Trouble with AE importing PSD file

Question

I’ve been using After Effects for a little while now, but have recently run into a strange issue. I’m attempting to animate an illustration I painted, but After Effects is having trouble importing the file. This has never been an issue before.

It’s one PSD file with multiple layers. I created a composition, went to import the file, and it imported out of order (alphabetical) and the layers looked odd in the composition box. The even weirder part is that I don’t have “Photoshop Sequence” checked, so I’m not sure what’s causing this issue. I even went into the original file, numbered the layers in the order I want them to appear, and it still looks jumbled in the composition.

For reference, I’m importing with Photoshop as the format, Import As Composition - Retain Layer Size, Editable Layer Styles.

ShiveringCactus · Answer

That's strange. Before you said you'd numbered the layers, I wondered if it was the old leading 0s issue, where the layers appear in this order:

0,1,10,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

I don't suppose you can tell what the re-ordered order is, can you?

Just to clarify, it's importing a Photoshop file as an image sequence or is it importing it as a comp, but with the layer order mixed up?

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