AI into ppro cs4

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I have an issue that it seems no one has discussed.. at least I can't find anything on the wide web or here about it.
I'm trying to import .AI files into Premiere, one of the features they like to boast for vector rasterization, alpha, etc etc. (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/4.0/WS74FBAC3A-F651-4f98-A58E-8576504C47CDa.html)
It's not working in Premiere Pro CS4. I go to import (drag drop, or menu-->import) my .ai file, which is a very small 350 pixel wide logo, and I get:
File Import Failure
/path/path/pathblahblah
Error Message
File video dimension (width/height) too large.
It works fine in CS3. I seem to remember using it in CS3 and CS4 before without problems. In CS3, I drag in, no errors, I use on timeline, looks great zero issues.
I've tried making a new fresh project, even at different formats (though this project is standard widescreen). Tried messing with different things in Illustrator, even making a new project and using it's "NSTC Video" project presents. The AI it makes still says it's too large in CS4 (but works in cs3).
On a second note, I tried to reproduce the error while typing this.
It imports, but the imported file's preview is just a bunch of tearing. Here are some stills (btw I experimented b/c of the error and made a 150pixel wide AI file):
www.multimediawise.com/TEMP/Screen shot 2009-11-17 at 8.16.19 PM.png
www.multimediawise.com/TEMP/Screen shot 2009-11-17 at 8.16.10 PM.png
www.multimediawise.com/TEMP/Screen shot 2009-11-17 at 8.17.58 PM.png (after expose)
www.multimediawise.com/TEMP/Screen shot 2009-11-17 at 8.22.04 PM.png (cs3)
It does this randomly instead of giving me the too large size error, I double checked this.
If I timeline and start playing with it, it'll eventually freeze Premiere and close out.
Any thoughts, comments, suggestions?
You know, I've started several projects in CS4 with all the best hopes and intentions, and every time I wind up just reverting down to CS3 to actually get the thing out the door. I know this particular problem is work aroundable, but hey.. it worked in cs3? We're devolving. And where is .pdf support already? Really?
I hate that FCS has better integration with adobe's imaging files, layers, blending modes etc, then Adobe itself's video suite. I don't like FC. I'm trying, here.
Tyler

Hey guys, thanks for the replies.
Like I said, I know there are work arounds to this particular problem, which works in ppro CS3 and doesn't in ppro CS4
One option is rasterizing it out in photoshop, as Hunt has mentioned. Why I like it vector is so that I can animate and play with the file, perhaps bringing it on screen at a huge scale percentage so that the "camera" "moves away" from the object. This means in photoshop, when I open the .AI, in the rastorization dialogue that it brings up automatically, I'd like a huge DPI so that it rasterizes a very large version of the vector AI, that I can shrink as needed once inside Premiere.
Another option is using Adobe Dynamic Link and importing the .AI there, in After Effects. After Effects loves layered vector files. Then I can switch back and forth between the two programs in real time to get the desired effect. This is probably the more "correct" solution, or more, least prone to problems, as it's AE doing things it's built for, sort of.
I just thought I'd post to make the bug aware to others, and possibly get a solution if there was one. A simple use (rather than all the animation I'm describing) would be to drop a watermark logo into Premiere that you recieved from graphics as an Illustrator file. I think this was the intent for the support of the ai files.
Stan, yeah, I've played with different artboard, dimension, and crop mark settings. I gave up and deducted that being the issue beings it's imports right in on CS3.
Both of the above methods have worked for me in both CS versions.
Cheerio,
Tyler

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