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Export AE layers to photoshop?
Hi.
I use both After Effect and Photoshop for years now and for the first time this question came to my mind! 🙂
I’m working on the corporate where we shoot people on green key.
I recreate screens (kind of “Minority Report” stuff) and I created walls and floor with Element 3D.
My director asked me if I could export him frames of the separate layers so he could try different looks and grading in photoshop.
Because if have sometimes a lot of layers to create one single image, it’ll take me too much time if I have to export each layer separately. Is there a way to export my Comp as a photoshop file with seperate layers???
Thanx a lot
Marc
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4 Replies
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Yes you can – it’s quite easy:
Composition > Save Frame As > Photoshop Layers.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com -
Yesss.
Indeed, easy! I tried rendering my comp as a still frame psd format but it didn’t work.
Save frame as … right!
Thank you very much
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How do I save as Layers? Can I save as editable layers (ex. if some of the layers are text layers)?
I can Save Frame As > Photoshop, but I don’t have the option to save as Layers.
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Choosing Composition > Save Frame As > Photoshop Layers from the menu bar should give you a layered Photoshop file with each layer in the AE Comp as a layer in the PSD and nested comps should show up as a layer group with those comp layers inside.
Text however will not be editable. They easiest way to get editable text from AE to PS is to copy/paste it from AE to PS. Simply double-click the text layer in AE, copy it, then go to PS insert a text layer and paste.
This will preserve the formatting in AE, so usually all you need to do is line it up in PS.
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