Return-Path: Received: from mail-we0-f172.google.com ([74.125.82.172] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5394915 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:31:42 +0100 Received: by mail-we0-f172.google.com with SMTP id u56so1798727wes.31 for ; Sat, 01 Mar 2014 15:32:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=2uJD1lsk8EOAL3fBpKbLemu4ubg1hmR0KhYtxI3nh48=; b=vSapxZhgQ+B0WVtso682hsj4iCIQ2ypVkGkL0v64PyuwkqMayd85YabwqFixkfoTub KxS5nP4oVpa4UVmclxLChlsk3wCMyM0evIRwgXGMFr2A9X8MBFrVsaMgml9Liqks1T3f 3jX6qzhgkom+JRVqpuakNGXBW2R8gpi2aFspq0PpZVqfMbVuTrumd1ZWk/vmjv0q8Wyk ymeUQwvPYvOg0xSCehAD4aSR06+VNCgszmsbTIrYreV0MxdwWBTOXgujFfCw+T7v1btj vSWkgZ2YP8uWW5blcu+SomjcalNkUgZYMf64Vfk98t44eQIHUnJc+7tSDYwmjq3dAiGe NQBw== X-Received: by 10.194.193.98 with SMTP id hn2mr23030wjc.95.1393716726189; Sat, 01 Mar 2014 15:32:06 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: hedczech@gmail.com Received: by 10.217.1.129 with HTTP; Sat, 1 Mar 2014 15:31:26 -0800 (PST) From: "scott.aelist" Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 15:31:26 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: mob0ySz9F9Bk-eBKFgbcc5-nLgM Message-ID: Subject: AI > PSD > AE workflow recommendations? To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b8737cc61d36504f393f68e --047d7b8737cc61d36504f393f68e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I'm frustrated with the amount of redundant file prep i'm having to do on a current job and I'm wondering if there's a faster way. I'm tasked with animating some little vignettes for a travel show. A friend is illustrating the shot in photoshop and then i have to animate from the PSD. Ideally I would just import the PSD into AE and go, but I can't. A lot of the assets are vector objects so I end up opening EVERY SINGLE smart vector object in AI and then I have to save all these layers out as AI files. I thought maybe I could import the PSD into AE and convert it to shape layers or an AI file there, but no dice. I should also mention that I have to scale up all these vector assets 200% because sometimes I need layers larger than they appear in the PSD, and if I use continually rasterize it often screws up any effects or puppeting I have on my layer. This takes an enormous amount of time and my client doesn't understand why I can't turn these things out in a day or two, and I have to make these dubious-sounding excuses of how I have to 'prepare' all these assets for animation. Is there a faster way? And am I the only one who scales up all their AI assets before bringing into AE? --047d7b8737cc61d36504f393f68e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I'm frustrated with the amount of redundant file = prep i'm having to do on a current job and I'm wondering if there&#= 39;s a faster way. I'm tasked with animating some little vignettes for = a travel show.
A friend is illustrating the shot in photoshop and then i have to ani= mate from the PSD. Ideally I would just import the PSD into AE and go, but = I can't. A lot of the assets are vector objects so I end up opening EVE= RY SINGLE smart vector object in AI and then I have to save all these layer= s out as AI files. I thought maybe I could import the PSD into AE and conve= rt it to shape layers or an AI file there, but no dice. I should also menti= on that I have to scale up all these vector assets 200% because sometimes I= need layers larger than they appear in the PSD, and if I use continually r= asterize it often screws up any effects or puppeting I have on my layer. Th= is takes an enormous amount of time and my client doesn't understand wh= y I can't turn these things out in a day or two, and I have to make the= se dubious-sounding excuses of how I have to 'prepare' all these as= sets for animation. Is there a faster way? And am I the only one who scales= up all their AI assets before bringing into AE?
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