Return-Path: Received: from nk11p03mm-asmtp001.mac.com ([17.158.232.236] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4994894 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:47:32 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.68] ([99.152.153.100]) by nk11p03mm-asmtp001.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-26.01(7.0.4.26.0) 64bit (built Jul 13 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MJ800C715QIU600@nk11p03mm-asmtp001.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:54:19 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.9.8327,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-03-06_02:2013-03-05,2013-03-06,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1203120001 definitions=main-1303050319 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 MIME-version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Subject: Re: [AE] editable AE text output from photoshop? From: Jim Curtis In-reply-to: Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:54:17 -0600 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: <9F6DEDB5-5402-480B-AA11-9BA32444A30A@me.com> References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) +1 on this. And you can't change the order of the Layer Styles, Text = Animators can mess things up, as does adding some other plug-ins to = Layer styled text. On Mar 5, 2013, at 9:58 PM, Tim Thiessen wrote: > my problem with layer styles is render order. They render after = everything else - try stroking some live text using layer styles and = then try to use motion blur - AE applies the motion blur and then the = layer styles strokes the blurred text - it looks like A$$. I have seen = this on the air a couple of times. Layer styles just don't play well = with others. plus if you looks a the stroke layer style vs the stroked = characters inside AE, you'll see how chunky the layer styles are. >=20