Illustrator and After Effects video 1: import project

This video covers the import of a layered Illustrator file into After Effects CS4. This is part 1 of a 5-part video.
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• import
• illustrator

[GDM223SR]

Look in the help for "continuous rasterization".

[GDM223SR]

My apologies -- you're right.

In CS5, "cropped layers" has become "retain layer sizes". Occasionally, Adobe changes nomenclature. It's better than "cropped", but doesn't tell the whole story.

[SurfNSunFun]

i ask because i dont get the "cropped layers" option.

[GDM223SR]

@SurfNSunFun Are you able to import the AI file as a composition?

[SurfNSunFun]

is cropped layers the same as retain layer sizes?

[GDM223SR]

@SurfNSunFun No ... it's a bit of a dumb name, but it doesn't mean that. It means the layers are imported in their proper positions, but each layer's anchor point is at the center of that layer. If you import the other way, all anchor points are in the same place: the center of the Illustrator document. Both are valid, depending on how you want to animate the composition.

Make an AI file with two layers: one to the left, one right, import both ways, then try rotating the individual layers.

[TheTeeraratM]

thx u

[jssjuly]

my Ai layers in AE are blurred?

[SurfNSunFun]

@GDM223SR - i think is because the file is not layered. ;)