Adobe Community: AI file not importing with layers?!

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1. mike_mike_motorbike,

Mar 8, 2012 2:59 PM in reply to Van Garmon

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are you making sure that you're not importing as footage? Also, is your atwork all on one layer in the AI file?

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2. Van Garmon,

Mar 8, 2012 3:02 PM in reply to mike_mike_motorbike

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I have made sure that I was selecting import as Comp or Comp + Layers. My AI file is all layers. I made sure that they are released. I even pasted my work into a different AI file altogether and I am still not getting the layers to import. Really frustrating.

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3. mike_mike_motorbike,

Mar 8, 2012 3:09 PM in reply to Van Garmon

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Just to make sure, when you look at your file in Illstrator, how many layers do you see in the "layers" panel? remember that you can expand each layer to have many more layers of arwork. Those sub-layers won't drop in as separate layers in After Effects...

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4. TimeRemapper,

Mar 8, 2012 4:52 PM in reply to Van Garmon

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Make sure the document is RGB, not CMYK or LAB.

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5. Van Garmon,

Mar 8, 2012 7:46 PM in reply to TimeRemapper

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Ooooo..... I will check this tomorrow morning. I bet that is the problem.

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6. Van Garmon,

Mar 8, 2012 7:48 PM in reply to mike_mike_motorbike

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I have shape layers but each shape layer has a path. I have made sure after my design was complete to take my layers out of the typical "Layer 1" and placed them in the "root".

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7. Todd_Kopriva,

Mar 9, 2012 5:39 AM in reply to Van Garmon

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TimeRemapper is almost certainly correct.

See this:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/415490

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8. Van Garmon,

Mar 9, 2012 9:17 AM in reply to Todd_Kopriva

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I have made a new AI file and it is RGB. I am still not able to bring in the layers to After Effects. How do I confirm my artboard is RGB?

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9. TimeRemapper,

Mar 9, 2012 11:00 AM in reply to Van Garmon

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10. mike_mike_motorbike,

Mar 9, 2012 11:01 AM in reply to TimeRemapper

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This might be a stupid question, but did you re-save after you changed it? can you do a screen grab of your layers panel?

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11. Van Garmon,

Mar 9, 2012 11:43 AM in reply to mike_mike_motorbike

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Ok. I did a screen grab with a new AI project that only has three layers. I got one grab before Layer release and one after layer release. I made sure that I am in RGB mode from the FILE pull down and I am in RGB mode. I tested this AI file with another After Effects project that imported a Photoshop file containing 332 layers (Which all layers imported from that). After Effects is still just importing one AI file that shows nothing.

after release:

Does it matter if I created a AI project with the Film Video template with 1920 x 1080 dimensions? Color Mode is still RGB. I have tried just making a new AI file with basic RBG setup and still same issue. I have not tried this on a different computer.

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12. mike_mike_motorbike,

Mar 9, 2012 11:48 AM in reply to Van Garmon

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Hmm, well after the layer release it's set up right, though your top grab will definitely bring in only one layer... But the second one looks right... Try creating 3 new layers and copy and pasting the artowrk onto each layer...

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13. Van Garmon,

Mar 9, 2012 12:01 PM in reply to mike_mike_motorbike

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Still not working. I am really shocked at this. I just tried on another computer and I am still having the same problem.

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14. Van Garmon,

Mar 9, 2012 12:11 PM in reply to Van Garmon

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FIGURED IT OUT!!!!

I noticed this when I tried opening my AI file in Photoshop for giggles. It did not open since I did not save a PDF along with my AI file. So I just did a save as on my original AI project and checked the box that creates a PDF at the same time and now importing the AI file into After Effects; I can see all my layers.

Does anyone know why saving a pdf with your file makes a difference? Is this something that is common place practice with saving AI files?

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15. Todd_Kopriva,

Mar 9, 2012 12:58 PM in reply to Van Garmon

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Thanks for answering back with what worked for you.

What version of Illustrator is this?

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16. Van Garmon,

Mar 9, 2012 1:18 PM in reply to Todd_Kopriva

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CS5 -15.0.1

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