Return-Path: Received: from mail-iy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.210.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4831630 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:02:42 +0200 Received: by iagk10 with SMTP id k10so5249063iag.28 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:03:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=SdupF9GDidQlf8sAaIAOkGeu8Dd1W9jys5BBu7WdvYk=; b=g6K+6wlqVkgBySm6yHcrNNuPrLrE1AjWsMzawMjxSIwM7N/9UN0shiScHQvcOSJuX7 J92MDdw05RIbtO3MB9aMvnqaDgsKMEN0WUz4JlD4ALqUDMTxgCk8wBwECr38P9ikuQs3 Zp9omfEgoM662Sx16pcjBsOkbpOGUwOpw5SH7Jp7jcUD5dYV5t0m2q5LhZmU1qnde8U9 69Ib+zHX7uGssW+oRELk5Hod7GjLctulb1KHzrBL7UqykgEMCyzCAiTZUnewVdJwhTdf lEMdxHc+IuOi4cVCc1Rd/fEM9u1HAxK9tSA8rdJcj+G63OV8IbQTW/OnzdaMCLWVGWER GRKg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.236.65 with SMTP id us1mr3446566igc.17.1346429014609; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:03:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.43.133.196 with HTTP; Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:03:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:03:34 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] After effects error when collecting files From: Todd Kopriva To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae93409032190f904c891efb4 --14dae93409032190f904c891efb4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 We're aware of this problem and are looking into how to fix it. On Friday, August 31, 2012, Chris Zwar wrote: > AFAIK it's an OS limitation. It's the same on Macs and Windows. It's a > pretty rare problem to run into - I can think of 3 times in about 15 years > that it's happened to me, so even if it's something that Adobe can fix then > it's probably pretty low on their priorities. > > On 31/08/2012, at 9:02 PM, Peter Mock wrote: > > > Thank you Chris, > > This is a really ennoying error in AE, > > Aren't they able to fix this? > > Peter > > > > On 31 Aug 2012, at 11:54, Chris Zwar > > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> This happens when the total number of characters in the file path > exceeds 255 characters. It usually happens when you have lots of folders > nested inside each other, but can also happen if your directories and files > have very long names. The solution is to either re-name the offending file > with a shorter name, or if it happens a lot, then reduce the number of > folders that are nested inside each other. > >> > >> -Chris > > -- -------------------------------- Todd Kopriva 1510 E Alder St Seattle, WA 98122 (206)437-2296 -------------------------------- "Ultimately, all knowledge is self-knowledge." - Bruce Lee --14dae93409032190f904c891efb4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We're aware of this problem and are looking into how to fix it.=A0
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On Friday, August 31, 2012, Chris Zwar wrote:
AFAIK it's an OS limitation. =A0It's the same on Macs and Windows. = =A0It's a pretty rare problem to run into - I can think of 3 times in a= bout 15 years that it's happened to me, so even if it's something t= hat Adobe can fix then it's probably pretty low on their priorities.
On 31/08/2012, at 9:02 PM, Peter Mock wrote:

> Thank you Chris,
> This is a really ennoying error in AE,
> Aren't they able to fix this?
> Peter
>
> On 31 Aug 2012, at 11:54, Chris Zwar <chris@chri= szwar.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This happens when the total number of characters in the file path = exceeds 255 characters. =A0It usually happens when you have lots of folders= nested inside each other, but can also happen if your directories and file= s have very long names. =A0The solution is to either re-name the offending = file with a shorter name, or if it happens a lot, then reduce the number of= folders that are nested inside each other.
>>
>> -Chris



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