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TEACHING: After Effects 101 (Import Ai Files to Ae (Pre-Flight Tasks (AE…
TEACHING:
After Effects 101
Import Ai Files to Ae
Pre-Flight Tasks
AE doesn't care about art boards
(Save a separate file with only one art board each.)
Only Top-Most layers are kept as layers in AE
(Use Release to Layers (Sequence) as a quick way to get everything on it’s own layer)
No EPS files (convert illustrator file)
Convert to RGB in Ai
(File > Document Color Mode)
Importing illustrator files!
Getting art back that's cut off
Find Art Boards and delete from Composition
(You may have to do some digging to find all of these depending on how many layers got clipped)
Convert the cut off layer to a Shape Layer
(Right Click on the layer, select Create Shapes from Vector Layer)
AE Script: Explode Shape Layers 3
Different import methods
Composition Retain Layer Sizes
(Most common... retains the layers and crops the size of the layer to the size of the art)
Composition
(Will preserve your layers, BUT they will all be made the size of the comp)
Footage (
Flattens to one layer)
Breaking things up in Illustrator
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Tips / Gotchas
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Use Continuous Rasterization
(especially if scaling above 100%)
Troubleshooting
will NOT convert to shape layers in AE:
Gradients
Complicated shapes: brushes
Complicated shapes: blend shapes
test it in Illustrator by using
Object > Expand or Expand Appearance
Set up anchors only in AE
(not illustrator)
Illustrator Type
Outline all type from Illustrator
Outline Type Hot Key:
Command/CTRL + Shi + O
If Type is not outlined, AE will give you an error when trying to Create Shapes from Vector Layers.
Forgetting a layer? You're screwed. Gotta start over.