Return-Path: Received: from mail-vc0-f169.google.com ([209.85.220.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5395448 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 02 Mar 2014 20:53:05 +0100 Received: by mail-vc0-f169.google.com with SMTP id hq11so2835744vcb.0 for ; Sun, 02 Mar 2014 11:53:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=Hy5dOGLjpg9vEVLipMdkH0i2dqTzuGarNYt9LPwu+2A=; b=NqheOznShj5fXmEBgsiCLo1rjvy6t8ct4rAuWgdwl7561VS2p44jVIKvhPCqY3sof3 LX+MlNaJq8fHhoOOPbFSRDAZDrAezcjocg1RofR+ChFd3hLA1FNaCzFq/NLOALxqFs0P dNZbomb6ha9JtnV+S4ihju4PCYUvfjNI1sFOGyTDOQ6t3iCLJF8MDsSq5h9H76Zt4jec uDl9h1ncKQYUcvpuBBCOZO3+5KsDyWL+fgeWiSOUpomM4hcGV4vwHhB3PZpOY+Uu4ziK NrCG2juHURcdcfXaCCIOsAxsRphnUf4dosF4DMn5y7Q97LkqglPEhS4GCzt3GkG2tqMk ABJQ== X-Received: by 10.221.66.73 with SMTP id xp9mr13678057vcb.27.1393790008725; Sun, 02 Mar 2014 11:53:28 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: hedczech@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.253.199 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Mar 2014 11:52:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: "scott.aelist" Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 11:52:48 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: xLkl_TbQxjhLPDRYLj-bgh8ueWE Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] AI > PSD > AE workflow recommendations? To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113642e65c988d04f3a5063c --001a113642e65c988d04f3a5063c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 If it's helpful i've posted a little diagram of my process here: http://i.imgur.com/resFDjm.jpg Teddy yes I save all my SVOs into one AI file... still, it is very time-consuming to have to handle each of these layers individually. I have move them to a new layer, group them (if the object isn't grouped), scale them up, name the layer... etc etc. I thought I might be able to open the PS in AE but it treats all the SVOs as placed raster objects, not as vector objects. Roei thanks for your comment. If you have any tips i'd love to hear. I feel like there is no quick solution to this and i simply need to file a feature request asking to be able to convert Smart vector objects to shape layers. On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Roei Tzoref wrote: > hey scott. > > I would like to help you solve your workflow problem. > > I work on a news channel where we have to deliver very fast and rely on > fast psd/ai->ae workflow > making the shift from psd vectors to ae is kind of my expertise. > I also teach students where troubleshooting psd/ai->ae is my main teaching > focus. > but enough about me, please contact if you still need some help and me I > am pretty sure I can help you sort some of this mess out. > > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 1:31 AM, 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? >> > > --001a113642e65c988d04f3a5063c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
If it's helpful i've posted a little dia= gram of my process here: http://= i.imgur.com/resFDjm.jpg
Teddy yes I save all my SVOs into one = AI file... still, it is very time-consuming to have to handle each of these= layers individually. I have move them to a new layer, group them (if the o= bject isn't grouped), scale them up, name the layer... etc etc. I thoug= ht I might be able to open the PS in AE but it treats all the SVOs as place= d raster objects, not as vector objects.
Roei thanks for your comment. If you have any tips i'd love = to hear.

I feel like there is no quick solution to= this and i simply need to file a feature request asking to be able to conv= ert Smart vector objects to shape layers.



On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Roei Tzoref <= yooofi@gmail.com&= gt; wrote:
hey scott.

I would like to help you solve your workflow problem.

I work on a news channel where we have to deliver very fast and rely o= n fast psd/ai->ae workflow
making the shift from psd vectors to ae is kind of my expertise.
=
I also teach students where troubleshooting psd/ai->ae is my main t= eaching focus.
but enough about me, please contact if you still n= eed some help and me I am pretty sure I can help you sort some of this mess= out.



On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 1:31= AM, scott.aelist <scott.aelist@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm frustrated wit= h the amount of redundant file prep i'm having to do on a current job a= nd I'm wondering if there's a faster way. I'm tasked with anima= ting 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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