Lottie-web: Most Installation methods fail for After Effects CC2018

Created on 19 Oct 2017 · 17Comments · Source: airbnb/lottie-web

On Mac OS:

Using the latest After Effects CC 2018, the only installation method that worked was via adobe creative cloud installation. All manual zxp installers seemed to be ineffective.

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Hi, I've tried using the zxp installer and it seems to work fine.
Is it not showing up?

bodymovin on 20 Oct 2017

Maybe it’s just my system then. The zxp installer would show it as installed but it would never show up in the extensions menu.

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scisci on 20 Oct 2017

Nothing works for me. Any idea ?

Pubard on 23 Oct 2017

If you have adobe creative cloud, try adding the add-on here:
https://exchange.adobe.com/addons/products/12557

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scisci on 24 Oct 2017

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No luck for me either - doesn't work with CC addon manager, Extensions CC or ZXP installer (complains about manifest) - on Windows.

tuna-f1sh on 24 Oct 2017

@tuna-f1sh The ZXP installer got an update lately, can you try with the new version?

bodymovin on 29 Oct 2017

This actually resolved itself after a performing pretty much all the install methds:

Using the Exmancmd tool listed here: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/installingextensionsandaddons.html (this appeared to do something but hung when trying to list addons)
Editing the registry fields (open the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Adobe/CSXS.8 and add a key named PlayerDebugMode, of type String, and value 1.)
Using CC add-on installer
Using zxf installer

None of them seemed to do anything until a reboot. After which, both CC addons listed it as installed and the zxf installer. Not sure if the registry edit was what did it. I think it was since I rebooted multiple times trying the other methods.

tuna-f1sh on 1 Nov 2017

Just to help others: a colleague had the same problem and it was the registry key, followed by reboot that allowed it to sync via Creative Cloud.

tuna-f1sh on 6 Nov 2017

I encountered the same issue and none of the above fixes were able to resolve it. I'm on a Mac running 10.13.2 and AE 15.0.1 build 73 with the latest ZXP installer

mrondina on 26 Jan 2018

can i use this plugin for After Effects CS6??

abkoradiya on 27 Jan 2018

@mrondina can you file an issue in the aescripts forum? Perhaps they can help you with the zxp installer.
@abkoradiya no, sorry, it doesn't work with CS6

bodymovin on 1 Feb 2018

Thanks. I found a work around. I converted the .zxp file to a .zip and then moved the script to the correct folder and restarted AE. It's been working so far

mrondina on 1 Feb 2018

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Have the same issue installing bodymovin for AA 2018.

ZXP installer says it can't find any compatible apps for the installation (but I do have AA2018 installed), so I think it 'might' be the issue. But when I tried manual installation like how @mrondina suggested, I can see the Bodymovin options in Extension for AA2018, but it doesn't launch anything, is it compatible with AA2018 @bodymovin?

I then installed AA2017, and ZXP installer sees it correctly and I am able to install latest bodymovin zxp.

Update: Now in AA2018, I can launch the bodymovin panel again. Does it require both AA2017 and AA2018 to be installed?

taylorling on 5 Feb 2018

@taylorling probably you needed to restart AE or your OS. Sometimes, specially on Macs, you need to do that so registers get renewed.

bodymovin on 8 Feb 2018

@bodymovin Got it - will keep that in mind, for now, it's working for me by installing AA2017 :)

Thanks!

taylorling on 8 Feb 2018

hello I have installed After Effects CC, but, plugin can not installed on it.

abkoradiya on 8 Apr 2018

Guys, for me the only thing that worked was through http://zxpinstaller.com/. Neither Adobe's CC option, nor AEscript one worked. Both 2017 and 2018 versions wouldn't update. Maybe it helps