Importing layered Photoshop files
After Effects imports attributes that were applied in Adobe Photoshop, including position, transfer modes, opacity, visibility, transparency (alpha channel), layer masks, adjustment layers, common layer effects, layer clipping-paths, vector masks, and clipping groups. You can import a multilayered Adobe Photoshop file in the following ways: When you import a layered Adobe Photoshop file as a composition, all the layers contained in the composition retain their original positions as set in Adobe Photoshop. You can open the composition in After Effects and animate the layers. To import a layered Adobe Photoshop file as a new composition:
The original filename is used twice in the Project window: for the file as a composition and for the folder containing each Adobe Photoshop layer as a separate footage items. To import an Adobe Photoshop file or one of its layers as a single footage item:
Note: When you import one Adobe Photoshop layer as a single footage item, its name in the Project window consists of the layer name followed by the Adobe Photoshop filename. |