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preserving PSD layer effects/blend modes in AE7
how can i do this? i have a psd composition that it perfect, but 7 layers of it use blending options (color burn, overlay etc.) and some layer stylings (stroke, shadow, etc.)
however, when i import into AE7, all those blending options and layer stylings disappear 🙁
what can i do?
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Did you try importing as a composition?
It still may not be perfect. A good way to preserve layer styles (although make them uneditable in AE) is by grouping your layer into a smart object in PS. The best way to work is to assume that you’ll need to apply blending modes in AE if that’s the final destination.
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ah! thanks mate.
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Hadn’t thought of turning a styled layer into a smart object – good call! I usually make my comp in PS and then save a copy of that to into AE with all my styled layers flattened and rasterized. That workflow really helps for replacing and altering, cheers.
Of course, in a few months we’ll all be paying an arm and leg for CS3 upgrade…won’t we? 😉 Hmm…pricey.
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CS3 will allow you to bring layer styles from PSD files and make them editable. In other words, you not only get layer styles preserved, but you can also edit and animate the parameters.
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Sounds ace. That was my number one wish list thing for the next AE. Number 2 was multiproc support and 3 was 64bit…..2 out of 3 certainly ain’t bad! Nucleo can still eat plenty of RAM though, but I wonder if it adds anything performance wise now that AE can use your extra procs aswell?
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CS3 provides similar multiproc optimization as Nucleo (standard), but Nucleo Pro still offers things like speculative/background rendering, etc.
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[jimmybee500] “64bit”
lol, I read that and thought for a half a second you were asking for 64bpc =O Then my brain started working again.
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64bpc? – I think I’m being a bit slow now…what do you mean? (blush)
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