creating shape layers from stroke is not working properly

[Suraiya A]

Hello,

I just finished learning how to create continuous loop Simple Squiggling Line in AE from YouTube. The tutor did that on a simple stroke.  I felt so good after finishing that I want to try on something new. I imagined creating one comet-like wave..

 

I went to AI. Take a stoke and apply grain brush on that.

I bring back that on AE. But I want to make a shape layer and guess what!

I get a shape layer of 600+ group and my system hanged!

 

Why does this happen?

 

Stroke is stroke. Right? If he can pull that on a single stroke why can’t I do that on a grained stroke?

created 600+ groupGrain stroke

[Suraiya A]

I wanted to creat this, but in a comet wave

[Mylenium]

Art brushes in Illustrator generate pixel data. Hence there is no vector data to convert.

Mylenium 

[thepixelsmith]

No they don't.

Art brushes in illustrator when made from vector graphics will remain vectors based when imported into AE and when converted to AE shape layers. 

[Suraiya A]

Oh . I didn't know that. Thank you so much.

[thepixelsmith]

You used a brush in AI. 

AE does not have an equivalent feature to Illustrator brushes so when you try to convert an imported vector layer into a live AE shape layer you get the broken apart paths each listed as a separate group. It is the equivalent of using the expand or expand appearance command in Illustrator to break apart a generated graphic.

Not all Illustrator features are compatible with being converted to AE shape layers.

This is a post that talks about the problems of AI to AE shape layers: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/preserving-illustrator-settings-after-conve...

[Suraiya A]

Thank you so much.