Edit an illustrator file in after effects

Hi, is there any possibility to edit an illustrator file after it has been added to after effects as a composition?

You can right click on your illustrator layer in you AE timeline and go to "create vector shapes from layer". This will create separate shape layers and allow you to modify each one separately in AE. For me this works many times if I just want to make some small tweaks to the shapes.

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I need help with Importing my Illustrator file into After Effects, I'm having problems

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum. I am having a hard time importing this Illustrator file into After Effects. Here's how it is in the Illustrator file
As you can see, I made all the layers separate so then when I import it I can work on each and every one. (I want them to bloom from the center)
but when I import to After Effects (I ask to import the composition and retain the layers), the size looks completely different:
Then when I drag down the layers folder to the Comp Panel, the layer order starts getting really messed up. Here is what I am talking about
What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it? Also how can I figure out how to let the petals boom? I'm thinking of scaling the center larger first and then scaling the petals from there. but first I have to figure out how to get the size distortion and the layer orders right. Thanks.

You need to open the comp not drag layers in a new comp.

Is it possible to scale Illustrator files inside After Effects and retain the vector quality?

I imported an Illustrator file into my After Effects project and scaled the ai file to 200%, but noticed that is pixelated. Is there a way to keep the ai file vector based inside After Effects.
Note: I attempted to use the "Create Shapes from Vector Layer" and the paths all show up, but the fill and stroke colors disappear??
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I am using CS6 Creative Cloud on a Windows 8 with 16 gig of ram
Thanks,
Paul

Dave is right. See this:
FAQ: Why are my vector graphics (e.g., from Illustrator) jagged or soft?

How do you import Adobe Illustrator files to After Effects?

Hi,
I had drawn an animation file in Adobe Illustrator with 8 layers each depicting an animation/drawing.
I tried importing it to After Effects, but the drawing doesn't show up.
Anyone tell me what I am doing wrong; why the drawings are not showing up on the After Effects screen?
I made a video recording of it here:
Jae

Your drawing is black, and so is your background. Change the comp background colour, or toggle the Transparency Grid view button..

Sizing PSDS for After Effects / Preparing Illustrator files for After Effects

3 questions
For the longest time I have been told when importing PSDs to
After effects, in order to keep circles circles (proper ratios) I had
to make a 720 540 PSD file and then crunch it down to 720 486. Then import the file to a D1 NTSC 720 486 after effects comp and everything works fine.And it does and always has
I have now been told otherwise. People claim they view in DV NTSC view
in Photoshop at 720 486 and then just import to a 720 486 DV1 After
Effects comp and everything is fine.
That view mode in Photoshop is for viewing purposes only though so this
confuses me. Sure you can sit there and stretch your picture to look
right in that mode but that doesn't make sense. Going 540 to 486 is
quicker.
But one weird thing I noticed is if you save your PSD with the NTSC
view mode turned on it will automatically import to After Effects with
DV NTSC comp settings. Otherwise it will import into a Square Pixels
comp.
So to simplify my questions are the following.
1. Is there a way to avoid creating a 720 540 PSD and then crunching
down to 486? And somehow keep circles circles and photographs not
stretched.
2. Why does the DV viewing mode in Photoshop effect the importing into
After Effects if it's just for preview purposes?
That said I like that viewing mode in Photoshop because when I do my
720 540 to 720 486 crunch I can see that everything will look fine.
If anyone can help it would be much appreciated. I've been fine doing what I'm doing but for the last couple years I have been told there's a quicker way and haven't found anyone who knows.
And my final question #3 is
How do you import an illustrattor file into After Effectcs with
layers? I know how to bring sa photoshop file in with layers but everytime I import an illustrator file in , it comes in flat as one layer.
Thanks very much to those who can help.
J.

>Is there a way to avoid creating a 720 540 PSD and then crunching
>down to 486? And somehow keep circles circles and photographs not
>stretched.
Not really and then "crunching down" is very much a matter of point of view. The real question is: Can you accept the variations e.g. in antialiasing introduced by creating your work with non-square pixels in Photoshop. Apparently doing so will affect horizontal sampling more than vertical and as there is a difference in how AE and PS deal with these matters, the result would be different. It also extends to the matter of how practical it would be to work with such files if you need to move them to applications that don't provide PAR correction...
>Why does the DV viewing mode in Photoshop effect the importing into
>After Effects if it's just for preview purposes?
It doesn't. The people told you only half the facts. Photoshop's PAR correction is just for viewing purposes, that's true, but it does not mean that PS itself would be unable to deal with non-square pixels. Whenever you create a files based on such presets, PS will correctly embed that information for saving, hence programs like AE that are able to extract that information, will use it to correctly interpret items.
>How do you import an illustrattor file into After Effectcs with
>layers?
You can't. In the strict sense Illustrator has no layers, only objects and groups and since they can be infinitely combined in the funniest ways, it's a hell of a thing to read them right. Maybe in CS5 after all these years... (or even later).
Mylenium

