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.
Illustrator, Figma and Photoshop all talking to After Effects as if they belonged together all along.
That’s impossible
Unlock a new world of elemental wonder from your art files.
Photoshop layers
Transfer what you need with flexible layer stacks, instead of reimporting PSDs and rebuilding as designs change. Create editable Ae elements like:
Adjustment layers
Masks
Clipping
Layer
Vector
Layer styles
Text layers
Gradients
Figma layers
Based on the original Illustrator layer transfer, building Ae layers is now possible from both the web and desktop Figma apps. Frames come into Ae like they were designed, and pixel density is calculated on the fly to match the Ae comp.
For complex groups (icons, components, etc), Rasterize them down to a single image.
It’s even possible to bring in components as Essential Graphics precomps.
Editable text
Text layers from Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma now become Ae text layers, ready to edit. With per-character styling:
Kerning
Color
Font/weight/style
Color
Illustrator can even draw text on a path. 😎
Illustrator Gradients
Unlike the standard Ai file import (which converts gradients to a grey shape layer), linear and radial gradients build just like you expect them to.
Note: Freeform and mesh gradients cannot be drawn by Ae shape layers but you can Rasterize those shapes to a PNG.
Bonus actions
To support layer building, Overlord can also manage:
Precomping and decomping groups
Parametric rectangles and ellipses
Matching artboards and comps
Clipping masks
And much that was once lost from Illustrator:
Color swatches
Guide layers
What’s new?
Now with Photoshop
After Effects has imported PSDs since the dawn of time. But once your design is inside of Ae, the flexibility stops.
Overlord now creates real Ae layers from Photoshop layers with masks, gradients, text and styling ready for animation.
On the job
Dive into a real project and learn how Nick uses the newest Overlord update to make sense of a huge PSD pipeline into After Effects, and laugh all along the journey.
Discord to learn VFX and Editing : https://discord.gg/M2kqB4M9tG