To download and install the Dropbox Replay extension to Adobe After Effects:
- Open the Dropbox Replay listing in Adobe Exchange in your web browser or from the Creative Cloud app on your desktop.
- Click Free on the top right to download the extension.
- When the download is complete, you'll be prompted to install the extension.
- Click Install.
- Close and restart Adobe After Effects in order to use the extension.
How to connect Dropbox Replay to Adobe After Effects
After downloading and installing the Dropbox Replay extension, you’ll need to log in to Dropbox through Adobe After Effects.
To connect Dropbox Replay in Adobe After Effects:
- Open Adobe After Effects.
- Click Window in the menu bar.
- Hover over Extensions.
- Click Dropbox Replay.
- A Replay window will appear in the upper left.
- Click Sign In.
- Log in using your Dropbox credentials.
After the extension is installed and connected, click Window in the menu bar, hover over Workspaces, then click Save Changes to this Workplace. This will ensure you don’t have to repeat this process the next time you launch After Effects.
For information on how to disable or remove extensions in Adobe After Effects, reference the Adobe Help Center.
How to upload active compositions to Dropbox Replay from Adobe After Effects
To upload Active Compositions to Dropbox Replay from Adobe After Effects:
- Open the Dropbox Replay extension in Adobe After Effects.
- Click File in the upper right corner of the Dropbox Replay window.
- Select Upload Active Composition from the dropdown list.
- Type in the name for your composition.
- Click the dropdown next to Presets to choose from a list of output options.
- Click the dropdown next to Settings to choose from a list of options.
- Select the Range: Work Area or Entire Composition you’d like to upload.
- Check the checkbox to Auto sync comments as markers, so comments made in Replay will sync and appear in the Adobe After Effects timeline.
- Check the checkbox to Import markers as comments from Adobe After Effects into your Replay video comments.
- Click Upload and the video file will open as a V1 in the Replay window.