• Adobe After Effects

  Bringing effects from Photoshop

  Posted by Chevalier on September 19, 2006 at 12:40 pm

  Hello all,

  I tried do import a multi-layered photoshop file into AE and all the effects apllied to the PSD layers had disappeared. Is there a reliable way to bring those effects into AE without having to merge layers in Photoshop before importing into AE or without having two AE layers for each effect layer from Photoshop?
  I’m running Photoshop CS2 and AE7 Pro.
  Thanks for the help!

  Tim Kurkoski replied 19 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Tim Kurkoski

  September 19, 2006 at 4:48 pm

  AE doesn’t support all of the layer styles that Photoshop can create. Those it does support, it will translate them into an effect, oftentimes creating separate layers for the effect. It’s kinda weird, so your best option may be to merge the layers down if you don’t need to tweak them further.

  The layer styles supported in AE (from AE Help document, “Layered Files”) are Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Outer Glow, Inner Glow, Bevel and Emboss, and Color Fill.

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