Preparing Illlustrator files for After Effects

In Illustrator - Preparation

• Place all vector paths in the layers that they are meant to be placed in. i.e. sections/groups of vectors. ex: when illustrating a person's face, one part of the face you might have are the eyes as a separate layer

• By selecting the drop-down in layers panel, select "release layers to sequence to put each path in separate layer
• this works especially well for importing ai files in after effects

In After Effects - Importing

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• When importing ai file into after effects, we are going to select FILE>IMPORT FILE
• We are going to make sure it is a "composition - Retain File Sizes"; not "footage". This ensures that all layers from .ai file will automatically get cropped at the edges, making it easier to edit each individual component

After Effects blog post:

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