Hi everyone,
I'm trying to export these bushes from Illustrator to After Effects and am having some trouble.
As you can see, it's quite complex. The brown tips of the leaves are all in clipping masks, which Overlord doesn't like. It's also hard to import them into After Effects the normal way (CMD + I).
If anyone has any tips, I'd greatly appreciate it!
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Overlord supports limited features when converting Illustrator shapes to vector objects for After Effects. It's a little more capable than converting a Vector layer to a Shape layer.
The only way I know of to bring everything in an Illustrator file into After Effects with paths you can animate is to move the artwork through Adobe XD. Here's the workflow. Save your Illustrator file. Open Adobe XD and start a new document. None of the settings matter. You just need a new document. Then, use the XD file menu to Import an Illustrator file; before doing anything else, use the XD file menu to Export to After Effects. After Effects will open, or start a new project if it is open, with everything in your AI file on layers or pre-comps, with the paths and just about every effect in place. It will take you about 30 seconds. Everything will be editable, and only a few of the very new features in Illustrator will have some minor problems as shape layers in After Effects. I use this workflow all the time to create character animations in After Effects. It has never failed me. Here's a real-time example:
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