<p>The Overlord plugin can help with this.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.battleaxe.co/overlord/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.battleaxe.co/overlord/</a></p>
<p>It can convert shapes in AI to parametric shapes in AE.</p>

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<p>How to keep editing possibilities in Illustrator after the Ai file is used in After Effects?</p>
<p>I use the Lottie files Bodymovin plugin to export my animations to JSON files for use in mobile apps and websites. After creating shapes from the vector layer (Ai layer), I can't edit the illustration in Ai and get this change in my AE animation (just as is possible using regular Ai layers-not converted to shape layers).</p>

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Alternative for 'create shapes from vector layer' for edit possibilities in Ai
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# Alternative for 'create shapes from vector layer' for edit possibilities in Ai

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-11)

How to keep editing possibilities in Illustrator after the Ai file is used in After Effects?

I use the Lottie files Bodymovin plugin to export my animations to JSON files for use in mobile apps and websites. After creating shapes from the vector layer (Ai layer), I can't edit the illustration in Ai and get this change in my AE animation (just as is possible using regular Ai layers-not converted to shape layers).

**Tags:** after-effects


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-01-11. Score: 2

The Overlord plugin can help with this.

<https://www.battleaxe.co/overlord/>

It can convert shapes in AI to parametric shapes in AE.


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