Copying Path from llustrator to After Effects

[Steve Roberts]

Is the solid selected before you paste?

Have you tried making a mask (rectangular is fine) in the solid, then selecting “mask path” (or “mask shape”) and pasting?

[Mika1976]

oh gosh… thank you so much… some times it’s so easy 😉

but one thing: when i scale the path (in this case a letter) up, it’s getting blurred… i thought the advantage of paths is that you can scale it without any distortion???

if this is a bug, and let’s say i have created a logo in illustrator, do i have to scale it up in illustrator, paste in after effects, scale it down there… so for the possibility, i have to sclae it up in future, there is no distortion… ???

mmhh, is this a way, you do it too? what is the professional solution?

best wishes, mika

[Mika1976]

oh gosh… thank you so much… some times it’s so easy 😉

but one thing: when i scale the path (in this case a letter) up, it’s getting blurred… i thought the advantage of paths is that you can scale it without any distortion???

if this is a bug, and let’s say i have created a logo in illustrator, do i have to scale it up in illustrator, paste in after effects, scale it down there… so for the possibility, i have to sclae it up in future, there is no distortion… ???

mmhh, is this a way, you do it too? what is the professional solution?

best wishes, mika

[Steve Roberts]

You need to click the “continuous rasterization” switch. Check the Help.

[Rhett Robinson]

Hi Mika,
I think you mean when you scale up the layer with an applied mask, it gets blurry/fuzzy; yeah, that’s going to happen.

One solution is to click on the “continuously rasterize” button for the layer (looks like an asterisk, just to the left of the quality setting). Or, make your mask/layer larger to begin with, and work in the opposite direction (scale down as needed).

Know in advance that some effects won’t apply to a continuously rasterized layer, and will have to at least be precomposed, and there may be other heartbreakers… but it works well on masks as well as imported vector artwork. I usually scale the material outside of AE, myself, unless it’s only going to be a fly-by of the artwork.