ianrobertdouglas Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 1) I made a fairly complex graphic with probably 200+ layers and I aim to animate this graphic, probably in After Effects. I named all my elements and organised them in folders and subfolders so it would be easy to identify what is what when it comes to creating the animation. I'm pretty new to After Effects, so learning how to pull files from Illustrator and move forward. The problem I have is: If I export (to .eps, .pdf or .svg) all the folders vanish. In Illustrator there is simply one folder with all the various layers in it (I'm on Illustrator CC 2015 v.19). If find Illustrator's interface a nightmare. Do I really have to go through 200+layers and put them in folders all over again? 2) Do you have any recommendations for programs other than After Effects (which is great, but very complex for my needs) that would work well in animating something produced in AD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted May 12, 2016 Staff Share Posted May 12, 2016 Exporting an SVG file should retain the document's Layers and Groups. I've just tried it and layers and groups appear in other apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobertdouglas Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 @Leigh. My error on the layers. I had two versions of Illustrator on my system, including an old one, and I missed that the old one, not the new, was opening by default. Please excuse me this idiotic mistake. In the newer version (2015), layers, folders, are retained. Any thoughts on my side question: recommendations for programs other than After Effects to animate vector graphics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Leigh Posted May 13, 2016 Staff Share Posted May 13, 2016 @Leigh. My error on the layers. I had two versions of Illustrator on my system, including an old one, and I missed that the old one, not the new, was opening by default. Please excuse me this idiotic mistake. In the newer version (2015), layers, folders, are retained. No worries - happy that you've sorted it :) Any thoughts on my side question: recommendations for programs other than After Effects to animate vector graphics? It's not an app that I would use, sorry. You might get more suggestions by starting a new thread just for that question :) ianrobertdouglas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobertdouglas Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Just in case others have the same problem, I'm finding that it's only the .svg format on export that preserves folders. Not .eps or .pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasir Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I recommend Motion 5 from Apple, it's only $49 and works well with Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo, I have already tried it with my project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobertdouglas Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Thanks Yasir. I'm trying it out now. I've managed to get vector layers into it. Just trying to figure out how to actually animate them. Somehow dropping behaviors on them isn't working. But maybe there's a stage I'm missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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