Answers.Body: <p>The Overlord plugin can help with this.</p>
  <p><a href="https://www.battleaxe.co/overlord/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.battleaxe.co/overlord/</a></p>
  <p>It can convert shapes in AI to parametric shapes in AE.</p>
  
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Body: <p>How to keep editing possibilities in Illustrator after the Ai file is used in After Effects?</p>
  <p>I use the Lottie files Bodymovin plugin to export my animations to JSON files for use in mobile apps and websites. After creating shapes from the vector layer (Ai layer), I can't edit the illustration in Ai and get this change in my AE animation (just as is possible using regular Ai layers-not converted to shape layers).</p>
  
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Title: Alternative for 'create shapes from vector layer' for edit possibilities in Ai
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ThreadText: # Alternative for 'create shapes from vector layer' for edit possibilities in Ai
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-11)
  
  How to keep editing possibilities in Illustrator after the Ai file is used in After Effects?
  
  I use the Lottie files Bodymovin plugin to export my animations to JSON files for use in mobile apps and websites. After creating shapes from the vector layer (Ai layer), I can't edit the illustration in Ai and get this change in my AE animation (just as is possible using regular Ai layers-not converted to shape layers).
  
  **Tags:** after-effects
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-01-11. Score: 2
  
  The Overlord plugin can help with this.
  
  <https://www.battleaxe.co/overlord/>
  
  It can convert shapes in AI to parametric shapes in AE.
  
  
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