Resize layers imported from Photoshop to AE
by blaneg
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Nov 29, 2006 at 11:05:45 pm
Whenever I import a many layered photoshop document into After Effects as a composition, every layer is the size of the composition rather than the size of the object in the layer. When animating these layers it makes it especially difficult to distinguish what is what. Especially when there are over 30+ layers involved.
Is there a way that I can resize the layer's bounding box so that is the size of the object within the layer.
I've thought about importing each object separately but that would be a huge mess.
Re: Resize layers imported from Photoshop to AE by yikesmikes on Nov 29, 2006 at 11:44:29 pm
I agree, all layers the same size is a pain, but there's a quick fix. When you Import>File or Drag and Drop, you're given the choice of Footage or Composition. When you choose Composition, from the "Footage Dimensions" DropDown, choose "Layer Size" instead of the default "Document Size".
Re: Resize layers imported from Photoshop to AE by jimmybee500 on Nov 30, 2006 at 9:49:08 am
Is that a Mac reference? On my PC version of AE7 the options for comp import are: 'compostion' or 'composition - cropped layers'. I'm assuming it serves the same puropse?
Just odd that it's worded differently.
It's bizarre though, because you'd expect 'cropped layers' to crop the layers if they go outside the document's bounds, but it's the other way round. In what situation would you want the layers to be cut off and the layer bounds to all be the same anyway...Seems an odd option to me.
Does it have a use?
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