File Extension/AEP
alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .AEP

File description

Adobe After Effects is software application which is used for motion graphics, compositing application development and visual effects. This application creates a project in which different images, videos and other elements are added to work on.

The progress of each project is saved with the help of a project file. This file is given the extension of AEP. AEP stands for After Effects Project. This file stores all the work done by the user. This file is used to save all the workspace along with the configuration and setting of the workspace. Even when the final animation or video is completed, project file saves all the data and information about the tools and effects used by the user.

Description of the problem
If you have on your computer a .AEP file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .AEP extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .AEP file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.
Solution
From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .AEP file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.
Category
Video Files
Developer
Adobe Systems
Popularity
StarStarStar
Last updated
July 21, 2014
File name: After Effects Project
Programs that will open this file:
Windows
Windows
Adobe After Effects Adobe After Effects
Adobe Creative Cloud Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative Suite Adobe Creative Suite
Mac OS
Mac OS
Adobe After Effects Adobe After Effects
Category
Encoded Files
Developer
InterCrypto
Popularity
StarStarStar
File name: Advanced Encryption Package Encrypted File
Programs that will open this file:
Windows
Windows
InterCrypto Advanced Encryption Package InterCrypto Advanced Encryption Package
Category
eBook Files
Developer
Answers 2000
Popularity
StarStar
File name: Activ E-Book Project
Programs that will open this file:
Windows
Windows
Activ E-Book Compiler Activ E-Book Compiler
Remember!
The .AEP file extension can correspond to several not related file formats. If there is more than one file format with the .AEP extension, you will probably find most of them at this website. Remember that you need to download a program to support a particular file type. So first look through the entire contents of the website to select a program to support just the file you have.

Other possible reasons why your .AEP file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .AEP file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .AEP file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .AEP file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .AEP file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

  • Right-click the .AEP file
  • Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
  • Locate the appropriate application
  • Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.