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Reduced width when importing .ai file to After Effects

Explorer ,
Oct 11, 2021 Oct 11, 2021

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I created an illustration with the dimensions 15360x8460 (=4*4K).
To do animations, I save it as an .ai file and import it into After Effects.
For some reason, the dimensions of the .ai file in After Effects turn to 14400x8640, aka the width is reduced.
This doesn't happen when I export the illustration as .eps instead of .ai, why is that?
However, I'd like to use the .ai file in After Effects. 
What do I have to do so that the dimensions are correct?

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Oct 11, 2021 Oct 11, 2021

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Does the artwork look  stretched in one direction? Do you have any stray elements soutisde that artboard.

 

Try copying your art and pasting into a new document set and set the document Raster Effects at 72 ppi.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/illustrator-file-dimensions-change-when-imp...

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Oct 12, 2021 Oct 12, 2021

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Thanks for the reply!
It doesn't look stretched, it just doesn't fit the entire width of my AE composition. 

Pascal5D73_1-1634046685012.png

Here in AE it says 14400x8640:

Pascal5D73_2-1634046761787.png


while in Illustrator it is 15360x8460 (see ruler) as it should be:

Pascal5D73_3-1634046903443.png


The weird thing is that when I save the Illustrator Project as an .eps file, the dimensions are correct when I import it to After Effects. The width cut from 15360px to 14400px only happens to the .ai file.

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Oct 12, 2021 Oct 12, 2021

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btw, Raster Effects were already set to 72ppi

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Oct 12, 2021 Oct 12, 2021

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Check the pixel aspect ratio in Illustrator (in the Artboard Options) and in your After Effects composition.

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Oct 14, 2021 Oct 14, 2021

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In AE it's set to Square Pixels.
Do I have to set it to Square Pixels in Illustrator too?
How do I do that?
In the Artboard Options there's only "Video Ruler Pixel Aspect Ratio", 
and I have to insert a number there.

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Oct 14, 2021 Oct 14, 2021

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Try 1 for Video Ruler Pixel Aspect Ratio. I am not sure if After Effects reads this, but it could explain the distortion if it is set to something else than 1.

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Oct 14, 2021 Oct 14, 2021

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Oh there is actually no distortion of the illustration at all if we talk about stretched image or something like that.
The illustration is LITERALLY cut off. 
In the pictures that I attached in another reply above you can see that New Zealand is completely cut off in After Effects, while being there in Illustrator.

It all looks as if After Effects can't import an illustration with a width of more than 14400px

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If you base your artwork on a Video & Film preset there will be 2 artboards.

With a single artboard, After Effects clips the content outside the artboard even when Retain Layer Sizes is selected.

With the second large artboard, AE will show the contents of layers when Retain Layer Sizes is selected.

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