Keep getting this error: "Can't read:"C:\folder\folder\", No such file or directory.

#1

I’m getting this error while using Compositing Nodes, I need to use AlphaOver to overlap renderings. So when I attempt to define the location of the respective source files is when I get this.

Thanks for the suggestion Atom. But neither location nor simple names have helped :frowning:
As for naming conventions, I didn’t have any apostrophes nor any special characters, but I did have spaces. So I replaced them with underscores.
As for locations, I moved some of the sequenced animation files to C:\Temp. And I kept getting the same error :frowning:

Btw I am using 2.57.1, r36339 (I think it’s also known as 2.57b). It’s supposed to be the first “stable” release.

JDL

#2

Did you try uncheck “Relative path” ?

#3

Thanks for the suggestion tibicen. But unfortunately it didn’t help :sad:

JDL
P.S. I saw your portfolio. If you’re using Photon Mapping as a method for rendering, you may want to increase the number of photons to reduce the graininess on your renders. At least that’s what I would do if I were using YafaRay. I would increase it to at least 5 million.

#4

I tried using 2.49 and it worked. This suggests that there is some kind of bug with 2.57b, wouldn’t it?

JDL

#5

Now I tried 2.56.2 r35364, and still no help :frowning:

JDL

#6

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