Return-Path: Received: from mail-wg0-f45.google.com ([74.125.82.45] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5396466 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:01:23 +0100 Received: by mail-wg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id m15so3811659wgh.16 for ; Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:01:51 -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=Xlw6nFhzv/EOxjUUzgwFJBK5bhEXjC8LTSWwAF42rP4=; b=zbab7LkWn30hCP3bCitcosl14xvEd1ziF2H5MpAQDKiIJb6HC9V3z25LPdUZOBg8Lz ycglPIy64oZmeR6s3lEMw8qN01b1fqb9Ax4DDOBz6w6yVsWGSbuopsKcwXVcJphplNbq jWaC8KJ50tpZKjrgpWe9ZH/xFNy85bRDPv+VkBNds+Lv/O7fmZGkPkjM5YqUzyA7nYc+ KT223sX9ku/e/ESnatFzlSp/rMqFelXjd+X5HwVq1ZYWpRrzeIFmYO7PIy4I7cO8Sfnq zpRMrT33C1szNmxJ/EyF6u8dyPBT8t53DprhAM0B0Ugl6c8zNSF1KCMVhZ2hJNG0wQvD Rpmw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.87.104 with SMTP id w8mr6978072wjz.90.1393873310872; Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:01:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.227.240.7 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:01:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 21:01:50 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] AI > PSD > AE workflow recommendations? From: Roei Tzoref To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bf10a788e77e304f3b86b53 --047d7bf10a788e77e304f3b86b53 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 do you really need all those 600 layers in your composition? if you don't need to move them separately then the answer is no... even if you do I could only imagine its some sort of particles or fractals that you could recreate in some other way in AE On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 7:47 PM, rendernyc wrote: > 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 > --047d7bf10a788e77e304f3b86b53 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
do you really need all those 600 layers in your compositio= n?
if you don't need to move them separately then the answer is no.= ..=A0
even if you do I could only imagine its some sort of partic= les or fractals that you could recreate in some other way in AE=A0


On Mon,= Mar 3, 2014 at 7:47 PM, rendernyc <rendernyc@gmail.com> w= rote:
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 =A0because i am waiting for AE to imp= ort a 600 layer AI file and it seems to have choked... ugh




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


On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Roei Tzoref <yooofi@gmai= l.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?





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