After Effects CS3 SWF Export Bug

23 Comments

1. Tyler
   Posted September 2, 2007 at 2:12 pm | Permalink

   I’m having the same problem, weird thing is the first time i exported it it was fine but every time after i’ve been getting that same error. Did you ever figure it out?

2. Jeff
   Posted September 13, 2007 at 2:50 pm | Permalink

   Same here…It never worked for me in AE CS3…I get that same error EVERY TIME! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated…

3. Andres
   Posted October 3, 2007 at 2:04 pm | Permalink

   I have the same problem… what I can’t figure out is why it happens at a random frame every time…

4. shen
   Posted October 17, 2007 at 5:24 pm | Permalink

   i am having the same problem….. can somebody help please???

5. shen
   Posted October 17, 2007 at 5:32 pm | Permalink

   ok guys here is the solution i found in another blog.and it worked for me…hope it solve yours too…

   Here’s what’s happening:
   1. AE creates a temporary JPEG file during creation of the SWF.
   2. It then attempts to delete the file.
   3. Inbetween creating and deleting the file, some other program has grabbed the file and is trying to use it. (Hence the “file is busy” message.)
   4. AE can’t delete the file.

   Either your anti-virus program is at fault, or Spotlight is doing it. So you should:
   A. Turn off any anti-virus software.
   B. Go into the System Prefs > Spotlight, go to the Privacy tab, and add the folder you are using. This way Spotlight won’t try to index the temp files at the same time that AE is trying to delete them.

6. JackDaniels
   Posted December 27, 2007 at 11:53 am | Permalink

   Hello

   I did as told above, but still having this problem, still cant export swf.
   If someone got solution, pleas share

   thanx

7. john
   Posted January 12, 2008 at 11:40 am | Permalink

   I found a much simply workaround, either change the export path or delete the jpeg file.

8. Niels
   Posted February 7, 2008 at 6:29 pm | Permalink

   Hi,
   Great job! It worked for me, with the spotlight method…
   Thanks a lot mate!!!

9. Katie
   Posted February 12, 2008 at 7:29 am | Permalink

   I’m in the same boat here! I’ve tried uninstalling and re-installing and nothing works.

   Any suggestions please?

   Thank you.

10. myrhax
    Posted February 20, 2008 at 5:14 am | Permalink

    Thx 4 the tip (the spotlight…)

    You saved me

11. g3ck0
    Posted March 28, 2008 at 8:41 pm | Permalink

    thx 4 the headz up with spotlite, now i dont have 2 pull my haiir out with AE

12. lizzard
    Posted April 3, 2008 at 11:27 am | Permalink

    I tried the spotlight but it only made it export a little futher untill it gets the error……..what else can i do!?!?!?!?!?!??!??!?? thanks!

13. TylerJackson
    Posted April 18, 2008 at 9:53 am | Permalink

    for all of you who did the spotlight trick and it still doesn’t work, disable all of your anti virus software as well and try it again. I had to do both before it worked but now AE renders smooth as ice.

14. Blake
    Posted June 17, 2008 at 5:22 pm | Permalink

    You are a genius!!!

    1. Disable Antivirus program.
    2. Tell Spotlight which folder not to mess with.
    3. Import the swf I’ve been trying to import for three days.
    4. Thank you :)

15. Paulina Jasso
    Posted June 19, 2008 at 5:34 pm | Permalink

    Hello !! thanx for the tip everyone!! but i still can’t do it and im a new usser in mac leopard so i dont know where could be my antivirus, so i can try both of the solutions. i thought mac dosent have any antivirus.
    HELP ME PLEASE I REALLY NEED TO DO EXPORT TO SWF!!!
    THANKX : )

16. Daniel Judson
    Posted July 26, 2008 at 2:31 pm | Permalink

    After you deal with spotlight privacy, CLOSE THE FINDER WINDOW displaying you destination folder, otherwise FINDER is looking at it!

17. Christian
    Posted July 30, 2008 at 2:34 pm | Permalink

    I had tried everything…and then I read the last post. CLOSE THE FINDER WINDOW!

18. redhedded1
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 8:46 pm | Permalink

    Yeah and you get this resolved for a thanks for the 40 mb swf’s, after effects. CS3 is still very buggy. Wondering why I spent $1000 on this pile of crap.

19. Badqual
    Posted August 22, 2008 at 11:32 pm | Permalink

    what about Export/adobe flash SWF/ than you save your project .SWF, SWF. Settings change the Ignore to Rasterize didn’t. from there you can work to spotlights.
    tnx

20. Kaos
    Posted August 28, 2008 at 1:23 pm | Permalink

    The Spotlight solution is for Mac, right? then, what would be the solution for PC? i’d appreciate this immensely, thanks

21. illroy77
    Posted September 6, 2008 at 2:00 pm | Permalink

    The spotlight solution IS for mac and works like a charm! you have to disable ANY antivirus apps on the PC! or try saving the .swf file path to another location. I tried both on my girl’s PC and I’m not sure which one worked but I did both and got it to work! but Like I told her PCs aint built for this shit!

22. heather
    Posted September 29, 2008 at 4:29 pm | Permalink

    Thanks so much for this workaround!!! These random bugs waste so much time and money, not to mention all of the bald spots we have from tearing our hair out.

23. Tom
    Posted October 10, 2008 at 2:39 pm | Permalink

    In that case, I would recommand you to export in .MOV and then convert it in SWF.