{"id":17928,"date":"2024-09-23T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/?p=17928"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:27:27","slug":"animating-adobe-illustrator-projects-with-adobe-after-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/23\/animating-adobe-illustrator-projects-with-adobe-after-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Animating Adobe Illustrator Projects with Adobe After Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><em>This post originally appeared in the Multimedia Tips and Tricks blog (SMDC), which was reorganized into Research Tech Tips as of September 2025. The services described in this article are still available through the Research Data and Design Commons (RDDC).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><em>Text and video by Ellie Parcells, Education Resource Center and Student Multimedia Design Center<\/em><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:40,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you\u2019ve ever needed to design a logo, title card<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> or poster, you\u2019ve likely used or at least heard about Adobe Illustrator, the go-to tool for creating detailed and scalable graphics. However, one thing Illustrator isn\u2019t known for is adding motion to those graphics. Exporting these assets and importing them <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">to various video editing programs can be a tedious and complicated process.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:40,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thankfully, there is a way to directly access and animate your Illustrator projects using another Adobe program called After Effects. In this video, we will learn how to import an entire Illustrator project<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and animate each individual layer.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:40,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 71.25%;\"><iframe id=\"kaltura_player\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\" title=\"Animating Adobe Illustrator Projects with Adobe After Effects \" src=\"https:\/\/cdnapisec.kaltura.com\/p\/2358381\/embedPlaykitJs\/uiconf_id\/57659783?iframeembed=true&amp;entry_id=1_axg88jon&amp;config%5Bprovider%5D=%7B%22widgetId%22%3A%221_pg6q3s19%22%7D&amp;config%5Bplayback%5D=%7B%22startTime%22%3A0%7D\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Both Illustrator and After Effects are available for use at the Student Multimedia Design Center in Morris Library, so stop by to add some flair to your next video project!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:40,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared in the Multimedia Tips and Tricks blog (SMDC), which was reorganized into Research Tech Tips as of September 2025. 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