconds.

Purge · Post by **Purge** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:57 pm

what do you mean "cut down". Is the file infomation in the project wimdow actually saying that the vid length is only 2min?

qyll · Post by **qyll** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:06 pm

I've this problem before in Premiere. Oddest thing. I opened up Premiere and half of my files had been cut down to a few minutes. The files that weren't affected were the ones that had segments of it on the timeline. I renamed all of my imported files and then re-imported them and then they worked with no problem.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:19 am

Not 100% sure, but it could be cutting them down because you don't have enough memory for it to load the whole thing.

liveordie56 · Post by **liveordie56** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:24 am

The video information on Adobe AFter Effects says that it's only around 2 minutes long. I think bashar is probably right although i am able to move in many of the full length videos only to have them all cut odwn to somewhere from 2-3 min. I have 1.5 Gb of DDR2 RAM though.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:04 pm

AE has cut down long clips on me before too, so i think it's something AE just does. Regarding RAM... AE likes to attempt to load up everything it can into RAM or pagefile (up to the total amount of RAM you have). If it doesn't think it can, it simply won't try to do more. I'd open AE up to check, but my install DVD is corrupted in the AE segment of the installer.