[Steve George]

Thanks i have it sorted now.

The font i am working on is actually very owkward in this case as it has lots of pits overlapping and inner and outer parts, probably not the best font to try and edit in ai. Either way this has solved the problem, thanks for your time steve 🙂

[Steve George]

Thank you for a very quick reply Steve.

I followed your directions but in the Object > Compound Path menu i only have an option to click on “make”, release is greyed out.

Any idea why this is happening ?

[Steve George]

Thank you for your help George.

I am new to AI & AE, It is my understanding that Element 3d only uses text or mask layers ?

How would i convert the ai path to a shape ?

Thanks

[Steve George]

I’m confused by your reply Joey ?

[Steve George]

Thank you for your response Dave,

This worked, but i am presented with a new problem….

So i edited the masks until i had the logo exactly how i want it…

I then import the masks into element3d by setting the path layer to the logo. In element3d the new path outlines have not been recognised…

Im guessing i need to somehow flatten the masks after i edit them somehow ?

Thanks for your time.

[Steve George]

Thanks for the great advice guys. I have been playing with the settings you mentioned and have found a comfortable level of quality now.

This forum rules 🙂

Stevie

[Steve George]

Thank you so much for this ridley,

These are the exact steps i have taken every time, the only difference being that when i click ok after leaving element 3d my image is small (half the project size) and yours was large, bigger than the screen.

My initial question was why is my design coming out of element very small when its very big when i put it in there ?

Your logo was pretty small when you put it into element but was twice as big when it came out, this is the opposite of what is happening to me.

When i enlarge my rendered image to fit the screen there is some loss of quality, i was asking how to avoid this ?

Thanks

[Steve George]

I Don’t want to sound like i’m ungrateful for your help (honestly) but this is not a step by step guide.

After i have created a solid and added element 3d to it how can i choose a masked layer that i haven’t made yet ?

Please can you give me a step by step guide, so i can follow it please, or just modify the steps i already made above.

Thanks again

Steve

[Steve George]

“You do not. Do not apply Element to the auto trace layer.”

How do i import my auto traced layer into element then ?

“Create a separate solid, with no masks, at comp size.”

How do i do this ?

Like i said i am relatively new to using after effects though i have watched all of the essential training on lynda.com this is not covered.

Could you possibly give me a step by step rundown on how to get my logo into element 3d so when i click ok it is at comp size ? or modify my existing steps please ?

1, new solid layer
2, apply element 3d to it
3, import my logo
4, drag it into the preview window
5, auto trace it (to remove the black background)
6, set create new auto traced layer
7, import that auto traced layer into element 3d
8, add bevel and click ok

Please bare with me, thank you so much for your help

[Steve George]

“Element is applied to the layer generated by auto-trace, which the layer handles show is less than comp-sized.”

How do i set the auto traced layer to be comp sized ?

“If you’ve correctly done the comp-sized layer for Element and the logo is simply coming in small, you can adjust the height in its group’s Particle Look. For example, Element > Group 1 > Particle Look > Size”

This will distort the quality though, right ?

Thanks for your help Walter