Adobe After Effect CS5 has some issues on Mac
I received and installed the Adobe CS5 Production Package this week and today discovered that After Effects is pretty screwed up. Well, I take that back. The application seems to operate, just LAUNCHING it is screwed up.
See normally on a Mac, you just double click the application icon to launch an app. Not with After Effects CS5, at least not today. Searching the web I found a host of people who have not been able to get AE to launch on a Mac. Folks suggested boot in Safe Mode, then boot normally and other such stuff. Didn’t work here.
Then I found one guy who described how to launch AE using the Terminal. You know, that utility you really shouldn’t touch unless you know what you are doing? Well THAT worked and I have to leave the Terminal running the entire time. Nothing on Adobe’s website about a resolution but its pretty disappointing to have something as simple as launching the application not work correctly.
Oh and while discussing After Effects, remember CS5 is 64 bit so if you own plug Ins they most likely will not work. I found that out today when I thought I installed my Red Giant Mega Suite. All the apps when through the motion of installing, but then when I (finally) got Ae to launch there was nothing in there. They were all 32bit plugs so they don’t work. I’ve updated some of the Trapcode plugs but I’m not sure how many more I’ll update for now. Expensive to update the entire suite.
So keep in mind the cost of your plug ins when you upgrade.
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