• Adobe After Effects

  Importing Illustrator CS3 file as a Comp

  Posted by Paul Meyer on July 22, 2007 at 5:17 pm

  I created an Illustrator CS3 file with an embedded picture. When I import the AI file into After Effect CS3 as a comp, AE will show all of the layers except for the one with the embedded picture. It identifies the layer, but the picture will not appear.

  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

  -Paul

  Jeff Mcbride replied 18 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Steve Roberts

  July 23, 2007 at 1:22 pm

  Never heard of this — must have something to do with the picture being linked in AI, and not psted onto a layer, maybe. I really don’t know.

  If you can’t find a way to make the picture part of the AI file (again, I don’t know), you might have to make a rectangle in place of the photo in AI, import the file into AE, then import the photo separately into AE and align it to the rectangle.
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  Jeff Mcbride

  July 23, 2007 at 6:48 pm

  Does saving as an EPS file change anything? I’m assuming your eye is checked on for that layer in AE and Il

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