From: "Adam Mercado" Received: from purple.birch.relay.mailchannels.net ([23.83.209.150] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 7257661 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 13 Mar 2019 03:15:21 +0100 X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|adam@influxx.com Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F17788C0D1D for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2019 02:26:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a79.g.dreamhost.com (100-96-7-26.trex.outbound.svc.cluster.local [100.96.7.26]) (Authenticated sender: dreamhost) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 8AA8B8C0F49 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2019 02:26:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: dreamhost|x-authsender|adam@influxx.com Received: from pdx1-sub0-mail-a79.g.dreamhost.com ([TEMPUNAVAIL]. 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Am I smoking the crazy pipe. I could have sworn I=E2=80=99ve done= this before. I have to go check now. Maybe I just wishfully dreamed it.=20 Thx Adam Mercado Owner & Creative Idiot Influxx Media Production=20 714.928.9896 Moving Images. For Business > On Mar 12, 2019, at 6:37 PM, Greg Balint wrote: >=20 > That has never been possible with ai files in my recollection. Only PSD.=20= >=20 > I ended up in the same situation as you a couple weeks ago, with client pr= ovided storyboard layouts all done in Illustrator. Ended up purchasing Overl= ord. =46rom the same dev as Rubber Hose. Did the trick for me. It's got some= wonky things that don't quite work as a "magic button" solution. But it doe= s handle the text exactly as I needed. It's an extension instead of a plugin= . So it has a bit of a different install process.=20 >=20 > https://www.battleaxe.co/overlord >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > ///Greg Balint > //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer > /321.514.4839 > delRAZOR.com/ >=20 >> On Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 8:57 PM Adam Mercado wrot= e: >> Okay it seems something that was super easy is now not. I=E2=80=99ve used= this feature a bazillion times in CC14 but it=E2=80=99s not available in CC= 18 >>=20 >> I have an illustrator file with all text in the file spread out over 274 l= ayers (good god adobe why on earth are we still playing this stupid game in 2= 019, why is it so hard to implement comp import behavior the same as photosh= op (poundHeadOnWall() ) >>=20 >> When the AI is imported into AE the function to Convert to Editable Text i= s grayed out.=20 >>=20 >> What=E2=80=99s the trick? >>=20 >> Adam Mercado >> Owner & Creative Idiot >> Influxx Media Production=20 >> 714.928.9896 >>=20 >> Moving Images. For Business >>=20 >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to --Apple-Mail-1B3F36E2-55B4-4CE2-9907-94CDC4E1EDB9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Seriously. Am I smoking the crazy pipe. I c= ould have sworn I=E2=80=99ve done this before. I have to go check now. Maybe= I just wishfully dreamed it. 

Thx

Adam Mercado
Owner & Creative Idiot
Influxx Media Production 
71= 4.928.9896

Moving Images. For Business

On Mar 1= 2, 2019, at 6:37 PM, Greg Balint <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

That has never been possible with ai files in m= y recollection. Only PSD. 

I ended up in the same situation as you a couple weeks ago, with client pro= vided storyboard layouts all done in Illustrator. Ended up purchasing Overlo= rd. =46rom the same dev as Rubber Hose. Did the trick for me. It's got some w= onky things that don't quite work as a "magic button" solution. But it does h= andle the text exactly as I needed. It's an extension instead of a plugin. S= o it has a bit of a different install process. 
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///Greg Balint//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com/

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 8:57 P= M Adam Mercado <AE-List@media-= motion.tv> wrote:
Okay it seem= s something that was super easy is now not. I=E2=80=99ve used this feature a= bazillion times in CC14 but it=E2=80=99s not available in CC18

I have an illustrator file with all text in the file spread out over 274 lay= ers (good god adobe why on earth are we still playing this stupid game in 20= 19, why is it so hard to implement comp import behavior the same as photosho= p (poundHeadOnWall() )

When the AI is imported into AE the function to Convert to Editable Text is g= rayed out.

What=E2=80=99s the trick?

Adam Mercado
Owner & Creative Idiot
Influxx Media Production
714.928.9896

Moving Images. For Business

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