After Effects exports picture as a black frame?

I just graded a simple picture in AE and after I exported the picture I went to look at the image file and all It was was a black frame. I'ved tried different formats, and I've tried exporting it as a .psd for photoshop but it still won't work. Can somebody help me with this?

You have not provided proper information on your file and settings nor your system. Based on your tags we can assume that you are using MB Colorista and then you may simply exhaust its limits or there is a general issue with your graphics hardwre, since the effect uses GPU acceleration.
Mylenium

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Thanks so much Dave. It fixed the problem.
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This post is not a question. It's here, because I've found a solution and want to share with You.
I've noticed a strange problem during export from AE to PR.
Ok, here I go.
AE = After Effects CS3
PR = Premiere Pro CS3
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Who's says that Microsoft can't debug?
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File/export/shoose your disired format...
Then perhaps the tutorials are not that great and you should watch better ones? Sorry to be so blunt, but this is pretty pointless and maybe a case of the blind leading the blind....
First:
Rendering and Exporting
Second:
Limitations of the trial version
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Ist wohl eher ein Bug...
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...problem is, this error occurs when I have ONLY After Effects open. No other applications. I even shut down AE before using PP.
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Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7-B3 Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core I7 2600k (Weak volt clock @ 3.9ghz)
RAM: 16GB (4x4) RIPJAWS X
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ADOBE,
IT'S TIME TO FIX THIS ****, IMMEDIATELY!
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Thanks Jim and Harm!
Jim, I exported the animation in the 1. scenario as a progressive video. There was no interlacing and I still got bad results with Premiere.
Harm, I gathered for you fresh uncompressed image exports from Premiere and After Effects.
Sample 1 - Uncompressed Tiff from Premiere CS4
Sample 2 - Uncompressed Tiff from After Effects CS4
I don't think Encore has anything to do with this problem. Because the DVD (.m2v files) wasn't transcoded with Encore but with Premire and AE.
Anyway here are the DVD settings:
1. Premiere settings for the DVD:
MPEG2-DVD
PAL High Quality
Video Settings:
Quality: 5
Tv Standard: PAL
Frame W: 720
Frame H: 576
FPS: 25
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2. After Effects settings for the DVD:
Are exactly the same as Premieres. Fields are also Lower.
The video in AE was exported via Render Queue.
I still don't think that this is a issue of codecs. From my point of view it's still more likely that Premiere has an export bug.
Please try it out and let me know.
Thanks
Agetis

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