Return-Path: Received: from mail-gx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.161.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4628815 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:51:44 +0100 Received: by ggnf1 with SMTP id f1so1660809ggn.28 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:58:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=OTVuo2r6x96hpuqHe4qFUwrQNBwGRr+HdinVAevserg=; b=cJCGcIbfCrHPY4P6vhSXxfngiwaJwc4zmNVHW2zpfDk9I4GXGdEueCtP44NNnnjvGS B63XPFVqopPxtxupgC38CBu97cenvIi0yHjBcAE47FNrbQr69hFTK99S9x54WjmQXdo9 XQrrnrFdengvxPS9/1Vb8SWOwzTBhW4KU7fD8= Received: by 10.236.76.198 with SMTP id b46mr6672575yhe.25.1329436682338; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:58:02 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: hedczech@gmail.com Received: by 10.236.48.132 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:57:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: "scott.aelist" Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:57:22 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: sfqUr--Gk1_UIVfx55nYvfav03c Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Isolating Objects from a PSD File To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf300fb3a733c11504b91d9904 --20cf300fb3a733c11504b91d9904 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable can you post your PSD? is it possible you have some pixels that are semi-transparent that don't show themselves when you command click? Are you sure there aren't pixeles hanging off the edge of your PSD artboard? On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Jonathan Penzner wrote= : > Good day to everyone, > > I've created a word in Photoshop using vectors pasted from AI. Each lette= r > is rasterized and sits on it's own layer. When I Command click on the > letters in Photoshop, the marching ants surround the letters perfectly = =96 > nothing extraneous anywhere. > > Open the file in AE 5.5, using "Retain layer sizes" and the letters have > what seems to me to be completely arbitrary bounding boxes, such that wh= en > I rotate a letter, the center of axis is anywhere but the center of the > letter. Anyone have a clue what's going on here? I can think of several > dozen work arounds but I'm hoping there's a flaw in my work flow that's > easily fixed. > > Thanks in advance. > > > Jonathan > > > > *JONATHAN PENZNER* > SUNDANCE/REALTIME > VIDEO EDITING =95 MOTION GRAPHICS =95 DESIGN > > | STUDIO 626 345-0285 | > | CELL 818 321-2890 | > > SUREAL@CHARTER.NET > > --20cf300fb3a733c11504b91d9904 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable can you post your PSD? is it possible you have some pixels that are semi-tr= ansparent that don't show themselves when you command click? Are you su= re there aren't pixeles hanging off the edge of your PSD artboard?

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Jonathan Pe= nzner <sureal@ch= arter.net> wrote:
Good day to everyone,
I've created a word in Photoshop using vectors pasted from= AI. Each letter is rasterized and sits on it's own layer. When I Comma= nd click on the letters in Photoshop, the marching ants surround the letter= s perfectly =96 nothing extraneous anywhere.

Open the file in AE 5.5, using "Retain layer sizes= " and the letters have what seems to me to be =A0completely arbitrary = bounding boxes, such that when I rotate a letter, the center of axis is any= where but the center of the letter. Anyone have a clue what's going on = here? I can think of several dozen work arounds but I'm hoping there= 9;s a flaw in my work flow that's easily fixed.

Thanks in advance.


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