How to import a new Illustrator(Ai) layer in After Effects(Ae) once you done animation?

Hello Internet,

So, I was doing my animation project in After Effects. I have imported an Adobe Illustrator(.ai) file for animation. After creating animation I realize that I want to apply animation to a leaf design only(Image 02). But unfortunately, I did not separate that leaf design from the group at the beginning time, and that layer contains a bunch of other designs as well. Then how do I solve this!

(Image 1)

(Image 2)

Here is the solution.

You can create a new Illustrator file. Put that leaf design on the new file and import that .ai file into after effects. But now you have to deal with two illustrator files. some times it helped a lot and sometimes not because you have to remember which design I put in which file. So I think this is not a proper solution.

You can duplicate that layer in after effects and do apply masking on a particular part and separate it from the main layer. But in this case, you have to do proper masking. Still, this is not a proper solution.

Here I found one solution or you can say trick which allows you to update into that same Illustrator(.ai)  file. In this trick neither need to create a new ai file nor no need to do masking. Just you need to follow some steps. Please refer to this video.

That's it, guys. Thanks for staying here and for more tutorials and tips stay connected with us. I hope that this article helps you.

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HOW TO SOLVE IT? After Effects : preview video is not playing

Hello friends, 

        I was doing my video project on Adobe After effects. And suddenly I noticed that my preview video is not playing. I thought it happens due to cache files but I was wrong. I found one solution here. If you are facing this kind of an issue too then read the full article and also watch the video tutorial.

        Don't worry guys. It's very easy to solve. You need to go preferences.  Then go to Audio Hardware. Here you need to change some settings according to your audio equipment. Just follow this step or you can watch the full video tutorial.

• Edit > preferences > Audio Hardware

        Default Output > Change it according to your equipment.

        Device Class >  Change it to MME or ASIO (or any other option that you have).

        Then just click on Ok and play your video. It will play now. That's it guys. I hope that this article helps you to solve your problem perfectly. In case you have any other idea how to solve it then please let me know. 

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