perfect no pixel text?

[Guest]

Guys I write a word in Illustrator. Then i select type, create outlines, to make it Vector as far i understand.

But anyway my main point is,

when i open it in after effects. When i zoom in, i see pixels. I want perfect non-pixeled text. How can i achieve this? I don't want it to become pixels when i zoom in the text

[Mylenium]

You can create al lkinds of text and convert it to outlines and shape layers in AE natively. Your workflow makes absolutely no sense. You might want to read up, including how to use continuous rasterization in AE to retain "sharpness". that and of course AE still always works in pixels. You can zoom in all you want - AE will still not adapt the rasterization to the zoom level. It doesn't work like AI. You have some fundamental misunderstandings there.

Mylenium

[Guest]

so from what you are saying, do i understand correctly that i can't have perfect non-pixeled text in adobe after effects or premiere pro?

[Mylenium]

Sure you can have "perfect" text within the limitations of video. As long as at 100% zoom and full resolution your text is sharp, there's nothing more to it. It doesn't get any better than that and since video is always pixels, anything beyond that is irrelevant. It may not look like you are used to from AI, but it will be "sharp" within the confines of video output. No need to over-obsess about this.

Mylenium

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

Of course, if your magnification is more than 100% you will see pixels.

But if you scale the Illustrator file in After Effects, you should turn on Continuously Rasterize (the little star icon) in the timeline. That will keep it sharp at any scale level.

[d0nut247]

also if the composition is placed at scale within another timeline you'll need to click the checkbox, even if the file is used as 100% in the original placement.

[Ton Frederiks]

Yes and if you place that comp in another comp, check it again, and so on.