While we bought AfterCodecs for this very situation, we also kept all of the older version of After Effects / Premiere / MediaEncoder on all our machines.  You can still install older versions of AE / PR / ME through the Adobe Creative Cloud app and that will keep you going for a bit.  We work in CC 2018 but render to image sequences, then we import and output these using CC 2017.  You can always back-save your projects for CC 2017 too, if you’re not using any features from the latest release.

I think my home machine has 5 or 6 versions of After Effects on it, going back to CS 6.  

-Chris

On 16 Jul 2018, at 2:47 am, Michael Powers <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

I am working round the clock to get out a giant projection mapping project in Grand Central Terminal. I go to encode my files for D3 playback in AfterFX or even AME with the HAP codec and I remember it is not there!@!#$%$

 

This is a giant pain in ass. I have submitted my displeasure to the Adobe forum and feature/bugs email the last time this bit me.

 

Dear Adobe product leaders how about a response – or better yet supporting customer workflows!

 

 

Mike Powers
Director of Animation \ Cramer
 
781.278.2354
mpowers@cramer.com

https://vimeo.com/mpowers

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