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Error-The directory originally specified in the selected output module

New Here ,
Jul 20, 2008 Jul 20, 2008

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I put together an animated text composition that I would like to add to the beginning of one of my premier projects. When trying to render I keep getting an error that the directory originally selected in the output module no longer exists. I tried windows media, animated gif, NTSC, custom, etc. and nothing works. What is wrong with this?
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New Here , Apr 05, 2012 Apr 05, 2012

_It happened to me and I decided as follows:

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Jul 20, 2008 Jul 20, 2008

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This error means that the location you're trying to render the file to is no longer visible.

Click on the output file name in the Render Queue and specify a new target.

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Jul 20, 2008 Jul 20, 2008

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On the "output to" I selected all the different default options from the drop down menu (comp name, comp and output module name, project and comp name, etc.) and none of them work. I'm really at a loss on what else to do. This is a pain. I'm using CS2 by the way.

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Jul 20, 2008 Jul 20, 2008

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Did you actually click on the blue text to specify a new directory? Simply shifting around the naming options won't do anything if you don't point the output to a place where there is actually space to write it to...

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Jul 20, 2008 Jul 20, 2008

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Mylenium....that worked. THANK YOU!!!!

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Mar 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012

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Hi, there.

I'm using After Effects CS5.5 on a college computer for class. I got this error message when I loaded a project from another computer, so decided to redo the whole thing over again on the computer I'm using now. I was almost through this new project and I wanted to see how it looked, but I got the same blasted error. I don't know anything about the output module or how to properly change it, so I'm afraid I'd make it worse by tampering. It's now overdue, so I beg somebody to reply ASAP.

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Apr 05, 2012 Apr 05, 2012

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_It happened to me and I decided as follows:

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Jun 04, 2012 Jun 04, 2012

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Rogerio, you are a lifesaver! I also found that unchecking the "render" checkbox next to any above works, too. Thanks for posting this. You saved me hours of frustration!

Bob

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Mar 07, 2013 Mar 07, 2013

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It worked for me. Thanks Rogerio was freaked for a second there.

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Apr 30, 2017 Apr 30, 2017

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Thank you so much...it worked out.

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Mar 30, 2018 Mar 30, 2018

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Thank you for making the video, it was so annoying

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New Here ,
Jan 15, 2019 Jan 15, 2019

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THANKS SOOOO MUCH

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New Here ,
Nov 17, 2019 Nov 17, 2019

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Well that's great.  Followed along and after effects is rendering fine again.  Thanks.

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Feb 22, 2023 Feb 22, 2023

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You're the best!! Thank you 

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Aug 01, 2023 Aug 01, 2023

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This is goated! Thank you!🙏🏼

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Aug 09, 2023 Aug 09, 2023

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Thank you! 

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Mar 05, 2024 Mar 05, 2024

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literally thank you so freaking much I was losing my mind

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Jan 16, 2020 Jan 16, 2020

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Double-check and make sure all your assets are linked.

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New Here ,
Oct 27, 2023 Oct 27, 2023

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For me all the tipps from the other nice helping people didn't work.
However what worked was exporting the Composition I was trying to render into a new Project.
I made a mess overloading the project, importing other existing After Effects projects, somewhere along the line there was probably a buggy dependency.
Exporting your composition is well explained here:
https://davidlindgren89.medium.com/how-to-copy-animation-to-another-project-in-after-effects-ea361dc...

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