From: Todd Kopriva <kopriva@adobe.com>
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:37:19 -0700
Subject: RE: [AE] Problem opening a psd file with video in After Effects
Thread-Topic: [AE] Problem opening a psd file with video in After Effects
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> Are you saying something has changed in CS 6 to
> make his advice obsolete?=20

Yes.

After Effects CS6 doesn't have this feature. In CS6, Photoshop changed the =
way that it deals with video, and we didn't have time to adapt to that chan=
ge.=20

> On Sep 16, 2012, at 3:00 PM, After Effects Mail List wrote:
>=20
> >
> > From: Todd Kopriva <kopriva@adobe.com>
> > Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:14:21 -0700
> > Subject: RE: [AE] Problem opening a psd file with video in After
> Effects
> > Message-ID:
> <B006868B2420FA4F88AB29E127AA783D78A744B9@nambx09.corp.adobe.com>
> >
> > After Effects CS6 does not recognize video layers in PSD files.
> >
> > If you want to get the video content into After Effects, I recommend
> render=3D
> > ing and exporting from Photoshop as a QuickTime movie using the
> Animation c=3D
> > odec at highest quality, since that provides lossless compression.
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: After Effects Mail List [AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of
> Stephe=3D
> > n Mark [mark.2ain@verizon.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 2:06 PM
> > To: After Effects Mail List
> > Subject: [AE] Problem opening a psd file with video in After Effects
> >
> > I am editing some Sony EXCAM footage and decided to apply a Photoshop
> CS 6 =3D
> > filter to a potential background plate for a green screen shot. The
> EXCAM f=3D
> > ootage (HD, 1920x1080, 24p) plays fine in Quicktime player and plays
> inside=3D
> > Photoshop as well once imported. But after applying the filter --
> which al=3D
> > so plays properly in Photoshop -- and saving the composition as a psd
> file,=3D
> > I then try to open the psd file in After Effects, I get an error
> message t=3D
> > hat says "Quicktime is not installed or is too old of a version
> (39::0)." I=3D
> > have considered rendering the Photoshop comp as video, but I notice
> that u=3D
> > nless I want an image sequence (which I don't) my export options are
> limite=3D
> > d to a couple of  OT animation flavors or jpeg 2000. I see no place
> in the =3D
> > Photoshop render dialogue box to access Quicktime settings and choose
> anoth=3D
> > er codec. (An Apple Pro Res proxy might work just fine, for example.)
> So I'=3D
> > m making this a Photoshop question because I think there's something
> about =3D
> > Photoshop that is making the file unrecognizable to After Effects.
> After Ef=3D
> > fects does import a single frame of the image with the filter
> applied. (Yes=3D
> > , I am converting the video to a smart object before applying the
> filter.) =3D
> > Any thoughts?
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