I keep getting this error
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For some reason, every 10-12 videos, i get this error. Why is that? Sometimes it does more than 50 before showing this error.
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In the past, when we’ve run into this error, it seemed to be related to Templater’s Time Sculpting Feature. It seems to occur when the logic for Time Sculpting gets broken, resulting in Templater attempting to adjust a layer in a way that’s mathematically out of bounds for After Effects.
Given that this is only occurring intermittently, the first thing I’d recommend would be to check the Time Sculpted assets in the Data Set that’s causing the issue to make sure that we’re not attempting to load footage that breaks the project’s logic.
For example, if a layer was suddenly loading a missing asset, a media object with 0 frames, or something with a strange frame rate, that would likely cause a problem with the Time Sculpting that might result in this error.
If all else fails, if we can reproduce the error, we could always make a copy of the project and start removing layers a few at a time until the error disappears. If we’re able to track down the exact layer that’s causing the issue, it might give us a better idea of what’s going on and why the error is being thrown.
I’d recommend starting with that and then seeing where we need to go from there.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Thanks. Is there any easier way by checking a log file or something? I have over 150 layers and doing it one by one will take ages.
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We can take a look at the templater.log and templater.err files to see if there’s any additional information there, but from my experience, I doubt that there will be anything more specific than what we’ve already got. Unfortunately, AE tends to be a bit vague with its error syntax.
However, if we can reliably re-create the error, we should be able to use the technique that I outlined in my previous post to narrow things down relatively quickly. In the past, I’ve done this by making a copy of the file with the problem, opening it, and bulk deleting 50% of the assets in the Project panel. Depending on whether the error persists, we should be able to logically assess which half of the project data contains the error.
Once we figure that out, we can repeat the process by either restoring the deleted assets and deleting the other 50% or by deleting 50% of what’s left and checking whether the error reoccurs. By chopping out increasingly smaller chunks of the project, we should be able to get a bead on what layers are causing the issue without a massive amount of undue work. Hopefully that helps to get things moving in the right direction.
Thanks,
Jeff
