: How can I get After Effects to recognize newly saved changes in an imported Illustrator file? I've updated the imported Illustrator file that I am using in After Effects with some new layers

@Berryessa866

Right click the Illustrator file in the Project panel and select Reload Footage.



If you imported you Illustrator file as Footage, then that will work with no problem; you'll see your new layers and all changes etc.

Unfortunately if you imported your Illustrator file as a Composition (meaning you have a separate project resource for each layer as in the above screenshot) reloading those layers won't import your new layers. Also if you imported with Retain Layer Sizes, your layers within the composition won't update they're position, only the content.

The only real solution to that is to reimport as a new composition and copy over the new layers to the original composition.

Note, this is all on CS6; I have no idea if any of this has changed in newer versions.

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