Known limitations
This page lists the known limitations of Adaptation Studio, grouped by area.
Naming and special characters
- Characters in names
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Asset, parameter, and label names support letters (A–Z) and numbers (0–9). Special characters can cause a failed or blank result when an adaptation is produced.
- Parameter names of only special characters
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A parameter name must include letters. A name made only of special characters cannot be edited or deleted, and its value resolves as empty.
- Working Files folder names
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A Working Files folder name can be 1 to 60 characters. A longer name fails without an error message.
Parameters and values
- The value 0
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In an open-text parameter, a value of
0is ignored and treated as no value; enum parameters are not affected. In an After Effects template, setting a default of0in the project produces the intended output for the empty case.
Text backgrounds
- Padding
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Text backgrounds have no padding setting, so text sits flush against the background. A non-breaking space adds spacing where a normal space would be trimmed.
- Vertical centring
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Text-background centring uses the font’s line height rather than the pixel height, so vertical centring can appear off.
Fonts
- Glyph coverage
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The renderer does not substitute a fallback font for missing characters, so a font must contain a glyph for every character used. Work with fonts covers checking a font’s glyph coverage.
- Font file format
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TrueType Collection (
.ttc) files are not supported; use a single-font file.
After Effects
Applies to templates built in the Extension for After Effects.
- Image sequences
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Image sequences are not supported; a sequence must be rendered to a supported video file before use.
- Project format
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An
.aepx(XML) project is not supported; the.aepformat is required. - 3D renderer
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The Cinema 4D renderer is not supported; Classic 3D is supported.
- Right-to-left scaling
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Right-to-left text does not support the extension’s built-in layer scaling.
- Template complexity
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Performance drops as a template grows; the guideline is around 60 dynamic settings per template, counting parameters, layers, scenes, and outputs combined. Conditional outputs have the largest effect.
- Automatic previews
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An After Effects template generates a limited number of previews automatically; generating more previews is an admin task. Template Builder previews are real-time and are not subject to this.
Images in the editor
- Large images in Chromium browsers
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In Chromium-based browsers, a very large image cannot be moved or resized in the editor. This is an upstream browser limitation.
Output and downloads
- Batch download ZIP
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A batch download ZIP can fail to open when the generated filenames exceed about 260 characters. A shorter Download naming scheme keeps filenames within the limit.
- Maximum asset dimensions
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A specific output size can fail to render when an asset exceeds the maximum dimensions, observed at about
2260x2160for video. Improve output quality covers resizing an asset that’s too large. - Video resolution
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Footage up to 4K is supported; 8K is not.
- MP4 bitrate
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MP4 output cannot guarantee a minimum bitrate or file size; ProRes can.