It means just what it says, the file path is too long. Find the original file, rename it to something shorter, remove any special characters, relink it in the project and you should be ok.

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On Aug 31, 2012, at 3:36 AM, Peter Mock <petermock.info@mac.com> wrote:

> Good Morning everyone,
>
> ..... at least it is morning here in London :-)
> I am dealing with a fast project that has grown like a fungus in all directions
> during the last months and i am in the process of backing it up and i have to
> do it very well since it is 130 GB big including all surplus assets which i dont
> need anymore!
> After reducing the project to its bare essentials I initiated 'collect files' and
> received the following erroe message in AE CS5, AE CS5.5 and AE CS6:
> After Effects error: File path "2min_Retail_J01_1-5.psd" is too long"
> I used a lot of multilayered psd compositions ....
>
> What does that mean and how can I resolve that ??..... I have thousands of files
> that need backing up and need to separate them from the ones which are not
> used in the project.
>
> For any advice me and my client would be very grateful
> Thanks and have a wonderful day
> Peter
>
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