SVG's from frames

Question

I am working on a thesis animation project, involving taking vector animations and translating the frames to SVG's. These frames have to be SVG's because they will then be read by a pen plotter which can only read SVG's.

Basically long story short I will need a file with a stack of vectors(SVG) as layers. I am currently using After effects to animate my vectors so It would be great to figure out script or workaround that could do this from After Effects however I am open to other solutions.

Any thoughts?

rayek.elfin · Answer

For clarification: are you animating in After Effects or Animate? I ask, because you posted your question in the Adobe Animate forum here. So people will probably assume you have an Animate question.

If After Effects is your animation app: be prepared for a world of pain exporting individual frames to SVG. There is no easy method as far as I am aware. Bodymoving (Lottie) is not a solution either in this case.

I would just export each frame at a high resolution as a PNG, and then vector-trace it and save as SVG. You will need to do a lot of cleanup afterwards, though.

Or recreate your animation in animation software that is capable of exporting frames as individual SVG frame files. If you are working in Animate: SVG sequences can be exported, but only when your artwork is pure vector shapes and your animation is limited to simple transforms and frame-by-frame animation.

Otherwise: good luck. You will need it.

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