AE does not keep illustrator files in same order
by Ken Addeh
on
Nov 26, 2008 at 2:29:07 am
Hello all,
If anyone could help me at all with this problem i would be very very greatful.
Im working on a project, animating a character, and ive been using illustrator to make it. So it comes to the time where i need to import it into after effects to start working on the animation side, and i import it as an illustrator file->Composition: Croped layers, idouble click the composition to view it and all the layers are not in order!!!
ive checked loads of different forums and tutorials but no-one seems to be having the same problem. Is it an illustrator issue or an AE import issue? As well as that all the Tutorials i have found on importing seem to breeze straight through it and not have an issue.
Theres not more i can say but it works with photoshop documents but not Illustrator ones at the moment, and its also changingthe dimentions of some of my objects in the layer, but it appears fine in illustrator.
Re: AE does not keep illustrator files in same order by Rhett Robinson on Nov 28, 2008 at 2:47:16 am
Hi Ken,
I'm an Illustrator guy (been in prepress for years), and so I try to bring a lot of things into AE with AI if I can... these *may* be answers, or I may have to see a file...
1. Layers not in order
I'm assuming that you did frame animation, and each layer (above) is the next frame. Did you rename the layers? If not, do you see behavior where frames 1-9 are out of order (bad, but normal computer sort)in addition to other layers. I mean, if your highest level of layers is 3 digits, does it seem to sort correctly if you think about 1,10-19,2,20-29,3, etc? If so, then you need to name your layers differently (I think there's a javascript out there, with a little searching). Of course, none of that *should* matter, but describe in more detail exactly what happens in AE. I use both platforms, and am currently on a PC, but am unable to replicate this error.
2. Changing dimensions
That's the "cropped layer" choice. Don't pick that. I would also assume that you're copying the layer you're working on making an adjustment, ad nauseum (that's the way I've done it). Next time, I recommend on your start layer making a rectangle the size of your comp (I use 720X540), and making it a crop box which propogates to each succeeding layer; AE likes that.
