this is a known issue with illustrator files. you do need to make sure there is only one artboard before importing to AE.

this could surprise you for instance when you create a new template of 720HDV in illustrator, you will get 2 art boards by default

so you should delete the bigger one when importing to AE.

it could seem to work fine until you choose the command "create shapesfrom vector layer"

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:16 AM, Robert Birnholz <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

Discovered and fixed the problem.

Somehow I added a second artboard to my Illustrator file-- and multiple artboards is a bad thing, at least as far as AE is concerned. Deleted the second artboard, saved, and everything came back as it should.

Whew.

Rob Birnholz
ABSOLUTE MOTION GRAPHICS, Inc.

-digital media creation-
Longwood, Florida
407.830.8856
www.absolutemotiongraphics.com
Author of Pro Training for the After Effects Camera http://tinyurl.com/d23qcw7

On Aug 28, 2014, at 5:05 PM, Robert Birnholz <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

> Working all day on a comp comprised of nearly all Illustrator layers.
>
> Made a slight tweak to one of those layers in Illiustrator (turned off the visibility of part of a grouped layer). When I returned to AE, every element from that Illustrator file (my entire comp) was suddenly a 1x1 pixel object.
>
> I undid the switch in AI, but that didn't fix anything. Even my previous saved versions of the project appear hosed, so something happened in AI.
>
> (I just tried creating a new project, but I get the same problem-- all the layers in the AI file come into AE as only 1x1 pixel.
>
> Anyone run into this before?
>
> Anyone know a fix?
>
>
> Rob Birnholz
> ABSOLUTE MOTION GRAPHICS, Inc.
> -digital design and post-
> Longwood, Florida
> www.absolutemotiongraphics.com
>
> "Give me ambiguity, or give me something else"
>
>
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