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1. torby6,

May 11, 2012 4:47 PM in reply to torby6

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For some reason, my original message text isn't showing up, so here it is again (thanks, technology!):

I'm using After Effects CS 5.5 version 10.5.0.253, Premiere Pro CS 5.5 version 5.5.0, and Mac OS X version 10.6.8.

My problem is, I have an After Effects animation that has one parent layer that moves during the course of the animation and several child layers attached to it. When I preview it in AE, it works just fine - the child layers move witht he parent layer, affixed at the proper point.

However, when I export the AE file (.aep) as a Premiere Pro Project (.prproj), then preview it in Premiere, the child layers do not move with the parent layer - only the parent layer moves, leaving the child layers stuck in their original places. I have tried exporting the movie, but the problem remains the same.

I have also tried installing recent updates, but I got the message "Updates not applicable." I think this may have to do with he fact that my university owns the licenses and prohibits changes to be made to the software or something, but in any case, I did not see anything relating to my problem in the list of bugs the updates fix.

Can anyone help me solve this problem?

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2. Jim Simon,

May 12, 2012 10:48 AM in reply to torby6

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PP doesn't understand parent layers. Instead of exporting as a PP project, start PP and go to File>Adobe Dynamic Link>Import After Effects Composition...

(Using 5.x or earlier, you will need the full suite for this to work. Using CS6, the individual programs will also work.)

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3. torby6,

May 12, 2012 11:39 AM in reply to Jim Simon

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Thanks for your help, but it looks like I don't have the full suite, and there probably isn't a way to get it since the software all belongs to the university. Do you know of any other way?

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4. Jim Simon,

May 12, 2012 11:47 AM in reply to torby6

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You can buy it outright, or move to a Creative Cloud subscription.

https://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud.html

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