![]() You can find more up-to-date information on the site here. ![]() Once you understand the fundamentals, you’ll be able to bring your work to life in amazing ways.Since this story was originally posted on 1 October 2017, MattePaint has discontinued its free accounts. If you’re planning to animate your Photoshop designs in After Effects, the way you build your file might be pretty different than if you’re working on something that doesn’t move. Hopefully these tips help you build your files in a more animation-friendly way, and you can spend less time struggling with importing, and more time making cool designs and even cooler animations! Kickstart your After Effects journey Remember our circle example above? It’s not uncommon for the prepped version of your Photoshop file to look different than the original design, because you know that you’re just making sure you have the right pieces so you can structure this properly when you get to After Effects. Sometimes, that may just be the only way to get it to import perfectly-and if it’s just going to function as a single piece in After Effects anyway, it’ll just make your file that much simpler. If you ever run into trouble importing something that just doesn’t look right, remember that if you don’t NEED the editability or flexibility for a particular layer or group, don’t overcomplicate it! Remember that in Photoshop, you can always rasterize a layer, Merge layers together, or pack something away as a Smart Object, as long as you keep an editable copy of the layers or the whole file. Some features, such as Text, Layer Styles and Adjustment Layers, transfer over perfectly or at least … pretty well, with just a few exceptions. Photoshop and After Effects share a lot of functionality. Preparing your Photoshop Files for After Effects They’re similar, but in some ways, precomps are almost more like Smart Objects: They aren’t really immediately accessible without actually diving into them, in a way that leaves you unable to see the other parts of your project structure. When your layers get imported into After Effects, they’ll maintain the same structure and layer order…however, groups in Photoshop become pre-compositions in After Effects. How to group your Photoshop layers for After Effects That’s also why we kept our original file, why we made a reference export, and why you should try to keep your Photoshop files flexible and non-destructive whenever possible. ![]() ![]() That’s okay, and with experience you’ll get a feel for what works best. That can seem like a lot if you’re still new to this, but don’t panic! Even if you’ve been animating for a long time, you’re still going to change your mind, or get partway through and realize you should have built an element in a slightly different way. ![]() You might have picked up on something here: To a certain degree, you have to think about how you want to animate this design before you’re even in After Effects. ![]()
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