6 Replies Latest reply: Jan 19, 2011 11:44 AM by Editor Naama RSS

    Any ideas on this dynamic link problem I'm having.....?? CS4

    fuaho Community Member

      Installed the full Production Premium CS4 package under Win7, 64-bit.

       

      If I right click a clip in Premiere and select "Replace with an After Effects Composition," AE opens, clip appears and I can add an effect, etc.

       

      I can also save the AE project.

       

      However, I can never get back into Premiere. I just get the spinning circle.

       

      Timeline shows, "Replace with AE Composition" where the clip was.

       

      And, I must close AE first before I can close Premiere, so it appears that AE is communicating with it, but just not completely.

       

      Same exact thing happens with Soundbooth and Photoshop. I can get data in and modify it, but never return it to Premiere.

       

      I've reset the preferences (shift ^ alt) at startup of Premiere and AE to no avail.

       

      Haven't seen anything in searching the forum that helps, so I'm wondering if this rings any bells for anyone?

       

      TIA,

        • 1. Re: Any ideas on this dynamic link problem I'm having.....?? CS4
          Editor Naama Community Member

          Hi Fuaho,

           

          My guess is that you don't have enough memory or system power to use the dynamic link.

           

          You can export the clip you want to use to After effects instead, and after the process, export it back to premiere.

          • 2. Re: Any ideas on this dynamic link problem I'm having.....?? CS4
            fuaho Community Member

            @ Editor Naama:

             

            Thanks for the response.

             

            System is:

             

            Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83-GHz, 8-GB DDR3 RAM @1333 MHz, 1-TB SATA RAID 10 running Win7 Professional, 64-bit.

             

            I'd hope that would be enough to use Dynamic Link. 

             

            It's getting stuck on something but I can't determine what...

             

            Whole point of CS4 is so I don't have to export/import. Changes should take place in real time.

            • 3. Re: Any ideas on this dynamic link problem I'm having.....?? CS4
              Editor Naama Community Member

              Yea, I think you're right. Your system should work great.

               

              I don't know if it helps but this is what comes to mind:

               

              Could there be a heavy process/program that gets the system stuck? Any thing running in the background?

              Are you dealing with really heavy graphics with many layers? Or a really heavy video format?

              Did you download and install all of the updates from the Adobe web site?

              Did you search "Dynamic link problem" on Google or these forums?

              Does your Windows "see" all of your 8 GB RAM?

              • 4. Re: Any ideas on this dynamic link problem I'm having.....?? CS4
                fuaho Community Member

                @Editor Naama:

                 

                 

                Could there be a heavy process/program that gets the system stuck? Any thing running in the background?

                 

                Nothing else running of note.

                 

                 

                Are you dealing with really heavy graphics with many layers? Or a really heavy video format?

                 

                No layers or graphics. Only a simple effect for testing. UYVY video.

                 

                 

                Did you download and install all of the updates from the Adobe web site?

                 

                Yes.

                 

                 

                Did you search "Dynamic link problem" on Google or these forums?

                 

                Read everything I could find in Forums before posting. Hadn't thought of Googling. I'll try it.

                 

                 

                Does your Windows "see" all of your 8 GB RAM?

                 

                Yes.

                 

                I've been trying to avoid a complete uninstall and re-install, but it looks like I may have to. I'll need to find the link to the "Clean Uninstaller."

                 

                Thanks again for your input. Wish one of those ideas was the answer

                • 5. Re: Any ideas on this dynamic link problem I'm having.....?? CS4
                  fuaho Community Member

                  Some additional information about the problem:

                   

                  Open Premiere with "Run as Administrator"

                   

                  Right click on a clip (doesn't matter which) and select "replace with AE composition"

                   

                  AE opens and asks for a filename. Task Manager (TM) indicates "Running" for AE and "Not Responding" for Pr.

                   

                  Give filename and AE opens with the selected clip from Pr. TM indicates both as "Running."

                   

                  Can return to Pr and then go back to AE. Can "File\Save" in both.

                   

                  However, when I add an effect in AE - e.g., Brightness/Contrast, the effect works fine in AE but if I return to Pr, just get the spinning wheel and TM says "Not Responding" for Pr. AE is still "Running."

                   

                  If I click in the timeline, or any other "box" in Pr, it goes "whitish" or semi-transparent or fades. Hard to describe exactly.

                   

                  Every box I click in does the same. Spinning wheel never stops and Pr never recovers.

                   

                  State of the system at that point is as follows:

                   

                  110119_crashedPremiere.png

                  Once there was another program that appeared in TM called "droverloard.exe" that appeared and was also "Not Responding."

                   

                  I'm about out of ideas here, so hopefully this will jog someone's memory about what's going on...

                   

                   

                  TIA,

                  • 6. Re: Any ideas on this dynamic link problem I'm having.....?? CS4
                    Editor Naama Community Member

                    About droverloard:

                    http://forums.adobe.com/thread/684062

                     

                    Have you tried importing the premiere sequence into After effects instead?