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something is cutting off my graphic

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December 28, 2018
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So I imported a graphic of a ramen cup from Illustrator into After Effects and the steam from the cup is being cut off for some reason. For the steam itself, I created in after effects. There should be no shapes or anything obstructing the steam.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem???

Also let me know it would be easier to include the file on the thread.

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Iman37419215xv4l

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you just have to make a big new artboard in your AI, bigger than the first one that you have

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Juno Sprite 007

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In short, let After Effects (AE) handle your desired screen dimensions, not Illustrator (AI).

In AI, make sure the artboard is large enough to fully encompass all the graphics you want to bring into AE, then save the AI file and do the following:

(Optional) In you file explorer, make a copy of your project as a backup.
In AE, clear the cache: Preferences > Media & Disk Cache > Empty Disk Cache.
Quit out of AE
Re-open AE
Create a new project.
Try importing your AI file into the new project.
Resize the screen in AE to match the desired dimensions

lizardbreathdesigns

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Hello,

I'm having a similar issue in that when I apply effects to my AI vector graphics they seem to crop at their bounding box. I would like to know how to make the bounding box bigger or just get rid of it altogether. When I have tried searching for removing the bounding box I just get tutorials on how to hide it.

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carlosmoralesquiros

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I'm having the same issue. I have a AI file with different elements in different layers, but for some reason, only a couple of layers get "clipped" only on the right side, mostly text layers.

Nothing is out of the artboard.

I'm importing the whole AI file as a composition with layer size selected. It seems that the size of the layers is wrongly estimated on import.

Sometimes converting text to outlines fixes it, but sometimes I have to copy the problem layer onto a completely new AI file and import again to fix it.

JoshWeiss

Known Participant

Same problem on my end, it's pretty annoying to have to convert to outlines every time.

Mo Moolla

Legend

Hi Sean

What are the comp settings for the Ramin Cup?

How did you create the main comp and what size is it?

Next question and a sentiment I share with Rick Gerard is that for AE prep work keep it all on one dartboard and use Layers in Illustrator.

Let me know as I am pretty interested in seeing the comp sizes

Mo

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seanh17289012Author

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So here are the comp setting specifically for the ramen cup. The size of the comp is 1920 by 1080. I imported in from Illustrator as a composition while retaining the layer size.

I also found out that you should convert the Illustrator layers into shape layers. which is what I did today.

Everything is on one artboard on Illustrator separated into different layers for each general shape. Although, because each shape has different vectors on it, there are additional layers underneath making up each layer. Would it more complicated to redistribute every single sub layer into its own layer?

Kevin-Monahan

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Solve this seanh? Let us know, please.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio

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Lucas Lago

Inspiring

I think the problem is the AI file. The steam is inside of artboard? All graphics must be inside. resize artboard and save. Also, try create "shape from layers", and delete the (group 1) it's a square mask created by AE who cause this.

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Rick Gerard

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Any AI file prepared for video should only have one artboard. All artwork, including any clipping paths, must be inside the artboard. You should work with an artboard that is the same size as your comp in points or pixels. You should also have the document set up for RGB and measurements set to points or pixels. You should also have "snap to pixel" turned on and work with lines that have at least a 3 point stroke.

Roei Tzoref

Legend

The help files recommend to work with the presets. HD preset comes with 2 artboards And that’s a good thing. The second artboard will allow artwork bleed out of the first artboard.

Mohammad.Harb

Community Expert

Turn on Transparency grid to see what cause the problem.

what effects are applied on the 1st/2nd layers?

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Rick Gerard

Community Expert

Troubleshooting tips.

Solo the layer
Reveal the layer in the project panel and double-click to open in the footage panel
Reveal the transparency grid in the footage panel to check the file, if the problem is with the file fix it in the appropriate app
Go back to the comp panel, reveal transparency grid - If the problem is not easy to spot select the problem layer and press the U key twice to reveal all modified properties
If the problem is still not easy to spot post a screenshot with the modified properties of the layer revealed
If the problem has gone away start turning on layers until the problem re-appears
Select the layer causing the problem and reveal the modified properties of that layer (uu)
If you still can't find the problem post screenshots with the modified properties of the layers involved revealed and describe your workflow in detail including composition settings and footage attributes. We can see footage attributes if you select them in the Project Panel.

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seanh17289012Author

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So I tried to look at each individual layer to identify the problem. I'm still having trouble even finding the problem layer. When I activated the transparency grid, I noticed in the project panel that there is a thin line running vertically about where the steam gets cut off. The problem is that I can't tell whats creating that line.

I have screenshots in the comment above of all of the effects applied to each layer and the transparency grid itself. here I attached the "ramen cup" composition.

For my workflow:

1.) I created the cup via Illustrator.

2.) then I imported it into AE

3.) I created a separate composition for all of the components of the cup and created key frames simultaneously for all the layers to make the cup look like it was being dropped to the ground.

4.) then I created a graphic called "peeling top" where I created a vector and applied a CC Page Turn effect to it in order to make it look like the top was peeling off

5.) then I added another shape layer called "Shape Layer1" and created key frames for the position and added a ripple effect in order to make it look like water was being poured into the cup.

6.) then I created the steam effect by creating a null object, creating key frames for the position, and having the five "steam layer" shape layers parented to it

-the only thing that I did for those five shape layers was create key frames for the size and position

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