From: "Brian Williams" Received: from exprod7og116.obsmtp.com ([64.18.2.219] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 5549285 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:17:26 +0200 Received: from AIPEX2010A.appliedinfo.com ([72.236.151.161]) (using TLSv1) by exprod7ob116.postini.com ([64.18.6.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKU+5q142p6sXdSpC0+cGx5sqiWuyRQLSu@postini.com; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:17:28 PDT Received: from EX01.appliedinfo.com (10.155.0.163) by AIPEX2010A.appliedinfo.com (10.155.0.161) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.123.3; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:19:21 -0400 Received: from AIPEX2010B.appliedinfo.com ([fe80::351f:4b73:c2bb:cf76]) by EX01.appliedinfo.com ([::1]) with mapi id 14.03.0123.003; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:17:25 -0400 To: "AE-List@media-motion.tv" Subject: Create Shapes from Vector Layer: Does it work with open paths ? Thread-Topic: Create Shapes from Vector Layer: Does it work with open paths ? Thread-Index: AQHPuMYyc4nHTxH6y0aU3Ak/1zbeJQ== Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:17:24 +0000 Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: user-agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.4.3.140616 x-originating-ip: [10.155.1.17] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Return-Path: BWilliams@d2creative.com I have a illustrator file with a few layers containing "paths" or brushstrokes. In illustrator, if I turn off the stroke, I have only the paths. Good. When I import that to AE as a Comp, select the layer and try to "Create Shapes from Vector Layer" it give an warning: "Could not create outlines. Empty or unsupported content". If I go back to Illustrator, turn back on the stroke, then the layer will Create Shapes, BUT they are all closed outlines of the original brushstrokes. If I cut and paste from Illustrator I get: With stroke on - closed masks NG for sequentially stroking in AE =AD With strokes off, the correct paths but as masks. Thats OK, but I really want to have the paths in a Shape Layer so I can wiggle and trim etc. So.. =20 Is "Create Shapes from Vector Layer" only for closed shapes? Or does the problem lie in the Illustrator file. ( I am admittedly not an expert in Il) ? =20 Any experience with this is appreciated. Brian Williams D2 Creative NJ