After Effects not Erroring on missing frames

Nick_Weeden · October 27, 2016, 2:19pm

Hi,

Deadline Version 8.0.9.1, After Effects 2015.3

Just another little After Effects snag to add to your list I’m afraid. I’ve just had a job complete even though it should have errored. I’ve included the details below:

2016-10-27 14:56:07: 0: STDOUT: PROGRESS:
2016-10-27 14:56:18: 0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: 27/10/2016 14:56:18: Finished composition SQ001_SH0080.
2016-10-27 14:56:18: 0: STDOUT: PROGRESS: Total Time Elapsed: 4 Seconds
2016-10-27 14:56:18: 0: STDOUT: WARNING:After Effects warning: logged 3 errors, please check log. First error was warning: SQ001_SH0080_render_v005.MM1.[0500-1910].exr is missing 2 frames (1888, 1899). This warning can be disabled from Import preferences.
2016-10-27 14:56:20: 0: STDOUT: e[1me[0m
2016-10-27 14:56:20: 0: INFO: Process exit code: 0
2016-10-27 14:56:20: 0: INFO: Moving output files and folders from C:\Users\Render\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline8\slave\render-06-246-cpu3\jobsData\58120397d587cc14404d02ee\AfterEffectsOutput_tempzlval0 to filename removed
2016-10-27 14:56:20: 0: Done executing plugin command of type ‘Render Task’
2016-10-27 14:56:20: 0: Render time for frame(s): 36.964 s
2016-10-27 14:56:20: 0: Total time for task: 43.572 s
2016-10-27 14:56:20: 0: Saving task log…

It looks like it’s thrown up a warning and than graciously finished, it was set to render locally so it should also have failed when there wasn’t a file to copy as well I’m assuming?

These are the After Effects job settings:

Thanks

Nick

MikeOwen · October 27, 2016, 9:38pm

“Fail on Warning Messages” was set to “False” so, to not fail on that warning message was indeed, correct given the settings of this particular job.

With regard failing on the “Moving output files and folders from…”, the command being used was set to be ‘forgiving’ and not fail out if the files were missing. I have now changed this to fail out. I’ll add that change to a number of other AE based tweaks to hopefully be committed to a future SP release of 8.0.

Thanks!

Nick_Weeden · October 28, 2016, 7:52am

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the response, chalk this off to a bit of a weirdness in After Effects then, I don’t think it actually created the movie even though it only threw up a warning.

Nick