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How can I open Illustrator layers in After Effects?
Hi everyone,
How can I open Illustrator layers in After Effects?
It must be very easy, but I’m trying it and it doesn’t work, so please help me…Big hugs from Brazil
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Depends what you mean by “open them.”
To have Illustrator Layers as seperate layers in AE, you need to specify that when you import.
So…
File > Import > File
Choose the Illustrator file you want to open
Make sure to choose “import as Comp – Cropped layers” or “Import as Comp – Image size” from the pulldown option on the import dialog.
Click Open.
Once imported, it should come in as seperate layers.
If you just want to open the illustrator file and work with it, select the illustrator file in the timeline or project window and hit CTRL+E (or CMD+E on a mac) which opens the document in the program that is designated as the editor for that filetype (in this case Illustrator).
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Make sure they’re RGB and not CMYK. AE doesn’t work with CMYK documents.
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Thank you so much, but I must be doing something wrong.
I have a 5-layer-illustrator file and when I import it to After Effects, I have only one layer and I’m sure I imported it as a comp.Is there a special way to save an Illustrator file for workin in After Effects?
Thanks once more.
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I’m not sure what you’re doing wrong, but make sure that you actually have them as 5 seperate layers in Illustrator – not as 5 sublayers of one actual layer.
Please note that you need to open the composition that is created when you import, to see all of the layers.
Also, take a look at this video tutorial:
In it I cover importing as cropped layers, which should help you see the sequence of steps for importing. You can skip the first minute or 2 where I’m working in Illustrator.
Hope it helps.
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Aharon Rabinowitz
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http://www.allbetsareoff.com
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I’ve always taken files from our print artist and separated each path object to its own layer; AE interprets the layers, but not the individual paths. That’s likely your problem.
Clint
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Ok, thank you so much.
I was doing the right thing, I think the problem was with my file because I’ve just created another one and it worked very well. Thank you very much for your time…
I have already seen a lot of you video turorials and I love them, I just noticed that you are Aharon Rabinowitz when I whatched the video you told me to, then I stopped, Oh my God, I know this guy. He’s one of my virtual teachers…Congratulations, I love your job. and once more thank you.
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glad to help
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Aharon Rabinowitz
aharon(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
http://www.allbetsareoff.com
—————————————-
Creative Cow Master Series DVD
particleIllusion Fusion Volume 1
available @ http://www.pIllusionFusion.com
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