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Problem with Illustrator Paths
I know I’ve run into this before, and I know there’s a simple solution to it, but I can’t for the life of me find it.
When I copy the paths from Illustrator and paste into a new solid mask in AE, I get a “bounding box” which makes the Element 3D extruded text show up inside a small window in the middle of my 1920 x 1080 comp.
I thought that there might be a problem with the AI file, that maybe there was some kind of cropping set, but that wasn’t it. Even when I create a new file in Illustrator and copy the paths, I get the same result in Element 3D. This is driving me nuts!
Thanks for any help you can give.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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5 Replies
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Don’t put the mask on the same layer as Element. Create a new solid for it and pick that other layer as a custom mask from your Element layer.
Element gets confused about layer bounds if you add masks directly on the same layer, so any masking should be done on a separate layer. For the same reason, if you actually wanted to mask something off on an element layer, it should be done with a track matte, not with a mask.
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The mask isn’t on the same layer as element – it’s on a solid layer, then set up to be a custom layer in Element, applied to a new layer. So there are two discreet layers, one with the mask, one with Element 3D, the way it’s supposed to be done.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com -
That’s weird. Do the masks fall within the solid area?
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Yes, they do. For example, I might be working within a 1920 x 1080 comp, and when I create the new solid for the masks (same size), I end up with a “window” in the center of the comp, which is probably a quarter to a sixth the size of the comp, but the Element 3D model is the proper size to fit the 1920 x 1080 comp.
My solution has been to size up the paths I’m copying from Illustrator; actually to size up the page size to larger than 1920 x 1080. Now this should not have any effect on things, since a vector is a vector, but it seems to work when I paste the masks into the AE solid layer. It’s just strange. I think the problem may be on the Illustrator side. I’ve got some more experimentation to do on this.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com -
I’d suspect it is an Illustrator issue rather than AE. Are you on CC15? Can you upload a sample AI file that creates this problem for you, I can see it it works at my end?
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