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May 31, 2018
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Splitting an image into Layers

  • May 31, 2018
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HELP!  This is probably very basic, but....

I have some hand-drawn text in Photoshop.  Each letter is on it's own layer.

When I copy these layers into Illustrator, they appear on one layer.  How do I separate the characters so each one is on it's own layer?

THANKS!

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    https://forums.adobe.com/people/Anna+Lander  wrote

    . . . and in AE convert the PSD text into editable text: Layer > Create > Convert to Editable Text.

    That's an interesting AE feature, if I understand correctly, but I'd assume it only applies to live text in a PSD, whereas the OP has what I understood to be images of hand-drawn text. Or, are you saying AE can potentially OCR those?


    thanks for all your replies.  I have sorted it now - the 'stroke' effect I was going to use in AE works with all types of graphic, not just vectors, as I thought.

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    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
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    May 31, 2018

    tomo,

    Is there a real/good reason to have them on separate layers rather than just as objects/sublayers in one layer? The latter is the normal way to work in AI, it may also have specific advantages such as applying strokes or other properties/effects/whatever to all objects in one go.

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      May 31, 2018

      hey Jacob!  Thanks for replay.

      I will be vectorising the image then exporting into AE for an animation, this is why I need the letters on separate layers....

      John Mensinger
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      John MensingerCommunity Expert
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      May 31, 2018

      tomo28819524  wrote

      I will be vectorising the image then exporting into AE for an animation, this is why I need the letters on separate layers....

      After the image is traced to vectors, it will be easy to sort the characters to layers because they will each be a discreet, select-able object..

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