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Navarro Parker

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Any Maya .ma import "gotchas"?

Aug 2, 2012 2:47 PM

Tags: #import #ae #maya #beachball #.ma

I'm trying to import a pretty simple Maya 2011 .ma project into After Effects to get the 3D camera. But I'm beachballing every time I do it (CS6 & Mac OS X 10.6.8 here).

Are there any Maya objects that AE doesn't like to import?

452 Views 4 Replies Latest reply: TimeRemapper, Aug 3, 2012 11:28 AM

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1. Rick Gerard,

Aug 2, 2012 3:45 PM in reply to Navarro Parker

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The last time I had a problem like this I removed about half the elements from my .ma project, saved a copy, and then ran the import twice to get all the pieces. That was with CS5.5.

Another idea the deed to turn off OpenGL in the AE preferences in case there's some kind of a hang up there.

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2. TimeRemapper,

Aug 2, 2012 7:05 PM in reply to Navarro Parker

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Did you bake all of your keyframes?

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3. Navarro Parker,

Aug 3, 2012 11:01 AM in reply to TimeRemapper

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There is no animation in the scene.

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4. TimeRemapper,

Aug 3, 2012 11:28 AM in reply to Navarro Parker

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What are your film fit settings on your camera in Maya? Can you post your .ma somewhere for examination?

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