Return-Path: Received: from mail-pd0-f172.google.com ([209.85.192.172] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5394944 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 02 Mar 2014 01:28:04 +0100 Received: by mail-pd0-f172.google.com with SMTP id p10so2269231pdj.31 for ; Sat, 01 Mar 2014 16:28:26 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:mime-version:content-type:subject:date :in-reply-to:to:references:message-id; bh=bdRGH7CDGK8LwjX5O0J1iMYA7oAi7x2R3MPEQvzCgxE=; b=SL47Fhu+OJzCD2R+np6wQhXRoIiJ2jszKiZ4PKXi4jRmnRw3sk5gJuzT4jj5E2/TBU 2iU2qQCPQKYobaS9CkwaSOT5BmCb+6q0bk1XKesuE5mS92pP5zYj3EMRhwtEUQ319cPZ toRwmQer+xASOxA3bsROjVtsnnCWKpKK5RApnqgmFdTANVVHmYSggOakubzAqNqad88Z 7gqEVj5xp58StJE6vt0aKofjZovFj6XQ0FSWHXdVRWdIsKI0zMIOUHvB6ZJyTQQexqNe 8sll4lnujqLvRJ5zK7BbZN7RBhhWaktByn8P517U5FoE9Ke4Pntgo9NVyiZ2vq9nR7LI CyDw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmmcZpqndtIsDVV2dwTf9zZQKihjoDT6n3jk21uYlYciuZtt4PbV0S4CoAJpqV6e9Smye3t X-Received: by 10.69.1.38 with SMTP id bd6mr11685975pbd.17.1393720106567; Sat, 01 Mar 2014 16:28:26 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from ?IPv6:2601:9:7bc0:18:7d1e:d42d:f103:1acf? ([2601:9:7bc0:18:7d1e:d42d:f103:1acf]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id bz4sm20326994pbb.12.2014.03.01.16.27.52 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 01 Mar 2014 16:28:08 -0800 (PST) From: Phil Spitler Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_D2E3336D-D7B1-45E3-922E-8D7DAD229302" Subject: Re: [AE] AI > PSD > AE workflow recommendations? Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 16:27:51 -0800 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) --Apple-Mail=_D2E3336D-D7B1-45E3-922E-8D7DAD229302 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Do you need the assets as vectors in AE? If not then I would simply = scale the PSD in PhotoShop to 200% then rasterize all the smart layers = and bring that in as a comp into AE. Phil Phil Spitler | Creative Technologist | Bonfire Labs | t : = 415.394.8200 m : 415.571.3139 Website | Facebook | LinkedIn On Mar 1, 2014, at 3:31 PM, scott.aelist wrote: > 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.=20 > 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? --Apple-Mail=_D2E3336D-D7B1-45E3-922E-8D7DAD229302 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Do = you need the assets as vectors in AE? If not then I would simply scale = the PSD in PhotoShop to 200% then rasterize all the smart layers and = bring that in as a comp into = AE.

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On Mar 1, 2014, at 3:31 PM, scott.aelist wrote:

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?

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