Confused about layers; exporting from Illustrator to Photoshop

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September 19, 2024
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Hello,
I am trying to export an Illustrator file as a .psd for eventual animation. My layers look good in Illustrator before I export (first attached photo), but then when I open them up in Photoshop they have a folder icon next to them and the "pencil" layer I created is not inside a group (second attached photo). Does anyone know what the folder icon indicates? I am trying to get all of my exported layers in Photoshop to look like the third image, which is a sample I am working with and not one I made myself.

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Monika Gause

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Inside those folders are more layers with your objects. Just merge them in Photoshop if that's what you want.

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Abigail343442443258Author

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I do want them to be on seperate layers still, but without the folder icon and without the individual paths/objects visible. Does merging work for that? Thanks.

Monika Gause

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Obviously those icons are your main layers in Illustrator. So how about creating a main layer structure in Illustrator tha works for your export.

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