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Report · Sep 07, 2023

I save this AE document to a .PDF file then I import it back into AE as a base document, the number of elements is different. Is this a bug or a software necessity?

Original document :

Imported .PDF document.... Why are these empty elements?,They were two photos in a placement element (Grid) originally.

Yves Crausaz, Suisse, retraité actif dans le monde de la photo et des arts graphiques.

Report · Sep 11, 2023

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. Please let us know if this is happening with all the PDFs or just with this one. Which browser are you using?

Also, Have you tried using the other suggested browsers (Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Google Chrome) to see if it makes a difference?

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Let us know if that helps.

Regards,

Tarun

Report · Sep 11, 2023

Hi @Yves-CH, thanks for reaching out to us. That behavior is not what we want to be happening, and we'll work to fix that.

When the original document was downloaded as a PDF, it looks like the various elements had extra (white) background fill elements added to the PDF file. When that gets imported, those fill elements are converted to white images. That is what I think you were seeing, but again that is not what we intended to happen; sorry about that.