Why do Layers appear in alphabetical order and all the elements appear in the center

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January 8, 2021
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I create compositions and set layers in Illustrator but everytime when import that file in After effects, I chose the option Composition - Retain Layer Sizes. The layers in the timeline automatically rearranged in alphabetical order and all the elements comes in the centre instead of forming a composition. I have attached screenshots of Illustrator file and After Effects Please help! It's urgent

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Correct answer Ali Jaber

Hmmm... You should open the "illustration" composition by double clicking on it in the project panel, it looks like you created a new composition and drag all the layers into it, which is wrong!

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Ali Jaber

Community Expert

Try resetting preferences and deleting all cache, if it didn't work:

Does this happen with all Ai files or this specific one?

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Ashi5D50Author

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Thankyou for your reply

Yes it happens with all the files (Illustrator and Photoshop )

I have cleared the caches and reinstalled the software

Still same problem has occured

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Ali Jaber

Community Expert

I follow the same process mentioned by you. Steps I follow while creating a composition

1) I first created new composition and determined the size of the composition

2) I double click on the project panel and import the illustrator file

3) Drop down the layers in the timeline

The same process works perfectly for my friends but not for me

No, the process is: import the Illustrator file as a composition, then just double click on the composition that AE created for you, DON'T create any composition: it's already created for you

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