I just looked at the effect and apparently: Now, I just got an email saying my image had been approved by moderators.? Shouldn't it say "image is pending moderator approval" instead of "forbidden"? Sorry, I would like to post an image of the pop-up warning, but the forum editor says that the image file type I'm trying to upload is forbidden. or even more perplexing, have an "older" version of it? how could I have possibly "lost" this effect on my laptop. Drop Shadow, to my knowledge, is a native effect. When I load a current project on my laptop, I get a warning that says I need to go Download the missing effect: Drop Shadow. I am using the latest AE on two different machines (desktop and laptop when away from office). Clearing the memory and cache, restarting the program, nor restarting the computer have worked.Īny answers regarding this issue would be great, thanks! Even if I click OK on the error it won't go away. I've just been getting this error since yesterday, and it's making it impossible to get anything done. I have never had this problem before, and was able to mask out other objects earlier without issue. I've done this multiple times and I'm still getting this error. One of the solutions was to go to Edit>Purge>All Memory & Disk Cache. I've tried searching for the error, and have looked at the other discussion posts with this same exact problem. It's become very annoying having to do that, and I can't figure out how to fix it. I have no idea what it means, I've had to constantly restart AE, and now I'm saving every time I adjust my mask slightly, in case the error comes up again and I lose my work. The problem is I've started getting this error that says Unbalanced Unlock 7:40. Hi, so basically I'm using After Effects, and I'm trying to mask out a person in my video.