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duleroydavid
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Aug 17, 2022 12:58 PM UTC
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overlord parametric

Hey there,
i have a problem importing shapes from illustrator to AE via overlord... I only got a path made and no rectangle parameters as roundness, etc...
Is there a way to fix this around? Does an update from after effects 2022 buggy-messy? or... Am i doing something wrong ? Thank you... this has a lot to do with my workflow.
Thank you!
David ArborCorrect answer
Inspiring
Aug 17, 2022 2:42 PM UTC

Yes I did also, and the convert shapes by Martinez send me a Unable to execute script at line 28. & doesn't have a value.

that's it.


My guess is that you tried to download Kyle Martinez's script by right-clicking and saving the link, but you instead saved an HTML file. Create a new file in a plain text editor and copy the code from this page, saving the file with a .jsx extension: https://github.com/kyletmartinez/Convert-Shapes/blob/main/Convert%20Shapes.jsx

 

Alternatively, you should be able to right-click the "Raw" button at the top and choose "Save Link As." If you open the downloaded script file in a plain text editor and the code mentions HTML and doesn't match the code on GitHub, then the script was downloaded incorrectly. 

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Inspiring
Aug 17, 2022 1:28 PM UTC

Do you have the "Detect Parametric" button selected? Check out the attached screenshot to see where that is in the panel. 

 

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duleroydavid
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Aug 17, 2022 1:33 PM UTC

Yes I got all of them didn't solve the beans TY David !

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Inspiring
Aug 17, 2022 1:59 PM UTC

I just tried this in AE Beta, which is now at version 23, so I doubt the update to 22 was the problem. Have you tried with a very basic shape and no extras? Is it possible that something unique is happening on your shape that might not be supported? I tried in a new AI comp with a simple rectangle and it was received by AE as a parametric shape. As soon as I added roundness to the rectangle, it sent over as a path. This short video from Battleaxe explains the feature and doesn't mention roundness at all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdR5DqKrq-E

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