How to import Adobe Illustrator Vectors into After Effects

How to take adobe illustrator vectors into After Effects
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[@JavierMercedes]

This is something that I knew much earlier in my video editing career, would have saved me some time. Hope it helps you as well.

[@raedjibrail5565]

Was trying to figure that out for awhile. Thank you so much for your easy to follow and well produced video.

[@VermontJones]

I've watched so many video this week about importing Illustrator files into After Effects. This is by far the best and most concise one. Thanks!

[@modalities]

It simply took more learning before the questions that needed answering brought us together. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@froglab5779]

I'm glad I got a chance to see this before I dove into creating. This looks like a real time saver.

[@df1938]

Brilliant tut. Clear, to the point and practical. Thanks.

[@melissal7984]

Thank-you so much for the detailed explanation! Subscribed!

[@chrisli9685]

You are a life saver!!! I'm attempting to put together a video for part of a capstone project for my grad degree. It has nothing to do with video editing/arts, but I have used the print programs with Adobe and never used AE previously. Thank you so much for this video. I have been looking a video to clearly explain how to do this and yours was it!!!

[@ZoltarF]

There are a ton of over complicated tutorials about this on KZbin. Yours is cleary the most professional I've found. Thank you, Javier!

[@JavierMercedes]

Thank you!

[@videoVideoJoe]

OMG many good little tips inside this one video, THANKS!

[@gabriella2186]

thank you for this video! very clear and super helpful

[@jagrutilabde7860]

Omg I am sooo glad that I found your video! You literally saved me & my time. Thank you so much!❤️

[@JavierMercedes]

Here to help Jagruti!

[@user-ow6bf6ie3u]

Thank you so much for this video, I really needed🙏

[@lilshitwayne7202]

This video is AMAZING, thank you so so much! I know my way decently around AE, but Illustrator always felt like hell. This saved my life

[@anantaroj]

Thanks so much, Javier. You save many lives.

[@Lukas_Wilhelm_Medien]

very good video. love how you explain things keep on going

[@hosseinjamalian2496]

amazing tips dear javier mercedes , that was totally helpful , big like

[@manongm6747]

Thank you for the tip!

[@alexandrugrecov8964]

Helpful and to the point.Instant subcribed.

[@arohimehta9407]

This was very helpful! Thank you!!! I learnt how to manipulate shapes in Illustrator, was struggling to manipulate the vector file imported from illustrator. Converting the vector to shapes helped!

[@dheniffiii9438]

THIS SAVED MY LIFE! THANK YOU!

[@deepakmaharjan5022]

Great tutorial brother, thanks

[@a5699okiu]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! Saves my life!!

[@joemarvelly6181]

Thank god for Javier Mercedes. Thank you thank you thank you. Perfectly described. So helpful. Every. Time.

[@HOODIZM3]

Very informative, Thank You

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[@JavierMercedes]

Hey Thank you so much! Just enjoying the journey.

[@faraipascal]

thanks. worked very well

[@ivanc8494]

Thanks man!!!

[@Balawi28]

Thanks! you have helped a lot.

[@YuraYula-Artist]

Thank you so much!!!!

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great video thanks a lot!

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This was totally, TOTALLY worth it! Thank you so much Sir, and I am living that life of abundance

[@JavierMercedes]

Glad it helped!

[@raol635]

Thank you Javier.

[@VMXGroove]

Thank you! This was the missing piece I needed to learn. I never understood how to properly import and size logo elements. I have clients that usually give me shitty logo files to work with. I always need to reformat them in Illustrator before animating in After Effects. Thank you for posting this video.

[@burrowknox]

Thanks so much!

[@mjgalvin738]

Thank you!!

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[@aviociccio82]

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[@ShaunKnott]

You saved me, thank you Javier

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[@JavierMercedes]

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Thanks so Much Brother..

[@DustyMedler]

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[@denisealejandraanteorozco1335]

Thanks, ily!

[@txalestudios8604]

Thank You very much

[@StorytellerDan]

God, I´d forgotten some of those steps, brining it over to After Effects to Illustrator - Thanks man.

[@batuhanylmaz6377]

thank you!

[@stankybee]

This is the only video that has been able to help me. Thank you so so much!

[@JavierMercedes]

Thank you Stanky!

[@arunkrishnamoorthytamil]

thanks a lot, bro i stuck with importing vectors, time saver

[@ernestdrozdz1889]

Thank you! :)

[@nofcsrecordsofficial]

BEST VIDEO I EVER SEEN

[@songulbekmezci]

thank you so much

[@hasanelrays896]

Thank you, Javier, that will save me a lot of time work

[@JavierMercedes]

Awesome glad I could help Hasan!

[@peterfromla7505]

Hey Thanks Javier.

[@cwTheDrummist]

OMG! Amazing tip! I’m excited to manipulate my band’s logo.

[@JavierMercedes]

Thanks Chris, glad I could help, I don’t know how to do much in illustrator but this has helped me big time.

[@po0rguy87]

This will save me a lot of time. Thank You

[@JavierMercedes]

Glad it can help Sagum!

[@luvo_studio]

Thank you!!!

[@ateljeavesaltus]

oooh, thank you, thank you , thank you, so glad I found you :-)

[@NimrodSarid]

Great tutorial Javier! I think that if you'd play the finished animation at the beginning of the video you could definitely improve watch time and viewer retention rate.

