Return-Path: Received: from mail-oa0-f48.google.com ([209.85.219.48] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5396414 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 03 Mar 2014 18:47:05 +0100 Received: by mail-oa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id m1so7179094oag.7 for ; Mon, 03 Mar 2014 09:47:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=/e16LIV81RtDTIe5AYpywb1CRI/j7nj7TBi4vWyU9pw=; b=H4TdkQlaJmYtucvQJL0gTGPXfBr9SV+xf0wAlo5WWHL1guEt2QNNXd7whQ/DeNZUyc I5Vie/0DNjpMS/V8XssHEqeJjWkS28CqL7E6wwLZ599+KEyANCfaKGdKphkflAv2pcXN lvjzMR4ra8fb2enCKZppWBdG6V447z6SIhtA+Fq9cEA4Is2z/MAu9x87nk1zEZSDyDHb dxdSQBxLr7qrCs2iRDtLAAMN+yt4EWZMDxnX+ZhpN1bFyz2JblzgPodgxWW8e9pY0j4n WufGAKHdvhBa3IlpGZ9oGeeYgVG0wF8Rw/MBFFAOq5+XO/3EUtqAbXWChJey93OwsM47 UtHA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.33.6 with SMTP id n6mr3317814obi.48.1393868850064; Mon, 03 Mar 2014 09:47:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.173.134 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Mar 2014 09:47:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 12:47:29 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] AI > PSD > AE workflow recommendations? From: rendernyc To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0158a836abf5b104f3b76154 --089e0158a836abf5b104f3b76154 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 and here i am reading this thread and have to say i havent really come across these issues. of course now i reading my email because i am waiting for AE to import a 600 layer AI file and it seems to have choked... ugh On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 2:52 PM, scott.aelist wrote: > 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? >>> >> >> > -- danny princz vimeo.com/rendernyc --089e0158a836abf5b104f3b76154 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
and here i am reading this thread and have to say i havent= really come across these issues.

of course now i readin= g my email =A0because i am waiting for AE to import a 600 layer AI file and= it seems to have choked... ugh




On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 2:52 PM, scott.aelist <= scott.aelist@gmail.com> wrote:


On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 11:3= 4 AM, Roei Tzoref <yooofi@gmail.com> 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?





--
= --089e0158a836abf5b104f3b76154--