Answers.Body: <p>I have tried the following steps with 4 layers, and it seemed to work.</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Name the file with the state 1 set, <code>your-filename-1.ai</code> and the file with the state 2 set <code>your-filename-2.ai</code>. Make sure they are in the same folder</li>
  <li>Open After Effects, click <code>File -&gt; Import -&gt; File...</code> and click <code>your-filename-1.ai</code>. Make sure the checkmark is checked as shown below:</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/OLH0O.png" alt="enter image description here">  </p>
  
  <p>To keep all the individual layers, set <code>Import As:</code> to <code>Composition</code>.<br>
   3. Now you will have a composition in your project panel named <code>your-filename</code> and a folder named <code>your-filename Layers</code> that contains all the layers.
   5. Now you can open the composition and check <code>Frame Blending -&gt; Frame Mix</code> for every layer that you want to tween.
   6. Don't forget to enable frame blending. The image below shows how to do this:
   <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/jyrFe.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>Now you have an animation from state 1 to state 2. To change the animation playback speed you can use time-stretching on a layer-per-layer basis.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks for helping out! Is there any way to have AE recognize the individual layers so that I can apply a per-layer tween instead of a general frame-blending?
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Answers.Text: @dani I've updated my answer to recognize individual layers.
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Body: <p>I have 200 layers in Illustrator CS6. I have another set of the same layers but where basic attributes (position, scale) have changed.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to import these two "states" into After Effects CS6 so that I end up with 200 layers animating from state 1 to state 2?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: It's not entirely clear to me. Will the final animation have 2 frames and moving objects from frame 1 to 2?
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Comments.Text: Yes, what I want to achieve is an animation between "State 1" (for all the 200 objects) and "State 2". I already have the static setups in Illustrator but I want to do the tweening in AE so I need it to recognize that it is the same objects/layers in State 1 as in State 2.
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Title: After Effects: Importing Illustrator sequence?
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ThreadText: # After Effects: Importing Illustrator sequence?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-02-02)
  
  I have 200 layers in Illustrator CS6. I have another set of the same layers but where basic attributes (position, scale) have changed.
  
  Is there a way to import these two "states" into After Effects CS6 so that I end up with 200 layers animating from state 1 to state 2?
  
  **Tags:** after-effects, animation
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It's not entirely clear to me. Will the final animation have 2 frames and moving objects from frame 1 to 2?  
  > **username_0**: Yes, what I want to achieve is an animation between "State 1" (for all the 200 objects) and "State 2". I already have the static setups in Illustrator but I want to do the tweening in AE so I need it to recognize that it is the same objects/layers in State 1 as in State 2.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2013-02-03. Score: 1
  
  I have tried the following steps with 4 layers, and it seemed to work.
  
  1. Name the file with the state 1 set, `your-filename-1.ai` and the file with the state 2 set `your-filename-2.ai`. Make sure they are in the same folder
  2. Open After Effects, click `File -> Import -> File...` and click `your-filename-1.ai`. Make sure the checkmark is checked as shown below:
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/OLH0O.png)
  
  To keep all the individual layers, set `Import As:` to `Composition`.  
  3. Now you will have a composition in your project panel named `your-filename` and a folder named `your-filename Layers` that contains all the layers.
  5. Now you can open the composition and check `Frame Blending -> Frame Mix` for every layer that you want to tween.
  6. Don't forget to enable frame blending. The image below shows how to do this:
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/jyrFe.png)
  
  Now you have an animation from state 1 to state 2. To change the animation playback speed you can use time-stretching on a layer-per-layer basis.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks for helping out! Is there any way to have AE recognize the individual layers so that I can apply a per-layer tween instead of a general frame-blending?  
  > **username_1**: @username_0 I've updated my answer to recognize individual layers.  
  
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