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AI logos – Borders not sharp
hi there,
AE 6.5 should take logos from AI (‘saved as’ Illustrator 8, 150 dpi).
Now the Borders of the logos and characters (which are paths, no characters any more) come in with steps and dont look good.
I guess it has to do with any setting I might be not aware of.
Any ideas out there?thx for any help
Gunnar -
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I’m not sure what you mean, 150 DPI… is that your raster effects preview setting in AI? As it sounds like you know a line or 2 later, that your characters are now paths, everything in this file (for best effects) should be vector. Raster images in your .AI file can easily cause this problem.
The quick solution is to check the “continuous rasterization” box in AE (it’s by the “shy” layers and the “best quality” switch”)for that layer in your timeline. If you already have a complex animation, that’s your easiest option. After testing (a lot), I frequently simply enlarge the .AI file, and get away with that.
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hi Rhett, thanks for your reply
> 150 DPI… is that your raster effects preview setting in AI?
yes. but maybe I didnt make myself too clear. I dont rasterize anything. I just import an AI file into aftereffects (as footage). When I noticed the saw edges I thought about bad rastering resolution, thats why I put the settings as i told you. Honestly I dont know, what happens to the paths, when importing an entire file.
> quick solution is to check the “continuous rasterization” box
no improvement at all whith that
> and the “best quality” switch”)for that layer in your timeline.
when clicking that it gets worse, so it was ‘best quality’ already
I frequently simply enlarge the .AI file, and get away with that.I use the Logos just at half of their size and it looks even worse than in 100% size.
hm, stuck here a little.
thx anyway
Gunnar -
Okay, so that doesn’t make sense.
I would suggest you make something simple, like a circle in Illustrator, and try that. The “continuous rasterization” will always smooth it, regardless of scale, etc., but can be a little processor intensive on renders;not enough to worry about if it solves the problems for you.
Without seeing your AI file, I’d have to guess that it’s not just a simple vector path, as you said that when you scale it up in AI, it looks worse. Do you have any filters or trasparency in your AI8 file?
The only other thing I can think of is your composition’s renderer (in composition settings), but I really doubt that.
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