During Lockdown, i was working at home and had taken duplicates of some files and folders used for every job we do. Now months later back in the office, I’m having some big problems relinking files when re-opening these projects from home.
All the video and audio comes across, but i have a large BFX used for containing all the possible combinations of store tags to add to packshots. These refuse to reconnect most of the time.
the main error messages i get are these -
WARNING: Linking GFX_Logo_ to GFX_Logo_alpha failed because media duration is too short after consolidation.
and
WARNING: Cannot link all events. (very helpful!)
I have no idea what this means as all these graphic files are single frame durations to begin with! I have tried selecting every combination i can think in the Match Criteria.
The files are a combination of psd and png’s…some of the problems are old psd’s which used to import with the very helpful name Flat & Flat_alpha…but i can still see the correct name under “Tape” so its definitely findable with the right criteria
Many are even showing the little green tick that its found on the left side of the consolidate window but refuse to connect.
I have even got a file conversion path setup in flame preferences but i still cannot get these files to relink.
Have you tried setting the Still Duration (MediaHub > General) to something overlong, and then bringing the GFX into your project? Then linking to them there rather than direct to your storage? I think I’ve had this before, where it only sees a single frame on the storage, and that isn’t enough media to populate the clip in timeline/BFX etc.
is there a way to relink a timeline (or batch) to the Media Panel?
I can drag all the correct files into Media Panel - but then getting the timeline to recognise them as replacements for the files is not something that i can figure out.
I can replace each shot manually - but that negates the entire point of Conforming!
great, thanks - its worked for some of the graphics but its getting totally thrown by any alpha channels (including from psd, png and prores 4444) and still showing them as being unable to connect.
Its been a problem for me for as long as I have used Flame!
I have tried every combination of possible settings on the import options. It did this before we had the multi layer option. Its usually down to multi layered gfx files with un named layers…that flame imports and calls “flat”, then gets upset because every file has the same name.
Im going to play around with some of the myriad ways to save a batch/project and see if theres a better way. I’m probably doing it wrong as i had no guidance when starting out, and bad habits based on other apps can be hard to change!
Unfortunately I don’t have any solution, but I share your pain…relinking to anything with an alpha channel always feels like a roll of the dice. And I’ve had this quite a bit on just restoring archived jobs to the same workstation (so not really moving any media locations).
Interesting thought about psd layer names, but I would think the file/container name SHOULD provide the necessary file path. I’ll have the same issue with quick times with alpha and there’s nothing we can control there.
Not sure if this will help your situation but I recently had a conform issue with a bunch of graphics with alphas and I found that the relink worked better when you go into the conform tab then drag all the images into the conform folder in the media list.
