Answers.Body: <p>The overlord plugin would help greatly with this workflow:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://www.battleaxe.co/overlord" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.battleaxe.co/overlord</a></p>
  
  <p>It lets you move vectors back and forth between Illustrator and After Effects. </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I've had success with </p>
  
  <p>import composition > layer size</p>
  
  <p>Double click comp</p>
  
  <p>Highlight all > Create > Create Shapes from vector layer</p>
  
  <p>Delete the .Ai layers</p>
  
  <p>Tutorial here: 
  <div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                  <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YRZrwh9TV18?start=0"></iframe>
              </div></div> </p>
  
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Body: <p>I have an illustrator file with vector paths made up of all strokes. When imported into AE and converted to shape layers, all the strokes turn into filled shapes. I want them to stay as strokes so I can utilize Trim paths. Any Idea about this?</p>
  
Tags: <after-effects>
Title: Illustrator Import to After Effects
UserDisplayName: Tarun J
ThreadText: # Illustrator Import to After Effects
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-01)
  
  I have an illustrator file with vector paths made up of all strokes. When imported into AE and converted to shape layers, all the strokes turn into filled shapes. I want them to stay as strokes so I can utilize Trim paths. Any Idea about this?
  
  **Tags:** after-effects
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-12-31. Score: 0
  
  The overlord plugin would help greatly with this workflow:
  
  <https://www.battleaxe.co/overlord>
  
  It lets you move vectors back and forth between Illustrator and After Effects.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-04-02. Score: 0
  
  I've had success with
  
  import composition > layer size
  
  Double click comp
  
  Highlight all > Create > Create Shapes from vector layer
  
  Delete the .Ai layers
  
  Tutorial here:
  
  
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