How To Add New Layers After Importing Files Into After Effects | After Effects Tutorial

In this Adobe After Effects tutorial, I will show you how to update Illustrator or Photoshop files when you add new layers, after you have already imported them into After Effects.

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[Dani_Krossing]

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As you may know, my previous channel name was "mmtuts", which was short for "multimedia tutorials". I'm aware that a lot of my subscribers came to my channel through my Web Dev videos, but I just want to remind everyone that the channel is at it's core about "everything multimedia", and not just Web Dev. 🙂

[samdixon]

Thanks! Not exactly the solution I was hoping Adobe would have for us but appreciate this workaround.

[szinesmalac]

This was really helpful, thank you so much!!!

[lukasoeser]

It's even easier to say AE that you just want to import one of the new layers by clicking "import as: footage" and then "choose layer: ...". This works if you only want to add one layer of course!

[EarnestCreations]

Short answer: you can't. Just import all layers again, as you've been doing. 2:17

[laclaqueproduction]

If you make changes to the foot in AI, will it update automatically in AE?

[renhaorh]

Awesome!! I am learning the ae now

And I also look forward to see others web tutorials, you are the first youtuber I learn web tutorials from since I started to learn the coding. Your explanation and teaching is clearly and I think the concepts is very useful for people who just learn the code

[the.dark.side.of.the.moon_]

very helpful, thank you!
Is there any way for the layer to be imported without After Effects auto-placing the artwork in the center of the canvas?

[TheAmySet]

This is a time-saving work around! So glad I found it. Thank you so much!!

[erickscavassa]

This video REALLY helped me, thanks from Brasil <3

[klausdemontreuil]

Im tired of 20 seconds adds FOR GODS SAKE YOUTUBE

[leventeback]

Nice tutorial! I can`t wait for a PHP MVC project video. I'm new to MVC and I'm not sure about how to structure my projects.

[kandasamyrajan]

Thanks for the contribution. This has solved my problem.

[ruisantos]

Awesome! This works with Photoshop as well!

[aaronpatterson]

Darn it, I was hoping this was a solution on a way to Force Reload the whole file/composition. This workaround is the strategy I already use, and it works fine. But wish there was a simpler/faster way as I find myself doing this a lot. It works with Photoshop, etc. files as well.

[thatvinyljourney]

OMG how can be that this video has only 244 likes, this really saved my life, thank you so

Greetings from México!

[SYZYGYMediaMedia]

Unfortunately, this did not work for me. When I re-added the same .ai file it did not include the new later (and yes I saved the file before attempting).

[nitromusik]

Well.. that seems like an obvious way to do it... how come i didnt think of that ever lol. Thanks for sharing!

[DigitalDesignDude]

Thanks a lot for making this tutorial! I've been wondering about this ever since graduating my multimedia college program. I always resorted to making extra empty layers incase I ever had to go back and add more artwork to my illustrator files but now I don't have to :).

[carlosabellanosa]

Great tip. Thanks for take the time to do, upload and share the video. Moving the new composition file (instead the .ai file) to the previous/final composition panel keeps the graphics in place.