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Fungis07
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November 15, 2018
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XD to After Effects Problem

  • November 15, 2018
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When I try to export anything from XD to AE (after Effects) it never shows up. I have tried a bunch of different ways: object, text, AE open, AE closed, AE project open, exporting whole artboard and just one object. It will open AE but other than that nothing happens. Im I not doing something Right?

I'm on  window if that matters.

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    Correct answer HARSHIKA_VERMA

    Hi All,

     

    Thanks for reaching out. I would like to update this most viewed conversation in order to provide the latest information on the workflow.

     

    Here’s how it works:
    1. In XD, select the layers or artboards you want to animate in After Effects.
    2. Go to File> Export > After Effects. If After Effects is not installed on your machine, this option is greyed out. You can also use the ⌥⌘F (Mac), or Ctrl+Alt+F (Windows) keyboard shortcuts.
    3. The selected layers or artboards are added as native shapes, texts, assets, and nested compositions in your AE project.

    Here’s the list with what’s supported and not supported at this time: https://helpx.adobe.com/ro/xd/kb/open-after-effects-files-in-xd.html

     

    Please let us know if you're still experiencing the issue.

     

    Thanks,

    Harshika

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    alisonq51175865
    Participant
    December 5, 2020

    I'm having this problem but i have the AEXD.aex file

     

      HARSHIKA_VERMA
      Community Manager
      HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity ManagerCorrect answer
      Community Manager
      April 2, 2021

      Hi All,

       

      Thanks for reaching out. I would like to update this most viewed conversation in order to provide the latest information on the workflow.

       

      Here’s how it works:
      1. In XD, select the layers or artboards you want to animate in After Effects.
      2. Go to File> Export > After Effects. If After Effects is not installed on your machine, this option is greyed out. You can also use the ⌥⌘F (Mac), or Ctrl+Alt+F (Windows) keyboard shortcuts.
      3. The selected layers or artboards are added as native shapes, texts, assets, and nested compositions in your AE project.

      Here’s the list with what’s supported and not supported at this time: https://helpx.adobe.com/ro/xd/kb/open-after-effects-files-in-xd.html

       

      Please let us know if you're still experiencing the issue.

       

      Thanks,

      Harshika

      Atul_Saini
      Community Manager
      Atul_SainiCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      November 16, 2018

      Hi Fungis07,

      Sorry that you are unable to export to Adobe After Effects. Could you please share the version of Adobe After Effects which you are using? I would also like to know the OS version that you are working on right now.

      Thanks,

      Atul_Saini

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      Fungis07Author
      Participating Frequently
      November 16, 2018

      I am on Windows 10

      After Effects is on 16.0.0 (Build 235))

      FlorinDumitrescu
      Adobe Employee
      FlorinDumitrescu
      Adobe Employee
      November 20, 2018

      So update to the problem. I have now tried it on my work computer With also a new file in XD. It will open After Effects but none of the assets will appear.

      I have to be missing something here.


      The export to After Effects is based on an After Effects plugin that is being installed along with Adobe XD. The behaviour you're encountering is as if the plugin would be missing.

      Can you please check if you have a file named AEXD.aex under %PROGRAMFILES%\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore\Public? If you're using a private release of XD the last part of the path would be \Private.

      If the plugin is missing you could try reinstalling Adobe XD, though I'd be very interested on any particularities of the initial setup that led to this situation.

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