Import AI files to AE and became pixelated

Report · Mar 23, 2019

I am using : After effects cc (2019) \ Illustrator cc (2019)

Operating system Windows 10 pro

RAM : 8 GB

I imported the file as composition layer size and it is RGB colors , resolution is Full , rasterize is on .

I try other Ai files and the problem still there, the resolution is so low i tried to render in best setting lossless and still pixelated.

please help me T^T

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Report · Mar 24, 2019

At first place, you did all right! The only mistake (or misunderstanding) is here, that you zoomed your preview to 212% and your composition is probably to small.

While it is no problem in Illustrator to zoom in, in AE you have a fixed resolution. You can zoom in the preview for detailed work, but to evaluate image quality, you have to set the preview zoom to 100%.

This also means that your composition have to fit the output size. If you want a HD video for instance, you need a composition size of 1920x1080px.

It's good practice to set up the artwork in Illustrator to the size you need in your animation. I always create a HD sized artboard for that. It's possible to work with much smaller or much larger artwork, but it is unpleasant, too.

At last, you should work pixel-perfect. In Illustrator there is a "snap to pixels" option, which should be used when marking artwork for screen. In AE you should pay attention to position and scale values since you can put both to subpixel values (980,2px and 95,4% for instance).

*Martin