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Could have sworn an art director at a clients I worked with last y= ear showed me this. We were working with massive AI files at the time. Livin= g a lie this whole time ;) Well overlord looks great, I=E2=80=99m a big fan of rubber hose too. But thi= s is a personal project so no budget this time around. Next time I have job t= hat needs it I know where to go Quite honestly why adobe hasn=E2=80=99t implemented this already. It=E2=80=99= s not like they don=E2=80=99t own both codebase. Gah just winds me up! -A > On Mar 12, 2019, at 7:53 PM, Jayse Hansen wrote:= >=20 > You=E2=80=99re smoking the wishful thinking pipe Adam. ;-) But I=E2=80=99d= say Plus 10000 for overlord - it makes working with ai and ae good again.=20= >=20 > I used to do it by copying all ai the text to a new file (select>objects>t= ext then command F) and exporting that as a PSD with editable text, then imp= orting that psd to ae and then converting those to editable. Works great. Bu= t tedious.=20 >=20 > For one offs, you can copy text in ai and paste into ae and it will retain= all formatting etc. just not position.=20 >=20 > But Overlord just handles it all the way it=E2=80=99s supposed to. Just pu= sh to ae and DONE!=20 >=20 > Adobe is light years behind on all this. It=E2=80=99s embarrassing.=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On Mar 12, 2019 at 7:26 PM, wrote: >>=20 >> Seriously. Am I smoking the crazy pipe. I could have sworn I=E2=80=99ve d= one this before. I have to go check now. Maybe I just wishfully dreamed it.=20= >>=20 >> Thx >>=20 >> Adam Mercado >> Owner & Creative Idiot >> Influxx Media Production=20 >> 714.928.9896 >>=20 >> Moving Images. For Business >>=20 >>> 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 p= rovided storyboard layouts all done in Illustrator. Ended up purchasing Over= lord. =46rom the same dev as Rubber Hose. Did the trick for me. It's got som= e wonky things that don't quite work as a "magic button" solution. But it do= es handle the text exactly as I needed. It's an extension instead of a plugi= n. 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 wr= ote: >>>> Okay it seems something that was super easy is now not. I=E2=80=99ve us= ed this feature a bazillion times in CC14 but it=E2=80=99s not available in C= C18 >>>>=20 >>>> I have an illustrator file with all text in the file spread out over 27= 4 layers (good god adobe why on earth are we still playing this stupid game i= n 2019, why is it so hard to implement comp import behavior the same as phot= oshop (poundHeadOnWall() ) >>>>=20 >>>> When the AI is imported into AE the function to Convert to Editable Tex= t is 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-935DF5DF-D6DB-4405-ADB4-47BE7C10E792 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ah dammit. Could have sworn an art director= at a clients I worked with last year showed me this. We were working with m= assive AI files at the time. Living a lie this whole time ;)

<= div>Well overlord looks great, I=E2=80=99m a big fan of rubber hose too. But= this is a personal project so no budget this time around. Next time I have j= ob that needs it I know where to go

Quite honestly w= hy adobe hasn=E2=80=99t implemented this already. It=E2=80=99s not like they don=E2=80=99t own= both codebase. Gah just winds me up!

-A



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On Mar 12, 2019, at 7:53 PM, Jayse Hansen <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

You=E2=80= =99re smoking the wishful thinking pipe Adam. ;-) But I=E2=80=99d say Plus 1= 0000 for overlord - it makes working with ai and ae good again. 
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I used to do it by c= opying all ai the text to a new file (select>objects>text then command= F) and exporting that as a PSD with editable text, then importing that psd t= o ae and then converting those to editable. Works great. But tedious. <= /div>

For one offs,= you can copy text in ai and paste into ae and it will retain all formatting= etc.  just not position. 

=
But Overlord just handles it all the way it=E2=80=99= s supposed to. Just push to ae and DONE! 
=
Adobe is light years behind on all this. I= t=E2=80=99s embarrassing. 




On Mar 12, 2019 at 7:26 PM, &l= t;Adam Mercado> wrote:
=
Seriously. 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 dream= ed it. 

Thx

Adam Mercado
Own= er & Creative Idiot
Influxx Media Production 
714.928.9896

=
Moving I= mages. For Business

On Mar 12, 2019, at 6:37 PM, G= reg Balint <AE-List@media-moti= on.tv> wrote:

That has never been possible with ai files in my recollection. Only P= SD. 

I ended up in the sam= e situation as you a couple weeks ago, with client provided storyboard layou= ts all done in Illustrator. Ended up purchasing Overlord. =46rom the same de= v 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 does handle the text exact= ly as I needed. It's an extension instead of a plugin. So it has a bit of a d= ifferent install process. 







///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Mo= tion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
= delRAZOR.com/

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 8:57 PM Adam Mercado <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wro= te:
Okay it seems something that was s= uper easy is now not. I=E2=80=99ve used this feature a bazillion times in CC= 14 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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