I can't see WMV files in After Effects CC since I installed the AE patch 12.0.1

I downloaded yesterday the Mac update called Maverik (OS X 10.9) and also the After Effects patch 12.0.1 in order to open AE using Maverik as operative system (before downloading the AE patch was impåossible to open After Effects CC). The problem now is that I was able before to see and edit window media files in After Effects but now, when I open the project that I've been working on, After Effects shows an error "After Effects error: file xxxx.wmv cannot be imported - this wmv file is damaged or unsupported". I am pretty sure that all the wmv files are not damage as Iø'e been working on these files the last couple of months. Besides I have imported again the same wmv files from colleagues who can see and edit these files in After Effects CC for PC.
Would you please advice me on this? Should I download a codec or Adobe will resolve this issue with the next update for After Effects CC?
Thanks in advance
Sebastian

Can you open your WMV files in QuickTime Player?
After Effects on Mac does not read WMV files natively. You probably have the Flip4Mac QuickTime components installed, which allows QuickTime to read WMV files, and through that AE can read WMV files.
My guess is that Flip4Mac is either having problems on your machine after the upgrade to Mavericks, or it is not compatible with Mavericks. I didn't see any notices on Telestream's site, so I would guess the former.

Edit original command inactive for c4d files in after effects

Hi, I created some c4d files in After Effects CC (Mac) yesterday. Today I wanted to edit the files using the "edit original" command. But it's inactive (grayed out).
I tried several times, reloaded the After Effects and Mac. But it's still not working.
Does anybody know how to fix it? Please help!

Yes, I'm sure I'm using the correct workflow by selecting the c4d in project panel and choosing Edit -> Edit Original. It's always inactive - you can see below.
Also read through the resources and checked the software - it's up to date.
My applications information:
One other strange thing that I noticed — all c4d files do not have the proper icons as I see in tutorials. The sons for some c4d files are just white pages, for others — black exec screen:
Do you know why it is so? Could you please help me to fix these issues?

Exporting edited PE9 files into After Effects?

Is it possible to import edited Premiere Elements 9 files into After Effects to apply effects?
Thanks in advance

Steve,
I respectfully disagree on this point.
You can put an uncompressed AVI into Premiere Elements and output an uncompressed AVI from Premiere Elements -- but the video is compressed a DV while it's in the program so there's no way to avoid the issue of compression
If one starts with DV-AVI, there is slight lossy compression, but PrE is natively editing that DV-AVI footage. Now, if one Exports/Shares to DV-AVI, again there is a slight lossy compression, but if they Export/Share to Lagarith, or UT, there is no loss, though there is compression. AE can work with the lossless material fine, so no need for it to re-compress, and no need to introduce loss. When one Exports from AE (no ADL - Adobe Dynamic Link between AE & PrE), again with a lossless CODEC, that IS turned into DV-AVI, when back in PrE, but two levels of lossy compression have been eliminated from the workflow, and eliminating any compression that is lossy is my goal for ultimate quality.
The beauty of Lagarith, or UT, is that the files are much smaller, than with AVI Uncompressed, so other than the encoding porttion of the workflow (both CODEC's are quite fast), the resources needed are greatly reduced.
An extreme example of the use of compressed material is where one produces a DVD (MPEG-2 CODEC, which IS highly-compressed), and then uses that compressed material in a new Project, outputting again to MPEG-2 for a DVD. If one can go to the material, before the first MPEG-2 Encoding, thus saving one level of compression, the qualtiy is much better. Again, this is an extreme example, and the DV/DVC CODEC in a DV-AVI is no where nearly so bad, as with MPEG-2.
Are the extra steps worth the effort? Only the user can determine that.
Just my observations, when creating and editing intermediate files. For me, the advantage outweighs the encoding time, as quality is as high, as I can obtain.
Hunt

Bridge not importing files into After Effects

From AE I go to File > Browse in Bridge...
Bridge opens up and I find the file I want. If I double click the file, an AI for instance, it opens the file within Illustrator. I could find, double click it, and it opens in Photoshop.
I feel as though I'm missing how to import files into After Effects by using bridge.
I'm running CC 2014 on a Win 7 machine.

Probably an issue with whatever created the files in the first place. WMV doesn't have Alpha, but can have multiple streams... anyway, AE is crap at dealing with such stuff, so convert it using an external tool like Handbrake or whatever...
Mylenium

Decompressing video files using After effects

Hello!!
I have a SONY Full HD camcorder that records in an AVCHD format.
So when I import my clips into my computer's hard drive, they are compressed. That meens that I have to decompress them in order to work with the best quality.
So, I use After Effects to export the AVCHD clips totaly uncompressed (I export them into none compressed Quicktime files). Then I re-import the uncompressed Quicktime clips into After Effects and start working with them, adding effects, color correction and so on. When I finish, I export them again totally uncompressed, in order to import them to Premiere for the final editting. I do that because I do not own an Adobe production suite so that to use Adobe Link for transfering files from After Effects to Premiere.
I decompress all my AVCHD clips because I won't need to apply effects to all of them, so some will go straight to Premiere without passing through After effects, since there is no need. So they must be decompressed.
I have noticed that when I decompressed an AVCHD clip, it got 578 GB from 84GB. So when I re-imported the uncompressed 578 GB clip in After Effects and added some effects and color correction, the final clip got out 392GB, although I chose the uncompressed settings and although I added effects. Normally it should be more than 578 GB.
Would you happen to know why is that?
Do you have any other suggestion of how should I decompress my camcorder clips? I have Quicktime but I cannot play AVCHD files, since it is an unsupported format for Quicktime.
Thank you!!
Giannis

