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    Importing Paths into AE

    Posted by Lukeinvt on June 30, 2005 at 7:59 pm

    So Basically, I have a logo, and I want a different clip to show up in each letter. I created the basic text in Illustrator and would like to import the text paths into AE for use as masks. I have read that it is as easy as copying and pasting but I cannot seem to do this. Is there something in the preferences of either application I must set?

    I am using AE 5.5, Illustrator CS on a Powerbook G4.

    Lukeinvt replied 20 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Nicholas Toth

    June 30, 2005 at 9:10 pm

    you must change your preferences in Illustrator so your clipboard retains the path data, and copy it onto an adjustment layer in AE

    preferences/filehandlingandclipboard/preserve paths — then change the layer from the adjustment layer to a regular layer after you paste in the path.

  • Lukeinvt

    July 1, 2005 at 3:01 pm

    Thanks, that worked, life just got 10 times easier

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