Will After Effects CS3 on a PC be compatible with CS3 on a Mac?

I am currently using Adobe After Effects CS3 at home on a PC. I was wondering if the project file from the PC version would be compatible with the Mac version of CS3.
Is there a special format that I need to save the file as, or will it just be compatible without any changes?
Thanks.

Project files are cross-platform. Nothing special to do. Of course the usual limitations apply: external files may not be found due to different folder naming mechanisms and fonts get substituted, if not installed on both platforms.
Mylenium

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>Does this sound normal, or acceptable?
It sounds normal within the realm of AE, but how acceptable it really is, is another matter entirely. ;-) As suggested, scaling the sources in PS would be one way, another one would be to chop up the large documents into manual tiles and parent them together. Based on how AE works, only tiles visible within the comp frame will be loaded, which should make the whole process more streamlined. That's assuming they are not 3D layers that need to be fully visible at any given point, of course. Even then, rendering to an image sequence is still advisable in case of crashes... Depending on what you actually do, you may also want to find a different way of dealing with your distortion effects. They considerably expand/ dilate image buffers for processing, complicating the matter further.
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Problem
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Status
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Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: AfterFX.exe
Application Version: 8.0.0.298
Application Timestamp: 465d3a47
Fault Module Name: StackHash_acaf
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000096
Exception Offset: 0ff62a3b
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Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: acaf
Additional Information 2: b76b3522689a083200114e083ecf3e98
Additional Information 3: 0c56
Additional Information 4: 4d8a5cc0ffe3e3a2cf058732c3c78aad
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Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: AfterFX.exe
Application Version: 8.0.0.298
Application Timestamp: 465d3a47
Fault Module Name: StackHash_d742
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000096
Exception Offset: 0ccb2a3b
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: d742
Additional Information 2: 8c0b39e9167d2af32cd5918c4e47ad30
Additional Information 3: 0bc6
Additional Information 4: b9a642c2fb7d280dedb83638cddb3589
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 933737916
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system specs are as follows
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.061219-0311)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dell DM051
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB RAM
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Card name: RADEON X600 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: RADEON X600 (0x5B62)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5B62&SUBSYS_06021002&REV_00
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Monitor: Hitachi CM812
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Adobe After Effects CS3 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Error signature
EventType : BEX P1 : AfterFX.exe P2 : 8.0.0.298 P3 : 465d3a47
P4 : AfterFX.dll P5 : 0.0.0.0 P6 : 46348371 P7 : 00111a69
P8 : c0000409 P9 : 00000000
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Now heres the things i have already tried.
1)Reinstalling After Effects repeatedly.
2)updating quick time
3)Deleting the pref file
4)removed any and all plug-ins
5)Deleted the OpenGL file
6)changed by screen resolution.
7)closed down anti-virus programs
8)Tried various ways of importing files, like drag and drop
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10)Restarting my computer after attempting the all above^
I have also been to the general specialist website already thank you very much.
Edit: Now i have also tried uninstalling quick time and all of the video codec packs on my computer, this also didn't help (i did remember to restart afterwards)
Edit: Also, i started a new thread because nothing in any of the other threads on this same or similar errors was at all helpful to me.
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You can contact Adobe Technical Support for help with issues like this. You are entitled to a certain number of free calls for "installation issues, basic usage questions, and troubleshooting unexpected behavior for documented features".
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http://www.adobe.com/support/programs/customer/gss.html

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