Overlord is a set of two panels that, when opened, create a portal between the illustrator and After Effects. This mystical Stargate allows you to transfer shapes as you need them, while animating without the need for file organization, import, conversion to layer shapes, or redrawing. This is the vector workflow you envisioned when working with applications created by the same company.
Overlord is a set of two panels that, when opened, create a portal between the illustrator and After Effects. This mystical Stargate allows you to transfer shapes as you need them, while animating without the need for file organization, import, conversion to layer shapes, or redrawing. This is the vector workflow you envisioned when working with applications created by the same company.
AE layer shapes can also be transferred back to Illustrator for editing with more robust drawing tools. Think of it as using illustartor as a plugin for After Effects. Work with shapes, not files, with Overlord.
Shapes move freely while animating vectors in the way you've always imagined. Transfer shapes to After Effects as shape layers with a single click. Transfer paths back to Illustrator for editing in a real drawing application. Overlord is a set of two panels that form a gateway to the freedom to prepare, import, convert or redesign files.
Features of Overlord
Ai's shapes: Arrange or not the vector shapes that are now animated with a single click.
Ae shapes: Use the vector tools in Illustrator to edit layer shapes instead of rotating endlessly.
Ai Gradiens: New in v1.1, gradual fills and dashes. Unavailable for default import Ai.
Detect Ellipse/Rectangle: Automatically detect parametric rectangles and ellipses to enable size editing, not just path editing.
Adjust anchor points: Be free of the internal transformations of a shape. Center the anchors to the center or layers of the object to the center of the part during the transfer.
Exploding shapes: Split shapes to separate layers by transferring and preserving names of objects and groups you've spent so much time on.
Postponable text: You shouldn't have to retype everything. Unavailable for Ai pattern import.
Dynamic color support: Transfer swatches as orientation layers to Ray or interactive palette swatches.
Import Guides: Download baselines and aspect ratio grids with one click. Unavailable for default import Ai.
System Requirements
After Effects and Illustrator CC2014+
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