Hello there, I am new here to ask some questions. Does anyone here have experience importing files from AI with a duplicated file inside? I would appreciate this being fixed.
My team and I seem to be having this issue too and have been troubleshooting this all morning. In our expeirience it seems to have something to do with using the default HDV/HDTV1080 Ai template. When we used the web large 1920x1080 template the issue doesnt happen.
I don't see the issue on my end. Could you share more details? What version of After Effects and Illustrator are you using? Does this issue occur with all Illustrator files? Could you share one of the Ai files to test on my end? Feel free to share via DM if you prefer not to share it publicly.
Hi, I am using the latest version of Adobe. regularly updated. as you can see in the screenshot I uploaded above. The layer was duplicated, but there was nothing in that layer. This occurs by using the Film&Video template. I would appreciate this being fixed.
The versions are: AE: 29.8.1 (64 bit) and AI: 25.5.0 (Build 4).
The issue was happening on all Ai files that used the HDV/HDTV template on their creation. We tried completely fresh files with basic rectangle shapes using the template and the issue persisted. Doing exactly the same workflow but with using the web large template as the basis did not present the issue.
Attached are simple sample files.
Imported into AE as composition - Retain layer sizes via file menu, right click import and drag. All methods present.
One clue as to the issue, might be the duplicate layers all seem to have a 1x1 ratio in their video info field.
Thanks for sharing the details and files. I am able to replicate the issue on my end. I think it is happening in the latest Illustrator build. I'll reach out to the devs for this.
/t5/after-effects-bugs/imported-file-with-a-duplicated-layer-inside/idc-p/15536419#M17456Oct 06, 2025
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I still have this issue in AI 29.8.2 update, I found the number of duplicated layers in AE are depending on number of artboard in AI. With default HDTV template has 2 artboards (I tried more artboards = more duplicate layres), if I delete 1 there're not duplicate issue importing to AE but I have to choose to delete smaller artboard to retain all artworks or delete bigger artboard to keep composition size but artwork beyond artboard had been cut off.
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@bookieaka, I also tried updating to v29.8.2 and the issue persists, however I wouldnt have expected this update to resolve the issue given the time between the issue being raised, replicated and the update being rolled out. Maybe the next one if the issue is quickly resolveable.
I was able to replicate what you noted with the multiple artboards and have added the sample files to the same OneDrive link above. So rather than the issue being the template itself, its seems to be artboard related as this test was done in the Web Large Template, but duplicating the original artboard. Good spot!
Whats interesting is that if you look at the screenshot "Web large Template-2xArtboard-v29.8.2-AE import.png", the layers 1-3 are showing 1x1 in the video info field, where they should have a shape and thus the shape dimensions, as with layers 4-6.
@nishu_kush you may be interested in sharing this new info with the dev team
/t5/after-effects-bugs/imported-file-with-a-duplicated-layer-inside/idc-p/15538179#M17478Oct 07, 2025
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Hello,
When I import .ai file to After Effetcs In folder with .ai layers, layers are duplicated. I use 2024 and 2025 version and I have the same problem in both versions. Alse, when I changed something in Illustrator file, layers in After Effects are empty. What should I do?
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Sorry to hear that. This is a known issue. This issue occurs with a specific file preset (HDV/HDTV1080) used to create the project in Illustrator. The product team is working on a fix.
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@nishu_kush ,thats not entirely true. The further testing I did shows that the issue is not contained to the HDV/HDTV1080 preset, rather, and as also shown by @bookieaka, the issue also presented when using the Web Large preset but with two artboards, rather than the single one pre configured in the template. This would imply that any preset using more than one artboard would also present the issue.
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