[@JavierMercedes]

Thanks Nimrod! That is a great idea.

[@icraigslist]

you just saved my life bro!

[@Mattstergames]

legend mate

[@thedylanrogers]

Great tutorial. I've been doing graphic design for 20 years now and so many clients (external or internal) expect graphic design creatives to be able to do motion graphics.

[@BootBoy5]

the best tutorial in youtube thank you so much bro

[@JavierMercedes]

Appreciate the comment!

[@EmmanuelCorreia]

Thank's a lot !!

[@JavierMercedes]

Glad it helped Emmanuel

[@sravanthikacham]

omg huffff finally i got it..🙏 thank u soooo much.. actually im trying to get separate layers in af from 2 days..

[@Yurygod]

Thanks!

[@mahersassi]

thank you.

[@christian15213]

you're awesome

[@clemradio]

Great content, +1 subscriber (even if I don't use the Adobe suite)

[@Sarah-nd9ol]

Thanks for this great tutorial! For some reason, when I convert to shape layer, the artwork is still blurry... any idea how I could fix that?

[@ravvytavvy7855]

this video saved my life

[@JavierMercedes]

glad I could help in some way Bravura :)

[@JeffreyKahnartist]

yes!

[@chrisstein6234]

If you use Adobe these videos are so helpful

[@JavierMercedes]

I think so too

[@justamazing7037]

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[@CraigLandschoot]

How can we retain the editability of the text? Text layers animators presets are different than shape layers.

[@antonekholm2634]

Hmm, my exports gets so pixelated.. used the same settings as you..

[@SARANO-OK]

i have question : when i import illustrator to AE and i have made the animation to all of them then i come back to illustrator i just add more layer then i come back to AE it's not update new layer i just add. How can i update what i have add to illustrator to appear in AE. Please make this tutorial thank you.

[@chessiefilippo3393]

how do you import it without the artboard?

[@jayscala2577]

Once in After Effects, some shapes do not convert properly. I get only a gray rectangle shape. Any idea why this is happeing?

[@justamazing7037]

So does it mean if I want to animate only letter “T” I would create its own layer separately ??

[@radio-future]

How come when I try to create shape from my vector is turns into a grey filled shape?

[@farahfadhil2001]

Hi great output, but mine just a problem. idk why my background turns to grey color once i'm creating shape from vector layer?. anyone help? :}

[@pixel9454]

hi, my ai files are importing as Vector Art Sequence but not as ai files. pls help

[@MicoJoe]

When I import my file into After Effects I just have a black box. Any quick fixes to this?

[@anupkaushik9370]

Please make a tutorial for importing AI Files for Explainer Video ,where multiple layers files are there. How to manage that ?

[@chiribimchiribim]

Hi, I'm having a problem that I don't know how to solve. When I "create shape from vector layer" the color of my layer changes. So I had one layer that was a dark blue and after creating the shape it turned into black, and the light blue layer turned into white after creating the shape. Any idea?

[@libyaticketing8131]

i have the same problem with now solution until now !!

[@lorenfriesen6661]

When I import the ai file into ae it only shows up as a black screen. Even if I turn on the transparency mode there is nothing there. I made sure color is RGB. Any thoughts? I am so close! Great vid

[@SandervkHistory]

I have the same problem. Did you solve it?

[@sachin_gupta6]

when i use the sun icon to rasterize nothing happens it remains pixelated

[@x2xbrandtx2x]

I have this same problem. any solutions?

[@amrt7755]

OMG, Quality content less views!!!😢

[@boywithoutaparachute]

Tried this out and it doesn't seem to work. Every time I import it from AI to AE it imports as a PS file. I found a fix for that "right-click" the file and select "new comp from selection." After that my composition is black. Even as a PS file, my file is just black. If anyone has a workaround or tip, I'd appreciate it.

[@SandervkHistory]

I have the same problem. Did you solve it?

[@chandangaurav5861]

I get all black canvas and no layers. PLEASE HELP

[@SandervkHistory]

I have the same problem. Did you solve it?

[@derf0007]

Hmm... Not sure what's wrong. When I import everything is blank. All the layers are just blank. Any ideas?

[@SandervkHistory]

I have the same problem. Did you solve it?

[@derf0007]

@@SandervkHistory i can't remember why I needed this, but no I don't think I ever figured it out.

[@devchoudhary8892]

You should put the camera in a different place

[@mikeynewPFF]

Good vid but why are we watching you from heaven

[@boywithoutaparachute]

I feel like I've watched and repeated the steps to do this a million times and it still won't' import into AE correctly. It imports as a Photoshop file.

[@sagargajjar9843]

Sorry., it's not working in After effect cs6

[@honeybadgerftuw]

4:12 save you 4 minutes of your life

[@thehomme]

I don't understand why Adobe switched everything into these annoying sub groups. It worked MUCH BETTER as it originally worked and you didn't have to constantly pick apart your artwork to make it work with AE. No wonder Sketch and Figma told hold.

[@rocketman3066]

3 minutes in and I still don't see how to import adobe illustrator vectors into After Effects. Put a proper title on your video..

[@HussainAli-qx9kj]

too long explanation boring

[@donaldjacob3419]

Thank you Javier.