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The never ending Jaggie question
Hey all,
I was hoping someone could lead me in the right direction to find the answer to the never ending jaggie question with vectors in AE. I have a log that was sent to me by a graphic designer I need to make a treatment for. He is on a make and I am on a Dell.
He is using the same version of illustrator I am. He sent me the original AI file to use. When I bring it into AE it has jaggies. When I print the file it looks great. Smooth lines, no stepping. I have the quality set to best, the fields are off, open gl is off and quality switches are on. Any suggestions? Does anyone know
of a tutorial, book, or anything with extensive answers on the best ways to get quality images using vectors in AE? Honestly I haven’t been able to freely resize a vector image in AE and have its edge quality act as a true vector since I was using AE 5 and saving down the illustrator file to a lower version.thanks everyone
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6 Replies
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Did u select the rasterize button in the comp. You can toggle on/off with vector files.
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Yes I have all the switches for quality and rasterization selected in the comp as well as best quality, no fields, rendering best quality.
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There really is no “never-ending question about jaggies” in After Effects. A properly configured AE project and workspace with proper settings will display vectors at continuous rasterization. This is going to end up being a simple user error, betcha. Try starting from scratch with a fresh project. Go through the online hep step by step for importing Illustrator files.
You haven’t said what happens if you turn off the raster button or whetehr you have the canvas set to full quality.
bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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“Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Vol. 2” by Trish & Chris Meyer has an entire chapter devoted to working with illustrator…in depth explanations on importing, continuous rasterization, collapsing transformations, etc… as well as example projects, files and tips. Both volumes are an invaluable resource.
Erik
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Thanks Erik
I will go pick them up. I figured out what the problem with the logo was. The designer who sent it to me created it in photoshop and placed it in illustrator so it isn’t a true vector. He resent me an illustrator version and it works fine. All my ae projects settings were correct. The books sound great!
Thanks again Erik
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Yeah…some people just don’t understand that just importing it into Illustrator and saving it doesn’t make it vector without doing some work…
Erik
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