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Qual

03-12-2009, 07:38 AM

After Effects error: The file format module could not parse the file 45::35

Yes I try google, yes I tryed Adobe help doc and nothing help!
I made a animation in Maya and rendered like 200/500 targe images.
I want to import them into AE and I get the error.

File / Import / File.
Then I choose Targe and import as Footage.

I'm lost, and I'm sure its a common error and I hope people know the answer on cgtalk ;)

Mylenium

03-12-2009, 06:00 PM

Good question... Never used Targas in Maya way back then. Always rendered to 16 bit SGI. Could you provide a frame for analysis? Barring that - mangle it through fcheck and convert it to a different format.

Mylenium

Qual

03-12-2009, 07:33 PM

Mylenium thank you for the reply!

Fcheck is a software I just googled it, but is it easy to covert 500 images at once? or I need to do it 1 by 1? And will I lose quality of the image?

I still hope for a fix of this problem...hope someone can help me out by just doing something in AE.

Mylenium

03-13-2009, 06:22 AM

You simply open the files as a sequence in fcheck, then save it to a different format. Check your Maya docs for specific usage instructions.

Mylenium

meyers3d

03-27-2009, 03:25 PM

I sometimes get that error if I have a bad frame, make sure all your rendered images are complete and in the correct order with the correct naming convention for all of them.

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