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cartoonification effect
(Sorry, first time around I accidentally posted this in the ipod nano thread…)
I recently followed Aharon Rabinowitz’s most excellent AE/AI cartoonification tutorial and I almost pulled it off. The problems I encounterd were in lesson 3, bringning the batch rendered Illustrator files into After Effects.
When I tried to import/import multiple files of my color cartoon AI
files,a series of about 700 jpegs, it’s only importing a single frame.
I tried repeatedly but still can’t pull in my entire AI folder with all the jpegs.
Any clues?
Phil E. -
10 Replies
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Did you import as a sequence, with the “sequence” checkbox on in the import dialog?
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Hi Steve,
I’ll give that a shot even though in his tuorial he clearly instructs us to open the folder with the batch-rendered Illustrator files, click on any one of the jpegs and then import as footage and make sure that Illustrator/PDF/ EPS sequence box is checked ON.
I’ll try your suggestion as well. Thanks for the feedback.
Phil -
I thought I said that … 😉
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Yeah Steve,
Even when I IMPORT MULTIPLE FILES and then check the box marked
IMPORT AS Photoshop/Illustrator SEQUENCE After Effects is only importing a single frame of my folder.
Very frustrating. I put in a lot of time and in the final stage of the process I can’t get any results. Is there an e-mail link for Aaron?
Thanks again,
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Hmm … “import multiple files” really means “open the import box more than once”, allowing you to import from different folders without having to invoke the Import command every time. It doesn’t relate to importing a sequence.
I’ll have to open Aharon’s tut, but until then:
1. Are you sure your files are numbered in sequence? (file001,ai, file002.ai, etc.)
2. If not, try selecting “force alphabetical order”. -
… and COW leaders have no e-mail links. You might want to re-post (new thread) with Aharon’s name in the title to catch his attention.
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Try this with Aharon’s downloadable files (Part 2), treated video folder, either the lines or the color folder:
1. File>import
2. navigate to either folder with the JPEGs
3. select the first JPEG
4. check “JPEG sequence”
5. hit “open”. You should have a sequence in AE.If that worked (it worked here), then something’s wrong with your images created from the tutorial.
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… and I just tried it with Aharon’s downloadable folder #3, importing AI files the same way, and as footage, not composition, of course. I got an AI sequence, no problem.
Any progress?
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Yo Steve,
I tried your suggestion, when I imported the color ILLUSTRATOR folder sequence and checked the box: Place in Alphabetical Order it imported ALL of my individual files as a sequence! Hip, hip, hoo-hah!
I was finally able to render an avi of the Illustrator files and it worked fairly well. It needs tweaking, but I’ve got something to show.
I appreciate your suggestions and continued attention. I got kind of sore from banging my head against the wall.
Thanks again for your time.
Phil -
Ah, that’s lovely. Good luck!
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