After Effects and added some effects and color correction, the final clip got out 392GB, although I chose the uncompressed settings and although I added effects. Normally it should be more than 578 GB.
The default QT output uses the Animation CoDec, which is a visually lossless compression. No problem here and I think you are overdoing. There is nothing wrong with converting files e.g. to LZW compressed TIFFs, PNG or EXR files, all formats producing much smaller file sizes than QT files and without losing any info...
Mylenium

How do I import a Premiere Pro file into After Effects

So I'm an editor, I cut trailers and TV spots. I enjoy making my title cards on After Effects because it gives me a lot of options but I'm having difficulty. How do I import / edit a Premiere Pro file into After Effects? I imported the project file but the whole thing was a mess and nothing made sense. Can anyone explain this process to me?
By the way I used CS5.5 versions of the software.

It actually works better if you go the other way... link an AE comp into your Premiere project.
Create and link to After Effects compositions with Dynamic Link

Importing an Illustrator CS6 in After Effects CS6

When I import the file into After Effects CS6 I only see a black scree and you can move the squares. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Joe.

The top pic. is a Ai file.
Well here is what I do in Ai I have a white background create a few squares and a text, all in different colors. I am not using black. I same the file and then import it in After Effects and choose to keep layers. And I all I get is a black square with non of the graphics that I created.
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Joe

SWF File in After Effects

If one creates an animated symbol in flash, then nests that
another layer and creates a SWF file. The inner animation plays
correctly. If one imports that SWF file into After Effects the
inner animation is not played.
Does anyone know how to get around this?

When I resize the video it looses quality and looks fuzzy. How do I resize the .swf video within the new comp without loosing quality?
By not resizing it?! You are seeing normal behavior - when you scale up anything, the program needs to "invent" (extrapolate) pixels to fill in missing data, resulting in softening. There is no way around that. You can of course try to use effects like Sharpen to regain some sharpness, but there is no magic recipe. Even dedicated resizing plug-ins such as Red Giant's Instant HD or BorisFX' Resizer can only do so much. You will have to find other ways of dealing with this, if the bluriness is unacceptable to you, like rebuilding the stuff from original sources.
Mylenium

.AVI files into after effects do not work? how do I fix?

When I record with my vivitar dvr 840xhd camera, and try to import the files into after effects. The files import into after effects just fine, except the little icon of the video is all grey. But when I put it into the comp and try to view it. The whole video is only a black screen. I try to watch it and find out that the audio works in it. but not the video. Throwing it into media encoder and trying to convert it only does the same thing, just a black screen with audio. But when I play the file on windows media player it works just fine. I have After effects CS5 and I run windows 7. Anyone have any good anwsers? Perferably one that does not reqire another program video converter to put it into the file type I. I tryed that before with many other video converters. I either loose quaility. If im filming in 60fps, it is reduced to 30fps. I can only convert so much in one clip. And most leave watermarks. I would much rather be able to import these .avi files into after effects without the wait and annoyance of a 3rd party program. Thanks for the help.

Anyone have any good anwsers? Perferably one that does not reqire another program video converter to put it into the file type
Probably not. AVI is just a generic container format and without any more info we will not be able to give you any proper answers. Even their website doesn't give any specifics. Use GSpot or MediaInfo to find out what CoDecs it is using exactly. Since the camera is based on Flash memory, though, I already get this ugly feeling it is using some atrocious non-standard MPEG4 derivative nad that would mean there is no chance at all to use it directly in AE...
Mylenium

Solutions for problems with QuickTime files in After Effects CC (12.0)

We have a new blog post up about solutions for problems with QuickTime files in After Effects CC (12.0) because of conflict with DVCPROHDVideoOut QuickTime components.
Please read that post and let us know here on this forum thread if you have any questions or comments.
Also, please let us know if the proposed solution works for you.

Mark - The new document that we published is meant to address a specific issue. You can confirm you have the issue by the following:
Adobe QT32 Server is not running when you receive these errors. Keep Activity Monitor open to track whether or not it is running.
The crash log for QT32 Server indicate CoreAudio as the last component called. You can find the crash logs in Users/username/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports. The report will look like this:
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   ???                                     0x04981f90 0 + 77078416
1   com.apple.audio.CoreAudio               0x949d05c1 __Call_block_invoke_03 + 56
2   libdispatch.dylib                       0x94a90f8f _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 15
If this is not the issue you're having, please start a new thread and provide the usual data. If your problem does match this issue, please double-check that you've followed the steps in the new document and post back here.

Edit an illustrator file in after effects

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