• Adobe After Effects

  .PSB Format Import into AE

  Posted by Michael Goldberg on June 24, 2012 at 1:17 am

  Hi All,
  I’m trying to import a .PSB into After Effects, and it gives me the error: “Unsupported file type or extension” I thought I have done this in the past, but I can be wrong. Is there a way to import .PSB into AE?
  (We need to keep the large file – 3.5gb – so it can be sent elsewhere and then replaced. We currently have 100 layers as smart objects, and the linked file will be changed weekly).

  Thanks,
  Mike

  Erik Waluska replied 14 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Erik Waluska

  June 24, 2012 at 7:43 pm

  PSB is not supported in AE as far as I know. Could you just save a copy as a flattened PSD, PNG, JPG, etc. each time you change out the layers and just import that instead?
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  Michael Goldberg

  June 24, 2012 at 8:58 pm

  No, can’t flatten it, each layer is animated on it’s own.
  I could break it up into 2 smaller files and save each as a .PSD, I was just hoping to avoid the confusion since it’s being sent out of house.

  Mike
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  Erik Waluska

  June 24, 2012 at 10:06 pm

  Yeah, I think that may be the best/only option.

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