# Can I import layers from adobe illustrator?

This would be a great feature so that I can easily continue working between illustrator and adobe draw.

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- Posted at: over 5 years ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

Yes. You can import layer from Adobe Illustrator.

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- Posted at: over 4 years ago
- Author title: Senior Sales Executive at MAKSAT Technologies Pvt. Ltd



### Comment 2

To bring an Illustrator file into After Effects you just need to use Command+ I, or alternatively, File>Import. When you import your project file, you will see a few options appear; 
You’ll want to choose to Import as:
✔Footage,

✔omposition,

✔Composition - Retain Layer Sizes.

In most cases, you’ll pick the Composition with Retained layer sizes. What’s the difference between Retaining the layer styles and a standard composition? If you bring-in your file as a composition alone, every layer will be the size of your Artboard in Illustrator; this will require much more work to anchor joints and reposition items where they need to go.

If you import as footage, you’ll be able to import your entire AI file as one item, or you’ll have the choice to select one layer within the Illustrator file.

There’s another way to import your AI file not often-used, and that is to bring-in an AI file into After Effects and convert it to a layered comp in the Project panel. This is a great way to do things if you’re going from an animatic directly into animation.

To do this, when the menu appears for import, bring-in your Illustrator file as “Footage” and select “Merged Layers” under the Layer options menu that appears secondly. Then, in the Project panel, create a new comp out of the AI file by dragging it into the Composition icon. Once you’re in that new comp, you can right-click on the individual file (seen as footage) and select “Convert to Layered Comp”. Immediately after, the comp will turn into a multi-layered comp you’ll be able to create an animation out of.

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- Posted at: almost 5 years ago
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