Search
Search
Bonus actions
Bonus actions
Bonus actions
Create new comp
Activate an artboard in Illustrator and click to create a matching After Effects comp
Create new comp
Activate an artboard in Illustrator and click to create a matching After Effects comp
Create new comp
Activate an artboard in Illustrator and click to create a matching After Effects comp
After Effects → Illustrator
While not the primary use of Overlord, it is also possible to send shapes from After Effects to Illustrator.
Note: This was designed to paths to Ai for more complex editing, and is not designed to be a full-featured vector exporter. It is unfortunately unable to support everything in Ae.
After Effects → Illustrator
While not the primary use of Overlord, it is also possible to send shapes from After Effects to Illustrator.
Note: This was designed to paths to Ai for more complex editing, and is not designed to be a full-featured vector exporter. It is unfortunately unable to support everything in Ae.
After Effects → Illustrator
While not the primary use of Overlord, it is also possible to send shapes from After Effects to Illustrator.
Note: This was designed to paths to Ai for more complex editing, and is not designed to be a full-featured vector exporter. It is unfortunately unable to support everything in Ae.
Import Ai file
New in 2.1.0 - Read the release
Click to import the current Illustrator file into the open After Effects comp as layers. This streamlines the process to remove several steps and create a more Overlord-like behavior for when importing an Ai file is necessary or faster for your comp.
The standard Ai import process:
find the file
import the file
pick settings for Composition and Layer Size
open imported comp
copy layers
open work comp
paste layers
Import Ai file
New in 2.1.0 - Read the release
Click to import the current Illustrator file into the open After Effects comp as layers. This streamlines the process to remove several steps and create a more Overlord-like behavior for when importing an Ai file is necessary or faster for your comp.
The standard Ai import process:
find the file
import the file
pick settings for Composition and Layer Size
open imported comp
copy layers
open work comp
paste layers
Import Ai file
New in 2.1.0 - Read the release
Click to import the current Illustrator file into the open After Effects comp as layers. This streamlines the process to remove several steps and create a more Overlord-like behavior for when importing an Ai file is necessary or faster for your comp.
The standard Ai import process:
find the file
import the file
pick settings for Composition and Layer Size
open imported comp
copy layers
open work comp
paste layers
Unsupported elements
Text layers
Layer rotation
Parenting
Effects
Shape layer modifiers
Unsupported elements
Text layers
Layer rotation
Parenting
Effects
Shape layer modifiers
Unsupported elements
Text layers
Layer rotation
Parenting
Effects
Shape layer modifiers
Transfer swatches
Select swatches inside of Illustrator and click to build in After Effects as a guide layer on the side of the current comp.
Note: This button is hidden by default and may be revealed by right-clicking the Overlord panel in Ae/Ai.
Transfer swatches
Select swatches inside of Illustrator and click to build in After Effects as a guide layer on the side of the current comp.
Note: This button is hidden by default and may be revealed by right-clicking the Overlord panel in Ae/Ai.
Transfer swatches
Select swatches inside of Illustrator and click to build in After Effects as a guide layer on the side of the current comp.
Note: This button is hidden by default and may be revealed by right-clicking the Overlord panel in Ae/Ai.
Ray Dynamic Color
⚠️ (July 2024) Ray is currently not compatible with the latest 24.4 version of After Effects. Compatible with AE 24.3 and below. ⚠️
If you have Ray Dynamic Color installed, the option to use it with swatch transfer will appear in the right-click menu. Enable it and swatches will be created as a new Ray palette or added to the current palette.
Ray Dynamic Color
⚠️ (July 2024) Ray is currently not compatible with the latest 24.4 version of After Effects. Compatible with AE 24.3 and below. ⚠️
If you have Ray Dynamic Color installed, the option to use it with swatch transfer will appear in the right-click menu. Enable it and swatches will be created as a new Ray palette or added to the current palette.
Ray Dynamic Color
⚠️ (July 2024) Ray is currently not compatible with the latest 24.4 version of After Effects. Compatible with AE 24.3 and below. ⚠️
If you have Ray Dynamic Color installed, the option to use it with swatch transfer will appear in the right-click menu. Enable it and swatches will be created as a new Ray palette or added to the current palette.
Swatch libraries
Swatch library panels are not available to 3rd party developers (that's us), so if you find a cool palette online (from coolors.com, etc) you must first copy the colors into the primary Swatches palette before transferring with Overlord.
Swatch libraries
Swatch library panels are not available to 3rd party developers (that's us), so if you find a cool palette online (from coolors.com, etc) you must first copy the colors into the primary Swatches palette before transferring with Overlord.
Swatch libraries
Swatch library panels are not available to 3rd party developers (that's us), so if you find a cool palette online (from coolors.com, etc) you must first copy the colors into the primary Swatches palette before transferring with Overlord.
Transfer guides
Select swatches inside of Illustrator and click to build in After Effects as a guide layer on the side of the current comp.
Guides that are created by dragging from the Ai ruler will be created as native Ae guides
Guides created from by selecting a shape in Illustrator and right-click > Make Guides will be created as a shape layer set to guide mode
Note: This button is hidden by default and may be revealed by right-clicking the Overlord panel in Ae/Ai.
Transfer guides
Select swatches inside of Illustrator and click to build in After Effects as a guide layer on the side of the current comp.
Guides that are created by dragging from the Ai ruler will be created as native Ae guides
Guides created from by selecting a shape in Illustrator and right-click > Make Guides will be created as a shape layer set to guide mode
Note: This button is hidden by default and may be revealed by right-clicking the Overlord panel in Ae/Ai.
Transfer guides
Select swatches inside of Illustrator and click to build in After Effects as a guide layer on the side of the current comp.
Guides that are created by dragging from the Ai ruler will be created as native Ae guides
Guides created from by selecting a shape in Illustrator and right-click > Make Guides will be created as a shape layer set to guide mode
Note: This button is hidden by default and may be revealed by right-clicking the Overlord panel in Ae/Ai.
Create new artboard
Open a comp in After Effects and click to create a matching Illustrator Artboard.
Is Illustrator open but you haven't created a file yet?
Overlord will go ahead and create one for you with a matching artboard.
Create new artboard
Open a comp in After Effects and click to create a matching Illustrator Artboard.
Is Illustrator open but you haven't created a file yet?
Overlord will go ahead and create one for you with a matching artboard.
Create new artboard
Open a comp in After Effects and click to create a matching Illustrator Artboard.
Is Illustrator open but you haven't created a file yet?
Overlord will go ahead and create one for you with a matching artboard.
Looking for Overlord v1 documentation?
Looking for Overlord v1 documentation?
Looking for Overlord v1 documentation?