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hannakapp
hannakapp
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April 3, 2025
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Shapes are changing when I import from Ai to Xd and Ae

  • April 3, 2025
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Hi everyone! Got some problems.

First of all, I made a project in illustrator and wanted to animate that in After Effects - BUT a gradient object and other objects that works as shadows (with lower opacity) changed to solid colors. 

I looked it up and saw that I could to this workflow Ai -> Xd -> Ae.

1)First I tried to import the Ai project to Xd but in Xd some other different objects changed it shapes. A rectangle with round bottom changed to just one round corner for example.

2) Then I tried to export the Ai project to a SVG and imported that in Xd. It worked a little better but the rectangle still has just one round corner, and there is plenty of them so I dont want to waste my time to change like 20 if there is any workarounds. 

 

Someone, help me, pleeeease!!! My neck is aching. 

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    creative explorer
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    creative explorerCommunity Expert
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    April 4, 2025

    @hannakapp  After Effects interprets Illustrator files differently. Direct import often rasterizes gradients and can flatten transparency effects, leading to solid colors. The AI > XD > AE workflow is an approach, but it introduces its own set of problems, as you've discovered! 

    Here's an article that may help you (but NOT using XD!) How to Import Illustrator Layers Into After Effects for Animation: It provides a step-by-step guide on preparing your Illustrator file and importing it into After Effects as a composition, which is the prerequisite for creating shape layers.

     

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