Design, animation, music
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Adam Plouff
A mystical portal between the apps you use daily
Overlord is the thickening of the aether between the silos of visual creation. It is the unspoken language of the cosmos that breathes life into vision.
It is the manifestation of all that has come before and all the potential branches that could be.
Wait. what?
Overlord is an invisible connection between Adobe Illustrator and After Effects. Draw stuff in Ai and send it to Ae as shape layers with a click.
It's really simple because this work is really complicated we could all use a break.
Why don't you talk normal?
I don't know. It's probably insecurity.
Superfast overview
What say you?
Impossible stuff
Overlord unlocks a new world of elemental wonder from your Illustrator files that have never been available in After Effects with the standard .ai
file import.
Gradients
Linear and radial gradients are supported for the first time in the history of ever.
No more grey rectangles.
Note: Freeform and mesh gradients cannot be drawn by Ae shape layers.
Editable text
Ai text layers become Ae text layers, ready to edit. Because that just makes sense.
Split layers
Instead of creating rigid layers in Ai, simply select elements to create a new Ae shape layer. Or split all selected groups to layers.
Names also get transferred.
Everything else
Many elements that were once lost:
Color swatches
Guide layers
Parametric rectangles and ellipse
Centered anchor points