User Guide

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Continuously rasterizing an Adobe Illustrator file
You can continuously rasterize an Illustrator file at any time while designing your project.
Whether you choose to continuously rasterize or not, if you view and render a composition
using Best Quality, After Effects anti-aliases (smooths) the art. For general information
about rasterizing, see your Adobe Illustrator documentation or visit the Adobe Web site
and search for rasterize.
Adobe Illustrator file imported and rasterized in After Effects A. Original B. Enlarged with
Continuously Rasterize switch turned off C. Enlarged with Continuously Rasterize switch turned on
To continuously rasterize an Adobe Illustrator file:
1 Select the layer containing the Adobe Illustrator file in the Timeline window.
2 Click the Collapse Transformations/Continuously Rasterize switch so that the “on”
icon ( ) appears for that layer.
Importing layers from Adobe Illustrator 5.0 and later
You can import a multilayered Adobe Illustrator file in the following ways:
• As a new composition, with each layer in the Adobe Illustrator file becoming a separate
layer in the composition
• As a single still image imported from any one layer in the Adobe Illustrator file
• As a single still image imported from all the Adobe Illustrator layers merged together
To import a layered Adobe Illustrator file as a layered composition:
1 Choose File > Import > File.
2 In the Import File dialog box, make sure that All Acceptable Files is selected in the Files
of Type box; then locate and select an Adobe Illustrator file.
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