After Effects Import Retain Vector Art

In this tutorial we will walk through the basic process of how to prepare an illustrator file and how to then properly import animate the file in after effects.

After effects import retain vector art. Tiptutzone discord community chat. I googled it and it says i have to disable the sequence option in import but i can t find. Keep vectors sharp in after effects jan 29 2015. Vector illustrations desktop smartphone et joystick download.

How do i disable that. For this example i m going to start off with shutterstock image 183708254. On each of the vector layers you intend to keep crisp. Hope you guys can help me.

This tutorial also covers basic animation principles to achieve smooth and eased animation for vector objects. Dear redditers i have an animation to deliver in a few hours it was going well until my after effects started importing my illustrator files as vector art sequences instead of just vector art like i want. To kick things off you ll need to import your artwork into after effects. I often use a lot of vector assets from illustrator when doing heavy motion graphics in after effects.

Adobe illustrator and after effects go hand in hand when creating classic vector motion graphic design. You can download the vector files i created for the tutorial with the button below. The best ways to work with and import illustrator files into after effects. You must have the cs6 version of after effects to follow this tutorial and take advantage of the new import options of illustrator files.

In this new promo i ve used plenty of shape layers halfway through animating i ran into a slight problem though. I d finished animating a section of the video and found i needed to. This will be the size of our. All the color and sizing leading an kerning should stay the same as long as your comp in ae is the same size as the artboard in illustrator.

Luckily it s made really easy with one quick command. When i import the ai file to afx and choose retain layer size works fine. The weirdest thing is that few files only retain the same size when i create shape from layer. You can do this by either selecting file.

But when i create shape from vector layer the ai files in this case they all lose its source size like the image below. Select your text and copy command c switch over to after effects use the text tool command t and click in your comp then paste command v the text. After effects can import ai and eps files but unless they files are set up properly getting the pieces as individual layers in after effects takes some prep work. How to prepare and import illustrator files for animation in after effects step 1.

You can chose any of the cameras. Ae is importing illustrator files as vector art sequence.