Hi John,
Thanks for your help -- I appreciate it.
I replied to Michael. Here's what I told him:
Michael,
I got back to my system, just to try your suggestions.
My #1 (in first post) is totally operator error (me!). My memory was faulty -- you can tell it's been a while since I've been Ae. I just did some camera tracking, added a camera and a solid, and I *was* able to replace the solid with footage.
My #1 and #2 work only with your keyboard shortcut, but not dragging. Strange, I know… the Option key works everywhere else. But, I won't argue with success. THANKS for setting me straight on Shape layers, and for saving my sanity with that keyboard shortcut!
Have a great weekend!!
Cheers,
Benjamin
I got back to my system, just to try your suggestions.
My #1 (in first post) is totally operator error (me!). My memory was faulty -- you can tell it's been a while since I've been Ae. I just did some camera tracking, added a camera and a solid, and I *was* able to replace the solid with footage.
My #1 and #2 work only with your keyboard shortcut, but not dragging. Strange, I know… the Option key works everywhere else. But, I won't argue with success. THANKS for setting me straight on Shape layers, and for saving my sanity with that keyboard shortcut!
Have a great weekend!!
Cheers,
Benjamin
On Dec 4, 2015, at 2:22 PM, "bigfish@pacbell.net [Avid-L2]" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I'm no AE operator but in the past I found when trying to duplicate existing lwr 3rd templates to make different verison in order to replace a layer element and have it maintain the effects properties I had to option drag or command drag the new layer element over the old on. I was typing up new titles and then option dragging them into duplicate comps but a straight drag replacement would lose all the effects and matte relationships of the layer. Option or Command dragging just replace the text and kept all the other adjustments etc... Took me a while of googling to find it a while ago so now I'm rusty on the specifics.
---In avid-l2@yahoogroups.com, <Ben@...> wrote :Calling all After Effects Gurus:I'm on a Mac, and I'm simply wanting to replace footage by using the process of selecting the layer, and then Option dragging the new footage onto the name of the layer. In AE CS6, CC, and CC 2014:1- If I have a Shape Layer, the new footage being dragged causes an error "After Effects error: layer does not have a source. ( 26 :: 335 )" pictured here: http://postimg.org/image/tyh38uuu5/).2- If I use a graphic as the first layer, and then replace with another graphic, it doesn't replace. It just gets added as a new layer.Lots of troubleshooting already… I even went so far as to uninstall CC 2014 and then reinstall it, obviously with no luck. My Google-Fu may be weak, as I wasn't able to find a solution that way. Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks in advance!Cheers!Benjamin
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