Artwork tips and tricks

we'll talk about some tips and tricks … that will make working with your artwork in After Effects … much more efficient. … If you're not aware, … of third party tool makers … One of those companies is Battle Axe. … They make a third party tool called Overlord. … In here on their site they describe Overlord as … a mystical shape portal between … Illustrator and After Effects. … let's take a brief look at it. … Once you have it installed … inside of Illustrator and After Effects, … You'll find it under Window > Extensions > Overlord. … And this little panel allows you to push and pull … only looks at top level layers. … underneath one layer. … and just tap this one button. … Push selection to After Effects. … And just like that, … we see that Overlord has imported all of these shapes … as shape layers and inside After Effects. … And more importantly, … the layers keep their naming. … Again, this is a third-party tool, … if you have a lot of Illustrator work … or are dealing with a lot of complex shapes. …