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Problems getting text from Illustrator into After Effects
Hello there
I am having problems exporting text from illustrator to after effects.
When its in the composition, even on full resolution, it still looks a little bit pixelated. IS there any way round this. Do most people just use the text funtion in A.E.
Any sugestions would be greatfully recieved.
Many thanks
Jamie
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6 Replies
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Use the continously rasterize function (the little sun symbol in the timeline). Yes, using AE#s own text would be better because of the flexibility with animators (if that’s relevant for you)
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Maybe this is a stupid suggestion, but I’ve seen some of my students ask this… and I found many of them were ZOOMING into the text in the AE Comp window, not scaling the text.
And yes, make sure the continuously rasterize switch (MAN that switch needs a shorter name) is ON.
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Yup, i learned this a while back (continuously rasterize). I know that it works, can anyone explain what it actually does? I guess if unchecked the text is still rendered in a vector format in AE?
i’m not random i’m tangent oriented…
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Strangely enough (no sarcasm, actually) the continuously rasterize switch actually does what it says.
Unless you’re exporting to SWF (with supported features), AE always rasterizes everything, fixing it into a grid of pixels … basically. Normally, it does this just once, at the object’s imported size. However, when you click the CR switch, AE rasterizes it “fresh” at every frame.
So as you scale up an AI file with CR on, AE doesn’t just scale up a rasterized small AI image (ugh), it looks at the vector object, rasterizes it, scales it up, looks at the vector object again at this new size, rasterizes it at the new size, and so on.
You see?
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Just a tip, as I’m an Illustrator guy – I’ve found that often effects can’t be applied to a layer with the continuous rasterize on. You can fix by precomping, but sometimes that’s a pain. I’ve found AE actually handles it easier in 3D space if you simply make the original AE file larger than needed. I frequently work with a 4/1 scale, which allows for plenty of zoom-in. AE rasterizes it at the larger size, and keeps it crisp without the need to continuously rasterize.
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hello there again
thanks for all the tips. I’m still having a problem, even with CR switched on it still looks a little blocky. I’ve tried bumping it up in illustrator by a factor of about 4 and that still doesnt work. Can anyone help me.
Many thanks
jamie
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